Inaugural lectures
All new professors are given the opportunity to give an inaugural lecture.
The series provides an opportunity to celebrate these achievements with each lecture representing a significant milestone in an academic's career.
Lectures are open to all University staff and students as well as to members of the public. Please see below for upcoming lectures. All lectures will be livestreamed and links will be added closer to each event.
Forthcoming lectures
Reimagining sexuality, ageing and death
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Join Professors Rebecca L. Jones and Erica Borgstrom for two inaugural lectures exploring how we understand sexuality and ageing, death and grief.
Inaugural insights: Student success and the future of cancer treatment
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Join Open University Professors Victoria Nicholas and Francesco Crea for two inaugural lectures: one exploring how the right support helps OU students thrive, and the other explaining how changes in how cells read DNA can drive cancer — and how this knowledge is opening the door to more precise treatments.
Previous lectures
Open and Shut Cases
The need for judges, lawyers, law students and the general public alike, to keep an open mind in legal affairs, was highlighted by OU Professor Simon Lee in his Open University inaugural lecture on Thursday 4 May 2017.
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