Degree-level part-time courses, workshops, and seminars
Rhys Everquill, Managing Editor at Leicester's new independent newspaper, The Great Central Gazette, will discuss why he helped set up the co-operative and the challenges facing local media.
Can the journey of a grieving person be helped by the creativity and physicality of the visible repair of objects that have emotional significance? Vicky Cutler talks about the restorative power of visible mending.
Leicester Adult Education College, Belvoir Street, LE1 6QL 'Caught short’: London’s loos since the 1960s In ’Caught short’: London’s loos since the 1960s’ Simon Fowler and Dan Weinbren look at the impact of toilets on public life over the past sixty years.
Bradley Phipps discusses the history of the opposition to the Civil Rights Movement and the difficulties in researching this less-studied area of US history.
Dr Stuart Mitchell talks about the Giant Hogweed sensation of 1970
Kate Carruthers Thomas talks about her family history research and her attempt to reveal stories of those who have previously been sidelined or ignored in favour of male lines of descent.
A talk about the process of bird ringing and the data it provides: what is its on-going relevance for conservation management?
Dr Denise McHugh explains how returning British colonisers tried to find a 'place in the sun' when they returned to Britain from India. She explores the households and habits of self-identifying 'Anglo-Indians'.
A talk by Dr Ann Stones which considers contemporary medieval perceptions of Charnwood using maps, place-names, landscape and archaeological evidence.
Chris Williams explains about the history of police control rooms and how the 999 emergency telephone system came into operation