The University is launching a new series of open events that will address current major global issues and challenges.
The lectures and discussions will provide an opportunity for the University community, invited guests and members of the public to hear from inspiring people who are engaged with topics that resonate with key areas of the University’s research and scholarship.
Lord Joel Joffe CBE will present the first lecture entitled Assisted dying: rights, choices and palliative care, on Tuesday 27 October.
He will argue that assisted dying and palliative care are essential and complementary aspects of care for people suffering from painful incurable diseases.
Lord Joffe is an honorary graduate of the University. His distinguished record as a human rights lawyer includes the defence of Nelson Mandela and his ANC colleagues against the death penalty in 1963.
In recent years Lord Joffe has been campaigning for terminally ill people to have the right to die, arguing that there is ‘an urgent need’ to change the law on assisted dying.
The lecture will take place on Tuesday 27 October at 6.15pm in 8 West 3.22.
Free tickets are available from Sheila Willmott or call 01225 386631.
Who would you like to invite as future speakers?
Members of the University community, staff and students, are invited to suggest names for future speakers in the series.
- Who would you most like to hear from and why?
- How does their work resonate with your research or with public interest?
Please make suggestions by emailing Professor Jane Millar, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research.