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As a part of our March 2021 virtual conference, Climate Futures: Youth Perspectives, we are joined by Professor Justin Dillon (Professor of Science and Environmental Education, University of Exeter) and Elizabeth Kitchenside, a Year 13 student from Woking College, for an intergenerational exchange of views on education for sustainability, the topic of our opening session. This podcast is hosted by...

This webinar is the last of three public webinars we are hosting in the lead-up to the 2021 Cumberland Lodge Police Conference, ‘Towards Justice: Law Enforcement & Reconciliation’ in June 2021. It takes the format of a conversation between: - Dame Vera Baird QC, Victims’ Commissioner, for England and Wales Assistant Commissioner - Robert Beckley QPM, Overall Command of 'Operation Resolve', the cri...

Join us for a virtual Cumberland Conversation with Leroy Logan MBE, British writer, founding member of the Black Police Association, and the subject of one of the BBC's acclaimed short films from the Small Axe series directed by Steve McQueen. Leroy joins us for a candid conversation with our Chief Executive, Dr Ed Newell, to talk about his life experiences and the challenges and opportunities he...

This webinar is the second of three public webinars we are hosting in the lead-up to the 2021 Cumberland Lodge Police Conference, ‘Towards Justice: Law Enforcement & Reconciliation’ in June 2021. Join us on Wednesday 10 February 2021, from 11.00am GMT, for a conversation between Jonathan Powell, CEO of Inter Mediate and former Chief Negotiator on Northern Ireland, and Assistant Chief Constable Ker...

This webinar is the first of three public webinars we are hosting in the lead-up to the 2021 Cumberland Lodge Police Conference, ‘Towards Justice: Law Enforcement & Reconciliation’ in June 2021.

Two of the world’s leading Shakespearean scholars, Sir Stanley Wells and Dr Paul Edmondson join us for a virtual Cumberland Conversation from Cumberland Lodge. Paul and Stanley reflect on their lives’ work to date, dedicated to the study of Shakespeare. In particular, they discuss their new book 'All The Sonnets of Shakespeare', which assembles the sonnets in their probable order of composition, g...

A 15-minute podcast presented by our Programme Officer, Emily Gow, with two of the guest speakers from our November 2021 virtual conference, Faith & Belief 2040. We speak to: - Edwin Shuker, a businessman, Iraqi refugee and former asylum seaker to the UK, and now Vice-President of the Board of Deputies for British Jews - Bushra Nasir CBE, Chief Executive of the Drapers' Multi-Academy Trust based i...

A short podcast with two of the guest speakers from our November 2020 virtual conference on Faith & Belief 2040, looking ahead to the likely changes to the UK's faith and belief landscape over the next 20 years and how society might need to respond. Our Programme Officer, Emily Gow, speaks to Professor Linda Woodhead (Distinguished Professor of Sociology of Religion, Lancaster University) and Mama...

Our 2020 Annual Dialogue examines the cultural bonds between the United Kingdom’s four nations, and the role that the arts can play in building social cohesion across the British Isles.

This report launch was streamed live on 30 July 2020, featuring reflections from the report's author Dr Sinéad Fitzsimons and other invited specialists, to highlight our key cross-sector findings and recommendations. This was followed by an open Q&A.

This podcast was recorded following the Business and Corporations session at our Resilient Communities conference. It features Mark Gordon, Director of Communications and Partnerships at Power to Change, Helen Carroll, Director of Community Strategy & Activation at The Co-Operative Group, and Professor Mihaela Kelemen, Chair in Business and Society at Nottingham University Business School. The pod...

This podcast was recorded following the Collaborative Local Citizenship session at our Resilient Communities conference. It features Neil McInroy, CEO of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies, and Clare Wightman, CEO of Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire. At the Resilient Communities conference, we aimed to examine how to foster social cohesion in ways that make communities more resilient to d...

The audio recording from the launch of the 'Understanding and Policing Gangs' report launch event that took place on 28 January 2020. This Cumberland Lodge Report explores the attraction to gangs, to improve public understanding and inform approaches to policing them more effectively.

The High Commissioner for the Republic of Rwanda to the UK, and non-resident Ambassador to Ireland, Her Excellency Yamina Karitanyi, speaks to Cumberland Lodge Chief Executive, Edmund Newell, as part of the Cumberland Lodge 'Commonwealth Futures: Youth Perspectives' symposium held on 1-3 December 2019. Her Excellency discusses the important role of young people in the Commonwealth, and the particu...

The Cumberland Lodge Report, Working Identities, sheds light on the rapidly changing world of work and its wide-ranging impacts on individuals and wider society. The launch event opened with thoughts from the report's writer, Dr Eva Selenko, and was then followed by a panel discussion from Kate Bell, Prof Jacqueline O'Reilly, and Mark Littlewood.

The audio from the launch of the 'Difficult Histories & Positive Identities' report, recorded in Westminster on 19 November 2019. The panel featured Prof Martin Daunton, Dr Ellen McAdam and Nick Dennis, and was chaired by Cumberland Lodge Chief Executive Dr Edmund Newell. The event also featured an introduction from the report's author Dr James Wallis.

Dr Elaine Kasket and Maneesh Juneja talk to Cumberland Lodge Programme Director Dr Jan-Jonathan Bock following their session at the Digital Inclusion: Bridging Divides conference. Their podcast takes a look at a possible future we are heading towards in the digital age.

Cumberland Lodge Programme Director Dr Jan-Jonathan Bock talks to Fahmida Rahman, from Webroots Democracy, and Rebecca Sentance, from Pirate Party UK, following their talk at the Digital Inclusion: Bridging Divides conference.

The 2019 Cumberland Lodge Debate explores new challenges facing democracy in today's digital age, drawing on insights from Lord Howell's book, Look Where We're Going: Escaping the Prism of Past Politics. The panel features Lord Howell, Dr Katherine Dommett, and Marnie Howlett. The debate is chaied by Baroness Prashar of Runnymede.

Cumberland Lodge Scholar Kristin O'Donnel speaks to internationally renowned war artist Arabella Dorman about her works and what it means to be a war artist.

On Monday 30 September we hosted a panel debate on checks and balances required for maintaining democracy and the rule of law with two distinguished panellists: Neal Katyal – former Acting Solicitor-General of the United States under President Obama Lord (David) Anderson KBE QC – cross-bench life peer, former Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (UK), and barrister specialising in EU, hum...

A presentation on why studying at a doctoral level and beyond is still important in the fast moving, 21st century world we inhabit today. Dr Faye Taylor is Head of Strategic Partnerships at the Association of Commonwealth Universities. Her talk was given at Cumberland Lodge's Life Beyond the PhD 2019 conference. A video version of the presentation is available on our website: https://www.cumberlan...

Head of Research at Theos, the religion and society thinktank, talks about what it is like to work at a thinktank and how it differs from more traditional academic research. Ben was one of three speakers on the 'Research Culture in the UK' panel at the Life Beyond the PhD 2019 conference.

This is a recording of a talk given by Dr Alix Green at our annual Life Beyond the PhD conference. Dr Green touches on subjects such as research funding, inter-disciplinary networking, and the differences between pure research and applied research and how they connect to each other. Find out more about the conference at the link below: https://www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/whats-on/life-beyond-phd-201...

Rachel Cowen speaks on the research culture in the UK at the Life Beyond the PhD conference. Rachel is a Senior Lecturer in Manchester Medical School, co-founder of the Centre for Academic and Researcher Development and University of Manchester Lead for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. She holds a senior fellowship with the Higher Education Academy and is accredited by the Institute of Leadersh...