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Below are the listing of events either related to Wikimedia UK, or to Wikimedia activities within the UK. If you know of an upcoming event that is not listed, please add it below.

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Current and future events

December

• 01 - Glasgow meetup to coincide with The Electron Club's Open Day Social
• 02 - Using Wikimedia to link research impact and open education - workshop for staff in Newcastle University
• 02 - Training session for librarians and archivists at The Glasgow School of Art
• 03 - Medical Research Council Women in Science event, Edinburgh
• 03 - Nexters and KPMG event
• 04 - Art Nouveau editathon in London
• 07 - Chester meetup
• 07–08 - Board meeting (Edinburgh)
• 07 - Evening Board and community social (Edinburgh)
• 08 - London meetup
• 09 - British Computer Society Women editathon in Southampton
• 10 - Photography training at Wikimedia UK office 1.30-3.30pm
• 10 - WLM awards ceremony and Wikimedia UK office open day 4pm - 8pm
• 15 - Oxford meetup

2014

January

• 12 - London meetup
• 18 - Speakerthon: uploading voice samples from the Radio 4 archive to Wikipedia
• 18 - Women in zoology and natural history editathon at London Zoo
• 19 - Oxford meetup
• 25 - Anybody but Burns editathon, Edinburgh
• 26 - Swansea Editathon and Wiki training

February

• 01 - TaPRA Wikipedia Workshop - London
• 01–02 - Training the Trainers/February 2014 event - Cardiff
• 09 - London meetup
• 27–28 - Ally Crockford at The EDGE Conference - Edinburgh

March

• 01–02 - Boards training workshop - London
• 19 - Wiki-themed Symposium, University of Stirling, more details tbc

April

• 10–13 - Wikimedia Conference 2014 (TBC)

August

• 6–10 - Wikimania London 2014

Past events in 2013

November

• 1 - Cardiff meetup
• 1 - Talk by Pat Hadley to staff and students of University of York, Department of Archaeology: Wikipedia for Research, Teaching and Impact
• 1–2 - EduWiki Conference 2013
• 2 - Early Photography in Scotland Edit-a-thon - National Library of Scotland - Edinburgh
• 7 - Ally Crockford at the Grampian Information Annual Conference - Aberdeen
• 6 - Editathon at the ‎North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle upon Tyne
• 9 - SpotOn London 2013 Wikipedia editing workshop
• 9 - Wiki takes the Tube
• 9 - Cambridge meetup
• 9 - Virtual Learning Environment workshop day postponed
• 9–10 - Wikimedia Diversity Conference, Berlin, Germany
• 10 - London meetup
• 12 - Women of the Institute of Psychiatry (Kings College London) editathon
• 14 - Using Wikimedia to link research impact and open education - workshop at Humanities Research Institute, the University of Sheffield
• 15 - Martin Poulter attending "Spotlight on the Digital – Enhancing Discoverability (An Experts Forum)" in London
• 15 - University of Oxford - Rediscovering Rycote.
• 16 - Glasgow Women's Library Wikipedia editathon - Scottish Women on Wikipedia - Bridgeton Library at The Olympia ([1])
• 17 - Oxford meetup
• 18 - GLAMToolset Steering Group meeting
• 20 - Veterinary Science editathon, London
• 23 - Belfast meetup and photo competition
• 25 - Medical Research Council Women in Science event, Cambridge
• 26 - Tech committee telecon
• 26 - Nexters Seminar, Somerset House, London
• 27 - Conway Hall editathon and photography session
• 30 - Ctrl Alt Change at Imperial College event postponed
• 30 - 'Wikipedia in your Hands' at Book Week Scotland event, Edinburgh

