Robotics, Religion and Ethics Workshop

Religion and AI. Scott Midson will be speaking on "Robot, Religion, Ethics" at the International Workshop on Robotics, Religion and Ethics. Friday 28th Feb 2025, 9:00am-5:00pm, University of Manchester, Engineering B_2B.025 M&T. Further information and tickets.

Faculty/School recognition for MA student

Jewish education. Congratulations to Yehudis Fletcher, MA Religions & Theology, who was the School's nominee for the Faculty’s Distinguished Achievement Award: Postgraduate Student of the Year. The criteria was that "the nominee should be an outstanding postgraduate student on a taught programme who has excelled in some significant manner." Yehudis was put forward by SALC for her charitable work and research relating to the place of secular education in the Charedi or so-called ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities. Among other things, her charitable foundation published an Education Policy Position paper 9 Sept 2024, supported by Baroness Estelle Morris and Baroness Tessa Blackstone, that has been taken up by the media, including the BBC and the Jewish Press, and is intended to influence the Government’s ‘Children’s Wellbeing Act’.

Interested in a Freelance Career?

 

For students. The Careers Service are planning to hold a workshop in February 2025 for SALC students who are interested in being self-employed, or working freelance in the future. Self-employment and freelance work is particularly common across the creative and cultural sectors, including Music, film, television, writing of all kinds, journalism, advertising and marketing. The workshop will include advice and tips on how to approach a freelance career, as well as the chance to speak to freelancers working within sectors of particular interest to SALC students. If you are interested in attending such an event, it’s important for you to complete the pre-registration survey via the link below, so that the Careers Service can contact you in January with further information about the event, including how to reserve your place (places will be limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis). The survey also gives you an opportunity to indicate the areas of freelance work that you are interested in, so that the Careers Service can plan the event accordingly and do their best to tailor aspects of it to your interests. Take the survey here. 

Religion & Theology Seminar

Religion & Theology. 6th February - "Climate Change Research Group", in University Place 6.207 and online. 4-6pm. For online access, please email Siobhán Jolley or Scott Midson.

Spotlight on Kath Vardi, alumna

Religions and the Jewish community. Kath Vardi studied for a BA Religions and Theology (Jewish Studies) between 2008-2011, returning to study as a mature student having previously worked as a mental health nurse in the NHS and charity sector. Following graduation she went to Leo Baeck College in London and studied for the progressive rabbinate and was ordained in 2017. She has been working as the rabbi to a community in Surrey for the last 7 years and will soon be returning to Manchester to work with Menorah Synagogue.

British New Testament Society Appointment

Biblical studies. Siobhán Jolley and has been appointed the new information officer for the British New Testament Society. Further information.