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Institute of Continuing Education: Undergraduate Virtual Open Day

Looking to pursue your love of learning, take the next step in your career or take your first steps along a new career path? Join us for our upcoming Undergraduate Virtual Open Day on 21st May, where we’ll delve into the world of undergraduate study at the Institute of Continuing Education

Tue 29 June 2021 11:00AM - 3:00PM

Pathways to net zero emissions and carbon/climate neutrality

As part of the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC), Cambridge Zero is co-hosting this upcoming virtual conference 29-30 June 2021: Pathways to net zero emissions and carbon/climate neutrality

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Highlight 2021 Annual WiSETI Lecture : How Covid Changed the World

Dr Charlotte Summers hosted by Professor Dame Athene Donald

7:00PM - 8:00PM

Highlight The Really Popular Book Club: Nineteen Eighty-Four with Dr Lisa Mullen

Who owns the truth? Join us for this book club meeting where we will discuss George Orwell's dystopian novel.

Wed 30 June 2021 11:00AM - 3:00PM

Pathways to net zero emissions and carbon/climate neutrality

As part of the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC), Cambridge Zero is co-hosting this upcoming virtual conference 29-30 June 2021: Pathways to net zero emissions and carbon/climate neutrality

5:30PM - 7:00PM

Churchill History Lecture Series: From Isaac Newton to Star Wars - by way of Winston Churchill and Colonel Colt

Join us for this online event Q&A session with Andrew Nahum on his new book "Paths of Fire: the Gun and the World it Made". As Andrew Marr said, 'this is a book about guns which isn't about guns. Instead it's about progress, intellectual and industrial ... from a wholly original and convincing new perspective'.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

#LivefromLucy: 'How do hot, microscopic worms help us to understand the process of ageing?' with Dr Laetitia Chauve

Join us for the informative virtual talk in which Dr Laetitia Chauve discusses how microscopic worms are helping us to understand the process of ageing.

Thu 1 July 2021 5:00PM - 6:00PM

Doom and Doubt: Uncertain Futures & Open Questions about Existential Risk

In this panel, three CSER researchers from very different backgrounds will discuss how we can have frank, open, and vulnerable conversations about worst-case future scenarios that fully explore our biggest doubts, uncertainties, and confusions, without detracting from the importance of these risks.