Science Centre Lectures

UCL Science Centre Lectures are back. We will be hosting virtual online lectures so we hope many more of you can join us for our early evening discussions on a huge range of science related topics.

The Science Centre was first established in 1987 by Dr Sadiq Kadifachi and it was incorporated into UCL in 1997. Videos of last terms lectures can be viewed in our archive. The Science Centre Lectures are free lectures on a range of scientific subjects for sixth form students and their teachers. They are held on Friday evenings throughout the academic year.

Admission

Lectures are held online using Zoom through the Zoom App or via your browser. Sign up to lectures here using Eventbrite and start at 6:30pm on the Friday evenings as they always have, and will last approx one hour

The talks are aimed at sixth form students and teachers, but are frequently attended (and enjoyed) by members of the public, teachers, academics and undergraduates. There is usually a lively Q&A session at the end of the talk. Sixth form & fifth form (year 11) students are welcome with or without a teacher.

Time

All talks are held on Fridays at 6.30pm and last for approximately 1 hour, followed by 30 minutes for discussion.

Autumn Term 2024

Date	Title	Host
8th November	Interstellar Travel	Professor Alan Aylward UCL Physics & Astronomy Department University College London
15th November	Viruses	Professor Elspeth Garman Molecular Biophysics Research University of Oxford
22nd November.	Scientific Discoveries in Nineteenth Century Europe.	Professor Andrew Gregory. UCL Department of Science & Technology Studies.
29th November.	Mirror-Image Molecules in Chemistry, Biology & Pharmacology.	Professor Mike Porter. UCL Department of Chemistry
6th December.	Moved to 13th Dec	Moved to 13th Dec
13th December	Nuclear Power Generation of Electricity and handling of Nuclear Waste.	Miss Sifa Poulton, Ph.D student. School of Mathematics and Physics,University of Surrey and NPL.

Past Lectures and Comments

A list of past lecturers and comments by attendees, can be seen on our Past Lecturers and Comments page.

Promoted jointly with the Institute of Physics and Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
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