October

• 03 - Ada Lovelace Festival of Wikipedia workshop, London & Edinburgh
• 04 - Harnessing the Energy WES Conference 2013 - Wikimedia UK presentation to talk about engaging with Wikipedia (Daria Cybulska)
• 05 - Ada Lovelace Festival of Wikipedia workshop, Southampton
• 05 - First Leeds meetup
• 09 - JISC Scotland webinar, What is a Wikimedian? by Ally Crockford [2]
• 09 - GLAM working group meeting
• 11–12 - OpenGLAM conference, Poland. Wikimedia UK represented by Daria Cybulska to promote chapter's GLAM work
• 11 - Presentation to the Office of National Statistics at the Department of Education, London
• 11 - Medical Research Council Women in Science event, London
• 13 - London meetup
• 13 - Oxford meetup
• 14 - Wikipedia training for the Office of National Statistics
• 15 - Using Wikimedia to link research impact and open education - workshop for staff in Oxford University
• 15 - Women in Science Oxford Editathon: Ada Lovelace Day 2013, Oxford University
• 15 - Pearson Wikipedia Editathon Oct 2013
• 17 - Ada Lovelace Day London 2013 Conway Hall
• 19 - editathon - Bloomsbury Festival - London
• 19 - Trowel Blazers: Women in archaeology, palaeontology and geology - Natural History Museum - London
• 19 - editathon - National Railway Museum - York
• 20 - Manchester meetup
• 22 - Breast Cancer Care editing session - London
• 25–27 - Joint MozFest session
• 26 - Wikimedia 'pitch' at Library Camp Glasgow, Mitchell Library
• 26 - Trevor Johnson hosting a stand for WikiProject RISC OS at RISC OS London show
• 27 - Manchester Girl Geeks Wikipedia editing workshop to link with the Manchester Science Festival
• 27 - Edinburgh meetup
• 28 - Kingston University Women in Science event
• 30 - Martin Poulter taking part in Jisc Digital Media webinar on "Finding and Using Audio and Video Resources"
• 30 - Open Government Partnership Summit - Civil Society Day [3]. WMUK present to build networks and deliver workshops, for example this one

September

• 01–30 - Wiki Loves Monuments
• 07 - Wikipedia Takes Chester – photo contest in Chester
• 07 - Leader training session for Ada Lovelace Festival of Wikipedia
• 08 - London meetup
• 08 - Oxford meetup
• 14 - Board meeting (London)
• 15 - First Newcastle meetup
• 21 - Liverpool meetup
• 28 - Wikidata training

August

• 04 - Oxford meetup
• 05–07 - WikiSym + OpenSym 2013, Hong Kong
• 07–11 - Wikimania 2013, Hong Kong
• 08 - editathon - Conway Hall archives
• 11 - London meetup
• 17 - Cambridge meetup
• 18 - Glasgow meetup
• 25 - Manchester meetup

July

• 02 - Mark MacDonald speaking at the 'The Role of Technology in Teaching & Learning' event, running a session for 25 participants
• 02 - Two day exhibition at OpenCulture 2013 John Byrne, Edward Hands and Jonathan Cardy spoke to many museum folk.
• 07 - Coventry meetup
• 10 - Sphingonet Wiki workshop, Oxford
• 13–14 - Board meeting (London)
• 14 - Oxford meetup
• 14 - London meetup
• 17 - Virtual office hours
• 17 - Presentation to the Office of National Statistics
• 20 - Monmouth Wikipedia training
• 21 - First Chester meetup
• 25 - Medical Research Council Women in Science event, London
• 28 - Bristol meetup

June

• 02 - Oxford meetup
• 03 - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 3 June Wikipedia training
• 06 - Wikipedia presentations and training for Imperial College staff and students - led by John Cummings, WIR @ Natural History Museum and Science Museum
• 08 - WikiConference UK 2013 & 2013 AGM, Lincoln
• 16 - London meetup
• 17 - Wikipedia garden party - Cambridge University Wikipedia Society
• 17 - Tyne and Wear Museums WIR ran a training session for the Natural History Society of Northumbria
• 19 - Virtual office hours
• 20 - Technology Committee - 19:00 UTC+1 (BST) teleconference
• 22 - Manchester meetup
• 22 - Editathon at the Royal Opera House
• 26 - Tyne and Wear Museums WIR ran a training session for the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers
• 27 - Conference Committee/Planning meeting 10, 19:30 (BST)
• 29 - WWI editathon with the British Library\Europeana
• 30 - BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress - Wikipedia training&editing day

