Events

Brains at the Bevy: The people's pier: regeneration, community and popular culture heritage

Wednesday 27 June 2018, 6pm
The Bevy, BN2 4TF

Speaker: Olu Jenzen, University of Brighton

Today only fifty nine of the original hundred or so British seaside piers remain, and many of those are under threat. Despite this downturn piers remain important to the coastal communities and are often at the heart of costal regeneration projects. However, regeneration processes are complex and not always inclusive. This talk presents findings from two case studies exploring the new phenomena of ’the community pier’: The Hastings Pier and the Clevedon Pier.

This is a free event but please email cupp@brighton.ac.uk to book.

Brains at the Bevy: How can arts change the world? (Again)

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 6pm
The Bevy, BN2 4TF

Speaker: Helen Johnson, University of Brighton

For many years, arts-activists and community artists have used the arts as tools for social and individual change. They have drawn on poetry, painting, theatre and other art forms for social activism, political commentary, individual expression and therapy. In recent decades, increasing numbers of social scientists have also begun to draw on the arts to help them understand society. This talk will explore how such ‘arts-based research’ can change not only how we represent the world, but also how we think about and act in the world.

This is a free event but please email cupp@brighton.ac.uk to book.

Brains at the Bevy: Urban mammals: what happens in your garden after dark?

Wednesday 5 September 2018, 6pm
The Bevy, BN2 4TF

Speaker: Dawn Scott, University of Brighton

She is a mammalian biologist with an interest in applied conservation biology. Her principal areas of research are focused on the interactions between humans and wildlife, such as, the consequences of anthropogenic change of the environment on mammalian communities, genetics, biodiversity and their ecology. This information is then integrated into developments of conservation biology theory and practice. She is also passionate about science communication and citizen science based research approaches.

This is a free event but please email cupp@brighton.ac.uk to book.

Brains at the Bevy: Food allergy: facts and fiction

Wednesday 26 September 2018, 6pm
The Bevy, BN2 4TF

Speaker: Tara Dean, University of Brighton

What exactly is food allergy? Is it increasing? What foods are we allergic to in UK? Are different people allergic to different food in different countries? Are some food allergies more series than others? Come and listen to Professor Dean who has been studying food allergy for 30 years.

This is a free event but please email cupp@brighton.ac.uk to book.

Brains at the Bevy: Sole Searching: shoes and stories of our modern material culture

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 6pm
The Bevy, BN2 4TF

Speaker: Nick Gant, University of Brighton

This interactive talk, based around pairs of shoes made of weird, wacky and wonderful waste materials will explore how we think and feel about the materials that make up the things we buy in the modern consumer age.

This is a free event but please email cupp@brighton.ac.uk to book.

Brains at the Bevy: How to save our NHS

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 6pm
The Bevy, BN2 4TF

Speaker: Neil Singh, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

The NHS has been struggling for decades -- but was it doomed to fail, or has it been destroyed on purpose? We will zoom through a brief history of the NHS to understand how our health system got to be the way it is today, and what we can do to make it thrive and survive.

This is a free event but please email cupp@brighton.ac.uk to book.