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Have humans had their day? Not according to experts in the field of AI who gathered @_UoW for a special forum recently. Read more here bit.ly/4sXKWDN

‘From Performer to Programmer: Evolving Roles in Contemporary Guitar Practice’ is the title of an article for the online journal Rock Music Studies co-authored by Laura Lee, lecturer of Music Performance & Production @_UoW. Read it here bit.ly/4uGqbhN

Tomorrow night. REWIND takes the stage at The Railway Inn, Winchester at 7.30pm. Original plays, live performance, @_UoW students and staff giving it everything. Don’t miss it. Tickets still available 👇🏻 bit.ly/4saeiPp

Children’s book giant Puffin has been announced as the publisher sponsor of the 2026 School Library Association Conference @_UoW on 5-6 June which features former children’s laureate Dame Jacqueline Wilson as a speaker. Read more at the SLA’s website bit.ly/4bB3h2B

Students from all 5 Social Work programmes @_UoW united today (17 March) for a special series of events to mark World Social Work Day, whose theme is ‘Hope and Harmony’. Here’s some of the students after a reflection session held in the Chapel at Winchester Business School.

First Year Physiotherapy students @_UoW have been selling cakes today to raise money for mental health charity Mind at the West Downs Gallery. One of the team, Lucy Lockwood, is also running the London Marathon for Mind. Visit Lucy’s Just Giving page at bit.ly/3Pg2vk2

Dominic Duggan, Immersive Technologies Student @_UoW, describes the many things he learned during a team assignment to design a stealth game where players pose as alien interns sent to sabotage an office. Read his piece on LinkedIn here.. bit.ly/40AuihG

Emma Goto, Senior Lecturer in Education @_UoW has co-authored an article entitled ‘Encouraging Reasonableness in the Digital Literacy Classroom’ published in the latest edition of the journal Advancing Education. Read i t here bit.ly/470LRuT

Steve Northam, Senior Lecturer in Business Management @_UoW added some eggs-citement to his Creativity Innovation & Design session with the egg-drop challenge. Watch the results here…bit.ly/4sdjyBL

Rewind devised @_UoW. Side A: Harri’s Mix Tape - short plays inspired by songs. Side B: Climbing to the Moon, one-act play inspired by Eels’ Electro-Shock Blues . One night. Two halves. No skip button. Rewind, 19 March, 7.30pm, Railway Inn, Winchester. bit.ly/4saeiPp

Last week Trinity-Jade Harrison-Hastings, studying Law @_UoW, rubbed shoulders with top members of the legal profession at the ‘Dinner to the Universities’ at The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. Find out more about her experiences here bit.ly/4bf3J7W

Gabriel Webster, a Creative Writing student @_UoW, has just published his first novel, Devotion, set in dystopian future where the population is indoctrinated into a strict state religion called Chiaroscurism. Read more about Gabriel and the book here bit.ly/4ux76yw

Online event ‘The Irish Diaspora and the ‘Conquest of the Desert’ (1878-1885) in Argentina’, organised by the MHRC @_UoW, for 18 March has been rescheduled for 22 April. If you’ve booked, your ticket, and the Teams link, remains valid. For details visit tinyurl.com/4t82c64s

Experience Winchester Days are designed to provide applicants with a practical and comprehensive introduction to their chosen course @_UoW and the wider university community. The next one is on 21 March. Find out more here bit.ly/4b9yUkZ

Participants in the growing Careers Professional Mentoring Programme @_UoW gathered this week to receive certificates and thanks for their support. Read more here bit.ly/4rrPOA0

Winchester alumnus Professor Kazuhiro Manabe, from the University of Kitakyushu (Japan), was back @_UoW this week to meet with Japanese students and our International Faculty Lead Dr Manuela Pilato. Find out more about the visit here bit.ly/4d40di3

Social Work Lecturers @_UoW Leah Cox and Caroline Nicolson discuss the work of homelessness charity Trinity Winchester on the latest episode of their fantastic podcast Different Perspectives. Listen to it here bit.ly/4bms8XE

Congratulation to @_UoW PhD student Martin White who received a 'Highly Commended' in this month’s Hampshire Writers’ Society competition. Read his successful entry The Tooth Fairy here bit.ly/4sGW08o

Have you heard of the Nevi Wesh? Christopher Mulvey, Emeritus Professor of English @_UoW, shares some his research into the New Forest’s unique brand of English in a new blog here bit.ly/3Nw0mjK

Richard Jobson of Winchester architects Design Engine shares insights about their design for the distinctive zinc roof of the West Downs Library @_UoW in a video for LinkedIn here bit.ly/4cH1JGG