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Jun
13
Mon
FROM JULES VERNE TO GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES @ Mills Centre, Highgate School
Jun 13 @ 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm

The satellite business is much larger than many of us realise.  This talk will describe the history of geostationary communications satellites, from concept to implementation, before concentrating on the operations of British company Inmarsat, and the role that it was able to play in the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.  The speaker, Emanuele Guariglia, is Director, Earth Stations Engineering at Inmarsat.

 

Oct
13
Thu
Highgate Debates: “SELECTIVE STATE SCHOOLS DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD” @ Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution
Oct 13 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

THE MOTION This house believes that…

“SELECTIVE STATE SCHOOLS DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD”

WHEN Thursday 13 October 2016, 8.00pm, doors open at 7.30pm

WHERE Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, 11 South Grove, London N6 6BS

HOW Free and open to all.

Reservations may be made in person, by phone or by email:

tel: 020 8340 3343; email: admin@hlsi.net

Proposing the motion

KIRI TUNKS is Head of Global Perspectives in a Tower Hamlets comprehensive

school and has been teaching since 1993. She is currently Junior Vice-President of the

National Union of Teachers. She is critical of free schools, arguing that they detrimentally

affect education for all.

Opposing the motion

TOBY YOUNG is an author and currently an Associate Editor of The Spectator. He was a

lead proposer and founder of West London Free School, the first free school to secure a

funding arrangement with the government, and has controversially questioned the

notion of ‘inclusion’ in state schools.

The Debate is free and open to the general public. The Chairman always invites

contributions from the floor.

Jul
8
Sun
The Moving Chamber Choir-I Like to be in America @ Lauderdale House
Jul 8 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

This July, the Moving Chamber Choir present a one-off concert at Lauderdale House featuring a programme of choral music from the USA.

The Moving Chamber Choir will perform I Like to Be in America at Lauderdale House on Sunday 8 July at 6.30pm.

Tickets are £12 on the door or £10 in advance. Email memaddison@hotmail.co.uk for advance tickets.