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Apr
1
Fri
HIGHGATE COFFEE & COMPUTERS @ Highgate Society
Apr 1 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
So, it’s time for another session of Highgate Coffee and Computers 
Do drop in this morning if you want a bit of one-to-one techi advice. Failing that, tell your mum or grandad about us!
All levels of know-how are welcome, from the totally blank face to the quite savvy computer or smartphone user. Even those who just want to see what it’s about and have a cup of coffee.

04 October, 10:30-12:30  – SAVE THE DATE! 

At our 04 October session, by popular request, we hand over to Leslie Jackson and Tom Lee from the Metropolitan Scam Safe Unit. Scams of all kinds happen every day in Camden, from PIN theft at ATMs to clever phone fraud. In this age of electronics, it can happen to any of us, at any time. 
 
In July alone Camden Borough residents made 148 reports to Action Fraud. Their losses total £537,330 or an average loss of £3,606 per report. 
 
The top three types of fraud are: 
False representation 43 reports £2,040 lost 
Online Shopping & Auctions 18 reports £3,656 lost 
Consumer Fraud 15 reports £31,199 lost 
 
The top three by amount reported lost: 
Payment Fraud £314,933 lost 9 reports 
Click Fraud £65,000 lost 1 report 
Banking Fraud £50,307 lost 9 reports   
 
But if we know what to look out for, we can easily stay clear of the scammers.
Les and Tom will demonstrate some simple but effective measures we can all take to best prevent fraud happening to us. 
 
Numbers are limited so please email to say if you’ll be joining us on Friday 04 October and if you’re bringing a friend
We hope to see you this morning.
Best wishes
The Highgate Coffee & Computers volunteers
 
Apr
14
Thu
HLSI Science Group. Intelligent Drones: Where we are starting from and what they may do for us in the future? The discussion will be led by Dr Joseph Barnard of Barnard Microsystems @ HLSI
Apr 14 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

The discussion will be led by Dr Joseph Barnard of Barnard Microsystems

May
12
Thu
HLSI Science Group . Driverless cars/trucks Discussion led by Paul Turner, Ricardo plc @ HLSI
May 12 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Jun
9
Thu
HLSI Science Group. From the Cave Wall to the Solar Cell – A brief review of the art and science of coating surfaces @ HLSI
Jun 9 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Jun
17
Fri
Highgate Coffee & Computers @ Highgate School library - main entrance opposite The Gatehouse pub
Jun 17 @ 4:05 pm – 5:30 pm

Hey, great news! They’ve reduced roaming charges throughout Europe.

If this news instantly turns you into a giant question mark, this Friday 17 June is your chance to ask as many smartphone questions as you like and walk away with all the answers by teatime. You can also ask questions about laptops or tablets.

Just head to the Highgate School Library for an afternoon of free, informal one-to-one computer familiarisation sessions over a nice cup of coffee. We do tea as well. And cake.

If you don’t yet possess any electronic gadgets, don’t worry, we do and we’d love you to come and play with them.

“This is exactly what I needed! I’ve made lots of notes and I am much more confident with my laptop now. Thank you” says 65 year old Highgate Coffee & Computers friend, who has just booked a bargain summer break online.

If you want more info, give Stuart a call on 020 8347 2411 (quoting Highgate Coffee & Computers). You can also email us on highgatecoffeeandcomputers@gmail.com to tell us what you want to know more about.

People have asked if they can buy stuff from us. The answer is no, we’re not here to sell you anything. We just give you some useful hints and tips for your computer or smartphone, drink coffee, relax and chat.

The world is at your fingertips. Literally!

It’s all free, and we look forward to saying hello.

Warm regards

The Highgate Coffee & Computers volunteers

Nov
28
Mon
The Francis Crick Institute at Mondays @ The Mills ! @ Highgate Junior School, Auditorium
Nov 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

28th-november

Mondays @ the Mills Lectures – Michaelmas Term 2016

28th November 2016
The Francis Crick Institute

Clare Davy and Professor Julian Downward, FRS


The Francis Crick Institute conducts ground-breaking medical research to understand why disease develops and to find new ways to prevent and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections and neurodegenerative diseases.  These talks will survey the history of the Crick and introduce its new home next to St Pancras, before focussing on some of the cancer research being conducted there.

