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Programme for Term 4, 2012

Term Completed

A Obama, Romney and the American Presidency.

Dates: 1 November

Time: 10:00 am - 11:45 am

B Building a new Christchurch Airport.

Dates: 1 November

Time: 10:00 am - 11:45 am

C Advances in digital photography

Dates: 8 November

Time: 10:00 am - 11:45 am

D Stories, Studies, Scandals at Oxford

Dates: 8 November

Time: 10:00 am - 11:45

Scroll down for full details of each course.

Enrolments for this term closed on Thursday 25 Oct 2012.

Officers:

Chairman:Howard Harvey021 1363043
Treasurer:Colin Freeman027 2369476
Please hand your enrolment form to the treasurer at the desk.


Course A

Obama, Romney and the American Presidency.

Course organiser:Neil Fleming

Presenter:Peter Field

1 Nov:
Peter Field: Obama, Romney and the American Presidency.Join Canterbury history professor and department chair Peter Field for a no-holds barred exploration of American politics and the presidential election of 2012. Peter is an ex-patriot New Yorker, a winner of numerous teaching awards, and an avid student of American politics.


Course B

Building a new Christchurch Airport.

Course organiser:Gus Gale

Presenter:Geoff Eban

1 Nov:
Geoff Eban, Building a new Christchurch Airport.Geoff has spent 37 years as an Engineer at Air New Zealand before joining Christchurch International Airport Ltd in 2007 as General Manager Operations. Since 2009 he has been solely focussed on the development of the new building and this will be the subject of his talk.


Course C

Advances in digital photography

Course organiser:Neil Fleming

Presenter:David Wethey

8 Nov:
David Wethey, Advances in digital photography.David, of Southern Cross Digital Ltd, will describe the huge leaps that photography has made since going digital. This very visual session will demonstrate some of the key features that he uses in his various work with photographs and images.


Course D

Stories, Studies, Scandals at Oxford

Course organiser:Clare Depree

Presenter:Helen Peate

8 Nov:
Helen Peate, Stories, Studies, Scandals.Helen, a former university lecturer, secondary teacher and a perpetual student, will give an illustrated talk about the history, characters and her own experiences at Christchurch, Oxford, England.