We hold a wide range of events throughout the year such as music performances, community events, art exhibitions and Open Days for prospective students.

Here you will find the latest community events we have to offer.

You can book your place on one of our community events or call 0845 196 4723/5060.

Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC, a graduate and Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin, will be talking about his passion for the Victoria Cross (VC) and the roots of his early interest in bravery, describing how he built his extensive VC collection as well as giving some examples of VC recipients and reflecting on cold courage versus spur of the moment bravery.

Tours of our campus will be available along with a buffet lunch and an update on Anglia Ruskin University by our Vice Chancellor.

• Tours from 10.45am
• Vice Chancellor 12.00 noon
• Lunch 12.30 - 1.30pm
• Talk by Lord Ashcroft 1.45pm

Saturday 15 June at our Chelmsford campus

This event is free of charge, but if you would like to attend you will need to book a place by telephoning 0845 196 4713 or emailing alumni@anglia.ac.uk

Covent Garden Street Party

Saturday 15th June 2013, 2pm to 10pm, Covent Garden, Cambridge

The party is coordinated by local neighbours and this will be the 4th street party organised by the group.

This year there will be cake, book and bric-a-brac stalls, a tombola and a raffle, a local brewery stall and wine tasting. Entertainment includes local bands and artists, juggling, zumba and drama workshops, dance displays, children's activities and more. All the entertainment is provided free by highly talented local residents and our students.

All proceeds will go to the chosen charities: Romsey Mill Aspire Team, Wintercomfort, and Parkinson's UK Cambridge Branch.

For further information please contact Miriam Berg on 0845 196 5060.

Refugee week, Film Screening: "Special flight" (French with English subtitles)

Wednesday 19 June 2013, 7.30-9pm, Chelmsford Campus

The stories behind the locked cells: Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in little clothing and helmets, are chained to their seats, at worst, for 40 hours. They are accompanied by police officers and immigration officials. The passengers are flown to their native countries, where they haven't set foot in for up to twenty years, and where their lives might be in danger. Children, wives and work are left behind in Switzerland. Near Geneva, in Frambois prison, live 25 illegal immigrants waiting for deportation. They are offered an opportunity to say goodbye to their families and return to their native countries on a regular flight, escorted by plain-clothes police officers. If they refuse this offer, the special flight is arranged fast and unexpectedly.

Written by Sanna Paakkanen / Translation by Heikki Kareranta

For further information, please contact Rachel Moss on 0845 196 4723, or visit the online store to book.

Pushing the Elephant - Refugee Week, film screening and discussion

Friday 21 June, 6.30pm, Cambridge campus, the Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB027

Introductory talk and discussion lead by Dr David Skinner, Reader in Sociology, Anglia Ruskin University

The documentary film chronicles the story of Rose Mapendo and how she escaped from the ethnic violence of the Democratic Republic of Congo to become a vital voice to help mend her divided country. During the conflict Rose was separated from her five-year-old daughter, Nangabire. Rose escaped with nine of her ten children and settled in the US. More than 10 years later, mother and daughter are reunited in the US where they face the past and build a new future. As they get to know each other they come to terms with what it means to be a survivor, a woman, a refugee and an American. This is a powerful first-person portrait of an invincible woman dedicated to peace and forgiveness. It is a moving, joyful and hopeful story of refugee experience and the process of adopting a different cultural and social pattern. (Directors: Beth Davenport and Elizabeth Mandel. Producers: Angela Tucker and Katy Chevigny)

For further information and to book your place visit the online store, or contact Miriam Berg on 0845 196 5060.

Other events in Cambridge:

Tuesday 18 June, 7.30pm
We must save the children, illustrated talk with poetry and music
St Paul's Community Centre

Thursday 20 June, 7.30pm
The Refugee Experience, introductory talk by Julian Huppert, MP, keynote speakers Geoff and Joy Levine, International Social Affairs Christian Network (ISACN), followed by discussion
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

To book on these two events please contact Eddie Stadnik or call 01223 655241.

Events presented in partnership between Cambridge City Council, Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum, University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Anglia Ruskin University

Lyrical and Light - Anglia Singers Concert

Friday 21 June 2013, 8:00- 10pm, Reception drinks from 7.30pm, Chelmsford Campus

The Anglia Singers are a mixed choir numbering 30 members which performs a wide repertoire from sacred to secular music,anthems and other major sacred works such as Handel's The Messiah and John Rutter's Requiem, to folksong arrangements and selections from shows.

You are invited to an evening of 'Lyrical and light' music with performances of Another Opening Another Show, True Love from 'High Society', The Gift of Music - Rutter, a selection from My Fair Lady, Over the Rainbow, Don't Rain on my Parade, a selection from Les Miserables and much more.

Tickets are £6 each at the door and under 16s go free. The concert is in support of Kids Inspire.

For further information please contact the concert manager on 01245 222004

Petersfield Summer Event

Saturday 22 June 2013, 12-5pm. This event takes place in and around Norfolk Street, Cambridge

Activities this year include: a Carnival Parade, music, dance, entertainment, performances, British Science Association hands-on event, tombola, face painting, junkyard stilties, craft stalls with interactive elements, ChYpPS outdoor performances, Chinese calligraphy, street art, fire engine!, PACT info stall, Morris Men, treasure hunt, St. John Ambulance.

