Newcastle City Library

Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX

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Tue
19th
Nov (2019)
2pm - 3pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
For those who identify as women and are 18 years and over. Find out what is behind the scenes of a website and write your first piece of code.
Sat
9th
Nov (2019)
4pm - 7pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
A panel discussion will explore the meaning of death in the 21st century.
Thu
31st
Oct (2019)
1:30pm - 5pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Policy Lab leads a workshop to provide you with an opportunity to input into the 2030 "Future Vision" that will shape our national data strategy.
Fri
11th
Oct (2019)
10am - 3pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
A programme of workshops to help early- and later- stage businesses move forward.
Sat
20th
Jul (2019)
10am - 5:30pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Combining traditional creative activities like paper craft and knotting with live coding and open data - open to everyone. Including live coding (Sonic Pi) with Chad Langford, Origami with Yvette Hawkins, and Quipu (talking knots) with Alex McLean.
Thu
17th
Jan (2019)
10am - 4:30pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
With Andy Ditchburn.
Wed
21st
Nov (2018)
5pm - 7pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
With Sally Blake and Troy Lonergan.
Wed
3rd
Oct (2018)
1pm - 4pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
A 3-week short course to show individuals what working in tech is all about.
Subsequent dates: 10th & 17th October 2018 (1pm – 6pm)
Thu
20th
Sep (2018)
9am - 4pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Talks, workshops and tailored advice designed to get new business ideas off the ground and to help new and existing businesses to grow.
Fri
8th
Dec (2017)
10am - 6pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Workshops from Blu Sky Tax, The Office Rocks, JAC Media and FutureSkillsVision, and a panel discussion from business founders & investors.
CANCELLED
Sun
15th
Oct (2017)
1:30pm - 3pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Have a go at coding and create something fun, to be displayed at the City Library.
Wed
4th
Oct (2017)
11am - 12:30pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
A friendly and informal session to find out more and celebrate Get Online Week.
Tue
23rd
May (2017)
10:30am - 4:15pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
A selection of workshops, masterclasses, and keynotes to help guide young people in their next steps.
Sat
4th
Mar (2017)
10am - 4pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
For data enthusiasts, hackers, and those with an interest in civic policy or helping build good things with the data our cities and organisations produce.
Sun
22nd
Jan (2017)
1pm - 3pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Create your own animated GIFs from freely available images from the region.
Sat
12th
Nov (2016)
1:30pm - 3:30pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
A series of informal tables, each covering a different topic. Likely including: Tor Browser, TAILS, Signal Private Messenger, Full Disk Encryption, Email Encryption with PGP, Password Managers.
Sat
1st
Oct (2016)
9am - 7pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
A day-long event to learn new skills and collaborate on ideas for using data and content released by Newcastle Libraries.
Mon
26th
Sep (2016)
4pm - 8pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Develop skills in coding and web building (for ages 18-24).
Mon
11th
Jul (2016)
6pm - 8pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Learn how to run a Code Club to help teachers with the computing curriculum.
Mon
11th
Jul (2016)
4pm - 6pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Meet people involved in the other Code Clubs to share resources and help each other.
Mon
27th
Jun (2016)
- 28th Jun
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Raspberry Pi CPD for teachers of any subject at primary, secondary or post-16 level, as well as other educators who either work with children or educate student teachers
Fri
3rd
Jun (2016)
- 4th Jun
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Raspberry Pi CPD for teachers of any subject at primary, secondary or post-16 level, as well as other educators who either work with children or educate student teachers
Thu
26th
May (2016)
- 27th May
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Raspberry Pi CPD for teachers of any subject at primary, secondary or post-16 level, as well as other educators who either work with children or educate student teachers
Sun
22nd
May (2016)
1pm - 3pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
A series of informal tables, each covering a different topic. Including: Safe browsing, TOR and Tails, LibreSignal, Disk encryption and PGP.
Wed
18th
May (2016)
- 19th May
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Raspberry Pi CPD for teachers of any subject at primary, secondary or post-16 level, as well as other educators who either work with children or educate student teachers
Sat
14th
May (2016)
9am - 4pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Computer Science enthusiasts- share your skills to help teachers with the new computing curriculum.
Sat
9th
Apr (2016)
9am - 7pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
A day-long hackathon to collaborate on ideas for using data released by Newcastle Libraries.
Tue
25th
Feb (2014)
5:45pm - 9pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Internet Icons brings together a panel of successful internet and tech entrepreneurs, all with insight into what makes the difference between a one-hit wonder and real success.
Sat
7th
Sep (2013)
2pm - 4pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Comics are an accessible way of telling a story and science is full of stories that really need to be told: a perfect partnership! Join Art Heroes for this science comic workshop.
Sat
7th
Sep (2013)
1:30pm - 2:30pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Join practising physicist and CERN contributor Tom Whyntie to explore the very frontiers of our knowledge and take a mind expanding tour of cutting-edge science.
Sat
7th
Sep (2013)
10am - 12pm
FREE
venue Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Comics are an accessible way of telling a story and science is full of stories that really need to be told: a perfect partnership! Join Art Heroes for this science comic workshop.