Electronic Precinct June 1995

ALDER HEY/CHILD HEALTH

• Monday 5 June, 5.30pm. `Experiences as a Paediatric Expert Witness' by Dr Robin Davies (Caerafron).
• Monday 12 June, 5.30pm. `Gastric Emptying in Infancy' by Mr Graham Lamont.
• Monday 19 June, 5.30pm. `The City Health Plan' by Dr Ruth Hussey (LHA).
• Monday 26 June, 5.30pm. `A Pain Service for Children' by Dr Adrian Lloyd-Thomas.
• In the Lecture Theatre, Institute of Child Health. For further details contact the Postgraduate Office Tel: 252 5218 (direct line) or ext 2218.

ART GALLERY

• Wednesday 7 June and Wednesday 21 June, 1.05pm. Tours of the Art Gallery. The tour lasts for 50 minutes and can also be arranged at other times by appointment. Tel: ext 2347/8.

CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION

• The Centre offers daytime and evening weekly courses (starting at the beginning of Summer, Autumn and Spring terms) in Liverpool, and one-day courses in Wirral, West Cheshire, and Sefton, Knowsley and South-West Lancashire areas, as well as residential courses in this country and abroad.
• From Autumn 1995, most Continuing Education courses will offer accreditation. For each course unit completed, credit points will be awarded which can be accumulated towards a University award, and as a record of your professional and personal development.
• Unless otherwise stated, courses are held at the Continuing Education Centre, 126 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool 3 (opposite the Metropolitan Cathedral).
• Day-schools in Liverpool (advance enrolment essential)
• Life Drawing Days Saturdays 3 and 10 June.
• Maurice Denis Saturday 3 June at the Walker Art Gallery.
• Art Collections in the University of Liverpool Saturday 10 June.
• Chippendale Furniture and its Influence Saturday 17 June.
• Approaches to the History of Technology Saturday 17 Juneat Merseyside Maritime Museum.
• Writers' First Sight of Italy's Art Saturday 8 July at the Walker Art Gallery.

  Creative Arts Summer Schools

• Two-week non-residential courses on the University Precinct (Monday-Friday 10am-5pm daily). Leaflet with further details available on request from the Centre.

  5-9 and 12-16 June

• Scriptwriting for Comedy.
• Comedy Performance Workshop.
• Scriptwriting for Television.
• Television Drama Production.

  3-7 and 10-14 July

• Theatre Actor's Workshop.
• Scriptwriting for the Stage.
• Thurstaston, Wirral
• Archaeological Excavations on an Iron-Age/Early Roman Site at Irby 2 evening meetings, Mondays 10 and 17 July, 7-9pm at Thurstaston Village Centre.
• Our new programme of courses starts in October 1995. Further details of all our courses are available from the Centre for Continuing Education at No. 19 Abercromby Square Tel: 0151 794 6900; Fax: 0151 794 2544. (Reduced fees for full-time University staff on most weekly and day courses).

EDUCATION- Professional Development Unit

• The Department of Education's Professional Development Unit exists to respond to the needs of LEA's, schools and individual teachers, Governors and other professionals and also to take initiatives where these are thought appropriate. The activities of the Unit range from traditional courses, conferences and workshops to school-based activities, such as in-service days, consultancies and management training. The staff of the Professional Development Unit always welcome approaches from individual teachers, schools and all involved in the in-service training and professional development of teachers and other professionals. Enquiries should go to Mr C V Jones, Director of Professional Development, Miss F E Gersten, Administrator and Mrs D H Gelling, Secretary.
• Thursday 1 June, 4.30pm. Computers for Novices.
• Wednesday 7 June, 1.30pm. Play with Poetry: Key Stages 1-3.
• Friday 9 June, 9.30am. Introduction to Counselling Skills.
• Wednesday 7 June, 9.30am. Primary Geography and IT at Key Stage 2: Linking the Ladakh Pack and the New Ladakh Database.
• Thursday 15 June (repeated on Thursday 22 June), 10am. Developing Spatial Skills Through Outdoor and Adventurous Activity: a Cross-Curricular Study, Key Stage 2.
• Saturday 17 June, 9.30am. Working With Older Failing Readers.
• Tuesday 20 June, 9am. Raising Standards of Teaching and Learning in Schools.
• Wednesday 21 June, 9.30am. The Children Act: Issues for Schools.
• Monday 26 June, 9.30am. School Governors and the Selection of Staff.
• Wednesday 28 June, 9.30am. Co-ordination, Policy and Planning in Primary Geography, Key Stages 1 and 2.
• Thursday 29 June, 9.30am. Child Protection: What Governors Need to Know.
• Friday 30 June, 9.30am. Responding to the S.E.N. Code of Practice: A Practical Guide to Implementation.
• 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 or Fax: 2512.

