Displaying items from UCL Special Collections, this exhibition examines the actions and reactions attending the women's suffrage movement from the 1860s up to the Representation of the People Act 1918. Satirical commentaries including Laurence Housman's Anti-Suffrage Alphabet are set alongside campaign literature and petitions for and against legislative change.
The Knowledge Quarter (KQ) is delighted to invite staff and friends from KQ organisations to our private tour at The Royal College of Physicians. You are invited to an exclusive morning curator led tour of the College's new exhibit Ceaseless motion: William Harvey's experiments in circulation. Come explore the life, work and legacy of revolutionary anatomist William Harvey – the physician who revealed the secrets of circulation.
Camden Music Trust and LB of Camden's Music Service are organising the Camden Schools Music Festival on 12th March 2018. This is a wonderful event, that captures the energy, creativity, inclusive nature of the borough of Camden. Over 2000 children participate with over 3500 councillors, teachers, celebrities, parents, local business people and many more gathering together under one roof to celebrate the musical achievements of children and young people of Camden.
The Knowledge Quarter (KQ) is delighted to invite staff from KQ organisations to our private views hosted at The Francis Crick Institute. You will have the opportunity to have an exclusive look at the Crick's new exhibition Deconstructing patterns: Art and Science in conversation. The exhibition provides an introduction to the surprising and beautiful world of microscopic patterns that can only be revealed by powerful tools and technologies.
Join the Royal College of Physicians for a special free lecture, part of the season marking its 500th anniversary, reflecting on the history and future of medicine, society and health. In this event, Sir Muir Gray looks at the future of medicine in the context of an ageing population, and examines the shift from a focus on life expectancy to healthy life expectancy.
The Knowledge Quarter has been selected as one of the third wave of Science and Innovation Audits. These are sponsored by government (BEIS) and their purpose is to investigate innovation capabilities and potentials in different parts of the UK. We would like to invite you to our second and final KQ-wide workshop, where we will present the first results of our SIA and discuss with partners potential recommendations and next steps.
In celebration of the Royal College of Physicians’ 500th anniversary, the college’s museum is opening late on the first Thursday of the month during 2018. Discover truly remarkable – but surprisingly little known – collections, featuring everything from artworks by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Thomas Lawrence and Johann Zoffany, to scarce anatomical preparations and extraordinary medical instruments, all housed in a grade 1 listed ‘modernist masterpiece’ by Sir Denys Lasdun.
The Knowledge Quarter is delighted to invite staff and friends from Knowledge Quarter organisations to the next in our series of private tours and views. It will be on this occasion hosted at the British Library. You are invited to an exclusive private after-hours tour of the British Library's Asian & African Studies Reading Room and see some fascinating collection items.
We would like to invite you to a Knowledge Quarter workshop to hear your views on how to improve upon the current support available locally for innovation related to Data Science and machine learning. This event, aimed exclusively at organisations with a footprint in Camden or Islington, is being held as part of a Knowledge Quarter Government-sponsored Science and Innovation Audit.
We would like to invite you to a Knowledge Quarter workshop to hear your views on how to improve upon the current support available locally for innovation in the Life Sciences. This event, aimed exclusively at firms with a footprint in Camden or Islington, is being held as part of a Government-sponsored Science and Innovation Audit.