For those interested in being part of the Carnival Parade there will be Carnival Costume Workshops in the two weekends leading up to the event. For workshop dates, cost (to cover materials and equipment) and to book a space please contact carnivalworkshop-bookings@outlook.com

The event is coordinated by Petersfield Area Community Trust (PACT). In 2012 we supported the promotion of the event and this year we have become a sponsor.

For further information please visit PACT Cambridge.

2013 Essex Countryside Bike Ride

Sunday 23 June 2013, Chelmsford campus

We are hosting the 7th annual Essex Countryside Bike Ride to help raise money for the Little Havens Hospice.
There are three cycle routes to participate in. Test your endurance on the 60 or 25 mile courses which begin at 8.10am or take it easy on the family and child friendly 10 mile outing along cycle paths which starts at 11am. With fun for all of the family there are attractions and a cafe on site and refreshments on route.

All routes start and finish at Anglia Ruskin University.

For further information and to book your place please contact Erika Patterson on 01702 220308. You can also visit Little Havens to book your place online.

A Time To Change: A Critical Conversation about Teen Fiction and Children's Rights

Tuesday 25 June 2013, 7:30-9pm, Chelmsford Campus

Are children and teenagers aware of their legal rights? Can fiction be successfully used to highlight children's rights and welfare issues? Join Dr Darren Sharpe, postdoctoral research fellow of our
Childhood and Youth Research Institute and authors Liz Fisher-Frank and Phil Earle for a critical discussion of teen fiction and children's rights. This is an excellent opportunity to join the debate about children's rights and the place fiction can play in raising awareness of rights amongst young people and others involved in children's issues.

Liz Fisher-Frank is a solicitor who for many years specialised in representing children. Much of her work has been for young people in or leaving care, the homeless and those facing family problems. She has also campaigned to help improve access to the law for young people. Liz now writes books and plays connected to her previous work. Her most recent book, Losing Agir, was inspired by a real human rights case and involves a young person in care and a child smuggling ring.

After leaving university, Phil Earle spent three years working as a care worker in a residential children's home, before training to be a drama-therapist at a therapeutic unit in South London. It was these experiences that inspired him to write his first two novels, Being Billy and Saving Daisy, both focusing on teenagers in the care system. Phil believes that teen fiction can play an important role in giving 'forgotten children' a voice.

For further information and to book your place please contact Rachel Moss on 0845 196 4723.

Around the world in 80 books with Kate Mosse

Saturday 29 June 2013, 9.30am-4.30pm, Chelmsford Campus

A day of discussions, workshops and talks which explore writing from all parts of the globe by Kate Mosse, Michelle Lovric and Ann Morgan. Kate Mosse, the best-selling author of Labyrinth and Sepulchre will talk about her own writing and the French books that have inspired her. Michelle Lovric will discuss the pleasures of living in and writing novels about Venice. Around the World in 80 Books is a brilliant and fun way to find out about what's on offer when it comes to world writing.

Around the World in 80 Books is a brilliant and fun way to find out about what's on offer when it comes to world writing.

For further information and for a full programme of the day please visit the Essex Book festival website.
To book your tickets please call the box office on 01206 573948. Tickets are £15 each and £12 for concessions.

Inter Faith Day of Dialogue

Saturday 29 June 2013, 10am-1pm, Chelmsford Campus

You are invited to join in a day of dialogue, debate and learn more about the inter faith community we live in today. Ivor Moody, Vice Dean: The Revd Canon for Chelmsford Cathedral will be hosting the event with author of 'Secrets of the Henna Girl' Sufiya Ahmed, who will deliver a key note talk: Forced Marriages: How can faith protect against culture? 'Ask who is responsible for forced marriages of British girls and the overwhelming answer will be 'Muslims'. This is very far from the truth'. Sufiya previously worked in the Houses of Parliament for the Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP and the Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP. She is now a full time author. She is also the founder and director of the BIBI Foundation, a non profit organisation which arranges visits to the Houses of Parliament for diverse and underprivileged children.

The talk will be followed by 'Café conversations' discussing topics such as 'Does the existence of matter, prove the existence of a creator?' and 'Is religion really that important in a relationship?'

The day will end with a buffet lunch while you have the chance to chat with other delegates.

For further information and to book your place please contact Rachel Moss on 0845 196 4723.

Childhood and Youth Research Institute seminar series

Tuesday 18 June 2013, 12-2pm
Young people, identities and citizenship in contemporary Ireland
Presenters: Dr Caitríona Ní Laoire and Dr Elizabeth Kiely, from the Institute for Social Sciences in the 21st Century (ISS21), University College Cork, Ireland.
Coslett Building, Cos 107 (Cambridge)

Wednesday 19 June 2013, 5pm
Children and Young Peoples Voice
Presenters: Professor Tim Waller and Dr Darren Sharpe
Lord Ashcroft Building, MAB 002 (Chelmsford)

For further information please contact Louise Taylor on 0845 196 3506 or visit the CYRI website.