Public lecture podcasts
University of Bath
The University of Bath podcasts are a series of public lectures available to download for free.
Enhance your understanding of subjects ranging from how babies develop to the workings of the universe. Learn from academics and business and industry experts.
The University of Bath is a leading UK insitution. We offer a distinctive blend of research-led teaching, an outstanding graduate employment record and personal development opportunties.
Enhance your understanding of subjects ranging from how babies develop to the workings of the universe. Learn from academics and business and industry experts.
The University of Bath is a leading UK insitution. We offer a distinctive blend of research-led teaching, an outstanding graduate employment record and personal development opportunties.
Episodes
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Oct 26, 2011 • 46min
An engineering adventure
Dan Johns, engineer for Bloodhound SSC, the latest attempt at the land speed World record, talks about his involvement with the project.
Oct 24, 2011 • 44min
Changing attitudes to disability
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.
Jul 25, 2011 • 55min
Professor Christine Griffin inaugural lecture: Identity and belonging in young people’s lives
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 of this in their advertising, branding and marketing of a range of products.
Jul 17, 2011 • 1h 4min
The crossroads of global capitalism
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.
May 31, 2011 • 1h 2min
Professor Rob Price inaugural lecture: Crystals, particles & powders
Professor Rob Price delivers his inaugural lecture on his research in the field of aerosol science.
May 23, 2011 • 41min
Civilisation: Who decides? Heritage and the fabrication of history
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
May 23, 2011 • 53min
The rise of the Grid and the Large Hadron Collider
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.
May 23, 2011 • 56min
Graphene: Sketching out a new world
Dr David Horsell of the University of Exeter explores graphene, nature's thinnest material.
May 23, 2011 • 1h 13min
Rutherford's Legacy
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.
Apr 28, 2011 • 47min
Professor Yiannis Gabriel inaugural lecture: Losing the plot in era of image
In his Inaugural lecture Professor Yiannis Gabriel from the School of Management critiques our desire to look for a story in every image.
