Educating about genocide: remembering the pink triangle prisoners of Sachsenhausen

Start Date: January 25, 2019 at 12:30 pm End Date: January 25, 2019 at 1:30 pm Contact E-Mail: max.biddulph@nottingham.ac.uk Location: LT1, Exchange Building, Jubilee Campus Ticket Price: 0.00 Sunday, 27 January 2019 will mark the 74th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp when soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front …

Going Home

Start Date: January 27, 2019 at 3:00 pm End Date: January 27, 2019 at 5:00 pm Event Link: https://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/theatre/event/3911/going-home.html Location: Djanogly Theatre, Lakeside Arts Centre Ticket Price: 0.00 A rehearsed, script-in-hand reading of Nigel McCrery’s first play for the stage. Going Home focuses on the fate of Jews in the Nazi Holocaust, and tells a survivor’s …

“But you don’t look sick!” – Don’t let the fear of other people’s reactions stop you accessing support.

As part of Disability December, Dr Leah Ridgway, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering talks about their experience of disclosing a disability and why we really should follow our own best advice and request support when we need it. In my job I’m valued for my brain – it’s one of the reasons I …

Events announced for Disability December

During December 2018 the University of Nottingham will be celebrating Disability December with a range of events for staff and students including workshops, panel discussions, music performances and more. Our programme of events is now confirmed: Managing staff with autism and hidden disabilities 11:00am-12:30pm, Monday 3 December 2018 Room C22, Coates Building, University Park Campus …

Minding the Mind: Supporting your mental health at work

Monday 10 December 2018, 12:30-1.30pm Room B03, Teaching and Learning Building, University Park Campus Talk and Panel Discussion We all have mental health. We are all likely to be affected, directly or indirectly, by mental health problems at some point in our lives.  Research informs us that mental health problems are a global issue affecting …

Managing staff with Autism and hidden disabilities

Monday 3 December 2018, 11:00am-12:30pm Room C22, Coates Building, University Park Campus A workshop for managers of staff with Autism and hidden disabilities. Join us and learn how to engage with the essential 8 key executive functions every person uses, as well as developing some important communication frameworks. You will have the opportunity to speak …

Disability and Music: An Insight into the Able Orchestra Experience

Wednesday 12 December 2018, 12:30-1:30pm Djanogly Recital Hall, Nottingham Lakeside Arts Presented as part of Disability December 2018 The evolution of the Able Orchestra has been a remarkable story. The ensemble was borne out of a partnership between Orchestras Live and Inspire Youth. In 2014/15 young people with moderate to profound disabilities from Special Educational …

Self Care for Carers – University of Nottingham Carers Staff Network

There will be a meeting of the Carers’ Staff Network with a  session on  ‘Self Care for Carers’    by Johanna Bramham starting at 13:00  on Wednesday November 21st  in seminar room A17 of the Psychology Bldg on University Park (Bldg 29 on the UP Map). https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sharedresources/documents/mapuniversitypark.pdf All university staff are welcome. The format will roughly …

Disability December 2018

During December 2018 the University of Nottingham will be celebrating Disability December with a range of events for staff and students including workshops, panel discussions, music performances and more. Full details of the programme will be available soon, with events that staff can book onto now detailed below. Did you know … Disability Declaration: Why …

The National Windrush Conference

Start Date: November 17, 2018 at 10:00am End Date: November 17, 2018 at 4:00pm Event link: https://nationalwindrushconference.eventbrite.co.uk/ Location: The University of Nottingham, Business School South, Lecture Theatre B52, Jubilee Campus Presented by ‘Nottingham Windrush Support Forum in partnership with the Windrush Black Lawyers Group. The public outcry regarding the Windrush scandal comes a time of great …