May

• 05 - Oxford meetup
• 11 - Board meeting (in-person, London)
• 12 - First Glasgow meetup
• 12 - First Nottingham meetup
• 12 - London meetup
• 15 - Virtual office hours
• 18 - Liverpool meetup
• 18 - Cambridge meetup
• 19 - Lua on Wikimedia
• 20 - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 20 May Wikipedia training
• 24 - Queen Victoria's Journals University of Oxford editing day
• 24–26 - Amsterdam Hackathon
• 25 - Academic Dress editathon, London
• 28 - Education Committee conference call

April

• 06 - Manchester meetup
• 07 - Coventry meetup
• 10 - British Psychological Society workshop, Harrogate
• 10 - A tour of Blythe House from 14:00-16:00, details on the GLAMwiki page
• 12–14 - GLAM-WIKI 2013
• 13 - EGM 2013
• 14 - London meetup
• 17 - Virtual office hours
• 18 - Technology Committee - 1900 - 2100 UTC+1 (BST) on Mumble (joining details here)
• 18–21 - Wikimedia Chapters Meeting, Milan
• 25 - Wiki Loves Monuments in the UK planning meeting
• 26 - Wikidata workshop, British Library
• 26 - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums 26 April Wikipedia training
• 27 - Oldham Wikipedia training
• 28 - First ever Brighton meetup
• 30 - University of Oxford Zoology Department Wikipedia training day
• 30 - Governance Committee meeting

March

• 02 - Cambridge meetup
• 03 - Oxford meetup
• 04 - Introduction to Wikipedia workshop at the British Library
• 05 - Wikimedia UK media event for journalists
• 06 - "Dissecting Wikipedia" talk at CRASSH in Cambridge
• 09 - International Women's Day 2013 Southbank event
• 10 - London meetup
• 13 - Senate House Wikipedia training/March 2013 - led by Andrew Gray
• 15 - Jon Davies talking about Wikimedia UK at the Ethical Property AGM
• 18 - Photograph workshop at the British Library
• 20 - Workshop at the University of Southampton
• 20 - Virtual office hours
• 23 - Wikimedia UK open day and workshop
• 26–27 - Martin Poulter presenting on "The Wikipedia Education Program: open educational practice on a global scale" [4] and running a stall in the Open Educational Resources 2013 Conference at the University of Nottingham. Pete Forsyth also presenting - [5]
• 26 - Board meeting - call
• 27 - Nottingham Wikimeet

February

• 02 - Media training for volunteers - session - advanced level
• 08 - Introduction to Wikipedia workshop at the British Library - Andrew Gray
• 09–10 - Board meeting - in person
• 10 - London meetup
• 16–17 - Wikimedia Chapters Association Meeting, London
• 16 - Liverpool meetup
• 17 - Coventry meetup
• 18 - Technology Committee - 1900 - 2100 UTC on Skype (add wmukstaff)
• 20 - Virtual office hours
• 21 - Martin Poulter delivering a workshop about "The future of Wikimedia and Higher Education" at Changing the Learning Landscape Strategy Implementation Programme event, Bristol
• 23–24 - Training the Trainers/February 2013 event - Manchester
• 25 - Daria Cybulska delivering a talk on Women on Wikipedia and Open Source careers for Tech Talkfest event

January

• 08 - Board meeting - call
• 09 - Mike presenting at Glasgow University on 'Wikipedia and Astronomy'
• 12 - Manchester meetup
• 13 - London meetup
• 13 - Oxford meetup
• 14 - AHRC Wikipedia training workshop at the British Library
• 15 - Wikipedia's 12th birthday
• 16 - Virtual office hours
• 20 - Reading Meetup
• 24 - Exec Working Group meeting - call
• 30 - Senate House Wikipedia training/January 2013 - led by Andrew Gray