{"title": "Themed Seminar Autumn 2026", "start": "2026-10-08T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-03T17:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "A themed seminar series on truth, asking what it is for a sentence to be true and building towards a picture theory of language in the style of the Tractatus. It is run by Birkbeck, with Keith Hossack as contact, and takes place across five sessions beginning with consciousness and judgement and covering properties, events and propositions, belief and desire, and picture theory semantics. 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International students adapting to study in the UK are welcome to join and ask questions, with individual topics running from an academic English Q&A through vocabulary, essay structure and paraphrasing to a review of academic language. Each session needs booking, and participants log into Teams with their Birkbeck student login details.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/academic-english-workshop-series-202627-term-1-34994/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Academic English: Presentation and Communication Skills", "start": "2026-10-30T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T14:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/booking/event/60175", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": [], "description": "An online workshop on presentation and seminar communication skills, part of an optional series of Academic English workshops. 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This session focuses on presentation skills and seminar communication skills, is delivered via Microsoft Teams, and is intended for enrolled Birkbeck students only.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/academic-english-presentation-and-communication-skills-73843/", "official_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/60175/academic-english-presentation-and-communication-skills", "image": ""}, {"title": "Library Saturday Workshops", "start": "2026-10-24T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-14T13:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/63913/finding-and-using-books-and-e-books", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": [], "description": "Library Saturday Workshops are a series of library skills sessions held on Saturdays at Birkbeck, covering popular library topics such as finding journal articles, evaluating sources, and managing references with Zotero. 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The speakers ask whether the minds of others are forever closed to us, whether there is a gap between behaviour and the states of mind it evidences, and how, if at all, we can know what is on someone else's mind.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-problem-of-other-minds-70357/", "official_url": "https://royalinstitutephilosophy.org/event/the-problem-of-other-minds/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dade6c3eeeb96db0ef7faf15439f3ae8145555652132099fe54d2ebe9e64c2f6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Speak like a researcher 3: making expertise visible", "start": "2026-11-03T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T13:00:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/media-studies"], "description": "A practice session helping researchers speak about their work with confidence. 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It is open to all, free, and registration in advance is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/speak-like-a-researcher-3-making-expertise-visible-74028/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/213154/speak-like-a-researcher-3-making-expertise-visible/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bcb1c077d5f130ac29b7ea5db11a0ea2f32f645748253c738bcaf670dddb2768-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Analysis and Probability Seminar – Jens Marklof (University of Bristol)", "start": "2026-11-05T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T16:00:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/mathematics"], "description": "This is a seminar in the Analysis and Probability Seminar series, open to all and free to attend, where visitors can simply drop in. The speaker is Jens Marklof of the University of Bristol, and the talk is part of the series run by Martin Taylor's London analysis group, with the topic still to be confirmed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/analysis-and-probability-seminar-jens-marklof-university-of-74047/", "official_url": "http://www.london-analysis-seminar.org.uk/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Study Skills Workshops for AY26/27 Term 1", "start": "2026-10-05T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-19T21:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "http://www.bbk.ac.uk/booking/event2/FFAD382D201DF521FC70F50E896B74E5", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": [], "description": "Study Skills Workshops for AY26/27 Term 1 is a series of workshops on academic skills, from note-taking and time management to GenAI usage and presentation skills. The Study Skills Team at Birkbeck run them, and everyone is welcome to join, with most workshops held online via MS Teams. Each workshop is usually repeated several times throughout the term, and recordings and resources are available on the Study Skills Moodle.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/study-skills-workshops-for-ay2627-term-1-34990/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Philosophy Masterclass Day", "start": "2026-11-03T09:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Mary's University, Twickenham", "address": "Waldegrave Road 268, TW1 4SX", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion"], "description": "Philosophy Masterclass Day is a morning event at St Mary's University, Twickenham, running from arrival at 09:30 through a welcome and introduction, a session asking 'What's the point of philosophy?', a comfort break, and a session titled 'Has science killed God?', ending at 12:30. The university hosts it, and teachers who wish to bring a cohort of students can contact schools.colleges@stmarys.ac.uk. Enquiries go to the university's press team.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/philosophy-masterclass-day-38830/", "official_url": "https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/events/2026/philosophy-masterclass-day", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2a3a0712579b676d4ba24263ba5017bdbd2ec809a2f33e530ab3377820f553e1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Analysis and Dynamics seminar: Raz Slutsky (University of Oxford)", "start": "2026-11-12T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/mathematics"], "description": "A mathematics seminar at Imperial College London, open to all and free to attend, with places allocated first come first served. The speaker is Raz Slutsky from the University of Oxford. The seminar is part of the Analysis and Dynamics series, with further details from contacts Davoud Cheraghi and Nattalie Tamam. The page lists no title or abstract, so the specific topic is not given.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/analysis-and-dynamics-seminar-raz-slutsky-university-of-oxfo-74070/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/215185/analysis-and-dynamics-seminar-raz-slutsky-university-of-oxford/", "image": ""}]}