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.
This free-to-attend, one-hour session with renowned author Tananarive Due includes readings, an engaging interview about Tananarive's published works and writing life, followed by an audience Q...
Explore the transformative role of Generation AI in reshaping educational paradigms, highlighting new methodologies, personalized learning enhancements, and the profound impact on traditional...
Discover how your health data, combined with AI and data science, is transforming healthcare. Learn how innovative technologies analyze data to predict diseases, personalize treatments, and...
This hour-long session will roam from Shakespeare to contemporary poetry by Joy Harjo and others, beginning with a short talk followed by open discussion and analysis of poems dedicated to people...
This two-hour workshop introduces LEGO Serious Play as a creative coaching tool for self-discovery and career exploration. Participants will learn how this method supports self-reflection, goal-...
The cost-of-living crisis has heightened awareness of class inequality. This session explores the meaning, measurement and experience of inequality in Britain. What should and can be done to...
Clare Bayley, co-director of ICE’s Master’s in Writing for Performance, will be in conversation with Timberlake Wertenbaker, one of the UK’s leading playwrights in this free Zoom event on Thursday...
Fraser Grace, co-director of ICE’s Master’s in Writing for Performance, will be in conversation with non-fiction writer and creative writing tutor Midge Gillies in this free Zoom event on Thursday...
Creative writing tutor Derek Niemann will be in conversation with fellow nature writer Nic Wilson about her debut book, Land Beneath the Waves: Nature, Place and Chronic Illness in this free Zoom...
Dr Midge Gillies was in conversation with memoirist, nature writer and book coach Lulah Ellender in this Zoom event on 13 March, 7-8pm, GMT.
"Lulah’s first book, Elisabeth’s Lists...
Celebrate International Mother Language Day with an afternoon of stories at this free storytelling event
Stories come in all shapes and sizes. Forms and languages.
At In Your Own...
Clare Bayley, co-director of ICE’s Master’s in Writing for Performance, will be in conversation with screenwriter and playwright, Sumerah Srivastav in this free Zoom event on Thursday, 13 February...
Born in 1939 in Southeast Hungary, Peter Lantos was deported to Bergen-Belsen at the age of 5. He and his mother later escaped when British forces liberated the concentration camp, only to have...
Join Dr Lucy Durneen and publisher and editor Tom Conaghan in conversation about the art of the short story and the recent publication of Duets on Tuesday 14, January 2025, 7-8pm in this free,...
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 Academic Director Dr
Yvonne Battle-Felton to discuss her new novel, Curdle Creek on
Tuesday 12, November, 7-8pm in this free, Zoom event.
Yvonne will be chatting...
Dr Lucy Durneen spoke to three ICE students – past and
present – about their writing. Constantine Blintzios is a Greek/British writer
and author of, among other things, the novel ...
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