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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama visited Cambridge after being invited by the Global Scholars Symposium to deliver talks and participate in discussions.

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What’s Worth Learning? addresses the central question of general education. For learners facing a complex, unpredictable, and dangerous future, it asks and answers the question: What knowledge is absolutely essential for every learner?
In simple, jargon-free language, the book explains why the “core curriculum” in near-universal use in America’s classrooms was poor when it was adopted in 1893 and why it grows more dysfunctional with each passing year. It then shows how, without changes in staffing, budgets, or bureaucratic boundaries, knowledge can be organized to both radically improve learner intellectual performance and significantly decrease the cost of a general education.

Audio Book: Marion Brady "What's Worth Learning," Narrated by Diane Havens

Lunch Hour Lectures - Autumn 2013

Professor John Sutherland, UCL English

Is rap / hip-hop, as its proponents claim, the poetry of the contemporary street, and if so should it be incorporated into the syllabus? John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus of English at UCL.

You can also watch this lecture on the UCLLHL YouTube channel at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzZA6y33tPY

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at http://ucl.ac.uk.

Dr Dre in the classroom (10 Oct 2013)

Artist Anthony Caro and Julius Bryant, Keeper of Word & Image, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, discuss Caro's career and exhibition, Caro: Close Up, at the Yale Center for British Art (October 18 - December 30, 2012). Learn more about the Yale Center for British Art here: http://britishart.yale.edu

Interview with the Artist: Sir Anthony Caro

Robert Motherwell, Untitled, 1943. Ink, gouache, watercolor, pastel, and pasted colored paper and printed paper on Japanese paper, mounted on paperboard, 49.5 x 40 cm. Galerie Jaeger Bucher/Jeanne-Bucher, Paris © Dedalus Foundation, Inc./Licensed by VAGA, New York. Photo: Georges Poncet, courtesy Galerie Jaeger Bucher/Jeanne-Bucher

Robert Motherwell, Untitled, 1943

Robert Motherwell, View from a High Tower, 1944–45. Tempera, oil, ink, pastel, and pasted wood veneer, drawing paper, Japanese paper, and printed map on paperboard, 74.3 x 74.3 cm. Private collection © Dedalus Foundation, Inc./Licensed by VAGA, New York. Photo: Courtesy Dedalus Foundation, Inc.

Robert Motherwell: Early Collages Introduction

The problem of violence against women and girls has been prominent in media coverage with many distressing cases coming to light over the last year and more. What steps are being taken through legal processes, by organisations and academia to tackle the issues involved? Speakers include Norah Al-Ani of Cambridge Rape Crisis centre.

How far have we come? Ending violence against women and girls

Professor Ian Roberts will explore how languages shape human culture and human thought. Some languages have shaped our world more than others and some of them are not as obvious as you might think. This talk offers a sample of those languages, from Sanskrit to Singlish, via French and Esperanto, with one or two real surprises along the way.

Ideas and languages: 10 languages that changed the world

Is creating a more inclusive society vital for a country's economic development or does economic development need to come first? Speakers include journalist Richard Dowden, Dr Kamal Munir (Judge Business School), Dr Sharath Srinivasan (Department of Politics and International Studies) and Brita Fernandez Schmidt (Women for Women International). Chaired by Dame Barbara Stocking.

Four leading experts in the fields of social change, innovation and human rights will discuss this question, debating the role microfinance has played in economic development and the effect of new communication technologies, alongside examining how much these have allowed previously excluded groups, such as women, to have more of a say in governance. The panel will also discuss the importance of less recognisable social movements and collectives and how technology is changing the nature of social action.

Dr Kamal Munir has been teaching at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School since 2000. Dr Munir's research focuses on social change and stability, as well as innovation and technological shifts in society.

