‘‘He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.’’ Friedrich Nietzsche What do a clinical psychologist, a palliative care nurse, a 2000-year-old Roman philosopher, a social psychologist, and a Holocaust survivor all have in common? Through [...]
The Weekend University’s next event – A Day on Potential, will take place at Birkbeck, University of London on Sunday 24th June 2018. In this series of lectures, we'll explore evidence-based approaches for personal growth, with talks on: The Science of Personality Change - Dr Christian [...]
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The Weekend University’s next event – A Day on Mental Health and Wellbeing, will take place at the University of East London, Docklands Campus on Sunday 27th May 2018. In this series of talks, three of the UK's leading mental [...]
Explore the hidden potential of your brain in this series of talks from leading neuroscientists and university professors. The Weekend University’s next event – A Day on Neuroscience, will take place at Birkbeck, University of London on Sunday 29th April [...]
This post was written in the lead up to our upcoming Day on Neuroscience at the University of London on Sunday 29th April. Right now, tens of billions of neurons are working together in your brain so you can read these words. [...]
8 Tips from Neuroscience to Unlock Your Brain's Full Potential. “Any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain.” Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852 –1934), Spanish pathologist, histologist, neuroscientist and Nobel laureate. The human [...]
The Weekend University’s next event – A Day on the Self, will take place at Birkbeck, University of London on Sunday 25th March 2018. In this series of talks, we explore the psychology of the ‘self’, drawing on perspectives from [...]
Have you ever felt you went beyond your ordinary self and felt connected to something bigger than you? In a 2016 UK survey, over 84% of respondents (including atheists, agnostics, Christians, and Buddhists) said yes to this question. So what's going on? [...]
Fascinated by psychology and the human mind? But don't want to commit to a three-year degree and get into a tonne of student debt to explore your interest further? This day on psychology at The Weekend University might be for [...]
