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Talk 200 is a new lecture and podcast series from The University of Manchester, launching to mark our bicentenary: 200 years of making a difference. This year 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. Our podcast host, Manchester aficionado, author, and University alumnus Andy Spinoza will be joined by a diverse line-up of guests from our community – pioneering academics and notable figures, ins ...
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The St Helena Podcast where we talk just about anything St Helena the Island where Jonathan is the oldest living animal and Napoleon came for a long visit. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesthelenapodcast/support
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Access and success: 200 years of removing barriers from education
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This event was recorded on Tuesday, 19 November 2024 at the University’s Whitworth Hall and is the fourth and final live instalment of the Talk 200 lecture and podcast series. In contrast to the preceding three Talk 200 live events, this was a live podcast episode, centred around a panel discussion rather than a lecture from an individual speaker. …
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Talking creative and culture: Manchester's "anthropological soup"
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Host Andy Spinoza invites Professor John McAuliffe, Director of Creative Manchester, Co-Director of the Centre for New Writing, and Professor of Poetry at The University of Manchester; Professor Caroline Bithell, Professor of Ethnomusicology at Manchester; and Keisha Thompson FRSA, Innovation Fellow with Creative Manchester; to explore Manchester’s…
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Bonus content: Panel discussion on 'The unmaking of everything'
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In this bonus content to accompany Professor Mike Shaver’s live lecture: ‘The unmaking of everything’, you’ll hear the full panel discussion with him that followed Mike’s talk. If you haven’t seen the lecture yet, head to manchester.ac.uk/talk200 to hear from the Director of Sustainable Futures at The University of Manchester as he discusses sustai…
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'The unmaking of everything' with Professor Michael Shaver
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This lecture was recorded on Tuesday, 17 September 2024 at the Jarvis Hall in London and is the third live instalment of the Talk 200 lecture and podcast series. Professor Mike Shaver, Professor of Polymer Science and Director of Sustainable Futures at The University of Manchester, discusses the complex nature of our material world, with a particul…
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Talking digital and AI: An interdisciplinary approach
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Sitting down with host Andy Spinoza to talk all things digital and AI are Dr Riza Batista-Navarro, Senior Lecturer in Text Mining at the University; Dr Mauricio Álvarez, Senior Lecturer in Machine Learning; and Dr Filip Bialy, Research Associate here at Manchester, Assistant Professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, and Lecturer at…
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Talking health innovation: Manchester as a living lab
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Host Andy Spinoza is joined by Professor Alejandro Frangi, Director of the Christabel Pankhurst Institute and the Bicentennial Turing Chair in Computational Medicine at The University of Manchester; Dr Louise Hunter, a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology Gastroenterology; and Raluca-Elena Valcescu, Executive Officer …
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Talking fairness and equality: "We're not moving fast enough"
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Joining host Andy Spinoza are Professor Colette Fagan, the University’s Vice-President for Research and responsible for leading our research and doctoral training strategy; Aisha Akram, University of Manchester Students’ Union Wellbeing and Liberation Officer; and George Obolo, a final year MBChB Medicine student at Manchester and award-winning soc…
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Bonus content: Panel discussion on 'The limits to equality — access to justice and scandal'
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In this panel discussion to accompany the second lecture of our Talk 200 series, Nazir Afzal is joined by Tom Hedges, sub-postmaster at Hogsthorpe Post Office near Skegness from 1994 until he was unjustly sacked in 2010, aged 57, after being wrongfully accused of false accounting; barrister and advocate Thalia Maragh; and Suzanne Gower, PhD researc…
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'The limits to equality — access to justice and scandal' with Nazir Afzal OBE
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This lecture was recorded on Friday, 7 June 2024 at the Martin Harris Centre as part of Universally Manchester Festival. It is the second live instalment of the Talk 200 lecture and podcast series. Nazir Afzal, Chancellor of the University and former Chief Crown Prosecutor for north-west England, discusses inequalities in access to justice and a vi…
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Talking innovation: It's in Manchester's DNA
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Professor Richard Jones, Professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy and Vice-President for Regional Innovation and Civic Engagement, and Professor Aline Miller, Professor of Biomolecular Engineering and Associate Dean for Business Engagement and Innovation in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, join host Andy Spinoza to talk innovatio…
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Talking energy and climate change: "We don't have hundreds of years to sort this out"
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Host Andy Spinoza is joined by Professor Alice Larkin, Professor of Climate Science and Energy Policy from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in The University of Manchester’s School of Engineering; Dr Aneeqa Khan of the University’s Dalton Nuclear Institute, and Research Fellow in Nuclear Fusion in the School of Engineering; and Aidan …
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Find out what to expect from the Talk 200 podcast from series host Andy Spinoza. If you wish to access the transcript for this episode, you may do so by clicking here.By The University of Manchester
