Europe Week
Europe Week 2012: 5 - 9 March
Now in its eigth year, Europe Week offers a programme of educational and cultural activities in collaboration with the University's European exchange partners and with support from the Erasmus programme.
Europe Week offers both students and staff the opportunity to attend a range of lectures and seminars, including a Research Forum, as well as participate in social events and competitions, aimed at raising awareness of European cultures and internationalising the University curriculum.
This year, the University will be hosting 23 lecturers from 16 of our partner institutions in 10 countries and there will be over 75 hours of time-tabled teaching on topics mostly with a European or intercultural focus.
This year, for the first time, our final year Event Management students have organised an expanded programme.
Restaurant menus
de Havilland and College Lane
Monday
Italian
Zuppe di Minestroni, Turchia saltimbuca, Pasta marinara, Aubergine parmeginana and Tiramisu.
Tuesday
German
Kartoffal suppe, Snitzel brat kartoffal, Gemuese gulasch, Gebackene forelle and Apfelstrudel.
Wednesday
Irish
Potato & scallion soup with soda bread, Boiled bacon & cabbage, Irish stew, Vegetarian sausage with colcannon and Baileys mousse.
Thursday
French
Soupe a l'oignon, Moules mariniere, Coq au vin, Tart tartin avec oignon rouge et fromage and Creme brulee.
Friday
Spanish
Sopa de lentejas con chorizo, Tapas, Patatas bravas, Albondigas, Frijoles estilio catalan, Sardinas a la plancha, Paella vegetarian, Calamari fritos, Mejillones en una salsa de tomate, Setas al ajillo, Tortila, Ensalda, Pan and Flan de la casa.
Social Events
Monday
The UH Funlympics
Atrium, 11am - 3pm
Kicking off Europe Week on Monday 5th March will be the UH Funlympics. The four sports we will be running are Thumb Wars, Arm Wrestlin, Gurning and Mini European Cheese Rolling.
Tuesday
Europe Fair
Forum Foyer, 10am - 3pm
A lively, interactive event involving an exciting combination of music, dance, competitions, food stalls, photo booths, face painting, nail art and lots more. Be sure to catch the 10am opening ceremony, followed by various events including the mini game show.
The Fashion Show
Forum Foyer, 1pm
A walk through the history of European fashion as we highlight the traditional and perceived trends from around Europe. Seats will available on a first come first served basis.
Forum Night - Europe Project
The Attic, 9.30pm - 2.30am
Five drinks, Five countries, Five hours. Europe Week presents the Europe Project, bringing you drinks from different countries in Europe every hour with a variety of music genres.
Wednesday
European Walkthrough Experience
Atrium, 11am - 2pm
The European Walkthrough Experience will promote the University's rich and varied Study Abroad programme.
Study Abroad Fair
Atrium, 11.30am - 2pm
Thinking of studying abroad in Europe? Then find out first hand from current exchange students and returners. Get information on all of the places in Europe where you can go and additional funding under the EU Erasmus programme.
Friday
The PES Tournament
The Elehouse, 2pm - 6pm
Entrants can come and compete in the PES video game for the chance to win an iPod!
Europe-Vision Karaoke
The Elehouse, 8.30pm - 10pm
Karaoke with a Eurovision twist.
The Masked Ball
The Forum, 9.30pm - 3am
This is the event of Europe Week and one not to be missed! With a Venetian theme this event will appeal to both staff and students alike. The event will be decorated exquisitely to incorporate the feel of a Venetian Masked Ball. Attendees are requested to wear Venetian masks, although this is optional.
Films
Monday
The Skin I Live In
Spanish (English subs), N003, 6pm
In a Better World
Danish (English subs), N101, 6pm
Tuesday
Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn
English, N002, 6pm
Keinohrhasen
German (English subs), N101, 6pm
Wednesday
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Swedish (English subs), N003, 6pm
Coco Before Chanel
French (English subs), N101, 6pm
Thursday
Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn
English, N002, 6pm
Coco Before Chanel
Swedish (English subs), N101, 6pm
Research Forum
When? 7th March, 5.30-8.30
Where? N001
Is there a European Precariat?
The Research Forum will take the form of a debate between Guy Standing (Professor of Economic Security at Bath University) and Kevin Doogan (Jean Monnet Professor of European Policy Studies at Bristol University) on the question “Is there a European precariat?” With the current economic and financial crises across Europe this debate will be of considerable interest to Business School staff, visitors and students.
Professor Guy Standing is author of The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class (2011, Bloomsbury). He argues the case for the presence of a global Precariat – an emerging class comprising the rapidly growing number of people facing lives of insecurity, moving in and out of menial jobs that give little meaning to their lives. The instabilities this can produce could lead, Guy argues, to a ‘politics of inferno’. To avoid this we have to reconstruct the concept of work in the 21st Century.
Professor Kevin Doogan is author of New Capitalism? The Transformation of Work (Polity 2009) and will argue a different case, posing a critique of theories of increasing precariousness in employment. We are told that companies are outsourcing, jobs are migrating to China and India, and job for life is a thing of the past. Kevin argues that the resulting precariousness is not a natural consequence of a fast changing global economy, but a manufactured set of insecurities which come from neoliberal policies and the exposure of the economy to market forces.
Larry Elliot, Economics Editor of the Guardian, who was awarded an Honorary DLitt by the University in November 2011 and is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Business School, will Chair the debate.
For more information or to book your place for the research forum contact bs.events@herts.ac.uk
Photos from Europe week 2011
