Big Read: Week 1 | What university did for me

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Time: 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Price: free

For our first Big Read Book Club seminar we look at the experience of attending university, and how it changed our speakers – and how they then found working on the other side of the fence as in one case an educator, and the other a university administrator.  

We are joined by: The Rt Reverend Dr Martin Gainsborough, Bishop of Southwark, who graduated with a degree in Geography from the University of Bristol, and was Professor for Development Politics at Bristol University for 6 years (2012-18); Louisa Green, Kingston's Executive Director, Student Services, who read English at Oxford before embarking on a career on the administrative and professional side of university organisation ever since, and Charles Hewitt, Kingston alumnus, and now CEO of Pen and Sword, who can offer guidance on what makes a good biography/autobiography. We will probably also reflect on what our Big Read author Clive Myrie had to say about his first weeks at university, based on the letter he has written to be mailed out with the book.

Whether you are just embarking on your higher education pathway, or have long worked within a university, do join us to reflect on how the experience is shaping you.

Speakers:

• Rt Rev'd Martin Gainsborough, Bishop of Kingston
• Louisa Green, Executive Director, Student Services
• Charles Hewitt, CEO of Pen and Sword Publishers

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Email: KUBigRead@kingston.ac.uk