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Bonus content: Panel discussion on 'Health inequalities, past, present and future'
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In this panel discussion to accompany the first lecture of our Talk 200 series, Professor Sir Chris Whitty is joined by Professor of Nursing Dame Nicky Cullum, Jade Pilkington, Director of Population Health at NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership, and Chair Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, our President and Vice-Chancellor. If you haven…
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'Health inequalities past, present and future' with Professor Sir Chris Whitty
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Professor Sir Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, the UK government’s Chief Medical Adviser, and head of the public health profession, discusses how as a society we face the hard truth that the more socio-economically disadvantaged someone is, the higher their risk of poor health. The world’s greatest killer is not any one individual d…
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Johnny and Jim G from Wiltshire talking to the Ben at the BBC about St Helena and the Falklands as a green list destination. What is there to do on St Helena ? Can you get there and how --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesthelenapodcast/support
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This podcast is about what the British Napoleonic Bicentenary trust is doing for St Helena. The St Helena Podcast talks to the Executive director of the British Napoleonic Bicentenary trust James Bramble. We talk about the trust and the great things the trust is doing for the Island during the podcast we touch on the launch of the trust, the new pe…
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CEFAS Ecologist Tammy Stamford and Serena Wright talks about their scientific studies on St Helena.
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This week is marine awareness week on St Helena and this is the second podcast supporting the Marine Awareness week on St Helena. Today we welcome our two podcast guests Tammy Stamford, who is a Senior Marine Ecologist from CEFAS and Serena Wright, a fish Ecologist also from CEFAS. Both Tammy and Serena who have spent some time on the Island are pl…
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The Blue Belt programme and the partnership in supporting St Helena's Marine Environment
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This week is marine awareness on St Helena. Marine awareness week is held every year on the Island and this year MAW kicked off on the 15 March 2021. The opening, to mark the event took place at Anne's place with welcoming speeches from Governor Phillip Rushbrook and Blue belts manager Elizabeth Clingham. To support MAW I have created this short po…
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I lost weight, ate real food and changed my life with TeamRH.
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Meet Chrissie. Chrissie knew she had to change her life because she was heading to weight loss surgery if she didn't make a life change. Chrissie who originates from Jamestown has lost over 120 lbs in total and 67 pounds with team RH learn about Chrissie's journey with the St Helena podcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p…
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Good bye St Helena - Good bye Island Holidays
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Saying good bye to St Helena and Island holidays as the Scottish based holiday company cease trading after thirty three years in business. Company owner Libby Weir Breen talks about her St Helena and South Atlantic Island travels Libby says goodbye to St Helena, as it was something she could not do as the COVD-19 pandemic crisis impacted the St Hel…
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Fishing investor P.Q trading talks about the facts of local fishing investment on St Helena.
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Today’s episode talks about one of St Helena’s richest assets which is fishing. P Q trading has been endorsed as the preferred investor for fish processing on St Helena. Some local fishers are not happy with the proposal offered, they are less happy with how the process to select and investor has been carried out. The SHCFA has launched a petition …
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Fibre optic cable for St Helena - will we get affordable high speed Internet?
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In this episode we talk about the delivery and installation of the St Helena sub-sea fibre optic cable with Christian Von Der Ropp which is due to arrive on St Helena in 2022. It is no doubt that internet users on St Helena has a vision of cheaper affordable high speed internet post cable landing but It clearly shows that from local and online medi…
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Food and culture, growing up and cooking on St Helena with Saint Cooks
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In this weeks episode our podcast guest "Saint cooks" shares their experience of growing up and cooking on St Helena. we also talk about their passion for St Helena food and culture. In this episode Saint Cooks also named the top St Helena dishes one should try when visiting the Island. St Helena (Dot Jonas) fish cakes makes it to the top three all…
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Diving and Swimming with whale sharks on St Helena
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St Helena offers some of the greatest diving experiences for any diver who enjoys diving in rich pristine waters. St Helena is also well known for the swimming with whale shark experience. On St Helena, you can swim with the gentle giants between December and March. Anthony Thomas talks about how he enhances that experience for visitors when visiti…
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The Launch of the St Helena Research Institute
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The St Helena Research Institute was officially launched on Tuesday 12th November at a well-attended event at Anne’s Place in Jamestown St Helena and at the same time in London the official launch was announced to invited guest at and event at Alliance house. There was also an announcement of a competition to invite researchers to study the impact …
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