Public lecture podcasts

Dr Roland Jones, a neuropharmacologist from the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology at the University of Bath, will explores the history of epilepsy.

Dan Johns, engineer for Bloodhound SSC, the latest attempt at the land speed World record, talks about his involvement with the project.

Dr Amy Frost investigates all of the architectural wonders that William Beckford spent his life constructing in this detailed biography.

Bath Institute of Medical Engineering (BIME) President Baroness Masham of Ilton, who is also the Founder and President of the Spinal Injuries Association, and Dr Elizabeth White, Head of Research & Development at the College of Occupational Therapists deliver the BIME lecture.

The lecture focused on Professor Griffin's research about young people's everyday lives and what is important to them. She argued that young people are usually most concerned with fitting in, with where they belong in psychological and social terms - and with having fun. However, young people in affluent western societies are the target of substantial marketing campaigns that take full advantage o...

Western countries need to put far more effort into understanding China and other rising powers, argues Professor Peter Nolan in a public lecture hosted by the Humanities & Social Sciences Graduate School. Professor Nolan (from the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge) reviews the spectacular achievements of global business over the last thirty years.

Professor Rob Price delivers his inaugural lecture on his research in the field of aerosol science.

Particle Physicist Dr Glenn Patrick talks about the Large Hadron Collider. Based at CERN, in Geneva, the collider is the largest scientific machine in the world. It started operation in the summer of 2008 and aims to produce colossal amounts of data, which thousands of scientists around the world will analyse to further our understanding of the universe.

Dr David Horsell of the University of Exeter explores graphene, nature's thinnest material.

Leading architectural historian Dr Simon Thurley looks at the growing role of the state in the cultural life of the nation in the 40th Anniversary Gerald Walter's Memorial Lecture

Dr Glenn Patrick of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford looks at how particle physics has developed following Rutherford's discovery and what developments we might expect.

In this Founders Day lecture Sir Paul Nurse, president of the Royal Society, discusses the great ideas of biology.

In his Inaugural lecture Professor Yiannis Gabriel from the School of Management critiques our desire to look for a story in every image.

Recent debate on the role and affordability of scientific research has too often been presented as a choice between 'blue skies science' and 'useful' engineering. This public lecture at the University of Bath by Professor Sir Richard Friend on 5 April 2011 argues that this is a highly mistaken outlook.

Simone Lewis, Dr Polly Mcguigan and Dr James Bilzon examine how the University of Bath aims to become a research centre of excellence in disability and Paralympic sport ahead of and beyond London 2012.

Freelance garden historian Russell Bowes brings the story of the tulip to life with power, passion and petals!

Professor David Nutt talks about the regulation of drugs including alcohol and tobacco.

Dr Rod Thomas talks about a newly-discovered Iron-Age settlement and other findings in Bathampton Down.

Dr Joanna Bryson, an expert in machines that have their own artificial intelligence, explores the issues associated with the concept.

Professor Angela McFarlane explores how The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is using digital media to engage new, global audiences in its science and conservation work.

Professor John Barrow, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University, sheds light upon the expanding universe and asks what the significance is of its age, shape and size at the annual Herschel lecture.

Professor Garth Johnson will describe how biomechanical engineering is improving joint replacement treatment for older people, in this annual lecture organised by the Bath Institute of Medical Engineering.

Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex and co-ordinator of the UN Intellectual History Project draws on the 17-volume official history of the UN

Professor Andreas Kyprianou from the Department of Mathematical Sciences gives a gentle introduction to probability theory and its pivotal role in current mathematics research.

Dr James Martin, founder of the James Martin 21st Century School at the University of Oxford, explain why decision-makers need to look at the global big picture to avoid world catastrophe.