In this edition:
- This week at the GU
– New GU Website Design Launched
– MCRevolution (19 Oct)
– Parent and Toddler Coffee Morning (Fridays)
- CUSU Societies’ Fair 2008 (7-8 Oct)
- Wolfson College Salsa Night (8 Oct)
- An Aesthetic Education (9 Oct)
- Post-Colonial and Other Pedagogies: Around the work of Gayatri Spivak (10 Oct)
- CUMS Chorus recruitment ‘Come and Sing’ (11 Oct)
- International Welcome Party (11 Oct)
- The Great Debate: Part 3/4 (11 Oct)
- CU Karate Club Demonstration (12 Oct)
- Representing Climate Change Conference (15-17 Oct, Register By 10 Oct)
- St Edmund’s Chapel Choir
- Emmanuel College Chapel Choir
- Research Volunteers Needed
– Swiss German Speakers Needed for Linguistics Study
– Healthy Female Volunteers Needed for a Psychological Research Study
– Reward and Decision-Making: Volunteers Needed for Psychology Study
– Male Volunteers Wanted
– Do you have a baby boy aged 12-24 months?
– Postal questionnaire for parents of 4-6 year old boys
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This week at the GU
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New GU Website Design Launched
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The GU website, <http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/>, has been updated to match
the university’s new design; we hope that information will also be easier to
read and to find. If you experience any problems or have any other comments
we should be grateful if you could e-mail them to
webmaster@gradunion.cam.ac.uk
MCRevolution (19 Oct)
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Coming soon… The biggest ever Graduate event in Cambridge! Last year 900
grads packed the new Revolution bar on Downing Street. Tickets are £5 and
include a free cocktail. Bijoumiyo and DJs Philip Ashworth and Paul Avery
will provide the music. Tickets will be available from college reps: get
yours ASAP!
Parent and Toddler Coffee Morning (Fridays)
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Our parent and toddler play session and coffee morning is held every Friday
in the University Centre at 10am. These are free for all students with
children and their partners; free coffee and biscuits provided.
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CUSU Societies’ Fair 2008 (7-8 Oct)
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Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th October 2008, Kelsey Kerridge Sports Hall
The Societies’ Fair is the annual event for students, and particularly
freshers, to discover the great variety of Cambridge clubs and societies.
The Fair takes place in Kelsey Kerridge Sports Hall, and features stalls
from almost 300 student societies catering for all interests (including some
specifically for graduates), as well as a variety of companies and other
organisations. The opening times are 11:00-18:30 on Tuesday (doors open to
student parents and students with disabilities at 10am), and 10:00-15:00 on
Wednesday. Organised by CUSU (Cambridge University Students’ Union); for
more information visit <http://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/societies/fair/>.
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Wolfson College Salsa Night (8 Oct)
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Wednesday 8th October 2008, 21:00-01:00, Wolfson College Club Room
The one and only longest running Salsa event in Cambridge, every Wednesday
night from 9pm. Salsa lesson from 9pm-10pm followed by social dancing till
late. Absolute beginners are more than welcome! The
entrance price is just £2 for non-Wolfsonites. If you wish to be added to
the mailing list, please email Spyros at sa449.
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An Aesthetic Education (9 Oct)
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Thursday 9th October 2008, 17:00-19:00, Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site,
Cambridge
A Lecture by Gayatri Spivak (Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities
and the Director of the Center for Comparative Literature and Society at
Columbia University) on how the disciplines have to be changed to
accommodate the aesthetic education that the world needs now. For more
information visit <http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/547/>.
