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Dear friends and colleagues,
A spectre that was haunting Europe – the spectre of Brexitween – has melted and resolved itself in an election. This meant all our partners could with easier conscience remove the skeletons out of their closets, put up the cobwebs, or fly off cackling into the night.
Meanwhile in the KQ coven, we've been boiling up a mélange of potent events meant to stimulate and bewitch. Many of these will have to wait to be shared until the next newsletter, but what we can highlight here are two specialist events coming this November looking at diversity from very different angles.
The first event – for HR professionals, researchers and anyone championing diversity in their organisation – is a roundtable discussion on intersectionality. Previous discussions on diversity have focussed on broader terms – neurodiversity, BAME and LGBTQ+ diversity – but what of the voices and experiences of those at the intersections of these identities? If you are an expert on the subject, or interested in knowing more about it, join us as we burrow into what diversity in the workplace means.
Our second roundtable brings to the surface a hidden gap in our clinical data with potentially disastrous consequences. Were you aware that most drugs arrive on pharmacy shelves following trials on majority Caucasian male subjects? Did you know that this data homogeneity can lead some drug users to unknowingly overdose? We're just cracking the lid on this enormous issue and are fortunate to have the partners in our membership to lift it right off – including BenevolentAI who are hosting this November congress.
Plenty of partner events below. You'll find many more events in our most recent edition of the What's On guide. Tweet us if you find one around the Knowledge Quarter.
Be sure to share and encourage friends, family and colleagues to subscribe to future newsletters via our website.
With best wishes,
Knowledge Quarter Team
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KQ Call to Action: Data Diversity in Research
20 November 09:00-11:00 at BenevolentAI
The data gap issue is not new, as Caroline Criado Perez demonstrated in her recent book, Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. From stab vests to medical trials, the “one-size-fits-men” approach puts lives at risk.
The event will be a forum in which pharma industries, academia, institutions, research groups and private companies based in the Knowledge Quarter can come together, and explore solutions to make data sets (particularly in medical research) more diverse.
Register here
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KQ Diversity Roundtable: Intersectionality in the Workplace
27 November 09:00-11:00 at Alan Turing Institute
The third Roundtable in our Diversity Roundtable Series will be on Intersectionality in the workplace. Breakfast meetings are relaxed, open sessions. We begin with a handful of Lightning Talks from external organisations and from a selection of partners doing interesting things in this area. Speakers/Content TBC.
This is a great opportunity for HR professionals, researchers and activists in our network to meet and swap notes.
Email to register interest
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KQ Private View
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KQ Private Tour: Writing in Times of Conflict
3 December 17:30-19:00 at Senate House Library
Told through Senate House Library’s global collections, Writing in Times of Conflict presents a selection of narratives by writers, journalists, politicians and local communities that highlight the impact of conflict on the written word and literary mind.
Book your place here
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Partner Events and News
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A Life Well Lived: In Conversation with Anne Youngson
4 November, 17.30 - 19:30 at the Society of Authors
Anne Youngson worked for many years in the car industry before, at age 70, she published her debut novel, Meet Me at the Museum, becoming the inaugural winner of the Paul Torday Memorial Prize and succeeding her own expectations. Joining Anne Youngson on the panel are authors Piers Torday and Anita Sethi.
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Former UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura in Conversation with Dr Lina Khatib
4 November, 18.00 - 19.30 at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan Centre
Former UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura will share experiences from his forty-year career with the United Nations, in particular in his capacity as international mediator during the civil war in Syria. An important discussion and a timely event.
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After Eden presents Brundibar and the Music of Terezin
10 November, 11.00 - 15.00 at the Jewish Museum
Learn about the story of Terezin through a short screening of the documentary The Music of Terezin, followed by an arresting Q&A and a remarkable performance of the opera Brundibar, written by Hans Krasa for a cast of children – in this instance performed by students at Kentish Town Primary School.
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Story Garden: Republic of Learning
15 November, 10:30 - 13.00 at MAKE@Story Garden
A monthly event bringing together the local community in the new Story Garden to respond to the climate crisis. This session will focus on making. Participants will be able to combine climate change data and cross stitching to make climate change visual and personal. All materials provided. No experience required, all welcome. Booking essential.
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Join Springer Nature at #SpotOn2019, a free Science Communication Conference
21 November, 8.30 - 17.00 at Wellcome Collection
SpotOn is an opportunity for discussion and collaboration about science policy and communication. This year's focus is sustainability and communicating science for societal impact. Taking place simultaneously in London, UK and Cairo, Egypt as well as livestreamed.
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Poet in the City Producers present: My Wound Was an Exhibition
26 November 19:00 at Aga Khan Centre Gallery
Poet in the City Producers present an evening of conversation and live performance, exploring art as resistance in a climate of censorship, inspired by the powerful street art of activist and political protestor, Bahia Shehab.
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Cockpit Arts Winter Open Studios KQ Preview
28 November 18:00 - 21:00 at Cockpit Arts Holborn
Exclusive for KQ staff, friends and family – before the studio opens its door to all visitors, join Cockpit Arts for a VIP glimpse behind the scenes and a chance to meet and buy direct from London’s best independent makers.
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Help Camden STEAM with their survey
Survey closes 29 November
Camden STEAM was formed to build strong and meaningful links between Camden’s schools and employers. A year into delivery, Camden wants to know employers’ changing perceptions of engaging with schools and recruiting young people in Camden.
Fill out this shorty anonymous survey and you might just win a £50 shopping voucher.
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Jobs and Opportunities in the KQ
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