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Why do we need Social Science? The Campaign for Social Science SW Regional Roadshow aims to raise the profile of social science in the public, media and Parliament, in context of changes to the funding of teaching and research. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Research in the World: Energy storage: The Missing link Professor Peter Bruce of the the University of St Andrews talks about the need for a step change in the performance of energy storage devices for the future in order to help us achieve a low-carbon world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GULP: Two great war poets: Gurney and Owen Jon Stallworthy, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Oxford University and Dr Jane Potter of Oxford Brookes University, discuss the lives of Ivor Gurbey and Wilfred Owen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two great war poets: Gurney and Owen Jon Stallworthy, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Oxford University and Dr Jane Potter of Oxford Brookes University, discuss the lives of Ivor Gurbey and Wilfred Owen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Journeys in Indigo Dr Jenny Balfour-Paul, honorary research fellow at the University of Exeter and fellow at the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers Club, tells a compelling story of indigo, the world's oldest, most magical and best-loved dye. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Landscape painter Alan Cotton talks at Bath Alan Cotton, Honorary Professor of Art at the University of Bath, gives his inaugural lecture where he presents stories about people and places from his travels. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GULP: Moon gods, demons and the sacred disease: A history of epilepsy and how we treat it Dr Roland Jones, a neuropharmacologist from the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology at the University of Bath, will explores the history of epilepsy Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 125 - Towering ambition - Amy Frost - 19/10/2011 Dr Amy Frost of the Bath Preservation Trust provides a deatailed biography of William Beckford Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 124-podbath-DanJohns.mp3 Dan Johns, engineer for Bloodhound SSC, the latest attempt at the land speed World record, talks about his involvement with the project. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 123 - A nice cup of tea - Russell Bowes - 05/10/2011 Garden historian Russell Bowes talks about the horticultural history of the tea bag, from its origins in the foothills of the Himalayas right through to the modern tea bag. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 122 - BIME Lecture - Baroness Masham of Ilton - 07/10/2011 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Drinking, music, having fun and stuff: The importance of 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The crossroads of global capitalism The first of new series of public lectures entitled 'ways of thinking' that aim to challenge and stimulate new ideas and debate across the University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inaugural lecture: Crystals, particles & powders Professor Rob Price delivers his inaugural lecture on his research in the field of aerosol science. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gerald Walter's Lecture 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 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Losing the plot in the era of image: When a picture tells more than a thousand words In his Inaugural lecture Professor Yanis Gabriel from the School of Management critiques our desire to look for a story in every image. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Great Ideas of Biology In this Founders' Day lecture Sir Paul Nurse, president of the Royal Society, discusses the great ideas of biology. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Creative tensions between science & technology Recent debate on the role and affordability of scientific research has too often been presented as a choice between 'blue skies science' and 'useful' engineering. This public lecture at the University of Bath by Professor Sir Richard Friend on 5 April 2011 argues that this is a highly mistaken outlook. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Paralympic Legacy - research in disability and sports exercise Simone Lewis Dr Polly Mcguigan and Dr James Bilzon examine how the University of Bath aims to become a research centre of excellence in disability and Paralympic sport ahead of and beyond London 2012 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Tale of the Tulip Freelance garden historian Russell Bowes brings the story of the tulip to life with power, passion and petals! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Robots with emotions - do we need them? Dr Joanna Bryson, an expert in machines that have their own artificial intelligence, explores the issues. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The pre-history of Bathampton Down - Bath's Sacred Landscape Dr Rod Thomas talks about a newly-discovered Iron-Age settlement and other findings in Bathampton Down. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Science of Drug Politics Prof David Nutt talks about the regulation of drugs including alcohol and tobacco. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kew in the digital age Professor Angela McFarlane explores how The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is using digital media to engage new, global audiences in its science and conservation work. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monetary policy & the financial crisis Professor Chris Martin investigates the country's current financial crisis looking at the underlying cause, the symptoms and long-term effects. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Our place in the Universe: William Herschel Society Public Lecture Professor John Barrow, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University, sheds light upon the expanding universe and asks what the significance is of its age, shape and size at the annual Herschel lecture. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The arm - engineering for rehabilitation Professor Garth Johnson will describe how biomechanical engineering is improving joint replacement treatment for older people, in this annual lecture organised by the Bath Institute of Medical Engineering. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website UN Ideas That Changed The World Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex and co-ordinator of the UN Intellectual History Project draws on the 17-volume official history of the UN Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jumping about in applied probability Professor Andreas Kyprianou from the Department of Mathematical Sciences gives a gentle introduction to probability theory and its pivotal role in current mathematics research. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Poetry in motion pictures Poet and author Kevan Manwarring looks at poets who have graced the silver screen from Shakespeare to the Beats and the Romantics to Slam. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Science of interaction between humans and computers Professor Stephen Payne from the University of Bath, will discuss how his research combines an understanding of the human mind with the design of interactive systems. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Our future: understanding the big picture Dr James Martin, founder of the James Martin 21st Century School at the University of Oxford, explain why decision-makers need to look at the global big picture to avoid world catastrophe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The history and development of Buddhism Dr Robert Heath, lecturer at the school of management at the University of Bath and study lecturer on Buddhism, talks about the history and development of the religion from its inception in India to the present day. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The future of brand management Professor Michael Beverland, head of the marketing group at the University of Bath School of Management examines how the marketers behind some of the world¿s most enduring brands are responding to a new environment. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Sunflower and the rose Freelance garden historian Russell Bowes looks at the hidden meanings in flowers. He asks whether there¿s a deeper significance, spiritually culturally or aesthetically. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How crows make tools and other clever tricks Dr Alex Kacelnik from the department of zoology at the UniversityofOxford talks about how crows make tools to find food and explains how animals think Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What world do you see? James Alexander, the co-founder of Zopa gives an insight from his business experience, having developed a profitable internet-based business and also a new way of borrowing and lending money. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Devices and Desires Professor Alison Walker, from the University's Department of Physics, looks at how these devices work, how they mimic nature and explain the many novel applications that will change the future of our work and home life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Climate change: challenge or swindle? Reverend Professor Ian James questions whether climate change is a challenge or as swindle and presents some of the certainties, complexities and controversies from the science of climate change. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An illustrated guide to Armageddon: Britain's Cold War Speaker Bob Clarke looks at the changes in Soviet system over the last 20 years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Smoking still kills: what next for tobacco control? Professor Linda Bauld, Head of the University's Department of Social & Policy Sciences and member of the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, outlines the extent of the tobacco epidemic and what can be done to reduce smoking rates further. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nuclear explosives: the technology of destruction Lecturer, writer and editor, Rick Marshall talks about how explosives are made and what to do if they're detonated. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Painted Garden Gardeners and art lovers are invited to look at the history of gardening through a virtual tour of some of the greatest art galleries in the world in a public lecture at the University of Bath on Wednesday 28 October. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website War, Peace and Justice: the dilemmas of International security Prof Adrian Hyde-Price from the University's Department of European Studies & Modern Languages examines the nature and causes of contemporary war and conflict, and considers the prospect of peace in the 21st Century. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Avebury - megaliths and myths Freelance and professional writer Roger Vlitos examines the theories and myths about Avebury. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Have Economists gone mad? Paul Ormerod, the author of three best-selling books on economics talks about what mainstream economists have to say about the turmoil of world economy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Herschel lecture: The Cosmic Web Professor Peter Coles from the School of Physics & Astronomy at Cardiff University will talk about the large scale structure of the Universe and the ideas that physicists are weaving together to explain how it came to be the way it is. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lady Miller of Batheaston Martin Sturge talks about Lady Anna Miller of Batheaston. Mr Sturge is deeply involved with the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution and sponsored the rebinding of a rare volume of Lady Miller's Poetical Assemblies held in the institution's historic library. