UCM Announces Schedule of Public Lectures

University College Isle of Man (UCM) has announced its schedule of UCMTalks through to 12th May 2023.

The online talks began in October with a presentation entitled silver linings; how cancer research methods and everyday drugs helped to fight Covid, by Professor Ken Mills from Queen’s University Belfast.

In February the talk Cosmic Rays for a Changing World: From Supernova to Soybean will be presented by Dr Patrick Stowell who is Research Fellow at the University of Durham.

Other talks in the schedule include Women in Manx Politics: preliminary findings presented by Dr Catriona Mackie & Professor Peter Edge, DNA: it’s everywhere presented by Dr Rachel Glover and Ocean climate solutions: how taking good care of the sea can help build a better future for everyone presented by Dr Fiona Gell.

UCMTalks is a series of inspiring and powerful talks by experts in their respective fields, organised to create a platform for meaningful discussions on a variety of current topics and encourage sharing of new ideas and thinking.

Higher Education Manager Gail Corrin commented: ‘The UCMTalks series showcases UCM’s world-class academic credentials, something that we should all be proud to have on the Island. Over the past few years we’ve had some incredibly interesting and highly relevant topics and this year’s schedule doesn’t disappoint. We look forward to welcoming as many people onto our Zoom events again.’

Each talk lasts one hour, is held between 6-7pm and people interested in attending the events on Zoom can register their attendance, free of charge, on Eventbrite.