SOAS: How healthy is China?

Date: 29 June 2015, 7.15pm - 9pm Venue: Beveridge Hall, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU Food security, energy supply, environmental sustainability and rising inequality - these intertwined issues play a crucial role in the ongoing health, or otherwise, of any nation.

26 Pairs of Eyes

Date: 04 Jun 2015 - 06 Sep 2015 Venue: The Foundling Museum 26 writers, including former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion, have been paired with 26 objects from the Foundling Museum Collection and responded with 26 ‘sestudes’ – texts exactly 62 words long.

Knowledge Quarter Partner Networking

Date: 25th June 2015, 12:00 - 14:00 Venue: Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts We are excited to announce our second KQ Partner networking event which aims to promote and encourage partner collaboration and knowledge exchange.

Creative Industries Federation launch Creative Education Agenda

Knowledge Quarter Partner the Creative Industries Federation has launched their Creative Education Agenda which aims to highlight concerns about the narrow focus some schools and policy makers have on science, technology and maths without art, drama, music, design or other similar subjects.

Singers wanted to join the Kings Place Choir!

Date: Thursdays 18:00 - 19:30 Venue: Kings Place, St Pancras Room With Kings Place being one of Europe’s leading cultural hubs, it’s about time its residents, workers and local community got involved in the musical action.

Restless Futures Conference

Date: 11th June 2015, 09:30 - 17:30 Venue: Platform Theatre Restless Futures is a 12 month programme of events organised by Central Saint Martins, showing how art and design can actively inform and contribute to societal transformation. Come and listen, discuss and debate four key issues which will contribute to restless futures for artists, makers, designers, architects and all of society.

The Family Project

Date: 20 June 2015, 10:00 – 17:00 Venue: The School of Life Every family has a story to tell. But often we look for those stories in the distant past, painstakingly gathering a handful of dusty facts – when living relatives, of all ages, could tell stories that would make our toes curl, tears flow, or heads bonk to the floor in laughter.

Aga Khan University Academic wins British Academy research award

Congratulations to Dr Sarah Savant, Associate Professor at the AKU-ISMC, who has been awarded over 13,000 pounds by the British Academy as part of its Rising Stars programme.

Knowledge Quarter - South Korea Visit

Since the Knowledge Quarter (KQ) launched last December, there has been plenty of interest in the idea, not only within London and the UK but also internationally. KQ recently met with partners in Sydney, Australia but last week I was invited to speak about the KQ in Seoul, Korea.

Podcast: Poetry and the Election

In this podcast Poet in the City ask whether poetry can give us another way of looking at the election and can tell us more about ourselves than the latest the poll-figures.