Undergraduate Virtual Open Day 2023

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Time	Session
10.00-10.30	Introduction to the Institute of Continuing Education with Head of Institute, Dr Jim Gazzard
10.30-11.00	Overview of Undergraduate courses and the learning pathways at ICE
11.05-11.20	Bitesize lecture: 'Levelling up: Sociological reflections and responses' Dr Nigel Kettley provides a brief review of the government's white paper 'Levelling up the UK' (2022) reflecting on the meaning of levelling up, the measurement of geographic disparities and the capitals framework suggested for evaluating inequality
11.20-11.30	Tuition fee support
11.30-11.40	Hints and tips for your application
11.40-11.50	Overview of the online learning environment
12.05-12.20	Bitesize lecture: 'Does the Earth have rights?' Dr Alexander Carter discusses which problems are posed by the possibility of conferring rights on non-human entities, e.g. animals, historic buildings or the planet itself? In this brief talk, we will consider some of these problems, and consider alternative proposals from contemporary philosophers.
12.20-12.50	Live Q&A with current students
13.00-13.15	Bitesize lecture: 'A brief history of everything' Dr Victoria Stewart-Jolley touches on some key topics studied in International Relations including historical events and the theory and ideas which dominate the field.
13.15-13.45	Live Q&A with academic team
13.50-14.05	Bitesize lecture: 'The long and short of it: reading in the 21st century' Dr Jenny Bavidge discusses the influence of online culture on modern day literature. In this brief talk we discuss how writing styles have developed throughout the 21st century and ask is the novel dead?
14.05-14.30	Wrap up