Making Academic Literature Accessible Through Comics
The session is built around Captain Knowledge and Graphic Leadership, projects that were undertaken to make academic literature/theory/research more accessible.
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Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United Kingdom
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The Future of Museums
Grosvenor Museum, Chester 27 Grosvenor Street, Chester, United KingdomJoin curators at the Grosvenor Museum for a talk exploring the future of our museums. How might they look 50, 100 years from now? What might we collect, and which stories might we tell? How might the role of museums need to evolve as society and our audiences change?
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Improving biodiversity in your space – A Network for Nature with Chester Zoo
Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United KingdomJoin Chester Zoo to discover how communities across Cheshire West are connecting habitats, monitoring wildlife, and transforming local spaces through the Networks for Nature initiative.
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Afternoon tea: art, health, science and environment
Storyhouse Garret Bar Hunter Street, ChesterIn this packed workshop, get your hands on wonderfully decorated Victorian and modern teacups and saucers, design and make your own, taste hot world teas while learning about the health benefits of tea drinking, learn about the environmental footprint of tea today.
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Tapping into calm with EFT: A practical technique for daily life
Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United KingdomDiscover 'Tapping' (Emotional Freedom Techniques), a gentle and effective way to quieten a busy mind and relax your body in minutes.
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Through the looking glass: Postcards to my younger and older self- exploring the psychology of ageing
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterEver wondered what you would have said to yourself when you were younger, or what you would tell your older self? Opening with an exhibition of postcards written by students at the University of Chester to their older self and members of Chester U3A to their younger self, we will explore messages and their meanings, applying psychological principles to discuss aging and its representation.
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Mya-Rose Craig: In Conversation
Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United KingdomJoin us for an inspiring conversation with Dr Mya-Rose Craig, a remarkable environmentalist whose journey began as a young birdwatcher and led to the founding of Black2Nature - a movement championing ethnic diversity in nature conservation and the environment. Mya-Rose will share how focus, motivation, and commitment can turn passion into meaningful action.
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Rome’s Cutting Edge: The Auxiliaries
Storyhouse Garret Theatre Hunter Street, ChesterDiscover Rome's cutting edge: The Auxiliary Soldiers. Recruited from across the empire, these specialist troops helped the Roman army conquer new lands and face unfamiliar enemies.
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The Ship that Chester Built: Exploring Chester’s links with slavery
Chester Cathedral St Werburgh Street, Chester, United KingdomIn 1750, the St George was built in Chester’s shipyard. In three separate voyages, she carried a total of 662 enslaved people from Bonny on the coast of West Africa to plantations in the Caribbean. Join the project team for an interactive walking tour of some of the key sites in Chester connected with the history of transatlantic slavery.
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Sutures- A film made to highlight the perils of working in the NHS
Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United KingdomSutures is a short film made in the skills unit at the University of Chester that has won awards at several film festivals both locally and internationally. It is used as an educational tool for student nurses to educate, enlighten and entertain. The film highlights the issues facing a group of nurses and patients in the modern NHS.
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Nature at Night: Interactive Exhibition
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterJoin the Nature at Night project team to find out how bat-walks, zine-making and digital citizen science are being used to understand young people's feelings about exploring nature at night. Contribute to our research by sharing some reflections of your own.
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Mini Scientist
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterA hands-on experience where our young scientists (and their parents!) can explore the biomolecular world by extracting DNA from delicious fruits using household items.