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Public Lectures : Science and Technology

 

17th May 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Common metabolic disease – lessons from the extreme
Stephen O’Rahilly FRS, Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge

Albert Latner Memorial Lecture in Clinical Biochemistry

Free admission, no pre-booking required



 

10th May 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Communicating risk and uncertainty
David Spiegelhalter FRS, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge

Free admission, no pre-booking required



 

24th April 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Immortalism
Mary Midgley, philosopher and writer

Philosophical Society Lecture

Free admission, no pre-booking required



 

15th March 2012

18:00 - 19:00 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Dark matters **important note: please note this lecture begins at 6pm**
Andrew Pontzen and Tom Whyntie

British Science Association Lecture

Free admission, no pre-booking required



 
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16th February 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Newcastle University Business School, Barrack Road
Productivity and a ‘total delivered cost’ approach to growth
Trevor Mann, Senior Vice-President of Manufacturing, Nissan

R W Mann Lecture

Please note: this lecture will take place at Newcastle University Business School, Barrack Road. The event is free but you are asked to pre-book by visiting: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nubs/about/events/item/r-w-mann-public-lecture or telephone 0191 208 1637.


 
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9th February 2012

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Managing London’s roads and keeping the capital moving at Games time
Garrett Emmerson, Chief Operating Officer of Streets and Traffic, Transport for London

Lecture in association with transportNewcastle, Newcastle University

Free admission, no pre-booking required



 

19th January 2012

17:00 - 18:00 RB Green Lecture Theatre, Dental School
The physiology of sport – brain, breathing, blood flow
Maximum performance in sport – the human body in peak performance

John H Holmes Memorial Lectures for 10-14 year olds, given by Northumbria University's School of Life Sciences

To reserve free places, please contact the Public Lectures office on 0191 222 6136 or e-mail: public.lectures@ncl.ac.uk



 

18th January 2012

17:00 - 18:00 RB Green Lecture Theatre, Dental School
The biomechanics of sport – how the body moves
Maximum performance in sport – the human body in peak performance

John H Holmes Memorial Lectures for 10-14 year olds, given by Northumbria University's School of Life Sciences

To reserve free places, please contact the Public Lectures office on 0191 222 6136 or e-mail: public.lectures@ncl.ac.uk



 

17th January 2012

17:00 - 18:00 RB Green Lecture Theatre, Dental School
The science of sport
Maximum performance in sport – the human body in peak performance

John H Holmes Memorial Lectures for 10-14 year olds, given by Northumbria University's School of Life Sciences

To reserve free places, please contact the Public Lectures office on 0191 222 6136 or e-mail: public.lectures@ncl.ac.uk



 

29th November 2011

17:30 - 18:30 Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Sustainable consumption: oxymoron or opportunity?
Dr Peter White, Director of Global Sustainability, Procter & Gamble

Free admission, no pre-booking required



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