Events Calendar

In this event, Professor Dame Wendy Hall will be talking with author, advisor and commentator on digital financial services, David Birch about his latest book, "The Currency Cold War”. Published in May 2020, the book looks at the significant economic and political ramifications of the move towards digital money and examines both private (eg, Libra) and public (eg, China) approaches to conclude that business and government strategies for digital currency should be a priority.

Designed for students with a specific learning difficulty such as Dyslexia, who are returning to study after having a break. This workshop will provide you with advice and techniques for managing and organising your time, maximising opportunities for networking and socialising and understanding your assignment brief. It will also provide you with details of the support available to you from Enabling Services, whilst studying at University. This is a small group workshop, aimed at students with a specific learning difficulty, such as Dyslexia. The workshop will take place virtually via MS Teams.

Designed for students with a specific learning difficulty such as Dyslexia, this workshop will discuss the importance of developing organisational and time management skills at University. The aim of the workshop is to help you organise your study time and have time for leisure. A little organisation, helps to control the pace of your work, without feeling overwhelmed. We will identify techniques for planning your workload, so that you can meet deadlines, avoid procrastination, and still have time for leisure and exercise. The workshop will take place virtually via MS Teams.

Investing in Talent is a uniquely interactive event designed to provide bright and ambitious students with disabilities and long-term health conditions an insight into the true nature of the opportunities available within investment banking and the support that can be provided.

Designed for students with a specific learning difficulty such as Dyslexia, this workshop is designed to help you maximize the critical content within an assignment. We will discuss critical thinking, what it is and why it is important. We will demonstrate active and critical reading strategies to help reduce your workload by helping you get what you need from text in a way that is efficient, reducing the need to go back and re-read text multiple times. There will be opportunities to ask questions related to your own work and share experiences with others, in a small, informal group setting. This is part of a series of small group workshops, aimed at students with a specific learning difficulty, such as Dyslexia. Students may choose to attend Parts A, B and C, however there is no requirement to attend all three sessions. This is a small group workshop, aimed at students with a specific learning difficulty, such as Dyslexia. The workshop will take place virtually via MS Teams.