Refreshments, including wine, are available from 6.30 pm and afterwards.

Dec
9
Fri
Highgate Coffee & Computers – NB: Change of Date! @ Highgate School Library
Dec 9 @ 4:05 pm – 5:30 pm
Please note that the next session for Highgate Coffee and Computers is now this coming Friday 09 December at 16.05 – 17.30 (NB time), at the Library at Highgate School, North Road, N6 4AY

There will be no Highgate Coffee & Computers session on 16 December.

Highgate School has amazing computer facilities, and the friendly students will be there to help sort out your problems. There will also be coffee/tea and cake.

Please note the volunteers at these sessions are pupils from the school, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years old. The School has a duty of care to these young people and would be very grateful if you could be mindful of maintaining appropriate interaction with them. Please consider issues such as your language, your expectations regarding the type of matter you raise with the pupils, and the sort of information that the pupils may see on your documents or particular webpages.

If you have any queries then please don’t hesitate to raise them with the members of staff at the session.

If you plan to come, it would be helpful to know, though it is not obligatory.

We look forward to seeing you this Friday!

The Highgate Coffee & Computers volunteers

Oct
9
Mon
Mondays @ the Mills: Ecuador and the Galápagos @ Mills Centre, Highgate School
Oct 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm

Mondays @ the Mills: Ecuador & the Galápagos

9 October 2017

Dr Scott Crawford and Dr Ben Weston, Highgate SchoolThe Biology department organises biennial international expeditions for sixth form pupils; past visits include Honduras in 2012 and Madagascar in 2015.  This year a party of twenty four pupils visited the Amazonian region of Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands to take part in active conservation research in association with a group of university scientists. In this presentation, the group leaders, Dr Crawford and Dr Weston, will review the expedition and outline the biological significance of the various habitats that the pupils explored.

 

Talks take place on Mondays at 7pm in the AV Room in the Mills Centre. Refreshments, including wine, are available from 6.30 pm and afterwards.

Mar
15
Fri
Highgate Coffee and Computers @ The Library at Highgate School
Mar 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Highgate School has amazing computer facilities, and the friendly and knowledgeable student volunteers always prove really popular with our Highgate Coffee & Computers visitors. The students will help with any computer question, from the simplest problem to the fiendishly tricky challenges, nothing seems to defeat them!

And of course, there’s the famous cake that comes with the coffee and tea. Worth a visit all on its own!

Please note the volunteers at these sessions are pupils from the school, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years old.  The School has a duty of care to these young people and would be very grateful if you could be mindful of maintaining appropriate interaction with them. Please consider issues such as your language, your expectations regarding the type of matter you raise with the pupils, and the sort of information that the pupils may see on your documents or particular webpages. 
If you have any queries then please don’t hesitate to raise them with the members of staff at the session.

May
17
Fri
Highgate Coffee and Computers @ The Library at Highgate School
May 17 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Highgate School has amazing computer facilities, and the friendly and knowledgeable student volunteers always prove really popular with our Highgate Coffee & Computers visitors. The students will help with any computer question, from the simplest problem to the fiendishly tricky challenges, nothing seems to defeat them!

And of course, there’s the famous cake that comes with the coffee and tea. Worth a visit all on its own!

Please note the volunteers at these sessions are pupils from the school, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years old.  The School has a duty of care to these young people and would be very grateful if you could be mindful of maintaining appropriate interaction with them. Please consider issues such as your language, your expectations regarding the type of matter you raise with the pupils, and the sort of information that the pupils may see on your documents or particular webpages. 
If you have any queries then please don’t hesitate to raise them with the members of staff at the session.

Jun
21
Fri
Highgate Coffee and Computers @ The Library at Highgate School
Jun 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Highgate School has amazing computer facilities, and the friendly and knowledgeable student volunteers always prove really popular with our Highgate Coffee & Computers visitors. The students will help with any computer question, from the simplest problem to the fiendishly tricky challenges, nothing seems to defeat them!

And of course, there’s the famous cake that comes with the coffee and tea. Worth a visit all on its own!

