Electronic Precinct - February 1996

Whats On

ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY OPEN MEETING

Wednesday 21 February, 5-6.30pm. The Bishop of Liverpool the Rt Revd David Sheppard will be speaking on Christians and the future of work. In Room G06 in the Department of Education

ART GALLERY TOURS

Wednesday 21 February and Wednesday 6 March. Tours of the Art Gallery will take place at 1.05pm and last for 50 minutes. Tours can also be arranged at other times by appointment. Tel: ext 2347/8.

CENTRE FOR ACADEMIC PRACTICE

Tuesday 13 February, 12.30pm. 'Two-plus-Two' courses: HE and FE in Partnership.
Wednesday 21 February, 12.30pm. Improving Examining.
Wednesday 28 February, 12.30pm. Learning Syndicates - an exploration of student experience of groupwork.
In the Basement Suite in Staff House. For full details of these events, or to book a place, contact Miss Sharon D'Arcy Tel: ext 4621 or e-mailscmtaz@liv.ac.uk.

CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION

New Year prospectus, available from the Centre for Continuing Education at No. 19 Abercromby Square (tel: 0151 794 6900).

Full-time University staff are eligible to pay a reduced fee on most weekly and day courses.

Day Schools:

Saturday 17 February Archaeology and the Written Word (second day 24 Feb).
Illuminated Manuscripts (second day 11 May).
Recorder Playing Days: The Music of St. Mark's 1570-1615.

Saturday 24 February Environment, Development and the Global Commons (second day 9 March).
Flowing with Life: A one-day course in Personal Development.
Shakespeare's Tragedies: King Lear.
William Morris: Theory and Practice.

Wednesday 28 February Old Age in Modern Society (second day 13 March).

Saturday 9 March El Greco at the Walker Art Gallery.
Perspectives on Atlantic Emigration at the Merseyside Maritime Museum.
Spiritual Journeys: Selected Poetry of George Herbert.
Symmetry in Racehorses, Greyhounds and other animals (second day 16 March).

Wednesday 13 March Music Themes: Leider from Schubert to Brahms.

Saturday 16 March
Early Metalwork and Fashion at the Liverpool Museum. Inter-war Liverpool.
Singing for Fun and Confidence.
The Child and the Garden in Children's Literature: Potential Nightmare.

Lectures and Workshops for sixth-form Students:

Monthly afternoon course:

Evening course:

Tuesday 12 and 19 March, Thursday 28 March, Tuesday 16 April, 7.15-9.15pm. Backstage at the Phil at the Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street. Numbers strictly limited: advance enrolment essential. œ25 for 4 mtgs (no concessions).

Dates to be arranged:
Jason Project: Adapting to a Changing Sea. Saturday day-school at the Liverpool Museum. The Care, Repair and Renewal of Churches: The North West. 2 linked Saturdays.

Residential courses and study tours:

18-21 April. Medieval Buildings, Landscapes and Societies of Northumbria - based at Alnwick.
15-22 April. The City of Rome: Art and Power.
26-28 April. Geology in the Welsh Borderland - based in Church Stretton.
4-6 May. Country Houses in the East Midlands - based at Market Bosworth.
17-19 May. Geology of Aberystwyth and Harlech - based in Aberystwyth.
25 May - 1 June. Geology in the Field: Ardnamurchan.
May (date to be confirmed). Fifteenth-Century England - based at Worcester.
15-22 June. The Dordogne, History and Landscape - based at Bergerac.

Residential field week (module of Diploma in Landscape Interpretation). Landscape Interpretation in the Field - based in Cumbria. July (date to be confirmed).
Hills, Plain and the Sea:the Industrial Heritage of NW England and the Welsh Border - based in Chester.
Date to be confirmed.
The Birthplace of Railways - based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
12-16 September. Prehistoric Monuments, Societies and Landscapes of Orkney.
20-22 September. Prehistoric Monuments and Landscapes of Anglesey.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS

Thursday 22 February, 11.30am. 'Technology and Care in Your Old Age' by Dr P Lisboa and Dr A J Sixsmith. In the ELT room, in the Department.

FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY

Wednesday 21 February, 7.15pm. Mrs Fenella Bazin, an expert in the music of the Isle of Man, will give an illustrated talk '"Awake up my glory" - serpents, psalms and songs of the Isle of Man in the 19th Century'. In Theatre Workshop, Rendall Building, Bedford Street. Light refreshments. Tickets œ3.50. Parking inn Abercromby Square.

