Events
'The gender pay gap amongst high educated workers' - Arthur Lewis Lecture
Join us for the Annual Arthur Lewis Lecture as our guest speaker Dame Rachel Griffith, Professor of Economics, reflects on the gender pay gap, and why it is still so prevalent in highly skilled work. The extent to which males are paid more than females (the gender pay gap) has declined considerably over the past several decades, but much more..
From pans to point bars: applications of multiple elevated temperature infrared stimulated
Dr Tessa Spano (Department of Geography, UoM). Chair: Abi Stone; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B
Sustainability@SEED November meet & greet
Join us for an afternoon of networking and connecting with SEED staff and students interested/working in environmental sustainability. Tea, coffee and cakes will be provided. Please only accept this invitation if you’re planning on attending, to help cut back on food waste.
AI adoption in Higher Education
Explore how AI is transforming higher education, from teaching and research to administration, with expert keynotes and discussion The AI revolution is upon us and its impact is being felt in many walks of life. Higher education is one of them. AI is being used in teaching, learning, research and administration. In this seminar, comprising tw..
GDI Lecture: Changing Access Mechanisms to Safe Drinking Water in the West Bank after the Gaza War
The water crisis in the West Bank has evolved beyond the scarcity of natural resources into a deeper crisis of access, distribution, and control. Since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023, Palestinians in the West Bank have faced increasingly difficult conditions in securing safe drinking water, driven by intensified movement restrict..
Geographies of Anticipation: AI growth zones, data centres, and post-industrial futures
Prof. Karen Lai (Department of Geography Durham University). Chair: Chloe Fox-Robertson; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B
GRiEG Seminar: Ecological Islamophobia
The seminar will unveil emerging work on Ecological Islamophobia: Muslim Experiences of Environmental Harm in East London, examining how environmental issues such as poor air quality, contaminated land, polluted spaces and neighbourhood neglect affect Muslim residents in the London Borough of Newham. Working in partnership with the Sisters For..
Trans Awareness Training (Online)
This session provides a conversational, non-judgmental space to increase confidence and familiarity around trans identities and rights, and to learn how to create a positive experience for trans students and staff in higher education. It will cover the basics of trans identities and related terminology alongside practical aspects of trans incl..
A Question of Islamophobia
November marks Islamophobia Awareness Month, and the SEED Anti-Racist Education Network is delighted to invite you to a special in-person discussion on Islamophobia with Professor Salman Sayyid from the University of Leeds. About Professor Salman Sayyid: S. Sayyid is a professor of decolonial thought and rhetoric at the University of Leeds...
Ghost in the Machine: The Battle for the Human Mind
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications of this hitherto occluded history for our shared socio-technical f..