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Oktober Fest’25
🍺 Oktoberfest at Redwell!
Get your steins ready – we’re bringing Oktoberfest vibes to the arches from 26th – 28th September!
Expect:
🎶 Live unplugged music from the brilliant duo Sons of Mark
🎺 A brass band bringing the oompah energy
🌭 German-style BBQ sizzling all weekend
🍻 A line-up of German beers alongside your Redwell faves
🎉 Free entry all weekend!
It’s the perfect excuse to dig out the lederhosen (or not), grab your mates, and celebrate Oktoberfest the Redwell way.
[WORKSHOP] How to get the most out of your filming gears
[WORKSHOP] How to Get the Most Out of Your Filming Gear
Ready to elevate your filming skills and unlock the full potential of your equipment? Join us for this hands-on workshop designed for creators who want to capture stunning footage and tell compelling stories.
Whether you’re filming for social media, creating long-form content, or just starting your creative journey, this workshop will give you the practical skills and confidence to shoot like a pro.
Who This Workshop Is For:
This workshop is specifically designed for business owners who want to discover the potential of their own filming gear (mirrorless, phone, action camera, etc), or simply aren’t yet committed to handing over this task to someone else. We welcome businesses of all sizes.
Please note: this workshop is reserved exclusively for business owners, not employees or agencies.
What You’ll Learn:
In this intensive session, we’ll cover everything from planning your shots to editing on the go. You’ll get hands-on practice with your own gear in both indoor and outdoor settings, learning how to adapt your technique to different environments.
We’ll explore essential filming techniques including camera angles and their impact, slow-motion capture, and the principles of visual storytelling. You’ll discover how to shoot specifically for social media versus long-form content, understanding the unique demands of each format.
The workshop also covers video editing basics and workflow management, so you can capture and edit efficiently when you’re out in the field.
Workshop Highlights:
- – Hands-on practice with indoor and outdoor filming
- – Shot planning and creative strategising
- – Camera angles, composition, and slow-motion techniques
- – Storytelling fundamentals for compelling content
- – Introduction to video editing software
- – Platform-specific filming strategies (social media vs long-form)
- – On-the-go workflow and editing tips
Limited Spots Available: This is an intimate, hands-on experience with a maximum of 5 participants, ensuring personalized attention and plenty of opportunity to practice.
What to bring: Bring your camera, phone, or whatever filming gear you use and want to explore its capabilities.
On the day: There will be a break for lunch (about an hour), depending on how the group feels.
UEA research showcased at The Royal Norfolk Show
Visit UEA at the Royal Norfolk Show to discover our world-leading research, meet our expert academics, and find out how we can collaborate to benefit your business.
UEA’s marquee on President’s Avenue (stand 164 opposite the Grand Ring) will host a range of drop-in talks, as well as a showcase of interactive exhibits focusing on different areas of pioneering research from across the University. The schedule of talks and hands-on demonstrations is open to everyone, and no prior knowledge is necessary.
TALKS
Wednesday 27 June
11:00-11:30: Wellbeing through Working Life (Prof Kevin Daniels and Prof Olga Tregaskis, Norwich Business School)
14:00-14:30: The Agri-tech Revolution: where is it going and how can we involve farmers? (Dr David Rose, School of Environmental Sciences)
15:00-15:30: Superbugs: tackling the global antimicrobial resistance crisis (Prof Laura Bowater leads a panel discussion, Norwich Medical School)
16:00-17:30: UEA VICE-CHANCELLOR AND SPORTSPARK DRINKS RECEPTION
We warmly invite you to drop in for a special Bullards Gin cocktail and to celebrate the stars of the Norfolk Sports Academy and Young Norfolk Sports Academy. Please RSVP to [email protected]
Thursday 28 June
11:00-11:30: The new Quadram Institute, Norwich Research Park: at the forefront of a new era of food and health research (Laura Knight, Quadram Institute Bioscience)
14:00-14:30: Detecting concussion in Sport (Dr Michael J Grey, School of Health Sciences)
TAKE PART IN INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES AND DISCOVER:
- An innovative collaboration displaying contemporary creative responses to Renaissance manuscripts
- Archaeological finds the Americans left behind in our region after WWII
- How shopper insight can help food producers and suppliers understand purchasing behaviour
- How VR technology is helping better detect concussion in sport
- Interactive games teaching us how we process and recognise faces
- How you can help in the fight against the “superbugs”
- Recordings from the East Anglian Film Archive, including vintage footage of our coastline and seaside resorts
UEA will also be exhibiting in the Agri-Tech East Innovation Hub, with a live demonstration of the MoveTech Telemetry wildlife tracker device.