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Post-Colonial and Other Pedagogies: Around the work of Gayatri Spivak (10
Oct)
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Friday 10th October 2008, 09:00-17:00
‘The humanities – training in literary reading in particular – is good at
textual change. Each discipline has its own species of "setting-to-work"…’
. The work of Gayatri Spivak has focused both on change, including
disciplinary change in the Humanities, and on the particular forms of
‘setting-to-work’ involved in post-colonial pedagogies. This colloquium
‘around the work of Gayatri Spivak’ salutes her contribution to teaching and
change, bringing together graduate and faculty speakers for a day of papers
and discussion. A CRASSH/QMUL collaboration, it is part of the AHRC-funded
Interdisciplinary Training Network (IRTN) for graduate students as well as
contributing to the CRASSH-based Centre for Disciplinary Innovation. For
more information visit <http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/554/>.
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CUMS Chorus recruitment ‘Come and Sing’ (11 Oct)
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Saturday 11th October 2008, 13:15, Clare College Chapel
Faure: Requiem; Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens; Bruckner: Locus Iste; with
Stephen Cleobury, Tim Brown, Joseph Fort (conductors); Joseph Fort
(organist); Rachel Bagnall (soprano); Aidan Coburn (baritone). Free
admission. Come and join student members of CUMS chorus to sing two great
choral pieces, Faure’s Requiem and Parry’s I was Glad, with distinguished
conductors Stephen Cleobury and Timothy Brown. Music will be provided.
Organised by CUMS, <http://www.cums.org.uk>. For more information contact
Daniel Hill (dnh22).
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International Welcome Party (11 Oct)
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Saturday 11th October 2008, 19:30-22:30, 236 Hills Road
Welcome to Cambridge! Join us for an international party with delicious
food and non-alcoholic drinks and meet lots of new international students.
There will be a free minibus at 7pm outside University Arms Hotel on Regent
Street. Organised by Christian Graduate Society. For more information visit
<http://www.cam.ac.uk/societies/cgs/isw>.
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The Great Debate: Part 3/4 (11 Oct)
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Saturday 11th October 2008, 18:30-21:00, Graduate Union
Obama vs. McCain, Town Hall Meeting Format. Join us in Cambridge as the
American Presidential and VP candidates go head to head in a series of four
recorded debates. Don’t watch the debates alone. Join a roomful of Democrats
for a screening among friends – and afterwards debate what we just saw!
Entrance free. Goodies for purchase at venue or bring your own. All are
welcome! Organised by Cambridge University Democrats Abroad UK; RSVP:
cambridge@democratsabroad.org.uk
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CU Karate Club Demonstration (12 Oct)
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Sunday 12th October 2008, 17:00, Fenner’s Gym
Come down to Fenner’s at the end of Freshers’ Week and see members of
Cambridge University Karate Club in action. Everyone from beginners to black
belts will be there demonstrating karate at its best, with a mixture of
powerful and dynamic displays and chances for you to get involved yourself.
Afterwards get to know members of the club at the Freshers’ Squash.
Organised by CU Karate Club, <http://www.cukc.org/>.
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Representing Climate Change Conference (15-17 Oct, Register By 10 Oct)
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15th-17th October 2008, Clare Hall and CRASSH; Registration Deadline 10th
October
This conference, organised by The Cultures of Climate Change at CRASSH, will
feature cutting-edge research into the links between the arts, humanities
and climate change research, with a specific emphasis on the politics of
representation and visuality. The conference will be accompanied by a
landmark photography exhibition of noted photographers whose work addresses
climate change, part of the first annual Festival of Ideas. The photography
exhibition opens 15 October at Clare Hall with a panel discussion to follow;
the conference takes place 16 and 17 October at CRASSH. For more
information and to register (deadline: Friday 10th October), visit:
<http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/546/>.
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St Edmund’s Chapel Choir
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St Edmund’s Chapel Choir is looking to recruit new members for this academic
year. We are a small, friendly, non-auditioned group, and sing for the
Sunday Mass at 10.30am (rehearsal from 9.45am), with
rehearsals on Monday evenings 8-9.30pm. We also sing for various special
events in the college calendar. It’s ideal if you’d like to sing in a
choir but can’t put in a huge time commitment. You’ll get a free lunch a
couple of times a term. If you might be interested in joining, email the
Director of Music, Jamie Barron, at jaab3@cam.ac.uk. Alternatively, just
come along to our first rehearsal of term, at 8pm on Monday 6th October.