Please note the volunteers at these sessions are pupils from the school, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years old.  The School has a duty of care to these young people and would be very grateful if you could be mindful of maintaining appropriate interaction with them. Please consider issues such as your language, your expectations regarding the type of matter you raise with the pupils, and the sort of information that the pupils may see on your documents or particular webpages. 
If you have any queries then please don’t hesitate to raise them with the members of staff at the session.

Jul
8
Mon
Lauderdale House – Photographic Competition Entries @ Lauderdale House
Jul 8 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Lauderdale House’s 32rd annual photographic competition is open for entries!

If you’re an amateur, student or professional photographer you can enter up to 6 prints and be in with a chance to be selected for our exhibition in August. The overall winner of the competition will be awarded with their own free solo exhibition at Lauderdale House!

Entries must be sent or delivered to Lauderdale House and there is an entry fee of £4.50 per print. Entries will be accepted from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 11am to 4pm and on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 4pm.

This years themed category is ‘Together’.

A private view for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday 24 July, it is free to attend and is open to everyone.

To enter the competition please read over the rules and download and entry form here. 

Jul
9
Tue
Lauderdale House – Photographic Competition Entries @ Lauderdale House
Jul 9 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Lauderdale House’s 32rd annual photographic competition is open for entries!

If you’re an amateur, student or professional photographer you can enter up to 6 prints and be in with a chance to be selected for our exhibition in August. The overall winner of the competition will be awarded with their own free solo exhibition at Lauderdale House!

Entries must be sent or delivered to Lauderdale House and there is an entry fee of £4.50 per print. Entries will be accepted from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 11am to 4pm and on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 4pm.

This years themed category is ‘Together’.

A private view for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday 24 July, it is free to attend and is open to everyone.

To enter the competition please read over the rules and download and entry form here. 

Jul
10
Wed
Lauderdale House – Photographic Competition Entries @ Lauderdale House
Jul 10 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Lauderdale House’s 32rd annual photographic competition is open for entries!

If you’re an amateur, student or professional photographer you can enter up to 6 prints and be in with a chance to be selected for our exhibition in August. The overall winner of the competition will be awarded with their own free solo exhibition at Lauderdale House!

Entries must be sent or delivered to Lauderdale House and there is an entry fee of £4.50 per print. Entries will be accepted from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 11am to 4pm and on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 4pm.

This years themed category is ‘Together’.

A private view for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday 24 July, it is free to attend and is open to everyone.

To enter the competition please read over the rules and download and entry form here. 

Jul
11
Thu
Lauderdale House – Photographic Competition Entries @ Lauderdale House
Jul 11 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Lauderdale House’s 32rd annual photographic competition is open for entries!

If you’re an amateur, student or professional photographer you can enter up to 6 prints and be in with a chance to be selected for our exhibition in August. The overall winner of the competition will be awarded with their own free solo exhibition at Lauderdale House!

Entries must be sent or delivered to Lauderdale House and there is an entry fee of £4.50 per print. Entries will be accepted from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 11am to 4pm and on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 4pm.

This years themed category is ‘Together’.

A private view for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday 24 July, it is free to attend and is open to everyone.

To enter the competition please read over the rules and download and entry form here. 

Jul
12
Fri
Lauderdale House – Photographic Competition Entries @ Lauderdale House
Jul 12 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Lauderdale House’s 32rd annual photographic competition is open for entries!

If you’re an amateur, student or professional photographer you can enter up to 6 prints and be in with a chance to be selected for our exhibition in August. The overall winner of the competition will be awarded with their own free solo exhibition at Lauderdale House!

Entries must be sent or delivered to Lauderdale House and there is an entry fee of £4.50 per print. Entries will be accepted from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 11am to 4pm and on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 4pm.

This years themed category is ‘Together’.

A private view for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday 24 July, it is free to attend and is open to everyone.

To enter the competition please read over the rules and download and entry form here. 

Jul
14
Sun
Lauderdale House – Photographic Competition Entries @ Lauderdale House
Jul 14 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Lauderdale House’s 32rd annual photographic competition is open for entries!

If you’re an amateur, student or professional photographer you can enter up to 6 prints and be in with a chance to be selected for our exhibition in August. The overall winner of the competition will be awarded with their own free solo exhibition at Lauderdale House!