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Intimations of immortality Professor Malcolm Johnson from the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath looks at the changing face of death in an ageing society. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Family life of birds: sex, conflicts and cooperation Professor Tamas Szekely, from the University of Bath's Department of Biology & Biochemistry, will discuss his research that dispels the harmonious impression of bird families. He will talk about how sex, conflicts and cooperation shape their lives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Airfields Author and archaeologist Bob Clarke charts the progress of aviation through airfields and asks why some stations are located where they are. archeology, airfields, WWII, RAF, QinetiQ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Painted Garden Gardeners and art lovers are invited to look at the history of gardening through a virtual tour of some of the greatest art galleries in the world in a public lecture at the University of Bath on Wednesday 28 October. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Assisted dying: rights, choices and palliative care Lord Joel Joffe believes that there is an 'urgent need' to change the law on assisted dying and will argue in his lecture that assisted dying and palliative care are essential and complementary aspects of care for people suffering from painful incurable diseases. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BIME Lecture:Against the flow Professor Alan Cottenden, from University College London, describes new technology for managing incontinence. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Charles Rennie Mackintosh - the Glasgow Legacy Stuart Robertson, the director of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, gives a personal view of the great Scottish architect and designer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cure or weapon? Towards a new ethics of biological research In this Charter Day lecture, Dr Alexander Kelle, from the University of Bath's Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, talks about biological research and its possible applications for good, and ill. Illustrating a track record over a century long of biological developments being put to uses outside their original purpose, he proposes the creation of an International Framework Agreement to ensure that we learn from the mistakes of the past. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CSI unmasked - the facts about forensics Forensic anthropologist Kathleen Conabree discusses issues surrounding what really goes on at a crime scene and what the term forensic actually means. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How to amaze your friends Professor Chris Budd from the University of Bath takes mathematics into the dark territory of murder, suicide, love, sex and conquest. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bio-technology in Africa Florence Muringi Wambugu talks about the contribution of bio-technology, including GM crops, for improving the sustainable livelihoods of resource poor families in Africa. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website At the court of the great moghul Nicholas Fogg describes life at the Court of the Great Moghul, his campaigns, his foibles and his lasting impact on the history of India. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The psychology of habit Professor Bas Verplanken from the University of Bath talks about the psychology of habit and how much of what we do is done at the same time in the same location. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paracetamol and over-the-counter medicines - How safe are they? This lecture looks at medicines available over the counter from pharmacies as well as those available from supermarkets, grocery stores and garages. Trained pharmacist Denise Taylor discusses readily available medicines and how safe they are. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Grow your own building from earth, hemp and straw Professor Peter Walker discusses research into new ways of using traditional building materials such as earth, hemp and straw as a greener choice for modern construction. Professor Walker is Director of the BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials at the University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pain science: discovering the limits of experience Members of the new Bath Centre for Pain Research celebrate its launch. The lecture is introduced by Professor Chris Eccleston, the centre's director, and includes an address by Dr Lindsey Cohen and talks by Dr Lance McCracken, Dr Candy McCabe and Dr Ed Keogh. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Work after globalisation Professor Guy Standing from the University of Bath talks about work after globalisation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Academics and public policy: a new alignment? Professor Dame Janet Finch talks about how academia and government can work together. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rediscovering the common wealth Professor Geof Wood of the University of Bath investigates our human motivations for sustainable behaviour beyond our own immediate interest. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Understanding stem cells, benefits for all? Professor Melanie Welham from the University of Bath's Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology talks about the benefits of stem cells. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Creativity in the face of crisis - How great entrepreneurs rise from recessions David Rogers talks about how entrepreneurs use innovation and creativity to survive and thrive in hard times. