Through a range of formats including guest lectures and more informal conversational settings, the Vice-Chancellor’s Special Guest Events bring some of the world’s foremost thinkers, figures and influencers to the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ to speak to students, staff, alumni, members of the public and our civic, business and community partners. Many of our distinguished speakers have a connection to the university or to ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and the wider area.
Date: 10 November 2025
Tackling Health Inequalities for a Healthier, Happier World
Date: 25 March 2025
Inaugural Lecture
Date: 9 October 2024
Net zero in a volatile world
Date: 15 February 2024
Leadership, not power: harnessing your passion to drive the agenda
Date: 14 November 2023
Cultivating lifelong learning for economic success
Date: 31 January 2020
Travels around my body
Date: 19 July 2019
The future of global health: how will public health across the world change over the next 25 years
Date: 12 November 2018
You can find inspiration in everything and if you can’t, look again
Date: 7 December 2017
Professor Shearer West's inaugural lecture
University Park ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, NG7 2RD
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