Ben Rogers

Nov 21, 2024 | blogs.surrey.ac.uk | Ben Rogers

Chris, Aerospace EngineeringMy name is Chris, and I am an aerospace engineering student at the University of Surrey. This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in a month-long international programme at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Hong Kong.

Nov 21, 2024 | blogs.surrey.ac.uk | Ben Rogers

Chris, Aerospace EngineeringMy name is Chris, and I am currently studying Aerospace Engineering at the University of Surrey. This past summer, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in an international summer programme at the British University Vietnam (BUV), located in Hanoi, Vietnam. This experience offered me an enriching experience beyond my expectations.

Nov 20, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Robert Poole |Ben Rogers |Lauro Martines |surprisesBy Lucy Hughes-Hallett

“Manchester is the south of the north”, writes Jeanette Winterson: spot-on. I’ve never met anyone who has a clear mental map of the place. On the ground it seems to have a grid pattern, but the roads splay out and there’s a strange bend in the middle. If you assume right angles, you end up round the back of somewhere else. The Northern Quarter” is more east than north.

Oct 3, 2024 | poetrysociety.org.uk | Ben Rogers

Happy National Poetry Day!This year’s National Poetry Day is on the theme of ‘Counting’ and to celebrate The Poetry Society has an array of activities throughout the day including announcements of the Stanza Competition winners, a collaboration with Poetry Takeaway, a Young Poets Network takeover Zoom event, an open mic event at the Poetry Cafe, a poetry world record breaking attempt, a new National Poetry Competition resource, a multiple choice quiz – more details here and below.

Jan 29, 2024 | poetrysociety.org.uk | Ben Rogers

Jason Allen-Paisant has won the T. S. Eliot Prize with his second collection Self-Portrait as Othello, published by Carcanet Press. The judges Paul Muldoon (Chair), Sasha Dugdale and Denise Saul said:‘Self-Portrait as Othello is a book with large ambitions that are met with great imaginative capacity, freshness and technical flair. As the title would suggest, the poetry is delivered with theatricality and in a range of voices and registers, across geographies and eras.