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The NCS is privileged to be able to welcome high profile guest speakers from the world of academia and industry to share their knowledge and experiences with NCS students.
Our lecture programme has been designed to enhance our super curriculum and provide our students with an alternative perspective to some of the material they have been exposed to during their lessons.
Subjects covered by our guests to date include:
The importance of politics. Understanding the economics of an EU exit. Antibiotic resistance. Careers in journalism. Researching Alzheimers disease. The maths of “X+Y”. Psychological research. Adventures of a TV Entomologist. Molecules and Murder! A history of World War I. The UCL Quantum physics workshop.
Everyone at The NCS would like to thank all who’ve given their time to meet and talk to our students. You can discover more and watch a selection of these lectures below.
Previous Guest Speakers
Highlights
Lord Robert Winston
Professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and Labour Party politician. IVF Pioneer.
Videos
Nessa Carey
Biologist working in the field of molecular biology and biotechnology. She is Director of PraxisUnico and a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London
Science
Nessa Carey
Biologist working in the field of molecular biology and biotechnology. She is Director of PraxisUnico and a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London
Dr Aziz Aboobaker
Professor of Comparative and Functional Genomics. Tutor in Biological Sciences and Dean, Lady Margaret Hall, OxfordHumanities
Alice Bentinck
Co-founder of Entrepreneur First, a London-based company builder and startup accelerator
Fatima Manji
Television journalist and newsreader, working for Channel 4 News
Dr Jason Dittmer – Cultural Superpowers
Georgia May (Rose Castle Foundation)
Professor Douglas Hedley (Divinity Faculty, University of Cambridge)
Maths
Simon Singh MBE
Popular science author, theoretical and particle physicist. Books include ``Fermat's Last Theorem`` & ``The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets``
Tony Gardiner
Founder of the UK Mathematics TrustVicky Neale
Whitehead Lecturer at the Mathematical Institute and Balliol College, University of Oxford
Lee Zhao
Maths Olympian & advisor on the movie ``X+Y``David Acheson
Applied mathematician at Jesus College, Oxford
“My one piece of advice would be, follow your dreams. Follow your ambitions, follow your dreams. Don’t let people say that because you didn’t go a private school, because of the background that you’ve come from that you can’t achieve them.”
– Ed Miliband MP speaking at The NCS
The student’s view on the lectures they have received
An engaging, motivating and inspirational speech from a strong, independent leader.
It was a pleasure to meet a high profile politician who enabled me to widen my knowledge in this subject area.
Highly insightful lecture discussing a current economic yet political topic
An inspirational and intellectually stimulating experience
“What is important is that you see the relevances of science in the compass of your knowledge. That, to my mind, is vital.”
– Lord Robert Winston speaking at The NCS
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Over 100 world class academic lectures delivered to date
Introducing The NCS Lectures Podcast
Where possible, we provide full audio podcasts of lectures that take place at The NCS. These are available on most popular platforms via the links below or on our YouTube channel.
You Tube
You can also stream each lecture on this You Tube playlist – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYt7To2_RwyxaUIHlg0S_vobozqqE_FYv
“There’s never been a more challenging or interesting time to be studying Economics. It’s up to you to take the economy and move it forward.”
– Lord King speaking at The NCS