Chancellor's Lectures

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Annual Lectures at the University of Hertfordshire. Speakers are invited by the University of Hertfordshire's Chancellor, The Hon Marquess of Salisbury.

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    The 2016 Chancellor's Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 75:03


    The 2016 Chancellor’s Lecture took place on 5 December with speaker Rohan Silva. Rohan is a journalist, entrepreneur and former policy adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron.

    Rational Optimism - how prosperity evolves

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2014 57:36


    In the past 50 years, world population has doubled, yet lifespan has increased by 30%, child mortality has fallen by 70%, and real per capita income has trebled. Can these improvements continue in coming decades, and what is the source of innovation and prosperity? Matt Ridley, argues that the answers lie in evolutionary theory, with the exchange and combination of ideas playing a central role.

    The 2013 Chancellor's Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2013 52:32


    Sir Simon Robertson delivered the 2013 Chancellor's Lecture on 6 November on the topic of a sustainable future for UK advanced manufacturing.

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    The 2011 Chancellor’s Lecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2013 63:23


    The country is in need of an economic rallying cry. “Cut the deficit!” is not it. Economists have debated for generations whether the tax system should be used to change behaviour rather than just to change revenue. This lecture will argue for a tax policy not just to change revenue, or to change behaviour, but to change the culture of an entire society.

    The Nation State: History or Not?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2013 79:50


    The Most Honourable The Marquess of Salisbury KCVO PC DL, Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire presented the final lecture in the 2012 Chancellor's Lecture Diamond Jubilee Series on Monday 10 December 2012.

    Power and the Pursuit of Influence

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2013 68:47


    The Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield delivered the 2012 Chancellor's Lecture on 8 May 2012. Lord Hennessy is Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London.

    The Human Brain: is it up to the job?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2013 73:36


    In the second lecture in the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Chancellor's Lecture Series Professor Blakemore looks at ‘The Human Brain: is it up to the job?’

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