HACCRU AND SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL POLICY & SOCIAL WORK STUDIES

Wednesday 14 February. Title to be Confirmed by Dr Nick Mays (King's Fund Policy Institute, London). In the Seminar Room in the Department, 1st Floor, Eleanor Rathbone Building. Contact Cara O'Neill, HACCRU Tel: 0151 231 6021.

HOYLAKE CHAMBER CONCERT SOCIETY

Monday 12 February, 7.30pm. Nossek Quartet. In St Andrew's United Reformed Church, Birkenhead Road, Meols (entry in Greenwood Road).

FACULTY OF LAW

Wednesday 13 February, 5.30pm. Faculty of Law Association Seminar 'An Update on Contract and Tort' by His Honour Judge Ian Campbell. In the Moot Room.
Monday 26 February, 4pm. Feminist Legal Research Unit Seminar 'Integrating Gender - Women, Law and Politics in the European Union' by Catherine Hoskyns (Coventry). In the Rendall Building.
Tuesday 5 March, 4pm. Staff Seminar 'Incorporation for Partnerships - the Solicitors' Incorporated Partnership' by Alan Sprince. In the Rendall Building.

INSTITUTE OF IRISH STUDIES

Thursday 15 February, 11.30am. 'The Journey of an Irish Presbyterian in the Troubles' by The Very Rev. Dr John Dunlop (Minister, Belfast).
Thursday 22 February, 11.30am. 'Managing the Peace Process' by Mr Peter Bell (Associate Political Director, Northern Ireland Office). In the Lecture Room (G.04), in the Institute.
Tuesday 5 March, 12.30pm. In conjunction with the School of Politics & Communication Studies title to be announced by Mr David Montgomery (Mirror Group Newpaper, plc). In the Senate Room, Senate House.

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

Thursday 15 February, 4pm. 'Welfare State and Policies in Britain and Chile' by Jane Kennedy.
Thursday 29 February, 4pm. 'Languages on the Frontier: Sociolinguistics in the River Plate Region' by Adolfo Elizaincen (Montevideo).
Thursday 7 March, 4pm. 'Bilingual Education in Bolivia: Research Experience' by Pedro Plaza. In Lecture Room 3 in the Institute. For further information Tel: 2890.

LIVERPOOL ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATE WOMEN

Saturday 17 February, 2.30pm. 'Meccano' by Mr Frank Smith. In Mossley Hill Parish Church. For further information contact Membership Secretary Tel: 0151 678 1620.

LIVERPOOL MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

Monday 4 March, 5pm. 'Proof, Conjecture and Logic in Maths' by Joe Watson (Keele). In the Mathematics & Oceanography Building. For further information contact Dr P Newstead, Department of Pure Maths Tel: ext 4040 or 4043.

LIVERPOOL MEDICAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Thursday 7 March, 5.30pm. 'Aspects of British Prisoners of the Japanese on the Thai/Burma Railway in World War II' by Dr G V Gill. In the Seminar Room, Liverpool Medical Institution, 114 Mount Pleasant. For further information contact the Hon. Secretary Tel: 01744 29962.

LIVERPOOL MOZART ORCHESTRA

Saturday 17 February, 7.30pm. Mozart Symphony K320 (Posthorn Serenade) Piano Rondo, K382, Symphony no 41 'Jupiter' and Schnitte Piano Concerto with Soloist Jonathan Higgins. Tickets œ7, Concession œ5. In Birkenhead Town Hall, Hamilton Square. For further information contact Rachel Harding Tel: 0151 236 3563 (day) and 0151 727 5690 (evening) or Alan Jones Tel: 0151 677 1066.

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Wednesday 14 February, 3.30pm. 'Simulating and Understanding Grain Boundaries in Copper' by Professor Mike Finnis (Belfast). Wednesday 6 March, 3.30pm. 'Exploring Composite Micromechanics Using Raman Spectroscopy' by Dr Richard Day (UMIST). In Seminar Room, 2nd floor, Ashton Building.
Wednesday 28 February, 2pm. 'Hybrid and Duplex Coatings in Surface Engineering' by Professor Allan Matthews (Hull). In the IRC in Surface Science.

