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Edit! The exhibition is in the New Walk Museum (Leicester Museum).

Three overgrown gravestones. The one in the middle is an angel on a lopsided cross.

The Vaughan City Explorers are meeting next on 17 August at 12 noon. They will be exploring the Welford Road Cemetery. Meet outside the side gate on University Road opposite Mayors Walk. It's the gate with the opening times next to it.

The Vaughan Exhibition Visitors - Leicester Vaughan College Details of the Discovery Circle Vaughan Exhibition Visitors

Our Exhibition Visitors Discovery Circle will be meeting on 1 August to see 'The Lives We Lead: Who We Were, Who We Are'.

Meet in in the former cafe area at 1pm.

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The 'Vaughan' in Leicester Vaughan College relates to Canon David Vaughan who started Vaughan College in 1862. You can find out more about him, and the other things he did for Leicester, at this talk on 30 July hosted by the Cathedral.
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Curious Histories - Public Talks Programme Curious Histories - Public Talks Programme. 137 likes. Curious Histories is an open lecture series that runs both online and in-person in Brighton/Hove. All our events benefit charity.

If you missed our May forum, you'll have a chance to see it again! Dr Denise McHugh is going to be giving the talk to the Curious Histories - Public Talks Programme. It's online on 30 September. We recommend it!

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University announces closure of centre 'with profound sadness' The University of York has announced the closure of its Centre for Lifelong Learning "with profound sadness".

We are very sad to hear of the closure of another Centre for Lifelong Learning. The University of York will close its Centre, which has been in existence for 40 years, at the end of July.
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2526865...

A view down Granby Street from the station end. In the foreground is a keep left bollard and the various cars line the streets.

Our City Explorers are gathering this Sunday (29 June) to explore Granby Street. Meet outside the Merchant of Venice cafe at 2pm. It's at the station end of the street.

100 Black Women Who Have Made a Mark – Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage - Curve Theatre, Leicester

Our Exhibition Visitors are meeting tomorrow, 30 May, to view and discuss the exhibition '100 Black Women Who Have Made a Mark'.

Gather in the CURVE theatre café at 1pm. No need to book. Just turn up.

www.curveonline.co.uk/get-involved...

10 unique mental health projects helping people in the UK From hip-hop to veg patches, these pioneering projects use novel strategies for helping people through mental health challenges

Also from the co-operative Positive News:
10 unique mental health projects helping people in the UK

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How to support your mental health during a crisis, according to you We asked Positive News readers what advice they had for coping during difficult times. This is what you said

At the end of Mental Health Awareness week, here is an useful article from the co-operative newspaper Positive News:

www.positive.news/society/how-...

100 Black Women Who Have Made a Mark – Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage - Curve Theatre, Leicester

The Vaughan Exhibition Visitors will be meeting on Friday 30 May to view the exhibition '100 Black Women Who Have Made a Mark'.

Gather in the CURVE theatre café at 1pm. No need to book. Just turn up.

www.curveonline.co.uk/get-involved...

June Forum: Medieval Charnwood Forest - Leicester Vaughan College A talk by Dr Ann Stones which considers contemporary medieval perceptions of Charnwood using maps, place-names, landscape and archaeological evidence.

Our next Forum is on June 12 at 6.30pm.
Dr Ann Stones will be talking on 'Medieval Charnwood Forest: Wasteland or Wonderland?'

Time: 6.30-7.45pm
Location: Leicester Adult Education College
Tea and cake from 6.15pm

Find out more about this forum using the link below:
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May Forum: Returning colonials at home - Leicester Vaughan College This talks explores the households and habits of British colonisers when they returned to Britain from India.

Today! 15 May
"'Fix your tent’: Returning colonials at home in England, Bedford and other habitats c1870-1914", a talk by Dr Denise McHugh

When: 6.30-7.45pm; tea and cake from 6.15pm
Where: Leicester Adult Education College

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Reminder! Our May forum is this week. More details below👇

#history #History #ColonialHistory

A British family in front of their Indian house, 1875. There is a white woman in an open carriage being pulled by a white horse. There are two men in bowler hats by the carriage, on is definitely white. Two Indian men stand at the horse's head.

