Past events
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The Three Cultures? Alan Garner: Art, Myth, Science
09:30 - 16:30 21 June 2024
Celebrate the Summer Solstice with a day of panels, discussions and workshops celebrating renowned novelist and Cheshire local Alan Garner; one of the most significant and interesting writers of our generation. A long-time resident of Alderley Edge, his work is inspired by its history, drawing on its...
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An Evening with Sarah Perry
17:30 - 19:00 21 June 2024
Celebrate the Summer Solstice with an evening discussing Enlightenment, the spell-binding new novel from renowned author, Sarah Perry. The newest story from award-winning novelist Sarah Perry, Enlightenment weaves a web of entangled relationships and emotion, its characters trapped within the conflict...
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Introduction to depositing data with the UK Data Service
09:00 - 10:00 20 June 2024
Does your research generate data that could benefit others? Deposit your data with the UK Data Service to amplify its impact and ensure its preservation for future research. But where do you begin? What types of data are eligible and how can you prepare your data for deposit? Are you aware of the requirements...
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Thomas Ashton Institute Lecture 2024 - A world of risk: the unheard voices and what we can learn from them, with guest speaker Dr Ruth Boumphrey
15:00 - 16:30 20 June 2024
The Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll is the first global study of worry about, and harm from, risks to people’s safety. The latest edition includes the views of more than 145,000 people in 143 countries. From safety at work to artificial intelligence, climate change and resilience: come...
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Best practices for documenting social sciences research data
09:00 - 10:30 18 June 2024
Data documentation is essential to make sure that well-organised and well-documented research data can be produced from our research projects. This workshop provides an overview of different types of documentation depending on data type (e.g. primary or secondary, survey or transcripts), as an essential...
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