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Best of Bristol lectures all week
The most inspiring lecturers at the University of Bristol, as voted by students, will be sharing their wisdom with the public in a series of free lunchtime and evening lectures this week.
The Best of Bristol Lectures give students, staff and members of the public a chance to experience the best teaching Bristol University has to offer.
This year’s series gathered more votes than ever before, and the mind-enhancing line-up promises to appeal to a wide range of interests – from political economics to earthquakes, Yeats to DNA repair.
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Here is what you can expect to see:
REFORMING BANKING CULTURE WITH PROFESSOR KEITH STANTON
April 11 1pm – 2pm Wills Memorial Building, The Great Hall
How is the banking industry being reformed to improve its resilience?
GOD DOESN’T PLAY DICE WITH THE DIGITAL WORLD WITH DR NICOLAS WU
April 11 7pm-8pmWills Hall Conference Suite
How we can use randomness and chaos to compute beautiful digital worlds.
WHO GETS ALL THE PIES? (AND JOBS, HOUSES ETC.) WITH DR JONATHAN FLOYD
April 12 1pm – 2pmWills Memorial Building, The Great Hall
A forty-minute guide to political philosophy.
EARTHQUAKES: A TRIGGERED DEBATE BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND GEOLOGY
April 12 7pm – 8pm Clifton Hill House
Presented by Professor Michael Kendall and Dr Dimitris Karamitros.
THE ART AND BEAUTY OF PURE MATHEMATICS WITH DR LYNNE WALLING
April 13 noon – 1pm Anson Rooms, Bristol SU
Maths is all around us, ever present in art and nature, determining what we find aesthetically appealing.
THE WONDERFUL & FRIGHTENING WORLD OF WB YEATS WITH DR STEPHEN CHEEKE
April 13 7pm – 8pm Orchard Heights
Irish poet WB Yeats is considered one of the foremost poets of the 20th century.
SHOULD I FEAR MY DEATH? WITH PROFESSOR HAVI CAREL
April 14 1pm – 2pm Wills Memorial Building, The Great Hall
Professor Havi Carel explores the question of whether we should fear our own deaths.
HOW LIAISON PSYCHIATRY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD WITH DR NICOLA TAYLOR
April 14 7pm – 8pmThe Orangery, Goldney Hall
PROTECT & SURVIVE – DNA REPAIR AND THE CANCER GENOME WITH PROFESSOR NIGEL SAVERY
April 15 1pm – 2pmBristol SU, The Richmond Building
The amazing processes of coping and repair that our cells use to protect us.
The Best of Bristol Lectures is a student-led project, supported by the University of Bristol and Bristol SU. The events are free and open to everyone and there’s no need to book, but seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, visit www.bristolsu.org.uk/bestofbristol/
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