The Virtual Classroom – Student Fest 2021

Welcome to the Virtual Classroom, where we have a whole host of lectures, talks and down-right interesting stuff! Have a scroll through and have a look at the stuff the sparks a bit of interest!

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Arts

Art that looks back at you; Golan Levin

Queer Theory and Performing Arts; Remy Bentley

How symbols & Brands shape our humanity; Debbie Millman

Help discover ancient ruins before it’s too late; Sarah Parcak

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Engineering

A camera that can see around corners; David Lindell

The greatest machine that never was; John Graham-Cumming

4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought; David Sedlak

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Humanities

Show, Don’t Tell Writing Exercises; Dr Jack McGowan

How to write descriptively; Nalo Hopkinson

How did English evolve? ; Kate Gardoqui

English, Media & Culture Lockdown Lectures; University of Worcester

Link: https://sway.office.com/mBcAHr4hcH9AyDrg?ref=Link%20-

2600 years of history in one object; Neil MacGregor

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Health and Life Sciences

Neuroscience Blog

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Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?; David Epstein

The paralysed rat that walked; Grégoire Courtine

The potential of regenerative medicine; Alan Russell

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Science

How Quantum Biology Might Explain Life’s Biggest Questions; Jim Al-Khalili

A crash course in organic chemistry; Jakob Magolan

How trees talk to each other; Suzanne Simard

What’s so sexy about maths? Cédric Villani

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Social Sciences and Law

Is China the new idol; Dambisa Moyo

Importance of space lawyers; Frans von der Dunk

Gender Trouble: Unpicking gender identity; Dr Daniel Somerville

Why medieval politics was nothing like Game of Thrones; Maria Golubeva