Posts tagged with ‘inaugural lecture’
Life in earth: insights into the biological engine of the soil
In this inaugural lecture, Professor Ritz will reveal some new views of the normally unseen underworld, and explain how understanding the origins and consequences of soil biodiversity can provide a means for us to manage, monitor and protect soils more effectively.
Tags: Biosciences, earth, ecosystem, inaugural lecture, Karl Ritz, Sarah O'Hara, School of Biosciences
Butterflies to Bedu in a sacred landscape
In this inaugural lecture, Dr Francis Gilbert, School of Life Sciences, presents ‘Butterflies to Bedu in a sacred landscape’. The lecture will describe the gradual change from pure science to a much more applied and people-centred focus of Professor Gilbert’s work in South Sinai in the St Katherine Protectorate.
Tags: Francis Gilbert, inaugural lecture, landscape, Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, science, South Sinai
Four decades in crime
The Criminal Justice Research Centre present the first Sir John Smith Lecture in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. The Hon Mr Justice Sweeney will deliver the talk ‘Four decades in crime’.
Tags: Criminal Justice Research Centre, Hon Mr Justice Sweeney, inaugural lecture, law, School of Law, Sir John Smith Lecture in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
Cash cow or sacred cow? The milk production debate
In this inaugural lecture, Professor John Huxley takes on the milk production debate. Following on directly from Professor Sarah Freeman’s lecture ‘Why do horses get colic?’
Tags: animals, inaugural lecture, Jon Huxley, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington
Why do horses get colic?
Professor Sarah Freeman (School of Veterinary Medicine and Science) will explore the unique physiology and anatomy of the horse, looking at how and why things go wrong. Followed immediately by Professor Jon Huxley’s ‘Cash cow or sacred cow? The milk production debate’.
Tags: animals, inaugural lecture, Sarah Freeman, School of Veterinary Medicine and Health, Sutton Bonington
Projects, professionalism and pendulums: higher education on the move
Student research is the ultimate heuristic tool, but supervising projects is tricky. Research is uncertain and demands on staff time are huge, yet the student needs a good degree and the supervisor wants a successful career. Can this conundrum be resolved?
Tags: education, higher education, inaugural lecture, research, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus
Chemistry through a lens
Professor Andrei Khlobystov discusses the topic of ‘Chemistry through a lens’ in a free inaugural lecture.
Tags: Andrei Khlobystov, Chemistry, inaugural lecture, School of Chemistry