• The Stream of Life

    Leicester Adult Education College 54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Since the first half of the 20th century humanist and rationalist organisations have regularly petitioned the BBC to receive more dedicated airtime for their worldviews.

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  • The Representation of South Asian Women

    Kajal Nisha Patel is a film maker and photographer who works in both the UK and India. Kajal uses photography and story-telling to explore key social issues.

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  • The Restor(y)ing Retirement Course

    Leicester Adult Education College 54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    The Restor(y)ing Retirement pilot project explores the deliberate use  of narrative as an educational tool in later life learning. The paper  uses a narrative approach to bring alignment between the methodology of the pilot and its evaluation.

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  • Psychological Evidence in Murder Trials

    Leicester Adult Education College 54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Professor Colman has given expert psychological witness in a number of murder trials, four of which will be discussed in this talk.

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  • On Training to be a Counsellor

    Leicester Adult Education College 54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Catherine Drury, ex-Vaughan College Student, will be talking about her experiences training to be a counsellor.

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  • Remembering Vaughan College

    Leicester Adult Education College 54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Our next Open Research Forum on Tuesday 11 June takes the form of a ‘drop in’ during which you can share memories of the old College and learn about our plans for the future.

  • Is Trauma Always Bad for Us?

    Leicester Adult Education College 54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    Diana Pinto presents: Is trauma always bad for us?: A positive psychology perspective from a Lifelong learner Post-traumatic growth (PTG) or benefit finding is positive psychological change experienced as a result of adversity and other challenges in order to rise

  • The Cassandra Syndrome

    Leicester Adult Education College 54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

    The Cassandra Syndrome, or the Cassandra Phenomenon, refers to traumatic stress which affects people who are in a relationship with someone on the autism spectrum. In November's Open Research Forum Deborah Lawrence draws on her personal experience of relationships with

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