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spirit Country Professional photographer Roger Vlitos talks about nature writer Richard Jefferies, who coined the phrase Spirit Country for the west of England countryside that inspired him and many other followers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lies, damned lies, and statistics Professor Simon Wood from the University of Bath talks about smoothing, letting data speak without telling it what to say. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How the mind controls the body Dr Momna Hejmadi, from the University of Bath, explores some of the non-conventional patterns of behaviour and links them to how the brain works. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Showcase presentation on earthquakes - part 2 Professor Andrew Plummer, Director of the Centre for Power Transmissionand Motion Control, discusses recreating earthquakes in a laboratory to test how buildings perform under extreme conditions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Holburne Museum and its plans for the future Dr Alexander Sturgis, Director of the Holburne Museum, talks about its plans for the future. He gives an insight into what visitors will be able to see in the renewed museum and the ways in which the development will allow it to play its part to the full in the cultural life of the city and region. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Showcase presentation on earthquakes - part 1 How vulnerable are our historic buildings to earthquakes and how can we preserve them from seismic tremors? Dr Dina D'Ayala from the University's Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering discusses the development of methods to protect and preserve historic buildings from seismic damage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Muscles from Brussels - a 21st century superpower Professor Richard Whitman from the Department of European Studies & Modern Languages discusses Muscles from Brussels: a 21st Century Superpower. Where does the EU fit in global politics? How do we explain the role that the EU currently plays within international politics and what is the impact of a developing international role for the EU on its member states' foreign security and defence policies? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What can we do about English spelling? Professor John Wells from the Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Science Research Department at University College London discusses whether we are wasting time on irregular spellings and holding our children back with spelling tests. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The effect of gravity on light Professor Mark Birkinshaw talks about the effect of gravity on light as part of the 2008 Herschel lecture, named in remembrance of the Bath astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus in 1781. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bee decline - Countdown to catastrophe? Stuart Roberts, research fellow at the University of Reading, discusses the decline of bees and its effect on the environment. Evidence is presented on the state and trends of bees, the likely drivers of change and the possible long term effects. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stories & visions of Stonehenge Roger Vlitos, writer and photographer, discusses how Stonehenge has been seen in every age, from it's first appearance in medieval manuscripts to the present day. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Engineering a better quality of older life Professor Tom Kirkwood, Director of the Institute for Ageing and Health at Newcastle University, explores how the ageing process is influenced by a broad range of lifestyle and environmental factors Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reading for life Dr Jane Davis tells stories about the value of great books in ordinary lives. Jane left school at 16 with 2 GCSEs but now leads an organisation which wants a bigger place in the nation's heart for books and reading. Later in life she returned to education and graduated with a 1st class degree in English and spent 3 years writing a PhD. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The rise of the Grid & 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From cathedrals to cars and planes: representations in engineering design Professor Chris McMahon, from the University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, considers some of the most complex design challenges faced by engineers through the ages, from designing ships in the 17th century, to the modern computer-assisted design of cars and planes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Showcase presentations: improving health and healthcare Professor Chris Eccleston, Dr Linda Bauld and Professor Chris Garland talk about their research and how it is helping to improve health and healthcare. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Regenerative medicine: from stem cells to lab-grown tissues and beyond Professor Melanie Welham and Dr Paul De Bank from the University's department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology talk about stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The science of death Professor Allan Kellehear from the Centre for Death & Society at the University of Bath talks about the point of death and organ retention. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Modern death, millennial mourning: the challenge of 21st century grief Dr Sandra Gilbert, Professor Emerita of English at the University of California, Davis, outlines the challenges of 21st century grief. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How the human genome project reveals our evolutionary past Dr Steve Dorus from the Department of Biology & Biochemistry reveals how cataloguing the DNA blueprint of humans is revealing the evolution of human traits. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 037 - The utility of force - Rupert Smith - 26/11/2007 General Sir Rupert Smith, the general who commanded the British Armoured Division in the first Gulf war and led the UN protection force in Bosnia, questions how military force is used to solve political problems. