Events in September

Forthcoming Events

Sun 20th September

Welcome Period- Jazz Night Special Event: 8:30pm - 10:30pm; William Goodenough Large Common Room; Welcome Period- Jazz Society Special Event- Come and hear the music!

Mon 21st September

Welcome Period- Deans Trip: St Pauls Cathedral: 9am - 11am; Meet at London House Reception; Welcome Period- Deans Trip- Historic St Pauls Cathedral

Welcome Period- Deans Trip: Tower Bridge: 1pm - 3pm; Meet at London House Reception; Welcome Period- Deans Trip: The iconic Tower Bridge

Welcome Period: Orientation: 6pm - 8pm; LH LCR; Orientation is compulsory for all new Members of the College. Please book your space for the session closest to your arrival date. The Registrar and Dean will inform you about all you need to know whilst staying at Goodenough. PLEASE ONLY ATTEND ONE

Welcome Period: Welcome Drinks: 8pm - 9pm; WGH LCR; Welcome Period: Welcome Drinks

Tue 22nd September

Welcome Period- Deans Trip: The National Gallery: 9am - 11am; Meet at London House Reception; Welcome Period- Deans Trip-Londons famous National Gallery

Welcome Period: Deans Trip- Regents Park & Primrose Hil: 1pm - 3pm; Meet at London House Reception; Welcome Period- Deans Trip- See the wonderous views of Regents Park & Primrose Hill

Snow Patrol: 7:30pm - 11:30pm; Royal Albert Hall

Welcome Period - Musicians Drinks (By Invitation Only): 8pm - 9pm; Freddies, London House; The Dean hosts a formal welcome event by invitation for College Musicians. If you are musical and what to attend, please tell the Dean. Email invitations will be circulated by his Office nearer the event date!

Wed 23rd September

Welcome Period - Dean's Trip: Soho: 9am - 11am; Meet at London House Reception; Welcome Period- Deans Trip- The cultural and artistic hub of Soho

Welcome Period- Registrars Tour of Goodenough College: 6pm - 7pm; Meet at London House Reception

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at 80: 7:30pm - 11:30pm; Royal Albert Hall

Welcome Period: PhD Drinks: 8pm - 9pm; Freddies; Welcome Period- PhD Drinks- Meet your fellow future Dr's

Thu 24th September

Welcome Period- Deans Trip: The British Museum: 1pm - 3pm; Meet at LH Reception; Welcome Period- Deans Trip- Visit the British Museum

Welcome Period: Welcome Drinks: 8pm - 9pm; London House Large Common Room; Welcome Period: Welcome Drinks

Fri 25th September

Welcome Period- Dean's Trip: V&A Museum: 9am - noon; V&A Museum, Meet at LH Reception; Deans Trip- Welcome Period-Art & Culture

Welcome Period- Sports Drinks: 8pm - 9pm; Enclosed in Invitation

Welcome Period: Meet the Members Council: 8pm - 9pm; William Goodenough House Small Common Room; Welcome Period- Meet your Members Council- Learn how they represent your best interests!

Sat 26th September

Welcome Period Event -Meet Thy Neighbour Floor Event: 26th September midnight - 27th September midnight; College Wide; This is a day for you to get together and meet your new neighbours! Plan an event together or just take the initiative and organise it and invite the others. This can be as spontaneous or extravagant as you decide.

Welcome Period- Registrars Tour of Goodenough College: 10am - 12:30pm; Meet at London House Reception

Welcome Period: LGBTQ+ Mixer: 8pm - 9pm; Meet at Maeve's Bar- the first 10 cocktails are free!; Welcome Period: LGBTQ Drinks

Sun 27th September

Welcome Period Event -Meet Thy Neighbour Floor Event: 26th September midnight - 27th September midnight; College Wide; This is a day for you to get together and meet your new neighbours! Plan an event together or just take the initiative and organise it and invite the others. This can be as spontaneous or extravagant as you decide.

