Vice-Chancellor's Special Guest Events

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 University of Nottingham 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 Nottingham and the wider area.

The world from outer space

Securing a Sustainable Future

Date: 9 October 2024

Net zero in a volatile world

Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey OBE

Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey OBE

Date: 15 February 2024

Leadership, not power: harnessing your passion to drive the agenda

 
Kevin Ellis

Kevin Ellis

Date: 14 November 2023

Cultivating lifelong learning for economic success

Distinguished author Bill Bryson OBE

Bill Bryson OBE

Date: 31 January 2020

Travels around my body

 
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Date: 19 July 2019

The future of global health: how will public health across the world change over the next 25 years

Sir Paul Smith CBE

Sir Paul Smith CBE

Date: 12 November 2018

You can find inspiration in everything and if you can’t, look again

 
Professor Shearer West

Professor Shearer West

Date: 7 December 2017

Professor Shearer West's inaugural lecture

 

 

 

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