INSTITUTE OF HUMAN AGEING

• Thursday 15 June, 12.30pm. Support Networks: Dementia and Sources of Informal Help with Professor G Clare Wenger and Anne Scott (Bangor). In the Continuing Education Centre, 126 Mount Pleasant.

INSTITUTE OF IRISH STUDIES

• Thursday 15 June, 4pm. `Images of Ireland in Post-War German Film: A Case Study' by Ullrich Kockel. In the Institute.

INSTITUTE OF POPULAR MUSIC

• Tuesday 6 June, 4.30pm. `The First and Last Temptation of the Tea Stains' by Mike Jones.
• Tuesday 13 June, 4.30pm. `The Problems with Historical Research into the Origins of the Cork Jazz Festival' by Mike Carton.
• Tuesday 20 June, 4.30pm. `Words and Music: The Art and Craft of Popular Lyric Writing' by David Ashton.
• In the Seminar Room at 88 Bedford Street South.

LIVERPOOL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

• Wednesday 7 June, 7.30pm. A Special Lecture by Canadian world renowned astrophotographer and CCD expert Mr Jack Newton. In Lecture Theatre `A', Science Lecture Rooms, Crown Street/Brownlow Hill. Tickets £2 or £2.50 at the door. Tickets and permits obtained from Mr Robert Corrigan, 4 Penrose Avenue West, Broadgreen, Liverpool, L14 6UT (please send sae). Make cheques payable to `Liverpool Astronomical Society'.

LIVERPOOL MOZART ORCHESTRA

• Saturday 24 June, 7.30pm. Final Concert in this season with Timothy Ho, Soloist and Charles Peebles, Conductor. The programme includes Strauss, Giazounor, and Beethoven. In the Birkenhead Town Hall. Tickets £6 (Concessions £4). For further details contact Alan Jones Tel: 677 1066.

MUSIC

• Friday 23 June, 7.30pm. Liverpool University Symphony Orchestra with conductors Michael Garvey and Kathryn Misson. Venue to be arranged.
• Friday 30 June and Saturday 1 July, 7.30pm. Liverpool University Music Theatre directed by James Wishart `Melodrama and the Quenau Project'. In the University Theatre, Eleanor Rathbone Building.
• For tickets and other information contact Patricia Myers, Secretary in the Department Tel: ext 3096 or Fax: 0151 794 3141.
• Six of the series of thirty-six postcards, showing different views of the University of Liverpool as it was in 1920, have been reissued, in original size and colour (sepia). The postcards, which are reproductions of original etchings by Ernest Coffin, have been reissued to commemorate the life and works of `Bruce Truscot' (E Allison Peers, Gilmour Professor of Spanish, 1922-52), creator of the famous books about Redbrick (ie Liverpool) University. The price is £1 per set of six (+ 25p postage); £2 per dozen (+30p postage) and £6 per three dozen (postage free). Please make cheques payable to `The University of Liverpool'. Available from The Secretary, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 2 Abecromby Square Tel: ext 2774. The following publication is also available, from the above address, at a specially reduced price: Descriptive Catalogue of a recent University Exhibition, with introductory essay, on `Redbrick Revisited: The University of Liverpool 1922-1952', 32pp + 3 illustrations (University of Liverpool, 1994), at £1 (+50p postage).

