Club Renewed learning

Theo Furniss delves into the weird and wonderful world of early twentieth-century writing, exploring how innovative authors forged new forms to fit an unrecognisable society.

What is a poem? Regular rhythm and rhyme, following a set pattern? Or a mix of quotes from other writers? Can it just be a series of sounds? How about a novel - can we always trust who’s telling us the story? Does there even have to be a story?

This seminar is led by Cambridge Economist Alec Doherty.

Often a misunderstood subject, economics is about how resources are allocated through society, understanding how and why trade and production decisions affect our world. From deciding how many hours to work to how best to negotiate a free-trade deal, economics provides a framework to understand the complex interactions that govern our world.

This session will provide an overview of economics at university, before providing a taster on how Trump's Tariffs may affect the world economy.

James Kempton will discuss Expedition Cyclops, a scientific research expedition that he led to the remote Cyclops Mountains on the island of New Guinea. The expedition yielded discoveries of new species to science, new data on why New Guinea is the world's most biodiverse island, and it rediscovered a bizarre, egg-laying mammal, that had been thought extinct (widely reported in the international media).

James will discuss the process of planning and executing such a mission, as well as the scientific questions that drove it, and will hint at future expeditions to come.