Bolton School Senior Girls
Arts and Sciences Enrichment Lectures
Throughout 2018-19, Bolton School Girls’ Division will host another series of Arts and Sciences Enrichment Lectures. These evening events are free and open to the public. Refreshments are available from 6.30pm and parking is available in the Girls’ Division Quad (signposted on the night).
If you would like more information, or to book a place for one of our talks, please contact our coordinators for academic enrichment:
Arts: Mrs J Hone (jhone@boltonschool.org)
Sciences: Mr B Ickringill (bickringill@boltonschool.org)
Forthcoming Events
Girls’ Division Great Hall, 7.00pm
Law
Sophie Cartwright, Barrister
Tuesday 5 March 2019
Too Sensitive for Science? Emotion, The Secret Asset in Your Career
Dr Emily Grossman
Wednesday 20th March 2019
Details
The Dark Side of the Universe
Dr Pete Edwards, Durham University Physics Department
Monday 29 April 2019
Details
Poetry Festival
Liz Berry, poet
Thursday 2 May 2019
Another event to be confirmed for early 2019
Follow the links below to read recaps of previous Enrichment Evenings, or visit the Gallery to view more photos from these events.
2018/19 Lectures:
- Dr Jack Heal, science communicator, ‘Do Scientists Dream of Synthetic Sheep?’
- Dr Joyce Tyldesley, Egyptologist and Old Girl, ‘Nefertiti’s Face: The Creation of an Icon’
- Jo Fairley, leading entrepreneur, ‘The Rollercoaster Story of Green & Black’s and Lessons Learned Along the Way’
2017/18 Lectures:
- John Pugh, former MP, ‘Life at Westminster’
- Isobel Garner, ‘Engineering the Building Blocks of Life’
- Antigone, Actors of Dionysus
- An evening with Tomasz Schafernaker, Meteorologist & BBC Weather Presenter
- Dr Peter Vardy, ‘Sexual Ethics’
- Dr Michael Scott, ‘Sicily - An Island for Everyone’
- The Royal Society of Statistics William Guy Lecture: Jeff Ralph, ‘Society and Teenagers: How statistics reveal the changes in young people’s lives through the last century’
- Dr Suzie Imber, ‘Astronauts: Do You Have What it Takes?’
- The Poetry Festival: A Celebration of Creative Writing featuring poet Simon Armitage
2016/17 Lectures:
- Dr Laura Waters, ‘Alternatives to Animal Testing’
- Dr Suzannah Lipscomb, ‘Leadership Lessons from the Tudors’
- Dr Melanie Windridge, ‘In Search of the Northern Lights’
- An evening with poet Lemn Sissay
- In Conversation with Dame Evelyn Glennie
- Professor Jeff Forshaw, ‘Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos’
- Dr Heather Williams, ‘Seeing Inside: Imagining the Structure and Function of the Human Body’
- Michael Howard, ‘The Poetry of Art and the Art of Poetry’