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The utility of force General Sir Rupert Smith, the general who commanded the British Armoured Division in the first Gulf war and led the UN protection force in Bosnia, questions how military force is used to solve political problems. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 036 - Radio astronomy at Jodrell Bank, 50 years old and poised for the future - Philip Diamond - 20/11/2007 Professor Phil Diamond, Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, talks about the research activities at the observatory, home to one of the world's biggest and most powerful radio telescopes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Radio astronomy at Jodrell Bank, 50 years old and poised for the future Professor Phil Diamond, Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, talks about the research activities at the observatory, home to one of the world's biggest and most powerful radio telescopes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 035 - The history of death and dying - Allan Kellehear - 19/11/2007 Professor Allan Kellehear, Professor of Sociology at the University of Bath's Centre for Death & Society, gives an overview of the changing attitudes and behaviour of human beings and other hominids in their response to death, dying and loss over the last two million years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The history of death and dying Professor Allan Kellehear, Professor of Sociology at the University of Bath's Centre for Death & Society, gives an overview of the changing attitudes and behaviour of human beings and other hominids in their response to death, dying and loss over the last two million years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 034 - Physical activity, obesity and health - Steven Blair - 22/10/2007 Professor Steven Blair, from the University of South Carolina, USA, talks about the causes of the obesity epidemic in the US, the relationship between weight and fitness levels, and the importance of physical activity in a healthy lifestyle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Physical activity, obesity and health Professor Steven Blair, from the University of South Carolina, USA, talks about the causes of the obesity epidemic in the US, the relationship between weight and fitness levels, and the importance of physical activity in a healthy lifestyle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 033 - Lowering our carbon footprint - Geoff Hammond - 24/10/2007 Professor Geoff Hammond, Director of the interdisciplinary International Centre for the Environment (ICE) at the University of Bath, looks at the global challenges and local opportunities for lowering our carbon footprint. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lowering our carbon footprint Professor Geoff Hammond, Director of the interdisciplinary International Centre for the Environment (ICE) at the University of Bath, looks at the global challenges and local opportunities for lowering our carbon footprint. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 032 - Conflict and cooperation in the family life of birds - Tamas Szekely - 13/10/2007 In this Charter Day lecture, Professor Tamas Szekely, from the University of Bath's Department of Biology & Biochemistry, talks about conflict and cooperation in the family life of birds. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Conflict and cooperation in the family life of birds In this Charter Day lecture, Professor Tamas Szekely, from the University of Bath's Department of Biology & Biochemistry, talks about conflict and cooperation in the family life of birds. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 031 - The science of the swerving free kick - Ken Bray - 10/10/07 Dr Ken Bray, from the Sport & Exercise Science group in the University's School for Health, reveals the science behind the swerving free kick, using scientific videos and match footage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 030 - Fifty years since Sputnik - Piers Bizony - 08/10/07 Award-winning space historian, Piers Bizony, presents an illustrated account of the Space Age, from the first tiny satellites to America's colossal project to land men on the moon. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The science of the swerving free kick Dr Ken Bray, from the Sport & Exercise Science group in the University's School for Health, reveals the science behind the swerving free kick, using scientific videos and match footage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fifty years since Sputnik Award-winning space historian, Piers Bizony, presents an illustrated account of the Space Age, from the first tiny satellites to America's colossal project to land men on the moon. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 029 - Sustainable Energy brings Power to the People - Matthew Davidson - 03/09/07 Professor Matthew Davidson, from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath, describes how the development of biodiesel catalysts, fuel cell materials and solar cells could one day help mitigate many of the problems caused by burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sustainable Energy brings Power to the People Professor Matthew Davidson, from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath, describes how the development of biodiesel catalysts, fuel cell materials and solar cells could one day help mitigate many of the problems caused by burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 028 - Rocks, Water but no Life? - Philippe Blondel - 12/02/07 Philippe Blondel from the University's Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences takes a planetary journey through the solar system and discusses whether the discovery of water means there must be life on other planets. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rocks, Water but no Life? Philippe Blondel from the University's Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences takes a planetary journey through the solar system and discusses whether the discovery of water means there must be life on other planets Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 027 - Clean Energy Materials: Crystal Gazing on the Atomic Scale - Saiful Islam - 25/04/07 Professor Saiful Islam, of the University's Department of Chemistry, gives a flavour of the fascinating chemistry behind green technologies such as hybrid petrol-electric cars and fuel cells. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 026 - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People - Paul Stallard - 18/04/07 Paul Stallard, Professor of Child&Family Mental Health at the University of Bath and a chartered clinical psychologist with the Avon&Wiltshire Mental Health Care Partnership Trust, describes CBT, its use with children and young people and takes a critical look at its future use. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Clean Energy Materials: Crystal Gazing on the Atomic Scale Professor Saiful Islam, of the University's Department of Chemistry, gives a flavour of the fascinating chemistry behind green technologies such as hybrid petrol-electric cars and fuel cells Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People Paul Stallard, Professor of Child & Family Mental Health at the University of Bath and a chartered clinical psychologist with the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Care Partnership Trust, describes CBT, its use with children and young people and takes a critical look at its future use. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 025 - Evolution&the Social Sciences - Various Speakers - 14/03/07 Leading figures from a range of social science disciplines discuss whether the theory of natural selection has anything to offer present-day students of cultures and societies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 024 - Issues in Foreign Policy: Changes in World Power - Lord Rees-Mogg - 23/02/07 Lord Rees-Mogg, former Editor of The Times, gives a free public lecture on the changing international scene. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Evolution & the Social Sciences Leading figures from a range of social science disciplines discuss whether the theory of natural selection has anything to offer present-day students of cultures and societies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 023 - The man in the woollen mask - Adrian Scott - 21/02/07 Dr Adrian Scott, from the University’s Department of Psychology, considers the fallibility of human memory and how past experience and knowledge of the world influence recollection. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Issues in Foreign Policy: Changes in World Power Lord Rees-Mogg, former Editor of The Times, gives a free public lecture on the changing international scene. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The man in the woollen mask Dr Adrian Scott, from the University's Department of Psychology, considers the fallibility of human memory and how past experience and knowledge of the world influence recollection. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Religion and conflict in Northern Ireland Duncan Morrow shares his experiences of working in the community, including as Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council which funds and develops inter-community relations practice and policy in Northern Ireland. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 021 - Vortex flows: from insects to aircraft - Ismet Gursul - 31/01/07 Professor Ismet Gursul talks about his research into the most efficient wing structure for a tiny aircraft. He has found this is similar to the structure of insect wings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vortex flows: from insects to aircraft Professor Ismet Gursul talks about his research into the most efficient wing structure for a tiny aircraft. He has found this is similar to the structure of insect wings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 019 - Life and death in the Neolithic Cotswolds - Nick Snashall - 22/11/06 A fresh look at the Neolithic Cotswolds brings to light how its people lived their lives Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 018 - Listening to global women’s voices: reflections on interfaith dialogue - Ursula King - 06/11/06 The growth of interfaith dialogue has created a new dynamic for religions and opened up questions for theological and spiritual reflection, but it still remains largely shaped by patriarchy. In official inter- religious dialogue it is always men in the forefront, whether the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Pope, or the Dalai Lama, but there are some fascinating groups of women joining together across the world. They have something to contribute to interfaith dialogue and their voices should b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 015 - Astronomy and poetry - Jocelyn Bell Burnell - 18/10/06 World-renowned physicist, Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, looks at how poetry portrays astronomy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 020 - Stabilising peace in a troubled world - Lord Paddy Ashdown - 23/11/06 Lord Paddy Ashdown - former High Representative in the successful reconstruction of Bosnia and a former leader of the Liberal Democrats - severely criticises the reconstruction of Iraq, calling it a ‘catastrophic failure’ in which ‘daily carnage’ is taking place. This lecture was organised by the University of Bath and the Royal Society of the Arts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stabilising peace in a troubled world Lord Paddy Ashdown - former High Representative in the successful reconstruction of Bosnia and a former leader of the Liberal Democrats - severely criticises the reconstruction of Iraq, calling it a 'catastrophic failure' in which 'daily carnage' is taking place. This lecture was organised by the University of Bath and the Royal Society of the Arts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Life and death in the Neolithic Cotswolds Dr Nick Snashall, National Trust archaeologist for Avebury, describes how a fresh look at the Neolithic Cotswolds brings to light how its people lived their lives. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 016 - Russian identity - David Gillespie - From Rasputin to Putin and back again - 01/11/06 Professor David Gillespie, from the University of Bath's Department of European Studies&Modern Languages, explores Russian culture and the country's search for a national identity. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 015 - Russian identity - David Gillespie - From Rasputin to Putin and back again - 01/11/06 Professor David Gillespie, from the University of Bath's Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, explores Russian culture and the country's search for a national identity. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Listening to global women's voices: reflections on interfaith dialogue Professor Ursula King talks about how women across the world are reinterpreting their religious traditions through dialogue with people from different faiths. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why creationism is wrong and evolution is right Steve Jones, professor of genetics at University College London, describes why he believes that creationism is wrong and evolution is right at a lecture organised by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From Rasputin to Putin and back again Professor David Gillespie, from the University of Bath's Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, explores Russian culture and the country's search for a national identity. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Astronomy and poetry World-renowned physicist, Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, looks at how poetry portrays astronomy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 014-JohnHerschel-Brian Warner - Herschel lecture on the astronomer's son 14/9/06 The 2006 Herschel lecture by Professor Brian Warner, University of Cape Town, explores the life of John Herschel, described as the 'first modern scientist', and the son of Bath's famous astronomer William Herschel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 013-TakingaStand-Gus John - Stand for something or fall to everything 4/5/06 Professor Gus John - one of the country’s leading commentators on British race relations - talks about his recently-launched book, Taking a Stand, in which he calls for a radical revaluation of Government policy to improve race relations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The extraordinary life of John Herschel The 2006 Herschel lecture by Professor Brian Warner, University of Cape Town, explores the life of John Herschel, described as the 'first modern scientist', and the son of Bath's famous astronomer William Herschel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 012 - ImmuneSystem - Stephen Ward - SatNav for the immune system 26/4/06 Professor Steve Ward from the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology at the University of Bath describes research into the chemical processes that control inflammation in the immune system that could help develop new treatments for diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and sepsis syndrome. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 008-Sun & Climate-Joanna Haigh - Solar variability & climate change 15/3/06 For thousands of years astronomers have studied the sun to try and work out how it influences the life on earth. Professor Joanna Haigh from Imperial College London looks at the evidence for an influence of the sun on the lower atmosphere, and discusses recent work that is helping to unravel some of the physical mechanisms involved. Organised by the Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Bath. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 007 - Pain and Suffering - Chris Eccleston - Studying the human condition 15/3/06 Pain is an important condition that interrupts the flow of daily life - particularly for those with chronic or persistent pain. Professor Chris Eccleston from the Pain Management Unit at the University of Bath talks about the treatments developed in Bath to help patients live a satisfying life despite pain, particularly focusing on new treatments for children in chronic pain. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 006 - A Scientific Eye - Adam Hart-Davis - Extracts from his book, Why does a ball bounce? 8/3/06 TV presenter Adam Hart-Davis answers a range of everyday questions through the use of science. Organised as part of National Science Week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 005-Tissue Engineering - Julian Chaudhuri - A path to a far mountain - Stem cell culture and tissue engineering 1/3/06 Stem cells and tissue engineering offer great potential for treating a variety of human diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.Julian Chaudhuri, from the Department of Chemical Engineering, describes how research at the University of Bath is contributing the field. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 004-Divided World-Clare Short - The dangers of a broken multilateral system in a bitterly divided world 23/02/06 The UK is part of the problem when it comes to a world divided by poverty, but it could become part of the solution, according to Clare Short MP, former cabinet minister for international development. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 003-Ethnic Conflicts-Stefan Wolff - Why people keep killing each other and what we can do about it 15/02/06 Ethnic conflicts have turned many parts of the world into war zones. Stefan Wolff, professor of political science at the University of Bath, explains why nationalism and ethnicity are still such powerful mobilising forces in turning neighbour against neighbour, and examines some of the options available to the international community. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Taking a stand on race Professor Gus John - one of the country's leading commentators on British race relations - talks about his recently-launched book, Taking a Stand, in which he calls for a radical revaluation of Government policy to improve race relations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SatNav for the immune system Professor Steve Ward from the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology at the University of Bath describes research into the chemical processes that control inflammation in the immune system that could help develop new treatments for diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and sepsis syndrome. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Meteors and the edge of space Professor Nick Mitchell from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering describes research at the University of Bath that uses meteors - 'shooting stars' - to study the edge of space. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why is poverty persistent? Despite the last fifty years of debate and policy making, poverty is still rife in the world. In a lecture organised by the University of Bath and the Royal Society of the Arts, Lord Desai of St Clement Danes looks at poverty in both the developed and the developing world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunspots and climate change For thousands of years astronomers have studied the sun to try and work out how it influences the life on earth. Professor Joanna Haigh from Imperial College London looks at the evidence for an influence of the sun on the lower atmosphere, and discusses recent work that is helping to unravel some of the physical mechanisms involved. Organised by the Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Bath. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pain and Suffering: Studying the human condition Pain is an important condition that interrupts the flow of daily life - particularly for those with chronic or persistent pain. Professor Chris Eccleston from the Pain Management Unit at the University of Bath talks about the treatments developed in Bath to help patients live a satisfying life despite pain, particularly focusing on new treatments for children in chronic pain. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why does a ball bounce? TV presenter Adam Hart-Davis answers a range of everyday questions through the use of science. Organised as part of National Science Week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stem cells and tissue engineering Stem cells and tissue engineering offer great potential for treating a variety of human diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Julian Chaudhuri, from the Department of Chemical Engineering, describes how research at the University of Bath is contributing the field. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The dangers of a divided world The UK is part of the problem when it comes to a world divided by poverty, but it could become part of the solution, according to Clare Short MP, former cabinet minister for international development. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ethnic Conflicts Ethnic conflicts have turned many parts of the world into war zones. Stefan Wolff, professor of political science at the University of Bath, explains why nationalism and ethnicity are still such powerful mobilising forces in turning neighbour against neighbour, and examines some of the options available to the international community. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 002-Deadsexy-Jacque Lynn-Foltyn - Corpse is the new porn star of popular culture 08/02/06 The media’s interest in death and dying is making the corpse the new “porn star” of popular culture, says Professor Jacque Lynn Foltyn from the National University, California. Organised by the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dead sexy: The corpse is the new "porn star" of pop culture The media's interest in death and dying is making the corpse the new "porn star" of popular culture, says Professor Jacque Lynn Foltyn from the National University, California. Organised by the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 001-Alienlife-Barrie Jones - William Herschel Lecture: Planets and life beyond the solar system 23/11/05 As scientists scour the heavens for signs of planets that could provide a habitat for alien life forms, Professor Barrie Jones from the Open University describes what astronomers are looking for and assesses the chances of finding intelligent life beyond our Solar System. Organised by the University of Bath and the William Herschel Society. This is a 40 minute long MP3 recording (~17MB). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The William Herschel Lecture: Planets and life beyond the solar system As scientists scour the heavens for signs of planets that could provide a habitat for alien life forms, Professor Barrie Jones from the Open University describes what astronomers are looking for and assesses the chances of finding intelligent life beyond our Solar System. Organised by the University of Bath and the William Herschel Society. This is a 40 minute long MP3 recording (~17MB). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 022 - Religion and conflict in Northern Ireland - Duncan Morrow - 08/02/07 Duncan Morrow shares his experiences of working in the community, including as Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council which funds and develops inter-community relations practice and policy in Northern Ireland. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How William and Caroline Herschel invented modern astronomy Michael Lemonick, a freelance science journalist from Princeton University, looks at the discoveries of William and Caroline Herschel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website