BANGOR UNIVERSITY
SPECIALIST LECTURE SCHEME FOR SCHOOLS
CONTENTS
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Specialist Lectures for Years 12 & 13
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Information and Reply Slip
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Specialist Lectures available through the medium of Welsh
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(availability of speakers/topics will be limited at certain times)
Extinction: past and present
Prof George F Turner
Aliens in the Water: invasive species in freshwaters
Prof George F Turner
The African Great Lakes: hotspot of evolution
Prof George F Turner
Wetlands
Prof Chris Freeman
Genetics – why you are unique
Dr Mark Hooks
Transgenic crops – a blessing or an abomination?
Dr Anil Shirsat
The Cancer Cell
Dr Thomas Caspari
Why Darwin’s Tortoise outlived Darwin or How Cells
Count Time
Dr Thomas Caspari
Plant Diversity
Nigel Brown
Conservation
Nigel Brown
Ecology
Nigel Brown
Sex, alcohol and smoking and their effects on the body
Dr Pat Gadsdon
The Buzz about Bee
(why are bees important and what the problems are)
Dr Anita Malhotra
Venom Strikes Back
Dr Anita Malhotra
(what it is, how it works, how it is being made to work for us instead of against us)
BUSINESS
(It may only be possible to offer some lectures on-site at Bangor University)
Marketing – what is it all about?
David James
Globalisation and Poverty
Prof Shanti Chakravarty
Developments in Banking
Prof Phil Molyneux
Statistics in Sport
Prof John Goddard
Investors and Financial Markets
Prof Lynn Hodgkinson
‘Using the Matrix’ to understand Research Philosophy
Dr Clair Doloriert
‘Knowledge is Power in Business’: Introduction to
Knowledge Management
Dr Clair Doloriert
For further information regarding Dr Doloriert’s lectures please contact her on 01248 382 158
‘Who wants to be … a manager?’ (Management, career planning) Prof Sally Sambrook
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CHEMISTRY
Sugar is sweet
Dr Martina Lahmann
Nano-engineering makes way for molecular engineering –
assembling and controlling catalysts and materials at the
atomic levels
Radioactivity
Dr Gregory Chass
Dr Mike Beckett
The Virtual World
Dr Andrew Davies
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Virtual Reality in Medicine
Prof Nigel John
Building the Star Trek Holodeck
Prof Nigel John
Touching on Haptic Visualization
Dr Jonathan C Roberts
CREATIVE STUDIES & MEDIA
Factual and Fictional Storytelling
Llion Iwan
Creating Documentaries
Llion Iwan
Asian Film/Culture
Dr Kate Taylor
World Cinema
Dr Kate Taylor
New Media
Dr Eben Muse
Film
Dr Eben Muse
Multimedia Development
Dr Eben Muse
‘Gameology’: Studying Computer Games
Dr Astrid Ensslin
American Cinema
Dr Nathan Abrams
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING & PHYSICS
Turning Sand into Silicon Chips
Dr Iestyn Pierce
AC Circuits and Phasors (AS/A2 Physics)
Dr Iestyn Pierce
Lasers and fibre optic communications
Dr Iestyn Pierce
ENGLISH
The School of English organises regular study days and workshops (held at the University) on A/AS level texts
and critical reading, for schools in North Wales. If there is an area of your syllabus not covered by these events, we
are happy to arrange one-off lectures either at the University or in your school (preferably for students from several
nearby schools together). The range of topics includes:
Sex and Sin in Chaucer
Dr Sue Niebrzydowski
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Shakespeare and his contemporaries
Prof Andrew Hiscock
Women’s Writing, Then and Now / Appreciating Poetry
Dickens and Humour / Victorian Literature
Prof Helen Wilcox
Dr Stephen Colclough
Contemporary Literature
Prof Ian Gregson
Welsh Writing in English / Twentieth-Century Literature
Prof Tony Brown
American Literature / Postcolonial Literature
Medieval Literature/Arthurian Literature
Prof Justin Edwards
Dr Raluca Radulescu
Creative Writing
led by poets on our staff
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
Natural Resource Economics
Prof Colin Price
Forests, fuel taxes and global warming
Prof Colin Price
Cool Maths with Trees or Why Maths can be useful when
you study Biology
Global dimensions of local knowledge
Dr Arne Pommerening
Dr Fergus Sinclair
Forests and climate change
Prof Douglas L Godbold
The fate of tropical forests
Dr John Healey
Powering the future
Dr Michael Hale
Renewable energy
Dr Michael Hale
Global warming
Dr Michael Hale
A view into our past: dendrochronology
Dr Michael Hale
Biodiversity & conservation
Prof Gareth Edwards-Jones
Decisions about food: pesticides, GM & organic
Prof Gareth Edwards-Jones
GENERAL TOPICS
Graduate Employability – ‘Making the most of
Jennie Preece,
higher education to enhance graduate employment’ Centre for Careers and Opportunities
GEOGRAPHY, LEISURE & TOURISM
A-Level Geography Groups
Dr Cledwyn Hughes
Dr Eifiona Lane
Geraint George
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HEALTHCARE SCIENCES
Genetics in Healthcare
Karen Vipond
Ethics and overview
Elizabeth Mason
HISTORY, WELSH HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY
The Holocaust
Dr Peter Shapely
The Hitler State
Dr Peter Shapely
The Acts of Union
Nia Powell
The Welsh Gentry
Nia Powell
Reformation in Wales
Nia Powell
