Fundraisers and Forums
Gifts and Giving in the Middle Ages
Dr Deirde O’Sullivan, from Archaeology at the University of Leicester, gives us insights into gifts and giving in the middle ages.
University Partnerships in Leicestershire
November Open Research Forum, led by Fi Donovan of De Montfort, University, will be about Leicestershire University Partnership, an partnership formed by the three universities of Leicestershire in conjunction with Leicester and Leicestershire’s local governments.
November forum: The Universities Partnership in Leicestershire: ambitions and next steps in education for all
A Forum of interest to those who want to find out more about the activities and aims of the Universities Partnership in Leicestershire. It will also appeal to those who are interested more broadly in the concept of the ‘civic university’ and its role in promoting widening participation and reawakening adult education within the university sector.
October’s Forum – Civilian Internment in Britain during WW1
This talk will look at German and Austrian civilian internees on the Isle of Man during the First World War. How did they cope with ‘living with the wire’ for anything up to 5 years in captivity?
Living with the Wire
This talk will look at German and Austrian civilian internees on the Isle of Man during the First World War. How did they cope with ‘living with the wire’ for anything up to 5 years in captivity?
LVC celebrates Cooperative Fortnight
Maureen McCulloch, a former chartered accountant who is now a senior lecturer in Accounting in the Business School talks on why business and organisational studies are so neglected by universities and other education institutions.
The Midas touch – be careful what you wish for
Why are business and organisational studies so neglected by universities and other education institutions? This special Forum considers how such narrow thinking has taken over most aspects of our society.
Dropped from Hell to Heaven: Internment in Switzerland during the First World War.
A talk on a more positive aspect of the wartime experience for prisoners of war who had already been through the hell of battle, wounding and incarceration – humanitarian internment in neutral Switzerland.
Invest in yourself with our CPD counselling courses
Change your spots with @VaughanCoop spring series of counselling and self-awareness workshops
Working Creatively with Young People in a Therapeutic Environment
CPD workshop for counsellors and psychotherapists which explores creative ways of working with young people within a therapeutic environment.