Forthcoming academic lectures & events
Throughout the Michaelmas and Lent terms the school organises a range of lectures on a diverse range of subjects.
The events listed in our lecture timetable ('Fasti') are reproduced below, along with other academic events on our Calendar.
Thursday 23 February 2012
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20:45Christian Forum: Matthew Clark 'Asking God for good things' (Quod)
Friday 24 February 2012
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19:15da Vinci Society: "Robert Frank" Dr. Jonathan Day
Jonathan Day is a Senior Lecturer in Visual Communications and Theoretical and Historical Studies in Art and Design at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. He is particularly involved in lens based media and has recently published a book on the work of documentary photographer Robert Frank. Jonathan intends to discuss his own personal responses to the work of Frank.
This public lecture is essential for all AS and A2 Photographers and will be of great interest to anybody who owns a camera. It takes place in the Art School.
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19:15Darwin Society: Professor Marcus Munafo "Addiction and Drug Use"
Marcus Munafo is the Professor of Biological Psychology, School of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol.
Professor Munafo’s interests are in the role of molecular genetic influences on addictive behaviour and the use of social drugs (primarily nicotine and alcohol), in particular the behavioural, cognitive and neural mechanisms that mediate these relationships.
This public lecture takes place in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Tuesday 28 February 2012
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18:30Scholars' Dinner (Lecture SLT, followed by dinner at KH)
Wednesday 29 February 2012
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18:30Oxbridge Evening, Anne-Marie Canning, Access and Schools Liaison Officer, University College, Oxford and Helen Watson St. John's College, Cambridge
This lecture is open to outside schools, and takes place in the Ashton Theatre.
Friday 2 March 2012
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19:15da Vinci Society: "My Work" Richard Foot
Richard Foot is a Shrewsbury based practical photographer who established his own company ‘Footprint Photography’ in 2007. His main interest lies in Architectural Photography and his images of Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn appear in the acclaimed film ‘Inception’. Richard is an outstanding practitioner.
This public lecture is essential for all AS and A2 Photographers and will be of great interest to anybody who owns a camera. It takes place in the Art School.
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19:15Darwin Society & Global Perspectives Lecture: James Atkins 'Carbon Trading'
James Atkins is Chairman of Vertis Environmental Finance, an emissions trading company in Hungary which he established in 1998.
James Atkins’ lecture will deal with questions concerning the practicalities, ethics and effectiveness of European carbon trading schemes and will be of particular interest to pupils studying GPR and/or Economics. It will be followed by the GPR Annual dinner.
This public lecture takes place in the Science Lecture Theatre.
Monday 5 March 2012
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23:00Art Scholarship1
Wednesday 7 March 2012
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0:00Careers: Medical talk and dinner for Sixth Formers, organised by the Salopian Club
Old Salopian doctors Piers Dixey (O 1999-2004) and Daniel Morris (PH 1987-1992) have agreed to talk to 6th formers hoping to enter the field of medicine.
The Speaker at dinner will be Professor Sir Roger Boyle, CBE, (SH 1961-1966), National Director for Heart Disease.
This is the first in a series of termly careers dinners. The next one, which will be held on Wednesday 13 June, will focus on those considering a career in property.
For more information, contact the Club Director, Alex Baxter.
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19:00Geographical Association, Shropshire Branch: "Earthquake and landslide disasters" Mr Rob Parker, University of Durham
This lecture is part of the Shropshire Branch of the Geographical Association 6th Form Lecture Series, and takes place in the Alington Hall.
Rob Parker is a research postgraduate at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience, University of Durham. His research concerns predicting the impact of landslides caused by earthquakes. Over the last 3 years, Rob has worked extensively on the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan Province, China, and is currently working on landslide-triggering earthquakes in New Zealand, including the recent sequence of earthquakes in Christchurch.
As the Earth's population continues to grow, more and more people are living inareas prone to hazards. Often striking without warning in unexpected locations, earthquakes produce some of the most devastating natural disasters. 2011 holds the record for the highest level of economic losses due to natural perils for any year throughout history. This is mainly the result of two catastrophic events, the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan and the 2010-2011 Christchurch earthquakes in NewZealand. These events provide a stark reminder of the challenges faced by people living in tectonically active environments.
So how do we address these challenges? What can be done to reduce the damage and prepare for future earthquakes? In this talk we explore two such events, which are the focus of research at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience at Durham University; the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China and the two recent earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand. Studying these types of events is essential if we are to save lives in tectonically active areas.
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19:15Sidney Society: "The Life and Works of Virginia Woolf", Rev. Gary Dobbie
In her life and in her art Virginia Woolf was always ready to face the big questions:
What is the meaning of life? That was all — a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years. The great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark;
In her art, she tried to accomplish a task that appeared to her to be both simple and impossible – “The strange thing about life is that though the nature of it must have been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it;”
In art, her struggles to find meaning resulted in enduring success; in life, they resulted in tragedy.
This public lecture takes place in the Moser Library.
Thursday 8 March 2012
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20:45Christian Forum: Rev. Gary Dobbie 'The Golden Rule' (Quod)
Tuesday 13 March 2012
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10:00Shrewsbury Academic Forum meeting for Prep School teachers of Classics and Modern Languages
Thursday 15 March 2012
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20:45Christian Forum: Dr Mark Elliott 'The path to life' (Quod)
Tuesday 20 March 2012
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19:00Chemistry: 'Chemical Engineering of Chocolate Creme Eggs' Professor Peter Fryer, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
This lecture is part of the Birmingham Lecture Series.
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20:15Careers in the Property Business - Nick Okel (OS), Savills and Will Heath (OS), Group Development Director, Redrow
Will Heath and Nick Okell were both in Ingram's 1993-1998, and will be delivering this joint lecture in the Science Lecture Theatre.
This is a public careers lecture, open to outside schools.
Wednesday 21 March 2012
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18:30Hawksley-Burbury Science Competition (Science Laboratories)
Thursday 22 March 2012
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20:45Christian Forum: Rev. Paul Bolton 'Strong Foundations' (Quod)
Friday 23 March 2012
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15:00ISCO Gap Fair - Kingsland Hall
This is an informal event that is open to visitors from outside the School as well as pupils and their parents.
Please see www.isco.org.uk for further information, and for a list of the Gap Year exhibitors who will be attending the fair.
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23:00German: Study Visit to Bavaria (returns Wednesday 28th March)1
Saturday 24 March 2012
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23:00French: Lower School Study Visit to Montpellier (returns Thursday 29th March)1
Thursday 12 April 2012
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0:00GCSE History Trip to Berlin (returns Sunday 15th April)
A trip for Fourth and Fifth Form boys to include visits to Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall, the Jewish Museum, Wansee Villa and Sachsenhausen - plus plenty of time to explore the city!
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