About the day

The next London Anthropology Day is will be held on 5th July 2012 at the British Museum's Education Clore Centre. The day consists of an introduction to anthropology (both biological and social),a range of interactive workshops run by anthropology lecturers, and presentations on applying to university and careers. All participating universities have representatives and information stalls at the event. In addition, there is a range of careers and photographic exhibitions. Drinks and snacks are provided but participants need to bring a packed lunch.

To see what the day is like and find out more about anthropology, watch our YouTube films:LAD Pictures and Video

For a glimpse at the LAD 2011 event and other RAI Education Outreach activities, take a look at our RAI Education Flickr page: www.flickr.com/photos/raieducation

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For A-level, FE, and lifelong learning students

The London Anthropology Day is an opportunity for Year 12, 13, FE and lifelong learning students to learn about anthropology and get a taste of the diversity of sub-disciplines and degree programmes offered. You will meet current students and lecturers from many anthropology departments and get a chance to experience first-hand what it is like to study anthropology at university.

For Careers Advisors and AimHigher Co-ordinators.

Places are reserved for Careers Advisors and AimHigher co-ordinators in order to sustain the widening participation aims of the day.

For Teachers

The London Anthropology Day provides a valuable opportunity for teachers interested in developing anthropology within the National Curriculum to meet, discuss ideas and find out more about the Anthropology A-level and anthropology within the International Baccalaureate. Every year we provide a teachers' only workshop in addition to the workshops delivered by univerisites throughout the day. If you are interested in anthropology at the pre-university level, contact the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Education Officer, Nafisa Fera at education@therai.org.uk to join our teachers' network and get regular updates on activities, events and resources.

For current undergraduate/postgraduate anthropology students

Every year we recruit around 15 anthropology students to volunteer for the day. This is a great opportunity for students to become involved in outreach educational activities, meet other anthropology students and lecturers and find out more about postgraduate degrees or jobs within different sectors. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please contact the Royal Anthropological Institute's Education Officer, Nafisa Fera at education@therai.org.uk for more information.

Last year's programme can be found here: LAD 2011 full programme (pdf - 43KB).

Bookings are now closed. Bookings for the LAD 2012 event will open in May. Before booking your workshops please read the booking information page and proceed from there to the booking form.

The 2011 event

The eighth London Anthropology Day took place on 14th July 2011. Over 300 participants attended the day and a record number of 20 universities participated from Wales, Ireland, and England making the LAD 2011 the biggest LAD to date. Participating universities provided workshops on human evolution, forensics, music and dance, material culture and visual anthropology. The day was organised by Nafisa Fera the Royal Anthropological Institute's Education Officer, in collaboration with Dr. Ben Burt from the British Museum. To find out what the day was like take a look at our photo gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/raieducation