Events in October

Forthcoming Events

Fri 30th October

BAIT Issue Nine Submissions Open: 15th August noon - 31st October 11:59pm; Online; BAIT Issue Ten is coming next term, and its theme is BORDERS. We can't wait to see all your doodles, poems, polemics and more - deadline October 30th! More info on submissions is live on our refreshed website here - baitzine.com/submissions/

Oxbridge Finance Conference: 15th October midnight - 30th October midnight; Online; First held in 2014, the Conference will be a fully virtual event featuring speeches from industry leaders, thematic panels consisting of specialist speakers, application workshops, and plenty of networking sessions.

Trick or Treat?! Halloween Fundraiser: 17th October midnight - 31st October midnight; Choose to spook or treat your friends this Halloween with a trick or a treat in their pigeon hole. All proceeds of this fundraiser will be given to Afrinspire.

RAG Halloween Treasure Hunt: 30th October midnight - 31st October 11:59pm; Cambridge; Fancy finding the spooky parts of Cambridge this Halloween? Look no further than RAGs Halloween treasure hunt!

Class Act Forum - Michaelmas 1: 6pm - 8pm; Microsoft Teams; Come along to chat about all things Class Act, hear updates from our committee members and share your thoughts on what exactly we should be doing this term!

Speaker: James Watt: 6pm - 7pm

Summer Project Evening: 7pm - 9:15pm

The Word and the Truth in American Politics: Why Jesus Transcends Political boundaries: 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Sat 31st October

BAIT Issue Nine Submissions Open: 15th August noon - 31st October 11:59pm; Online; BAIT Issue Ten is coming next term, and its theme is BORDERS. We can't wait to see all your doodles, poems, polemics and more - deadline October 30th! More info on submissions is live on our refreshed website here - baitzine.com/submissions/

Trick or Treat?! Halloween Fundraiser: 17th October midnight - 31st October midnight; Choose to spook or treat your friends this Halloween with a trick or a treat in their pigeon hole. All proceeds of this fundraiser will be given to Afrinspire.

RAG Halloween Treasure Hunt: 30th October midnight - 31st October 11:59pm; Cambridge; Fancy finding the spooky parts of Cambridge this Halloween? Look no further than RAGs Halloween treasure hunt!

Sun 1st November

Start Codon Venture Promoter Start Date: 9am - 10am

Justice and Judgement: Is God Good News?: 1pm - 2pm

Mon 2nd November

Michaelmas Elections: Nominations Open: 2nd November 9am - 10th November noon

Discussion Groups Meeting: 5pm - 7pm; We're kicking off our discussion group meetings with a back-to-back session on the skills needed for successful social impact projects.

Meditation and Positive Psychology: 6pm - 6:45pm; In this Monday drop-in meditation session, we will be discussing and experimenting with how meditation can help to connect to our own inner potential of strength and stability.

Debate: The Climate Crisis: 7pm - 8pm

Tue 3rd November

Michaelmas Elections: Nominations Open: 2nd November 9am - 10th November noon

CUHRLS Podcast: Episode 4 Release: 6pm - 7pm; Tune in to the 4th episode in our series of podcasts, where we talk to leading experts to learn more about the most important human rights issues of the day.

Sock Bunnies: 6pm - 8pm; Come and create a lovely sock bunny with us! :)

Election Night Event: 7pm - 8pm

Wed 4th November

Michaelmas Elections: Nominations Open: 2nd November 9am - 10th November noon

#RakyatRabu: Politics in Malaysia: 1pm - 2pm; Zoom (sign-ups available for members only); In our second segment of #RakyatRabu (translates to Citizen Wednesday in Malay), we are proud to be hosting YB Tony Pua, who will be offering key insights and perspectives on politics in Malaysia.

DSC Feeling Blue screening - open to all!: 4pm - 6pm; https://meet.google.com/esn-tzwi-aqe; Join us as we watch the documentary Feeling Blue, which talks about Mental Health at Cambridge.

Thu 5th November

Michaelmas Elections: Nominations Open: 2nd November 9am - 10th November noon

The Ethics of Vaccination – Professor Julian Savulescu: 6pm - 7pm; Students Against Pseudoscience is a student-run society, dedicated to promoting awareness around the changing landscape surrounding scientific misinformation and its threats to society.