Dr Sharath Srinivasan is a Lecturer in Governance and Human Rights at the University of Cambridge. Prior to academia, Dr Sharath worked in the field of international aid in conflict settings. He has led programmes for a leading international relief agency in Sudan, and has advised a range of international organisations and government agencies on conflict prevention, peace-building and political development.

Brita Fernandez Schmidt is Executive Director of Women for Women International UK. She has a strong record of work on women’s human rights, gender, social inequality and development and has worked with a number of different national and international human rights and development institutions over the past 20 years. Prior to joining Women for Women International, Brita led the programmes and policy work of Womankind Worldwide; acted as Chair of the Gender & Development Network; and advised numerous other organisations and institutions, including the Department for International Development, on gender, women’s rights and development.

Richard Dowden is a journalist who has specialised in African issues. Since 1975, he has worked for several newspapers, including The Independent, The Times and The Economist, and for the past eight years he has been the Executive Director of the Royal African Society. He has made three television documentaries on Africa for the BBC and Channel 4 and is author of the book, Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles.

Is social equality necessary for development?

Larry Samuelson: Beyond the Standard Model in Economic Behaviour

Educating The Heart

The Path to Peace and Happiness in a Global Society

PhD candidate in molecular and cellular biology Patrick Hsu joins us to share his work on a new technology, with a surprising source, revolutionizing the field of genetic engineering. Patrick also tells us about fancy-footing it with the Harvard Ballroom Dance Team.

Making Genetic Engineering CRISPR: Patrick Hsu | Veritalk

Using specialist techniques, the Language Research Team at Cambridge University Press unpick the patterns of scholarly English as they explore the journey of academic writing: from sixth form students to published professors.

What makes a brilliant piece of academic writing?

Times have never been better for single women. Then why is it still so hard? Four women, experts on relationships and sex, share their insight and suggestions.

The s word- spinster - has been virtually outlawed, and ladies of all ages are encouraged to seek out the sex and relationships that suit them online or in person. Being single is all about being free, having fun, doing things your way or the highway...or is it?

This event brings together four experts on relationships and sex to discuss their own unique take on single womanhood at all ages - it's pitfalls, freedoms and the pressures. If it's as great as we think it should be in 2013, why do so many women, particularly those over 30, still find being single such a trial? How can they get the most out of it? Join in the discussion with Rowan Pelling, broadcaster, writer and founder of The Erotic Review; Cecilia d'Felice, award-winning clinical psychologist, author and relationships expert; Susan Quilliam, sex and relationships educator and author of the revised Joy of Sex and panel head Zoe Strimpel, internet dating and gender scholar and author of The Man Diet: One Woman's Quest to End Bad Romance (Avon).

How to be a single woman in 2013, whether you're 25 or 60

Read by CAMERON DIAZ and SANDY RUSTIN

Throughout her career, Cameron Diaz has been a role model for millions of women. By her own admission, though, this fit, athletic star wasn't always as health-conscious as she is today. Her consumption of bad foods had an effect on her skin and her body. "If you are what you eat," she says, "I was a bean burrito with extra cheese and extra sauce, no onions." Learning about the inseparable link between nutrition and health was just one of the life-changing lessons that sparked Cameron's passion to explore the best ways to care for her body. In The Body Book, she shares the knowledge she's gained both from personal experience and from consulting with health experts.

Beginning with nutrition, Cameron explains why instead of fearing hunger, women should embrace their body's instinct for fuel and satisfy it with whole, nutrient-dense foods.

Cameron also explains the essential role of consistent physical activity. Many women think about exercise in terms of pounds lost or muscle tone gained, but don't realize that working up a sweat is also essential for improving mood, boosting energy levels, and preventing disease. Cameron offers tips for choosing the right exercise program and shares her own workout strategies for looking and feeling your best.

Creating a healthy, beautiful body begins with learning the facts and turning knowledge into action. In The Body Book, women will find the tools they need to build a healthier body now—so they can live joyfully in it for years to come.

THE BODY BOOK by Cameron Diaz

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