The School for the Creative Industries is pleased to announce a new series of talks by professional writers.
Throughout the series you’ll learn about:
completing a manuscript and submitting it;
literary agents;
publishers;
book, television, and radio contracts;
promotion and publicity;
public engagement activities;
and writing-related employment, including freelancing and teaching
Jim Friel
Author (as James Friel) of the novels The Posthumous Affair, The Higher Realm, Left of North, Taking the Veil, and Careless Talk. Has written screen and BBC radio adaptations of works by Charlotte Brontë, David Hare, Kazuo Ishiguro, Iris Murdoch, and Orhan Pamuk. Winner of a Betty Trask prize, an Authors’ Foundation grant, and Arts Council bursaries. Former Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Liverpool John Moores University and visiting writer at l’Université de Rouen. Has tutored for the Arvon Foundation and Tŷ Newydd, and on Art of Writing courses in Italy
Meet outside Grosvenor Accommodation, Exton Park – by the picnic benches.
We will be meeting by the picnic benches outside Grosvenor accommodation to make as many observations of wildlife as we can on campus, as well as going onto the greenway and the canal path. We’ll be on the lookout for birds, bugs, bees, spiders, snails, plants, funghi, mammals, wild plants and anything else we can find! No prior experience needed!
Download the iNaturalist App: It’s free and easy to use.
Explore & Observe: Join us on campus to look for wildlife we can record.
Snap & Upload: Take pictures of the wildlife you see and upload them to the app.
There are other events being organised across the Cheshire region – take a look at other City Nature Challenge events that have been organised across the 4 days. You can also take part outside of an organised event, uploading observations from your garden or on your walk to the shops!
Let’s show the world what Chester’s university students can do! Every observation counts towards understanding and conserving our local wildlife!
This lecture explores the role of anatomy and dissection as a teaching tool and its evolution through the ages, from the challenges of cadaver procurement and ‘body snatching’ in the 18th and 19th centuries, when full body dissection was the primary way in which medical students learned about the body, to contemporary medical education which focusses on all scientific knowledge and understanding being ‘clinically relevant’ and the increased use of technologies. You can see and hear about how we provide ‘applied’ anatomy education, including the use of 3D virtual dissection and 3D printing, and the use of plastinated specimens and radiological imaging.
Our English for Academic Purposes team is pleased to offer free English Language Communication Classes for students.
B2 level (higher level)
These in-person classes are free and are designed to improve your general English language skills at B2 level (higher level). They’re also a great way to meet other international students. These classes give you the opportunity to practice speaking, reading, listening and writing in a fun environment.
All classes are taught by highly qualified teachers or trainee teachers under close supervision.
You’re welcome to attend as many as you like. All are welcome – including students, their friends and family, and the wider community.
We’re also running a series of online classes which are designed to improve your general English language skills at A2 level (lower level). These classes are open to all. To attend, please email freeclasses@chester.ac.uk
FREE English Language Communication Class – Online
Start Date: 19 June 2025 9:30 am
End Date: 19 June 2025 11:30 am
Location: Online
Want to improve your English?
Our English for Academic Purposes team is pleased to offer free English Language Communication Classes for students.
These classes are free and are designed to improve your general English language skills at A2 level (lower level). They’re also a great way to meet other international students.
These classes give you the opportunity to practice speaking, reading, listening and writing in a fun environment.
All classes are taught by highly qualified teachers or trainee teachers under close supervision.
You’re welcome to attend as many as you like. All are welcome.
FREE English Language Communication Class – Online
Start Date: 17 June 2025 9:30 am
End Date: 17 June 2025 11:30 am
Location: Online
Want to improve your English?
Our English for Academic Purposes team is pleased to offer free English Language Communication Classes for students.
These classes are free and are designed to improve your general English language skills at A2 level (lower level). They’re also a great way to meet other international students.
These classes give you the opportunity to practice speaking, reading, listening and writing in a fun environment.
All classes are taught by highly qualified teachers or trainee teachers under close supervision.
You’re welcome to attend as many as you like. All are welcome.
FREE English Language Communication Class – Online
Start Date: 12 June 2025 9:30 am
End Date: 12 June 2025 11:30 am
Location: Online
Want to improve your English?
Our English for Academic Purposes team is pleased to offer free English Language Communication Classes for students.
These classes are free and are designed to improve your general English language skills at A2 level (lower level). They’re also a great way to meet other international students.
These classes give you the opportunity to practice speaking, reading, listening and writing in a fun environment.
All classes are taught by highly qualified teachers or trainee teachers under close supervision.
You’re welcome to attend as many as you like. All are welcome.
FREE English Language Communication Class – Online
Start Date: 10 June 2025 9:30 am
End Date: 10 June 2025 11:30 am
Location: Online
Want to improve your English?
Our English for Academic Purposes team is pleased to offer free English Language Communication Classes for students.
These classes are free and are designed to improve your general English language skills at A2 level (lower level). They’re also a great way to meet other international students.
These classes give you the opportunity to practice speaking, reading, listening and writing in a fun environment.
All classes are taught by highly qualified teachers or trainee teachers under close supervision.
You’re welcome to attend as many as you like. All are welcome.
FREE English Language Communication Class – Online
Start Date: 5 June 2025 9:30 am
End Date: 5 June 2025 11:30 am
Location: Online
Want to improve your English?
Our English for Academic Purposes team is pleased to offer free English Language Communication Classes for students.
These classes are free and are designed to improve your general English language skills at A2 level (lower level). They’re also a great way to meet other international students.
These classes give you the opportunity to practice speaking, reading, listening and writing in a fun environment.
All classes are taught by highly qualified teachers or trainee teachers under close supervision.
You’re welcome to attend as many as you like. All are welcome.