Prof Michael Cates - Shear Thickening in Dense Suspensions: 6:15pm - 7:30pm; Online

'Economically Evaluating the impact of interventions tackling antibiotic resistance from a One Health perspective': 6:30pm - 7:30pm; Nichola Naylor is a research fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Join us as she gives us an insight into the interaction between antimicrobial resistance in livestock and in humans!

Capitalism and the Mental Health Crisis: 7pm - 8:30pm; Register on Zoom to attend!

Water and words: a career above and below the waves: 7pm - 8pm; https://tinyurl.com/waterandwords; Touching the hearts of the masses by bring stories of the sea to life - catch Helen Scale's sharing session about her journey as a marine biologist to a natural history writer and science communicator! Join us on 5th Nov at 7pm!

Fri 6th November

Michaelmas Elections: Nominations Open: 2nd November 9am - 10th November noon

DSC Feeling Blue discussion - open to all!: 4pm - 6pm; https://meet.google.com/kar-icej-suj; Join us for our discussion on the documentary Feeling Blue. We will be chatting about Mental Health at Cambridge, how it is approached by staff and how students feel about it.

Netflix Party Night!: 7pm - 9:30pm

Quiz Night: 7pm - 11pm; Zoom; Prove your Northern prowess or learn some more Northern culture with our fiendish pub quiz.

Sat 7th November

Michaelmas Elections: Nominations Open: 2nd November 9am - 10th November noon

CA x LGBT+ Social: 3pm - 4pm; The event is on Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/cyn-mkky-vhk; Come join us for a chill virtual social with LGBT+ Class Act students! Bringing a cup (or two) of tea is recommended but not essential.

Vegan Society 'Facewine': 8:30pm - 10:30pm; Online - link will be released nearer the event; Drop in to this chilled social with a glass of (hopefully vegan) wine! For the non-drinkers feel free to join with a fun drink of your choice! For some good vegan wine recommendations, drop into the Cambridge Wine Merchants

Sun 8th November

Michaelmas Elections: Nominations Open: 2nd November 9am - 10th November noon

Compassion In Action: 4pm - 5:30pm; Talk by Wenda Shehata, co-founder of Hugletts Wood Farm Animal Sanctuary

Mon 9th November

Michaelmas Elections: Nominations Open: 2nd November 9am - 10th November noon

Discussion Groups Meeting: 5pm - 7pm; Get to meet like-minded people involved in ITIC and exchange ideas through our week 5 “speed-dating” event.

Meditation and Positive Psychology: 6pm - 6:45pm; In this Monday drop-in meditation session, we will be discussing and experimenting with how meditation can help to connect to our own inner potential of strength and stability.

Personal Project Drop-In: 6pm - 8pm; Come and work on your own art projects alongside others! :)

Debate: The Yemeni Civil War: 7pm - 8pm

CamWIS Book Club: 7:30pm - 9pm

Tue 10th November

Michaelmas Elections: Nominations Open: 2nd November 9am - 10th November noon

Fireside Chats with Mickael Laine: 1pm - 2pm; Mickael is an assistant professor at the Space Robotics Lab (SRL) at Tohoku University in Japan. He has worked on a variety of robots for space applications, including winning a Google Lunar XPRIZE prize. He will be sharing his experiences with us.

Friendship Bracelets: 6pm - 8pm; Come and create some friendship bracelets with us! :)

Wed 11th November

Introduction to Student Mental Health: 2pm - 5pm; Online

Michaelmas Elections: Candidates Briefing: 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Pub Quiz Social: 5pm - 7pm; Another week 5 event to cure the blues but this time in collaboration with other development societies!

Conservation Talk: 7pm - 8pm; Likely to Be Virtual (According to current government guidelines); Join us as we engage with a talk from an exciting speaker, covering some of the current hot topics surrounding Conservation and Wildlife globally

DSC Campaigns meeting: 7pm - 9pm; https://meet.google.com/rbd-kzny-beb; Join our DSC Campaigns Officers (Alfie, Chay and Mhairi) to find out more about their manifesto aims, the work they’re doing to meet these aims, and have your say on what issues you feel we should be campaigning on.