Royal power in England and Wales (1532-1714)
Dr Tony Claydon
Labour party history (any aspect)
Prof Duncan Tanner
Devolution and Wales
Prof Duncan Tanner
Propoganda and warfare
Prof Duncan Tanner
LAW
Career opportunities for Welsh speaking lawyers
European Law – The Effect of EU Law on the Legal
System of England and Wales
Dewi Jones/Dr Osian Rees
Prof Dermot Cahill/Dewi Jones
European Law – Free Movement of Workers and their Families
Prof Dermot Cahill
European Law – Deportation Cases
Prof Dermot Cahill
Judiciary & Magistracy, Miscarriages of Justice
Ann MClaren
Factors which may Negate Criminal Liability
Ann McLaren
The Role of the Judge in balancing competing interest in society –
‘A study of Shambo the bull’
The Common Law System
Sarah Nason
Howard Johnson
Criminal Justice
Ann McLaren
Legal System, Police, CPS, Magistrates
Ann McLaren
Overview of Agencies in the System
Ann McLaren
Machinery of Justice
Ann McLaren
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Jury Trial, Civil Proceedings
Ann McLaren
Tribunals, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Ann McLaren
Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance
Ann McLaren
MODERN LANGUAGES
French Cinema
Jonathan Ervine
Race and Immigration in France
Jonathan Ervine
The Berlin Wall
Dr Anna Saunders
East Germany and Ostalgie
Dr Anna Saunders
OCEAN SCIENCES
Oceans from space
Dr Gay Mitchelson-Jacob
Coral reefs and climate change
Dr John R Turner
Scientific Diving
Dr John R Turner
Fishing for answers to conserving our marine resources
Prof Mike Kaiser
Ice ages and sea level changes
Prof James Scourse
Light in the sea
Dr David Bowers
Geological History
Dr Colin Jago
Conservation of rare freshwater fish
Dr Ian McCarthy
Energy and the Marine Environment
Dr Dei Huws
Exploring the ocean floor
Dr Dei Huws
Predatory starfish
Dr Chris Richardson
Making dead shells talk
Dr Chris Richardson
Seasonal changes in the oceans
Dr Hilary Kennedy
Sand movement by waves and currents in the coastal zone
Climate change and sea level rise in Wales
Prof Alan Davies
Dr Michael Roberts
Cold-water coral reefs and life in the depths of the deep ocean
Dr Andy Davies
How and why marine animals make their homes
Dr Andy Davies
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PSYCHOLOGY
Are we all Psychologists?
Dr Tracey Lloyd
The Body in the Brain – How your body is represented
in the brain
Welcome to Psychology – An overview of Psychology
at University
Dr Fay Short
Dr Caroline Bowman
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Judiciary & Magistracy, Miscarriages of Justice
Ann McLaren
Factors which may Negate Criminal Liability
Ann McLaren
Criminal Justice
Ann McLaren
Legal System, Police, CPS, Magistrates
Ann McLaren
Overview of Agencies in the System
Ann McLaren
Machinery of Justice
Ann McLaren
Jury Trial, Civil Proceedings
Ann McLaren
Tribunals, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Ann McLaren
Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance
Ann McLaren
When a Social Worker makes a Decision: the influences of Values
Fiona Macdonald
Children’s Rights: What are they, who has them, and what
difference do they make?
Fiona Macdonald
Sociology of Everyday Life: from queues to confidence tricks
(and many things in between)
Dr Roger Slack
‘A Design For Life?’: Thinking With Sociology’
Dr Sally Baker
An overview of sociology research, a look at Dr Baker’s research areas ie. national identitiy, education,
and mental health policy, to include her published research into what motivates students to choose
particular universities.
THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES
A-Level Syllabus in Religious Studies; Biblical Studies; Judaism; Philosophy; Ethics;
Church History; Christianity; Buddhism
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Points to note:
1.
Some lectures/speakers will not be available at all times of the year.
2.
Some staff from the Bangor Business School are unable to visit schools to
deliver lectures, but are happy to welcome school groups at the University
for their chosen lecture.
3.
In order to arrange a lecture, please fill in the reply slip below by
i)
noting the title(s) or subject(s) of the lecture(s)
ii)
giving a choice of preferred dates
iii)
noting the starting time of the lesson/lecture slot
iv)
noting the number of pupils and age range.
4.
This reply slip should be returned to the Student Recruitment Unit who
will liaise with Academic Departments on your behalf. We will then
contact the person named on this form to discuss requirements and
confirm arrangements.
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NAME: …………….……………………………….……..…………………………………….
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JOB TITLE/DEPARTMENT:
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No. of pupils in group:
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Year 12
Year 13
I would like to arrange the following lecture/s (please list)
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Please list possible dates and times for each of the lecture/s.
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PLEASE RETURN TO: MANON OWAIN, ACCESS OFFICER, STUDENT RECRUITMENT
UNIT, BANGOR UNIVERSITY, GWYNEDD, LL57 2DG
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