EARLY MUSIC AT THE BLUECOAT

• A series of three Friday lunchtime concerts given by The Musicians of Clerkenwell `Purcell and the Stuart Age' Friday 26 May, 1.10pm Friday 16 June, 1.10pm and Friday 30 June, 1.10pm. In the Neputne Room, Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane, Liverpool. Following the success of their first Early Music at the Bluecoat season in 1994 The Musicians of Clerkenwell return with a series of three concerts marking the tercentenary of the death of Henry Purcell in 1695. In the first and third concerts of the series they will be exploring the vocal and instrumental repertoire from the years just before and after Purcell's short but productive career, and in the second programme they will be joined by the distinguished baroque violinist Duncan Druce in a programme devoted largely to Purcells' own music. Admission at the door £3 (adult) and £2 (concession) per concert.

SCIENCE FICTION FOUNDATION COLLECTION

• Monday 5 June, 4pm. A chance to meet SF writer Pat Cadigan winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award for `Fools' and `Synners'. In the Taylor Room, Sydney Jones Library. Pat is one of the foremost cyberpunk SF writers and the only writer to win the Clarke Award, for best SF novel of the year, twice. She is in the UK as a guest of the University of Warwick `Virtual Futures '95' conference and will afterwards be visiting the Science Fiction Foundation Collection. This will be a rare chance to hear and talk about the work of a writer who has been called `one of the most acutely intelligent' of the new generation of post-cyberpunk novelists who deal with the interface between human and computer intelligences and the nature of virtual realities.

ART GROUP'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY

• To celebrate twenty active years, the University Art Group is to hold an exhibition of the work of its members from Wednesday 7- Friday 30 June, to be opened by Professor John Tarn. In the Senate House Exhibition Hall. The Society is seeking new committee members, and anyone interested in taking part in any of the group's activities, should contact either the Chairman Maureen O'Malley Tel: 924 3184 or Pamela Vose Tel: 0704 531709.

LIVERPOOL WATERSPORTS CENTRE OFFERS DEAL FOR STUDENTS

• The new Liverpool Watersports Centre at the Queen's Dock is offering special deals for students from the University of Liverpool who wish to try their hand at a range of water-based activities. The centre, which is managed by the Merseyside Council for Voluntary Service (MCVS) through its Merseyside project, is a purpose-built complex based in the heart of Liverpool's famous docklands. From here, Merseysport offers top-class tuition in sailing, canoeing and windsurfing undertaken by highly trained instructors. The Queen's Dock is an ideal location for beginners, as it does not suffer from strong tides and the water quality is very high thanks to a filter system. Merseysport's fleet of craft includes kayaks, Canadian canoes, Wayfarer and Topper dinghies and a Drascombe Longboat. Following a visit to the centre by the Vice-Chancellor last month, Merseysport is now offering discounted tuition rates to students at the University. By taking out a membership for just £3, students are entitled to a free initial lesson with subsequent tuition priced at £3 per hour. All equipment is provided and full courses in all activities can be arranged. Courses are strongly recommended for people who may at some stage be considering leading a group on water-based activities to ensure that they are fully competent. At Merseysport itself, safety is a key priority and rescue boats are always on hand. Merseysport is also happy to arrange group activities for societies and clubs. For full details of the exciting opportunities now available at the Liverpool Watersports Centre, contact Maureen at Merseysport Tel: 708 9322.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT

• Tuesday 20 June. In-service day conference `Raising Standards of Teaching and Learning in Schools'. Quality assurance has become a major area of concern in all professions. How can we ensure quality in our schools? In September, 1993, the Office for Standards in Education was set up to oversee this process. The keynote address will be given by Chris Woodhead, recently appointed as HM Chief Inspector of Schools at OFSTED. The conference will also be addressed by the Vice-Chancellor and by Mr MF Cogley, Liverpool's Director of Education. The programme will include workshops on raising standards in inner city schools, gender issues, assessment at all stages, discipline and special education needs. Further information regarding this conference may be obtained from the Professional Development Unit Tel: ext 2479 or 2514 or Fax: 2512.

CALLING ALL HOCKEY PLAYERS

• Do you want to play league hockey on Saturdays? At a club with 3 mens teams and 2 women's teams (plus Juniors)? A club with 2 astroturf pitches and a bar/club house on site? A team only 8 miles from Liverpool town centre with easy access by rail, bus or car? Yes, then Prescot Hockey Club is for you. Training every Tuesday evening 8-9pm, league games/tournaments Saturdays 12-4pm. All welcome. Prescot Leisure Centre, Warrington Road, Prescot, 2 mins from Prescot Station, 10A bus stops outside.