Gresham College FREE lectures are a great way of discovering more about our world.
What happened at the birth of the Universe? How do we solve the UK's Housing crisis without building eyesores? Was becoming a church singer really only "about as prestigious as a gravedigger"? In December, Gresham Professors will answer these questions and more.
Invited guest speakers this month include Professor Alexander Klein, on why decapitated frogs provoked questions about the nature of consciousness; Professor Michael Slater on whether Dickens invented Christmas, and Jeremy Summerly on the history of Medieval Carols (ticketed).
1 Dec The Curious Case of the Decapitated Frog
Professor Alexander Klein
6 Dec The Founder of the Feast? Dickens and Christmas
Professor Michael Slater
7 Dec The First Three Minutes of Creation (The Early Universe)
Professor Joseph Silk
7 Dec Tough Choices: Heritage or Housing?
Professor Simon Thurley
8 Dec Schooling Singers in the Cathedrals
Professor Christopher Page
13 Dec Medieval Carols (ticketed)
Jeremy Summerly
Click HERE for further details of all Gresham events. Please note that some events need to be reserved in advance. Check the Gresham website for full details.
Date for Lord Mayor's Gresham Event
Apprenticeship: Politics, Education or Reality Television? 13 Feb 2017
The Lord Mayor of the City of London, an educator by background, will talk about how to make apprenticeships work. Click HERE for details and tickets
International competition drives schools and universities around the world as never before, and an increasingly complex world places more demands for evidence of qualifications and standards. Clashes with constraints of state funding created enormous pressures and educators struggle with their own skills and approaches. New technology, such as massive open online courses (MOOCs), threatens to disrupt the foundations of traditional ‘chalk and talk’. More than half of the Eurozone’s young workers are in temporary jobs and the UK seems to have a talent mismatch between skills on offer and what employers need. Amidst the challenges, the changes, and the confusion, what can be done? How can medieval-type apprenticeships become an increasingly important part of a modern answer? The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley, will explore the historical background to apprenticeships, their importance over the centuries, and their relevance to the future. He will set out how apprenticeships can rise to the challenges of modern education in a modern society, provide training for working life, and benefit apprentices themselves throughout their lives.