'Fix your tent!'
Dr Denise McHugh talks at our May Forum on 'Returning colonials at home in England, Bedford and other habitats c1870-1914'

When: 15 May @ 6.30pm
Where: Leicester Adult Education College
Tea and cake from 6.15pm

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Don't forget the Vaughan City Explorers are meeting this Sunday at 2pm. Gather outside the Newarke Houses Museum before going to explore Leicester's castle precinct area.

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The City Explorers are meeting next Sunday 11 May to explore the castle precinct area of Leicester.

Meet outside the Newarke Houses Museum at 2pm before going to explore.

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Our exhibition visitors are meeting next Friday, 25 April 2025. They'll be visiting the exhibition 'My Jewellery, My Story' at Charnwood Museum, Loughborough. Meet in the café by the museum at 1pm.

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Tonight! Still time to get your ticket for this online talk.

Caught short! London’s loos since the 1960s Dan Weinbren and Simon Fowler brave the lavs, loos, khazis, and WCs of the past six decades to reveal their pungent history.

Did you miss our November Forum 'Caught Short! London Loos since the 1960s'? You missed a treat.
Fear not! Dan and Simon will be delivering the talk again to the Curious Histories Talks Programme, online, this Tuesday.
To get your ticket sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/caught-sho...

The Vaughan City Explorers are meeting today!
We're exploring Humberstone Gate. Join us in the Phoenix Arts café at 2pm before going out to explore.

A great thread from @petraboynton.bsky.social on facing and dealing with #redundancy.

The front cover of the Leicester Street Guide for 1964. It is black, red and yellow with the Leicester City Crest at the top. In the bottom part of the cover is an adverted for British Road Services.

This Sunday (13th April) the Vaughan City Explorers will be meeting to explore Humberstone Gate.

We'll gather in the Phoenix Arts Café at 2pm before going out to explore.

No need to book - just come along and join us!

April Forum: Bird Ringing - Leicester Vaughan College A talk about the process of bird ringing and the data it provides: what is its on-going relevance for conservation management?

This evening! Dr Kate Moore is talking bird conservation and management at our April Forum. Join us at the Leicester Adult Education College on Belvoir street: 6.15pm for tea and cake, 6.30pm for the talk.
#ornithogology #leicester #birds
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This Thursday at 6.30pm a talk on bird conservation. A suitable topic for Spring! More details below.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Unlocking Creative Data Analysis . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Creative research methods have revolutionized data generation, but how can we apply the same creativity to data analysis while maintaining rigor, ethics and systematic approaches? This webinar, orga...

I'm very much looking forward to being a panellist on the forthcoming #webinar Unlocking Creative Data Analysis on 28 April 2025. Organised by @policypress.bsky.social with presenters/contributors from the recently published Handbook of #CreativeDataAnalysis. Registration is free - bit.ly/4hTfCQZ

Three Immediate, Cost-Free Interventions to Avert Collapse in UK Higher Education UK higher education (HE) is undergoing a profound and deeply unsettling crisis. Universities across the country including Newcastle, Cardiff, UEA, Dundee and many others (seemingly by the day) are …

My thruppence on the current crisis across the UK university sector: THREE cheap easy wins that the government could implement to solve the short term issue, thereby helping us discuss the long term ones.

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"A cut in adult education budgets coinciding with challenging new benefit rules will remove a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable in our communities."

Read @simonparkinson.bsky.social response to the government's Spring Statement: www.wea.org.uk/news-views/n... #SpringStatement

April Forum: Bird Ringing - Leicester Vaughan College A talk about the process of bird ringing and the data it provides: what is its on-going relevance for conservation management?

Our April Forum is Thursday 3 April @ Leicester Adult Education College
Dr Kate Moore talks about the process of bird ringing and reviews its ongoing relevance in informing conservation management.
Tea and cake from 6.15pm
Talk at 6.30pm
For more details👇
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This Friday (28 March) at 1pm:
The Vaughan Exhibition Visitors will be meeting in New Walk Museum to visit the exhibition 'A World of Colour & Emotion: Satta Hashem'.
Meet in the former café area behind the shop.
No need to book - just turn up.
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