Events Highlights: January 2021
19 January 2021
This term we have an exciting programme of online events which may interest staff. Please see below for a list of our upcoming highlights:
Wednesday 20 January 2021, 18.30-19.30
Online
Professor Robert Van de Noort, Professor Parveen Yaqoob and Paul Inman will share with our Alumni community updates on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, what the University is doing to support students, staff and the wider community, and how Reading is prepared for 2021 and the future after COVID-19. They will also highlight wider developments at the University, plans for the year ahead and how alumni can get involved in the life of the University.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2021
Wednesday 27 January 2021, 13:00
Online
Plans to be confirmed shortly – please check back this week.
Virtual Events Training
Thursday 28 January 2021, 15.00-16.30
Online
If you think you will be running virtual events on behalf of the University this year, or have already done so and want to refresh your knowledge and pick up new tips, please sign up to attend our online training session!
Annual Wolfenden Lecture: Why We Are Not All Equal
Wednesday 3 February 2021, 19.00-20.00
Online
Annual Wolfenden Lecture with special guest, Hafsa Qureshi, Stonewall Bi Role Model of the Year 2019.
As a modern society, we treat the problem of inequality as a thing of the past. This lecture will work to dispel the notion that equality has been achieved. We will look at the ways society has adapted the way we discriminate against one another, and what we can do to oppose this.
This special event is named in memory of Lord Wolfenden, who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading from 1950-64. Lord Wolfenden chaired a committee that wrote the 1957 ‘Wolfenden Report', a key milestone in LGBT+ history in the UK.
If you would like to find out more information, please see our full event listing.