Doorstep Help Volunteers: Voluntary Oppurtunity: 27th September midnight - 27th September midnight; Holborn House, 35 Emerald Street; Role: Sunday Socials is a monthly event aimed at reducing social isolation. We offer a free creative activity and lunch for adults and older adults from the local community.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone™ In Concert (PG) - 12:00PM Show: noon - 3pm; Royal Albert Hall

Welcome Period - All in Good Faith - A Ceremony of Inter-Faith Welcome: 5pm - 6pm; London House Quad (Churchill Room if the weather is bad!); Welcome service open to members of the College of all faiths- contact The Dean if you would like to help

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone™ In Concert (PG) - 6PM Show: 6pm - 9pm; Royal Albert Hall

Mon 28th September

Welcome Period- Deans Trip: Supreme Court: 10am - 1pm; Meet at London House Reception; Welcome Period- Deans Trip- Supreme Court

Welcome Period - Talk on Staying Safe in London: 12:30pm - 1:30pm; London House Churchill Room; Meet our local safety officers. They will give their top tips and practical advice on staying safe in London, what to do in an emergency etc.

First Dining In Night of the Year : Best of British!: 5:30pm - 9pm; Great Hall; Throughout the year the College will provide a complimentary themed meal for each College Member. Note that this meal is designed to build community so take away boxes are not possible! If you wish to take away your food, normal prices will apply.

Welcome Period: Orientation: 6pm - 8pm; LH LCR; Orientation is compulsory for all new Members of the College. Please book your space for the session closest to your arrival date. The Registrar and Dean will inform you about all you need to know whilst staying at Goodenough. PLEASE ONLY ATTEND ONE

Top Gun: Maverick in Concert (12A): 7:30pm - 11:30pm; Royal Albert Hall

Tue 29th September

Welcome Period- Deans Trip: Charles Dickens Museum: 8:30am - 11am; Charles Dickens Museum, meet at LH Reception; Welcome Period- Deans Trip- Charles Dickens Museum

Welcome Periods- Deans Trip: Bloomsbury: 1pm - 3pm; Meet at London House Reception; Welcome Period- Deans Trip: Bloomsbury

Welcome Period: Clubs and Societies Fair: 8pm - 10pm; Great Hall; Welcome Period- Clubs & Societies Fair- Meet your society Organisers.

Wed 30th September

Welcome Period - Dean's Trip Science Museum: 9am - 11am; Meet at LH Reception; A tour at the Science Museum

Welcome Period: Dean's Trip- National Portrait Gallery: 1pm - 3pm; Meet at LH Reception

Welcome Period- Registrars Tour of Goodenough College: 6pm - 7pm; Meet at London House Reception

Welcome Period: Welcome Drinks: 8pm - 9pm; WGH LCR; Welcome Period: Welcome Drinks

Thu 1st October

Welcome Period- Dean's Trip: Westminster: 10am - noon; Meet at LH Reception; Welcome Period- Deans Trip- Tour Westminster

Welcome Period- Dean's Trip - Sir John Soane Museum: 1pm - 3pm; Goodenough College, MEET AT LH RECEPTION; Welcome Week Deans Trip- Sir John Soane Museum

Baxterstorey: Themed Dinner, Black History Month - Senegal: 6pm - 9pm; Great Hall

Welcome Period: Music & Desserts Concert: 8pm - 10pm; William Goodenough House Large Common Room; Welcome Period Event: Music & Desserts Concert by your fellow Member musicians

Fri 2nd October

Welcome Week: Wellcome Collection Tour: 1pm - 3pm; Meet at LH Reception; Welcome Week tour and entry to the Wellcome Collection

Welcome Period - Boat Party 2026/27: 6:30pm - midnight; Meet at LH Reception; Welcome Period - Goodenough Boat Cruise 2026 along The River Thames.

Sat 3rd October

Mecklenburgh Square Garden: Voluntary Gardening Sessions: 10am - noon; Mecklenburgh Square Garden; Community gardening volunteering Frequency: Monthly (first Saturday, 10:00–12:00) Mecklenburgh Square Garden Access: Open, drop-in, no experience required

The London Archives’ oldest document displayed at British Museum exhibition on Bayeux Tapestry: 3rd October 10am - 4th October 8pm; The British Museum; The William Charter - the oldest document held in the City of London Corporation’s extensive archives and never previously loaned to an exhibition - will be on display at The Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum, which opens in September.

Welcome Period- Registrars Tour of Goodenough College: 10am - 12:30pm; Meet at London House Reception

Goodenough Quiz Night: 8pm - 10:30pm; Freddie's; Prizes to be won, Friends to be made.

