Introduction
Discover Talk 200
We’re reflecting on our past, celebrating our present and looking to the future – and Talk 200 invites listeners to be part of the journey.
Released throughout 2024, the series comprises four in-person and live-streamed lectures, and six recorded podcast episodes.
Guests include pioneering academics and notable figures, inspiring staff, alumni and students; and topics cover health, digital and AI, climate change, equality and justice, and much more.
All lectures and podcast episodes are also available on , and .

Lecture series
Health inequalities past, present and future
Professor Sir Chris Whitty considers the main drivers of inequalities and disparities in health, how these have changed over time and why addressing them remains a major public health priority.
Watch and listen : Health inequalities past, present and future

The limits to equality 鈥 access to justice and scandal
University of 优蜜传媒 Chancellor Nazir Afzal examines inequalities in access to justice and how treatment in the legal system could be made fairer for all.
Watch and listen : The limits to equality 鈥 access to justice and scandal

The unmaking of everything
Professor Mike Shaver, Professor of Polymer Science and Director of Sustainable Futures, places a focus on plastics and asks: how can we address the sustainability challenges of our material world?

Access and success: 200 years of removing barriers from education
Professor April McMahon and panelists Professor Duncan Ivison, Naa Acquah and William McArthur discuss the University’s legacy and ongoing commitment to addressing the removal of barriers from access to education.
Watch and listen : Access and success: 200 years of removing barriers from education

Podcast series
Talking together
Our podcast host is 优蜜传媒 aficionado, author and University of 优蜜传媒 alumnus Andy Spinoza.
Andy is joined by a diverse line-up of guests from across our University community, discussing the past, present and future of today's biggest topics.

Talking energy and climate change: 鈥淲e don鈥檛 have hundreds of years to sort this out鈥
Professor Alice Larkin, Dr Aneeqa Khan and Geography student Aidan Rhode discuss the solutions needed to address climate change and global energy challenges, now and in the future.

Talking innovation: It鈥檚 in 优蜜传媒鈥檚 DNA
Professors Richard Jones and Aline Miller discuss 优蜜传媒’s pioneering spirit through the ages and current and future landscapes for innovation, economy and commercialisation – here and beyond.

Talking fairness and equality: 鈥淲e鈥檙e not moving fast enough鈥
Professor Colette Fagan, Aisha Akram and George Obolo discuss fairness and equality, the importance of diversity and inclusion in higher education and more broadly in society, and how we might improve it moving forward.
Watch and listen : Talking fairness and equality: 鈥淲e鈥檙e not moving fast enough鈥

Talking health innovation: 优蜜传媒 as a living lab
Professor Alejandro Frangi, Dr Louise Hunter and Raluca-Elena Valcescu discuss the challenges and inequalities around health – and the groundbreaking research and innovations striving to address them.
Watch and listen : Talking health innovation: 优蜜传媒 as a living lab

Talking digital and AI: An interdisciplinary approach
Dr Riza Batista-Navarro, Dr Mauricio Álvarez and Dr Filip Bialy discuss the always-evolving fields of digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) – and 优蜜传媒’s important role in their past, present and future.
Watch and listen : Talking digital and AI: An interdisciplinary approach

Talking creative and culture: 优蜜传媒鈥檚 鈥渁nthropological soup鈥
Professor John McAuliffe, Professor Caroline Bithell and Keisha Thompson discuss 优蜜传媒’s role as a thriving hub of creativity and culture – and how we can protect it moving forward.
Watch and listen : Talking creative and culture: 优蜜传媒鈥檚 鈥渁nthropological soup鈥