MUSIC

Thursday 29 February, 4.15pm. Master Class for String Players with the Sorrel String Quartet. In the Large Music Room, in the Department.
Friday 1 March, 7.30pm. Sorrel String Quartet (Recital 4). In the Unitarian Church Concert Room, York Avenue, Liverpool 17. Thursday 7 March, 7.30pm. Peter Lawson (Piano). Works by Ravel, Dutilleux, Corea, Nyman and Gershwin. In the University Theatre.

OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY

Tuesday 13 February. 'The Hypertensive Diseases of Pregnancy - Some New Thoughts About an Old Problem?' by Professor F Broughton-Pipkin. In the Blair Bell Conference Centre, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Crown Street. For further information Tel: 0151 702 4100.

PENSIONERS' CLUB

Friday 1 March, 1pm. 'Musical Memories' by Mr Albert Howell. In the Senate Room, Senate House. Membership is open to all retired staff and the annual subscription is œ2 a year. For further information contact Mrs Rosemary Morris, 2A Hoyle Court, Trinity Road, Hoylake, Wirral, L47 2BS Tel: 0151 632 5581.

PHILOSOPHY

Monday 19 February, 4.30pm. 'Transcending Truth' by Timothy Tessin (Swansea).
Monday 26 February, 4.30pm. 'Natural Law and Natural Languages' by Dr Rabbi David Novak (Virginia).
Monday 4 March, 4.30pm. 'The Phenomenology of Thinking' by Emeritus Professor Timothy Sprigge (Edinburgh).
In Seminar Room 1, 7 Abercromby Square.

PHYSIOLOGY

Tuesday 13 February, 1pm. 'Insulin Gene Transcription' by Professor Kevin Docherty (Aberdeen).
Tuesday 20 February, 1pm. 'Calcium Signalling in Acute Pancreatitis' by Dr Jeremy Ward.
Tuesday 27 February, 1pm. 'Magnesium Homeostasis in the Heart' by Dr Peter Flatman (Edinburgh).
In the Veterinary Anatomy Theatre. Thursday 7 March, 5pm. Biomedical Review Lecture 'Pattern Formation in Development' by Professor Lewis Wolpert (University College London). In the Large Lecture Theatre, Ashton Street Building.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT

The Professional Development Unit runs a wide range of activities, including courses, conferences and workshops, school-based in-service days, consultancies and projects. Applications for all courses must be made in advance.
Details and forms of application may be obtained from Mrs D H Gelling, Secretary, Professional Development, Department of Education, 19 Abercromby Square, Tel: ext 2479, Fax: 2512.

Wednesday 14 February, 9.30am. 'Primary Geography in the National Curriculum: Places and Thematic Studies'.
Wednesday 21 February, 9.30am. 'Daring to Dance in the National Curriculum'.
Tuesday 27 February, 4.30pm. 'Computers for Novices': first of five weekly meetings.
Thursday 29 February, 9am. 'Sex Education in the Primary Classroom'.
Saturday 2 March, 9.30am. '100 Books from One Piece of Paper'.
Tuesday 5 March, 4.15pm. 'Putting Young Minds to Work with Socratic Seminar Techniques': first of five fortnightly meetings.
Wednesday 6 March, 9.15am.'Recording Achievement in the Primary School': first of two meetings.
Wednesday 6 March, 9.30am. 'Primary Geography in the National Curriculum: Saving Time Through Cross-Curricular Links: Key Stages 1 and 2'.
Friday 8 March, 9.30am. 'Governors and OFSTED': a training course for School Governors.

PSYCHOLOGY

Wednesday 14 February, 4.30pm. 'Applying Psychology in the Educational Sector' by Mr Gervase Leyden (Nottingham).
Wednesday 21 February, 4.30pm.'Videotechnology and the Child Witness' by Dr Graham Davies (Leicester).
Wednesday 6 March, 4.30pm. 'The Cognitive Environmental World of the Blind Child' by Dr Christopher Spencer (Sheffield).In the Dennis Bromley Room, 2nd floor, Eleanor Rathbone Building.

STAFF CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

The Staff Christian Fellowship meets on Tuesday lunchtimes 12.45-1.45 during termtime, in Room 2.04, Archaeology and Oriental Studies Building (corner of Abercromby Square/Chatham Street). New members welcome: tea/coffee provided.