Sun 4th October

Roman Catholic Mass: 10am - 11am; Chapel; Opening Mass of the Academic Year

Welcome Period - Opening Roman Catholic Mass: 10am - noon; Chapel, London House; Join us for the first Roman Catholic Mass Service of the Term with College Chaplain, Father Brian

Mon 5th October

Founders' Day- The Proclamation of New Fellows, Michaelmas Term Begins in College: 5pm - 8pm; The LH Quad for the Proclamation and the LH LCR & Vestibule for the Founders' Day Reception

Tue 6th October

Welcome Period: Orientation: 6pm - 8pm; LH LCR; Registrar and Dean will inform you about what you need to know whilst staying at GC. Followed by a complimentary meal giving you a chance to meet your fellow members. Orientation is compulsory for all new Members

Wed 7th October

Welcome Period- Registrars Tour of Goodenough College: 10am - 12:30pm; Meet at London House Reception

Port Talk given by Professor Susannah Maidment on the Bizarre Dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic of Morocco: Implications for Armoured Dinosaur Evolution: 7pm - 8pm; Churchill Room

Thu 8th October

Baxterstorey: Themed Dinners, Black History Month - Southern inspired.: 6pm - 9pm; Great Hall

Welcome Period- Registrars Tour of Goodenough College: 6pm - 7pm; Meet at London House Reception

Governor Port Talk- Governing Fellow Professor Morag Shiach, ‘Virginia Woolf, Modernist London, and Mecklenburgh Square’.: 8th October 8pm - 9th October 9pm; Churchill Room

Fri 9th October

Governor Port Talk- Governing Fellow Professor Morag Shiach, ‘Virginia Woolf, Modernist London, and Mecklenburgh Square’.: 8th October 8pm - 9th October 9pm; Churchill Room

Sat 10th October

Visit to Gay's the Word Bookshop (and Fortitude Bakehouse!): 11am - 12:30pm; Start the year right with a visit to Bloomsbury's very own Gay's the Word Bookshop, the UK's oldest LGBT bookshop, followed by a trip to Fortitude Bakehouse for a cheeky snack afterwards! (Note: This event is open to ALL Goodenough College members.)

Sun 11th October

The Dean's Sermon at the Opening of the Legal Year to the Senior Judiciary at York (York Minster): 11am - 1pm; York, England. Members are welcome to attend at the Great Minster of York, no registration is needed

Mon 12th October

Baxterstorey: Themed Dinners, Canadian Thanksgiving Themed Dinner: 6pm - 9pm; Great Hall; Come and Celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving with our caterers Baxter Storey & our Canadian Members. Note: All forms of payment will be taken apart from cash.

Faculty Welcome Evening - Arts and Humanities, 6pm Drinks, 7pm Supper in Hall, 8pm Port Talk- Professor Linda Woodhead: 6pm - 9:30pm; LH SCR, Great Hall and Churchill Room, in sequence; Professor Linda Woodhead is Chair of Theology at Kings, she speaks on 'Offence and the Future of Courtesy'

Enemies and Rascals- College Fellow Evan Davis in Conversation with Terence Gower: 7:30pm - 9pm; The Maughan Library, King's College London (Prefaced by Drinks at Goodenough in LH LCR at 6pm); Organised by Goodenough, Kings and Art Angel as part of Frieze London. TWENTY (20) Member places are available.

Tue 13th October

Faculty Welcome Evening - Law, 6pm Drinks, 7pm Supper in Hall, 8pm Port Talk- Lord Reed: 6pm - 9:30pm; LH LCR, Great Hall and Churchill Room, in sequence; The Rt Hon The Lord Reed is The President of the UK Supreme Court

Wed 14th October

Faculty Welcome Evening - Medical and Natural Sciences, 6pm Drinks, 7pm Supper in Hall, 8pm Port Talk- Professor Sheila Rowan FRS: 6pm - 9:30pm; LH SCR, Great Hall and Churchill Room, in sequence; Professor Sheila Rowan FRS is Physical Secretary of The Royal Society, 'On Science'

Thu 15th October

Faculty Welcome Evening - Political and Social Sciences, 6pm Drinks, 7pm Supper in Hall, 8pm Port Talk- Ambassador Westcott: 6pm - 9:30pm; LH SCR, Great Hall and Churchill Room, in sequence; Ambassador Nicholas Westcott, On Diplomacy

Fri 16th October

Faculty Welcome Evening - Economics and Business, 6pm Drinks, 7pm Supper in Hall, 8pm Port Talk- Dr Tim Hames: 6pm - 9:30pm; LH SCR, Great Hall and Churchill Room, in sequence; Dr Tim Hames (Oxford), Chinese and US Economic Rivalries

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