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Emmanuel College Chapel Choir
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Looking for a choir to sing in this year? Emmanuel College Chapel Choir
undertakes a varied and exciting programme of events while requiring only a
few hours a week of its members’ time, and membership is open to
undergraduates and graduates from across the university. As well as singing
for services in Emma’s beautiful Wren chapel each Thursday and Sunday during
term, we tour regularly – most recently to Sweden, Mexico, Ireland and Italy
- and make occasional trips to cathedrals and churches in the UK. This year
we are planning a tour to Boston. The choir is very friendly, and enjoys
regular outings to pubs, curry houses, etc. After Evensong on Sunday we all
sit down to a (free) formal hall. In addition to this, members receive
heavily subsidized singing lessons. If you would like further information,
or to arrange a short, informal audition, please contact the senior organ
scholar, Joe Fort, on jgf27@cam.ac.uk ASAP (the auditioning period ends on
Thursday 9th October).
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Research Volunteers Needed
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Swiss German Speakers Needed for Linguistics Study
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I’m looking for native speakers of any dialect of Swiss German for a
linguistics pilot study. It involves listening to sentences in the Zuerich
dialect and making decisions on what you heard. It takes about half an hour
and you get paid £4. It takes place in the Phonetics lab on Sidgwick site.
Please contact Ruth – reg50@cam.ac.uk if you are interested.
Healthy Female Volunteers Needed for a Psychological Research Study
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The study involves an initial telephone interview involving some personal
health questions. This may then be followed by two sessions of computer
tasks, questionnaires and diet manipulation. We will reimburse you for
participation. You must be female, physically healthy, aged 20-50 and have
never suffered from depression. Please contact Oliver Robinson at the
Department of Psychiatry, ojr23@cam.ac.uk, for further information.
Reward and Decision-Making: Volunteers Needed for Psychology Study
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The study involves an initial behavioural testing session, which may be
followed by a second session where you will complete a decision-making task
in an fMRI scanner. Total participation time is less than 3 hours. We will
reimburse you for participation, and you will get to take home a picture of
your brain. You must be female, right-handed, physically healthy, aged
18-50, and fluent in English. Please contact Molly Crockett at the
Department of Experimental Psychology, (01223) 764428, mc536@cam.ac.uk
Male Volunteers Wanted
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I’m Jacky from the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit on Chaucer Road, and I
currently need a few male volunteers. The experiment takes about 1 hour 15
minutes and involves pressing buttons to indicate the direction of stimuli
presented on the screen. You get paid £7.50 + £2.50 travel expenses, plus
an extra reward depending on your performance. If you are willing to
participate, please indicate which days/times generally suit you in your
email, to rongjun.yu@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk. If you have already participated,
please do not reply again.
Do you have a baby boy aged 12-24 months?
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We are looking for typically developing male children to take part in a
study tracking developmental progress in areas such as language and social
skills over 9-12 months. You will be invited to visit us at the Autism
Research Centre in Cambridge where a trained researcher will give you a few
questionnaires and observe your child playing in a semi-structured manner;
alternatively it might be possible for a researcher to come to your house.
We will reimburse you for your travel costs and offer a report of your
child’s progress at the end of the study. We are also looking for babies
within this age range who have an older sibling with an autism spectrum
diagnosis. If interested, please email jcs69@cam.ac.uk or visit
<http://tinyurl.com/camautismstudy>.
Postal questionnaire for parents of 4-6 year old boys
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I am also looking for parents of 4-6 year old boys (typically developing) to
fill in some postal questionnaires. These questionnaires should take no more
than 30 minutes and you would be helping investigate the difference between
autistic and non-autistic ability pattern sets. If you would be interested
in participating, please enter your contact details at
<http://tinyurl.com/camcsstudy> or email jcs69@cam.ac.uk