PREVIEW: WELLBEING THROUGH WORKING LIFE
For many of us, our satisfaction with life declines from our late teens until our mid-40s and then starts increasing again as we approach our late 60s – a pattern that suggests our lowest wellbeing happens during our working lives. Is this pattern inevitable? A team of researchers at the University of East Anglia together with researchers at the Universities of Essex, Reading and Sheffield have spent the past three years investigating the actions that can protect and enhance wellbeing looking at wellbeing in working age adults. Join us for this talk to find out more, and if you would like to submit a question in advance for Prof Kevin Daniels and Prof Olga Tregaskis, please email [email protected]
DETAILS
Visit UEA at the Royal Norfolk Show to explore the ground-breaking discoveries being made right on your doorstep. You can also find out more about working with UEA, including accessing funding, research expertise, and recruiting talented students and graduates, by visiting uea.ac.uk/business or following @UEAForBusiness.
To purchase tickets and for more information, please visit the Royal Norfolk Show website.
Fancy a walk under the stars?
The Starlight Walk Norwich is back in 2015 for its 10th year!
Join us on Friday 7th August at the UEA Sportspark at 10.30pm, as we take a 13 mile night time walk around our fine city. Join with friends, family or colleagues, spend time together and take in the peace and quiet of the streets of Norwich – ending in a firework finale.
This year all the money raised will be split between Macmillan Cancer Supportand East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) nook appeal which will help with the charity’s visionfor a new children’s hospice in the heart of Norfolk.
To register, please visit: www.starlightwalknorwich.co.uk/
Pension Reform – employee auto-enrolment
You need to know about this!
Because………
The Government legislation is mandatory, it will affect you and your employees. Let us guide you through the maze of rules and regulations.
UEA NBS – November Breakfast: How to create a start-up business in 54 hours!
Following the 29 October evening launch, Norwich Business School breakfasts return in November on Wednesday 20 November and at the later time of 08:00hrs for 08:30hrs with a roundup of the 2019 Sync The City. Taking place from 14-16 November, we shall hear from those who took part in this challenge to build and launch a start-up business in 54 hours! Find out what they learnt and how they transformed a one minute pitch into a new business start-up with tech demos. Discover how the expert teams (photo above) faced the challenges, uncertainty and pressure that most start-ups face over months and years! Make a note in your calendar and register now!
Make a note in your calendar and register now! Our networking business breakfast returns in November, with a round-up of the annual Sync The City event, which asks participants to work together to create a business start-up in 54 hours! Presented by Alfonso Avila-Merino, Associate Professor in Innovation Management at the Norwich Business School and instrumental in the challenge over many years.
Taking place from 14-16 November, we shall hear from those who took part in this challenge to build and launch a start-up business. Find out what they learnt and how they transformed a one minute pitch into a new business start-up with tech demos. Discover how they faced the challenges, uncertainty and pressure that most start-ups face over months and years!
The Sync the City event has become a must in the national Tech calendar and brings together budding entrepreneurs with experienced business mentors and technology experts. The event attracts participants from across and outside the local community and attempts to solve real-world problems.
Please note this is at the later time of 08:00hrs for 08:30hrs
Who Should Attend?
This event is aimed at anyone interested in gaining from the business, professional and inter-personal skills learnt from the challenge of Sync The City 2019 .
Cost This is a free event, including a complimentary canapes and drinks reception.
Further information Contact us at [email protected] or call 01603 592263 if you have any questions about this event.
Please note that when registering for this event, your name and organisation will be included on the delegate list circulated to event attendees.
Getting here
If you are driving, free car parking is available in the main car park, marked P1 on the campus map (map ref N29). We will validate your yellow parking token at the event. More information about getting to UEA by other modes of transport is available here.