Entries must be sent or delivered to Lauderdale House and there is an entry fee of £4.50 per print. Entries will be accepted from Monday 8 July to Friday 12 July from 11am to 4pm and on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 4pm.

This years themed category is ‘Together’.

A private view for the exhibition will be held on Wednesday 24 July, it is free to attend and is open to everyone.

To enter the competition please read over the rules and download and entry form here. 

Sep
20
Fri
Highgate Coffee and Computers @ The Library at Highgate School
Sep 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Highgate School has amazing computer facilities, and the friendly and knowledgeable student volunteers always prove really popular with our Highgate Coffee & Computers visitors. The students will help with any computer question, from the simplest problem to the fiendishly tricky challenges, nothing seems to defeat them!

And of course, there’s the famous cake that comes with the coffee and tea. Worth a visit all on its own!

Please note the volunteers at these sessions are pupils from the school, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years old.  The School has a duty of care to these young people and would be very grateful if you could be mindful of maintaining appropriate interaction with them. Please consider issues such as your language, your expectations regarding the type of matter you raise with the pupils, and the sort of information that the pupils may see on your documents or particular webpages. 
If you have any queries then please don’t hesitate to raise them with the members of staff at the session.

Oct
4
Fri
Highgate Coffee & Computers Special Cyber Scam session @ The Highgate Society
Oct 4 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

TheHighgate Coffee & Computers’ special Cyber scam session is today!

Numbers are limited so please email to say if you’ll be joining us on Friday 04 October and if you’re bringing a friend

By popular request, we hand over the morning to Leslie Jackson and Tom Lee from the Metropolitan Scam Safe Unit. Scams of all kinds happen every day in Camden, from PIN theft at ATMs to clever phone fraud. In this age of electronics, it can happen to any of us, at any time. 
 
In July alone Camden Borough residents made 148 reports to Action Fraud. Their losses total £537,330 or an average loss of £3,606 per report. 
 
The top three types of fraud are: 
False representation 43 reports £2,040 lost 
Online Shopping & Auctions 18 reports £3,656 lost 
Consumer Fraud 15 reports £31,199 lost 
 
The top three by amount reported lost: 
Payment Fraud £314,933 lost 9 reports 
Click Fraud £65,000 lost 1 report 
Banking Fraud £50,307 lost 9 reports   
 
But if we know what to look out for, we can easily stay clear of the scammers.
Using videos and recounting personal experience, Les and Tom will demonstrate some simple but effective measures we can all take to best prevent fraud happening to us. 
See you later!
Best
The Highgate Coffee & Computers volunteers
Oct
16
Wed
Highgate Coffee and Computers @ The Library at Highgate School
Oct 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Highgate School has amazing computer facilities, and the friendly and knowledgeable student volunteers always prove really popular with our Highgate Coffee & Computers visitors. The students will help with any computer question, from the simplest problem to the fiendishly tricky challenges, nothing seems to defeat them!

And of course, there’s the famous cake that comes with the coffee and tea. Worth a visit all on its own!

Please note the volunteers at these sessions are pupils from the school, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years old.  The School has a duty of care to these young people and would be very grateful if you could be mindful of maintaining appropriate interaction with them. Please consider issues such as your language, your expectations regarding the type of matter you raise with the pupils, and the sort of information that the pupils may see on your documents or particular webpages. 
If you have any queries then please don’t hesitate to raise them with the members of staff at the session.

Nov
15
Fri
Highgate Coffee and Computers @ The Library at Highgate School
Nov 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Highgate School has amazing computer facilities, and the friendly and knowledgeable student volunteers always prove really popular with our Highgate Coffee & Computers visitors. The students will help with any computer question, from the simplest problem to the fiendishly tricky challenges, nothing seems to defeat them!

And of course, there’s the famous cake that comes with the coffee and tea. Worth a visit all on its own!

Please note the volunteers at these sessions are pupils from the school, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years old.  The School has a duty of care to these young people and would be very grateful if you could be mindful of maintaining appropriate interaction with them. Please consider issues such as your language, your expectations regarding the type of matter you raise with the pupils, and the sort of information that the pupils may see on your documents or particular webpages. 
If you have any queries then please don’t hesitate to raise them with the members of staff at the session.