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Event
- Title:
- Job Satisfaction or Dissatisfaction?
- When:
- 15.01.2009 18.30 h - 20.00 h
- Where:
- The Dana Centre - South Kensington
- Category:
- Education/Courses/Workshops
Description
It’s the New Year, and you’re back at work after the Christmas break. Back to a job you love and you have great plans for? Or do you get that horrible feeling in the pit of your stomach at the thought of doing a job you dislike?
While the pressure of a progressive career is a motivating factor for some people, too often people are negatively stressed at work. Perhaps you’ve got an unreasonable boss who doesn’t value you. Maybe there’s a bully in the office. Do angry callers shout at you about things you cannot change? Are you stuck in a dead-end job? The prospect of redundancy in today’s economic climate is a real one. What impact does stress at work have on our physical and mental health?
Biologically, stress is the consequence of our body and mind responding inappropriately to emotional or physical threats. These threats trigger the release of hormones that set off a chain of bodily reactions: your heart beats faster and you start to sweat, for example. Prolonged stress can lead to headaches, depression and sleeplessness, and can even affect your immune system. But as individuals we vary - a situation that’s difficult for one person might be dealt with easily by another.
Cary Cooper, Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University, is a world-leading expert in stress and related workplace issues. Tonight he will talk about the changing nature of work, the sources of stress and what we - and organisations too - can do about it.
This event is organised by: The European Dana Alliance for the Brain
SpeakersProfessor Cary Cooper, Lancaster University
Facilitator: Elaine Snell, The European Dana Alliance for the Brain
To book:
Call 020 7942 4040 or e-mail
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The Dana Centre and d.café are licensed premises open only to those aged 18 or over. Most events are free. Arrive early to enjoy a wide variety of delicious food and drink in our air-conditioned d.café.
Please pre-book.
Venue
- Venue:
- The Dana Centre - Website
- Street:
- 165 Queen's Gate
- Postcode:
- SW7 5HD
- City:
- South Kensington
- Area/Borough:
- London
- Country:
- UK
Description
The dana centre is a stylish, purpose-built venue in London (UK). It is a place for adults to take part in exciting, informative and innovative debates about contemporary science, technology and culture.
No two days will be the same at the dana centre. It's the place for experimental dialogue events, blending the best from science, art, performance and multimedia to provoke discussion and real engagement with the key issues of the day. In the dana centre you'll see science delivered in a very different way, everything from Edinburgh-Fringe-style stand-up comics debunking science myths to updates on radical research, handling sessions of rarely seen objects from the Science Museum's collection and challenging debates on modern science.
State-of-the-art digital facilities link the Centre and its events with venues all over the UK, those on the Internet and everyone with a mobile phone. If you can't make it to the dana centre in person, you can join the debate on-line.
The events focus on themes that are important to you and present them in new and attractive ways - all in a lively, informal atmosphere. If you care about how the science behind the headlines affects you and your environment, want to challenge leading experts face to face, argue the case for valuing animals over human embryos, or learn how to make ice cream in 90 seconds, then check out what's on at the dana centre.
The dana centre is a collaboration between the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science), the European Dana Alliance for the Brain and the Science Museum. It is part of the new Wellcome Wolfson Building, which is supported by four principal donors - the Wellcome Trust, the Wolfson Foundation, The Dana Foundation and the Garfield Weston Foundation.
Phone: +0044 (0)207 942 4040
Tube: Gloucester Road
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