Display Screen Equipment Assessors Course
The aim of this half-day course is to equip delegates to take a lead role in assessing office workstations and the wider management of associated musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). Objectives:
* To be able to state the basic HSG65 management cycle, and illustrate how this can apply to the control of MSD’s arising from display screen equipment (DSE) use. * Understand the value of MSDs prevention. * State the minimum equipment/environmental requirements for workstations, as specified in the Schedule of L26. * Understand how the type of job/task can affect assessment (“occupational” factors). * Understand how the correct set up of DSE can prevent MSDs, and state the ideal set up. * Understand the “human” factors that can affect DSE users’ ability and willingness to use DSE correctly. * Demonstrate some of the key skills in ensuring DSE users improve their work station. * Develop an intervention hierarchy in the case of ill health arising from DSE use. * State the key sources of law and guidance, and where they can be found. Prerequisites: None, just enthusiasm (basic spoken English/literacy does help). Course date: Thursday 14th March 2019 Duration: Half day training course; 09:00-13:00 Cost: £95.00+VAT Course Tutors: Sarah Daniels/Richard Mills (Chartered Environmental Health Practitioners), who have spent over 50 years between them in profession. The RedCat Partnership has been providing health and safety training/ consultancy locally and nationally for 19 years. For more information or to book please contact Mitchell on 01603 473732 or [email protected]
To view our full suite of courses please visit our website
QA Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work Requalification (RQF) – 2 day
Aims to update and requalify existing first aiders to the required level of skill and knowledge in first aid, in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
Successful delegates will be awarded a certificate of competence accredited by Qualsafe Awards who are recognised by Ofqual. It is valid for three years.
Course Venue
Open courses are held regularly at our training venues in Norwich, Norfolk and Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Alternatively, courses can be arranged at your own site anywhere in the UK (subject to suitability).
Syllabus
· Introduction to first aid
· Incident management and safety
· The unconscious patient
· Major illness: diabetes, heart attack, stroke
· Fractures and dislocations
· Head Injuries
· Eye Injuries
· Simple record keeping & first aid equipment
· The legal framework for first and in the workplace
· Basic life support
· Use of AED
· Control of bleeding and shock
· Major Illness: epilepsy, allergic reactions
· Burns and scolds
· Poisons and harmful substances
· Basic casualty handling
· Knowledge and skills assessments
“2nd course with Norvic and still very good training – excellent”
“Would definitely recommend Norvic Training”
“I have been doing First Aid for 33 years and it was the best course I have been on.”
Free small business networking 10th September in Poringland
A chance to share business ideas with a group of like minded small business owners, all looking to grow and expand. We always have an interesting and packed agenda, covering all aspects of sales and marketing – practical easy to do things that will make a difference. I can promise an action packed start to your day, plus the chance to meet some great local business owners. No need to book, just turn up and we have free tea/coffee and biscuits too!
Call Neil for more info 01603 443355 https://businessgrowthclub.net/up-and-coming-events/Bank of England Monetary Policy Report Briefing
Update of the current economic climate.
Join us for what promises to be an exclusive and interesting virtual event where the Bank of England will share their insight into the current economic climate, followed by a live Q&A.
Our guest speakers, Phil Eckersley, Agent and Patrick Campbell, Deputy Agent for South East and East Anglia, will be providing an overview of the UK economy, drawing on the most recent Bank of England Monetary Policy Report, published in early November.
The event will be held on ‘Chatham House’ rule and is therefore not open to the press. We would also encourage you to pre-submit any questions that you have for Phil and Patrick when registering for your place at this enlightening and informative event.
How to book a place:
If you are a member please click here to book your place
If you are a non-member then please email [email protected] confirming how many places you require and a contact number. We will then call you to take payment.Event Speakers:
Phil Eckersley, Agent in the South East and East Anglia, Bank of England
Phil started with the Bank of England in 1987 having spent three years teaching economics and mathematics in SE London.
After four years working as a statistician on money supply data, Phil moved to the management’s accounts office in the Bank, providing detailed cost briefing to Governors and Directors.
In 1994 Phil joined the Bank of England’s agency network, between 1994 and 2002 acting as Deputy Agent in the South East & East Anglia moving on in 2002 to become Agent for Northern Ireland; then in October 2008 he was appointed to be the Agent in the South East and East Anglia.
Patrick Campbell, Deputy Agent in the South East and East Anglia, Bank of England
Patrick is a Deputy Agent at our South East and East Anglia Agency. He has worked at the Bank of England since 1999.
Before he became an agent in October 2018, Patrick mainly worked on our Foreign Exchange Desk (“the FX Desk”), which manages the UK’s reserves of foreign currency and gathers market intelligence. His work for the FX Desk included briefing senior Bank and Treasury staff on financial market reactions to major events, such as the 2010 and 2015 UK general elections and the EU and Scottish Independence referendums. And he was a member of the team that wrote the 2015 Review of Market Intelligence at the Bank of England.
In 2017-18, he was seconded to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to analyse developments in the US money and treasury markets.