Secondment Opportunities in Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Digital Culture Project

Secondment Opportunities in Department for Culture, Media and Sport working within the Digital Culture Project. This is an opportunity to develop an understanding of Government processes particularly policy making and project working, and interact with a wide range of stakeholders across different sectors and disciplines.

Support the British Library by becoming a Member

The British Library recently launched its new Membership scheme, which offers a way to support the work of the Library, while also gaining access to a range of fantastic benefits; such as free access to the British Library's exhibitions, discounts on events, access to new stylish Members Room and more for staff of Knowledge Quarter partner organisations.

Knowledge Quarter Partners Meet with Sir Keir Starmer MP

Last week, a number of Knowledge Quarter partners met with Sir Keir Starmer, Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras, over breakfast. The event was hosted in one of the galleries of the British Museum.

White Ribbon Day and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Camden Safety Net is Camden Council’s dedicated support service that offers help and advice for anyone who is suffering from domestic abuse. Throughout November they will be distributing a range of materials in the hope that the helpline number reaches all those who may be suffering in silence across Camden. They are very flexible and can work with KQ partners organisation to create their own package.

Design Thinking Courses for Managers

Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, is calling all mid-level managers from a variety of industries to partake in their newly launched Design Thinking for Managers executive training course. These sessions have been designed specifically to encourage professionals to use Design Thinking techniques in order to unpack their own approach and focus on how they can support users, customers, staff and partners to create value within their own organisations.

30 Years of Bloomsbury Publishing

Knowledge Quarter's partner, Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library in collaboration with Benjamin Franklin House present an evening with Nigel Newton. Nigel will talk about the key moments in the story of Bloomsbury Publishing providing an insiders-view to one of the world’s leading independent publishing houses.

The Hardworking Picture Workshop at Scriberia

Bringing to the table years of experience as scribes, graphic facilitators and creative problem solvers, the Scriberia team will introduce you to tips and techniques to empower you as a visual thinker and communicator with a discounted rate for KQ partners.

Cultural Identities and Stereotype Threat - KQ Talk report

On 23 October 2016 the Knowledge Quarter presented the talk “Cultural Identities and Stereotype Threat ” as part of the Bloomsbury festival at the Conway Hall. The curatorial idea was to create a discussion in which specialists from different fields could exchange expertise, questioning what the relationship between cultural identity and stereotypization is. How and why do we construct stereotypes? How does a stereotype become a threat? Read the talk report.

Knowledge Quarter Cross Sector Collaboration Workshop

At Knowledge Quarter we are naturally interested in collaboration – inter organizational, cross discipline, multilevel collaboration that enables us to achieve the extraordinary goals we have set ourselves. We have planned this workshop to start exploring the ways we collaborate, to learn from each other’s practice and to begin a more concerted process of investigation, learning and development in this area.

Fitzrovia Youth in Action - Young People creating a better community

Fitzrovia Youth in Action (FYA) is central London’s leading youth action charity that empowers children and young people to overcome the barriers they face, fulfil their potential and create positive change in their local community. The charity does this through offering children and young people a broad range of youth-led volunteering and employability support.