Canterbury Christ Church University's Public Lecture Series
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Your chance to hear expert speakers from all walks of life debating, informing and extending their passion for their subject. Our public lectures cover subjects as diverse as health, the arts, faith and education. Speakers range from leading academics, to public figures and entertainers.
- Website
- https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/public-lectures
- Description
- Your chance to hear expert speakers from all walks of life debating, informing and extending their passion for their subject. Our public lectures cover subjects as diverse as health, the arts, faith and education. Speakers range from leading academics, to public figures and entertainers.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last episode published
- 2018-05-17 14:15
- publication frequency
- 88.86 days
- Contributors
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- Author
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 36
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Education Higher Education
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2018-05-17 |
The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby – Reimagining Britain: Foundations for Hope At this pivotal time in our nation’s history, Archbishop Justin Welby sets out to identify the values that can help us to reimagine, and to enact, a more hopeful future for our country. Drawing on the Bible, Britain’s history and its Christian traditio... |
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| 2018-01-05 | In 2009, John Bercow was elected 157th Speaker of the House of Commons, and subsequently re-elected in 2010, 2015 and 2017. He has served as MP for Buckingham since 1997. Since his election as Speaker, John has sought to champion the rights of backbenc... |
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| 2017-05-24 |
Professor Dame Sally Davies: Antimicrobial resistance – the global problem As Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies acts as the UK Government’s medical adviser and is the professional head of all directors of public health. She has been widely commended for her leadership of worldwide efforts to address the ‘tick... |
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| 2017-02-10 | Lord Peter Hennessy is a journalist, professor and researcher. He is widely recognised as one of the country’s leading historians of British politics and an acclaimed expert on the inner workings of government machinery, from the complexities of consti... |
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| 2016-12-13 |
No more champagne: British prime ministers and their money, from Walpole to Churchill David Lough reveals how prime ministers from Robert Walpole to Tony Blair have built fortunes from their post. He discusses how they dealt with the ethical issues of their day, with particular reference to the usually chaotic finances of Winston Church... |
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| 2016-05-18 |
Racism, fundamentalism and a democratic education: the challenge for us all The lecture draws on research in a post-industrial city where racism has found purchase. Archbishop Justin Welby challenges the neglect of post-industrial cities like this: locations of economic decline, the collapse of self-help institutions and hollo... |
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| 2015-11-06 | In his lecture, The Best of All Possible Worlds, Michael will explore the subject of writing about the environment for children. It is a subject that he has continued to return to through his books and believes that connecting children with the environ... |
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| 2015-04-29 | Parliamentary candidates for Canterbury and Whitstable hustings |
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| 2015-03-02 | Sir Richard Sykes relates his own experiences from working in both industry and academia and then takes a look at where we are today and how we might proceed for the future. |
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| 2015-02-06 |
Freedom of Expression: a fundamental value and a qualified right Baroness Onora O’Neill spoke together with Mark Hammond on the right to freedom of expression. Their lecture surveyed the history and philosophy of freedom of expression. It introduced a new publication by the EHRC on the legal framework that protects ... |
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