Public Lectures

Introduction: Prof Ruth Farwell, Vice Chancellor

Our vision for sport and physical activity is to be a university renowned throughout the region for our support of sport and physical activity through academic studies, individual participation and achievement, and through engagement with our community and our partners.

We are undertaking a number of projects in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and are delighted that this new Public Lecture Series features leading figures from the world of sport, who are helping us to play our part in contributing to the build-up to the Games and their legacy.

Our Nursing programmes and applied health care research activities now have a new home at our Uxbridge Campus, which boasts state-of-the-art skills laboratories. We were ranked number one for Nursing out of the nine universities providing nurse education for NHS London and are proud of our links with the NHS, and so it is fitting that this Public Lectures Series also features leading figures from the world of health care.

There will be an opportunity for you to put your questions to the speakers, and the lectures will be chaired by Prof Peter Thomas MBE, Visiting Professor of Sport at Bucks New University and Chair of Bucks Sport, and Prof David Sines, Bucks New University's Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean: Society & Health.

I hope that you will be able to join us for this and future lectures, and look forward to what promises to be an entertaining and thought-provoking series. You can find out more about the lectures by clicking on the links on the left-hand side, and book your space using our online booking form.