Past

• 28 May 2013, 1pm

  Cambridge Public Policy Seminar: Migration in the UK

  Jon Simmons, Deputy Director, Migration and Border Analysis, Home Office

• 22 May 2013, 5:30pm

  MRC Biostatistics Unit Public Lecture Series: Tim Harford

  Numbers are weapons: a self-defence guide: Tim Harford explains how people with a limited understanding of the technical details keep their heads - and their facts straight - in a world swimming with complex statistics.

• 21 May 2013, 4:30pm

  Well-being Institute Seminar: Professor Rafael Calvo

  "Technologies for learning and well-being" Professor Rafael Calvo, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney.

• 15 May 2013, 12pm

  CEDAR / MRC Epidemiology Unit Seminar: Shane Snow

  CEDAR / MRC Epidemiology Unit Seminar: Wednesday 15th May, 12:00-13:00. "Locking in the Olympic legacy by rebalancing towns cities and communities in favour of more Cycling and Walking"

• 14 May 2013, 1pm

  Cambridge Public Policy Seminar: Should we Engineer the Climate?

  Dr Hugh Hunt, Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

• 7 May 2013, 5:15pm

  CUSPE: The Role of Evidence in Policy

  The Role of Evidence in Policy: “Policy-based evidence vs Evidence-based policy” A talk exploring the complex, and sometimes controversial, relationship between science and policy.

• 29 April 2013, 5:30pm

  MRC Biostatistics Unit Public Lecture Series: Professor Sir Michael Rawlins

  Failings in hierarchies of evidence for controversial health-policy decisions: In this lecture Michael Rawlins will consider the respective places of experimentation and observation in deciding whether therapeutic interventions are fit for purpose.

• 25 April 2013, 6pm

  Behaviour and Health Research Unit Annual Lecture: Peter Kellner, President YouGov

  Behaviour and Health Research Unit Annual Lecture: "Redefining Equality" Peter Kellner, President YouGov

• 25 April 2013, 5:15pm

  Secrets behind the Cambridge Phenomenon: Good fortune or outstanding strategy?

  Professor Sir John Bell, Harriet Fear and Chris Green will discuss the following questions: Which lessons can we learn from the Cambridge Life Science Cluster, has there always been a strong strategy in place? Which role should government, industry and academia play to promote innovation, entrepreneurship and academic excellence in order to maintain a world-leading Life Science Industry?

• 18 April 2013

  Future directions for scientific advice in Whitehall

  A collection of essays based on a recent series of seminars to stimulate fresh thinking and practical recommendations on future directions in scientific advice in Whitehall, will be launched at the CSaP annual conference on 18 April in London.