Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
Come along to one of our many public lectures and Topical Talks throughout the year. These talks are given by leading experts from the University of Cambridge and beyond, and are an important part of our commitment to public engagement. Learn more about a new subject and join the discussion.
Ellen Atlanta joins Lucy Durneen to discuss her new book Pixel Flesh, which looks at important themes surrounding what it means to be a woman in a new age of beauty. Their...
Join author Vanessa Chan to discuss her stunning debut
novel, The Storm We Made, on Thursday 6 June, 7-8pm in this
free, Zoom event.
Vanessa will be talking to...
Sarah Burton and Jem Poster, long-time tutors for ICE and founders of the Institute's MSt in Creative Writing, will be in conversation with Midge Gillies, discussing their co-written novel, ...
Join nature writer and author of 'Dispersals', Jessica Lee in Conversation with tutor Alycia Pirmohamed, discussing the topics of plants and their entwinement with human culture, migration, and...
Midge Gillies, Academic Director of Creative Writing, will be talking to Nick Bradley, author of the best-selling The Cat and The City, about writing a debut novel and how Japan has...
The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare health inequalities between different social groups. In this talk, Dr Nigel Kettley will consider the meaning, measurement and potential explanations for health...
Writers are often given two pieces of advice: to write what they know and to try to second guess what readers want to read. In this topical talk, Creative Writing Academic Director, Dr Midge...
As we emerge from lockdown, this topical talk will look at the role coaching can play both in personal and organisational settings in offering a reflective space for us to review our experiences...
The development of second/foreign (L2) tests which are embedded in a communicative language paradigm is now accepted as the norm in L2 assessment. Such...
Many Baroque mural paintings in historic houses are currently the focus of conservation projects across the UK. In this talk, Dr Lydia Hamlett will address the ability that the painted...
Assessing language ability in the first or the second language is a complex problem which has challenged educators, psychologists, speech and language therapists, linguists and technology experts...
We are living in a digital age in which advances in technology are changing almost every aspect of our life, including education. This lecture discusses some innovative uses of cutting-edge...
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