In Beautiful Wortley Hall near Sheffield.
These TWO DISCUSSION BASED SEMINARS took place. Attendance was 12 and 20 people respectively. Feedback from both events was very positive and enjoyed by all participants.
1. THE MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & DEMOCRACY
Key- Note speaker is the journalist and biographer
PAUL ROUTLEDGE click to access the text of Paul's talk
Wed 12 Oct 11.00am to Thu 13 Oct 4.30pm, 2011
The initial Key-note Lecture by Paul will be followed by 6 discussion sessions on these themes: The Murdoch Empire; Raymond Williams’ book Communications ; Local media – the future; TV Drama; News – Bias and ‘Balance’; Celebrity and Privacy. One session will include WEA training on use of web and social networks within learning/discussion circles.
All-in residential cost, with en suite bedroom: £68 pp. Deposit: £30 pp
2. PHILOSOPHY & POLITICS TODAY
Wed 23 Nov 4.30pm to Fri 25 Nov, 2.00pm, 2011
Programme will include: Aung San Suu Kyi and Non-Violent Resistance; Direct democracy: 38 Degrees and Avaaz. Why Marx was right; Feminism – an up-date; Hobbes and JS Mill; Scientists struggling with Ethics; The role of Aesthetics, from garden gnomes to wind turbines; The Arab Spring; Cooperatives in 2020. One session will include WEA training on the use of web and social networks within learning/discussion circles.
All-in residential cost, with en suite bedroom: £68 pp Deposit £30 pp
Click to access the actual programme which was modified to include the "Occupy Movement" as a main theme.
Click to access our email dialogue with "Occupy's" Tent City at St Paul's in London.