UN Careers Event: 7pm - 8pm

Thu 12th November

Dr James Herbert-Read - Coordination through Selection, Synchrony, and Sex: 6:15pm - 7:30pm; Online

Fri 13th November

Children's Rights In Crisis PANEL: 5pm - 6pm

Sun 15th November

Vegan Society: Virtual Cook-Along: 6:30pm - 7:30pm; Online - link will be released nearer the event; Come on call to join in with a fun vegan cook along! The recipe and a full list of ingredients will be included closer to the event, but feel free to join to see the committee embarrass themselves in the kitchen!

Mon 16th November

Discussion Groups Meeting: 5pm - 7pm; Feel free to come along and learn about our current fantastic projects!

Meditation and Positive Psychology: 6pm - 6:45pm; In this Monday drop-in meditation session, we will be discussing and experimenting with how meditation can help to connect to our own inner potential of strength and stability.

Debate: The Treatment of Uighurs in China: 7pm - 8pm

CamWIS Pub Quiz: 7:30pm - 9pm; Zoom

Tue 17th November

Lecture: Science for Greater Equality from Public Policy: 17th November midnight - 18th November midnight

CUHRLS Podcast: Episode 5 Release: 6pm - 7pm; Tune in to the 5th episode in our series of podcasts, where we talk to leading experts to learn more about the most important human rights issues of the day.

Knitting and Crochet: 6pm - 8pm; Come and learn how to knit/ crochet with us! :)

Event to be announced: 8pm - 10pm

Wed 18th November

Careers Transition Panel: 18th November midnight - 19th November midnight

Speaker: Sir Richard Jolly: 6pm - 7pm

Thu 19th November

Fireside Chats with Raia Hadsell: 4pm - 5pm; Join us for a casual chat with Raia Hadsell, a senior research scientist at Deepmind with a focus on robotics and deep learning. Hear what she has to share about her experience in AI research and learn something new from her sharing.

Dr Freya Jephcott - Ineffective Responses to Unlikely Outbreaks: Hypothesis Building in Newly-Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks: 6:15pm - 7:30pm; Online

Lessons from plants for treating infectious disease in people and farm animals: 6:30pm - 7:30pm; Sir David Baulcombe is a researcher and the Head of the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Join us as he gives an insight into the impact of plant biotechnology on human health and the environment!

Fri 20th November

Superior: The Return of Race Science – Angela Saini: 6pm - 7pm; Students Against Pseudoscience is a student-run society, dedicated to promoting awareness around the changing landscape surrounding scientific misinformation and its threats to society.

Sat 21st November

Music Streaming: 8pm - 11pm; Zoom; Grab a glass, kick back, and listen to some great Northern classics. In breakoff zoom rooms, you can discuss your favourites with likeminded music lovers!

Mon 23rd November

CUSPE Forum: 23rd November midnight - 25th November midnight

Discussion Groups Meeting 4: 5pm - 7pm; Feel free to come along and learn about our current fantastic projects!

Meditation and Positive Psychology: 6pm - 6:45pm; In this Monday drop-in meditation session, we will be discussing and experimenting with how meditation can help to connect to our own inner potential of strength and stability.

Personal Project Drop-In: 6pm - 8pm; Come and work on your own art projects alongside others! :)

Debate: State Sponsored Militias: 7pm - 8pm

CamWIS Book Club: 7:30pm - 9pm; Zoom

Tue 24th November

CUSPE Forum: 23rd November midnight - 25th November midnight

Air-Dry Clay Modelling: 6pm - 8pm; Come and model some air-dry clay with us! :)

Wed 25th November

CUSPE Forum: 23rd November midnight - 25th November midnight

Supporting a student who may be feeling suicidal: 10am - 1pm; Online

Thu 26th November

Black Lives Matter PANEL: 5pm - 6pm

Prof Fritz Vollrath - Spider Webs and Silks: 6:15pm - 7:30pm; Online

Fri 27th November

Netflix Party Night!: 7pm - 9:30pm; Netflix Party

Sat 28th November

Cambridge University Human Rights Law Moot: Round 1: 1pm - 3pm

Speaker: Bonnie Glaser: 6pm - 7pm

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