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2021 Lecture Programme

Year 11 Big Ideas Lecture Series

Order

Term

Date

Class

Venue

Topic

Speakers

1

1

5/3

D4 P4

GMT

Artificial Intelligence

Gareth Ainsworth

2

1

13/3

D3 P4

GMT

The Life of Meaning: The Philosophy of Nietzsche

Tristan Hill

3

1

26/3

D6 P4

Chapel

Shakespeare and our Politics

Mark Collins

4

2

10/5

D2 P4

GMT

The Future of Work: Preparing for the Unknown

Scott Buchanan

5

2

17/5

D1 P4

Chapel

Guest Speaker: Real Drug Talk

 Jack Nagle

6

2

23/5

D5 P4

Chapel

A History of Democracy

Tom Hawkins

7

2

27/5

D1 P4

GMT

Guest Speaker: Real Drug Talk

 Jack Nagle

8

3

3/6

D6 P4

Chapel

Napoleon: A Great Man?

Mark Johnston

9

3

23/7

D5 P4

Chapel

The Pill: Science and Social Impact

Marta Cassidy

10

3

5/8

D2 P4

GMT

The Reformation

Richard Blandford

11

3

15/8

D3 P4

GMT

Drugs and Dependence

 David Iser

12

3

22/8

D4 P4

GMT

The Genetic Code: Faithful Servant or the Hound of Hell?

David Skelt

 

Year 8 Big Ideas Lecture Series

Order

 Term

Date

Class

Venue

Topic

Speaker

1

1

28-Mar

D2 P3

Chapel

Slavery

Mark Johnston

21-May

D3 P2

Chapel

Sexuality

Josh McNeill & Jackie Cowcher

28-Aug

D6 P2

GMT

The Holocaust

Amy Christensen

6-Nov

D1 P2

GMT

Suffragettes

Tom Hawkins