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Portsmouth University Public Lecture Series
| Published: 9th April 2015 16:03 |
A management tool to assist personnel planners
A professorial inaugural lecture by Shabbar Jaffry, Professor of Economics, Portsmouth Business School.
One of the major concerns facing the modern Royal Navy is that of achieving the right personnel mix. Professor Shabbar Jaffry has examined historical trends and reasons for personnel's early exits, in order to provide support and insight into making a more accurate staff planning tool. In a wider Armed Forces context, Professor Jaffry has also developed a tri-service staffing model in conjunction with the Defence Analytical Services Agency (DASA), to improve the analytical rigour of military personnel planning in the light of continuing defence budget cuts.
Date: Wednesday 29 April 2015
Time: 6-7pm, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth PO1 3DE
Admission is free; but please reserve your place on Eventbrite https://jaffry.eventbrite.co.uk
First Light: the cosmic microwave background
A professorial inaugural lecture by Rob Crittenden, Professor of Cosmology, University of Portsmouth
Light from the big bang still continues to shine on us in the form of cosmic microwave radiation. This light has played a central role in helping us understand the nature and structure of the Universe: its age, geometry and what it is made of. Essentially a 'baby picture' of the Universe, this radiation provides vital clues about how the big bang might have begun. Professor Crittenden will discuss what we have learnt from this cosmic light since its discovery fifty years ago, and what secrets about our Universe it might yet reveal.
Date: Wednesday 13 May 2015
Time: 6-7pm, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth PO1 3DE
Admission is free; but please reserve your place on Eventbrite http://robcrittenden.eventbrite.co.uk
From slug pellets to Fukushima
A professorial inaugural lecture by Graham Mills, Professor of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, University of Portsmouth
A wide range of chemicals, some of them harmful, can enter different water bodies (e.g. rivers, lakes, coastal and marine) from a variety of sources. The monitoring of these pollutants is now of global concern and legislation limiting the input of these substances exists in many countries, for example the European Union's Water Framework Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive. In this lecture Professor Graham Mills will describe how a number of novel water monitoring devices have been developed at Portsmouth. He will discuss various applications of these samplers for measuring both legacy and emerging environmental pollutants in the UK and worldwide. It will include the monitoring of pesticides, drugs and personal care products, explosives and radioactive elements.
Date: Wednesday 20 May 2015
Time: 6-7pm, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth PO1 3AH
Admission is free; but please reserve your place on Eventbrite http://grahammills.eventbrite.co.uk
"We Tortured Some Folks": Why torture fails to deliver security
A public lecture by Mark Fallon, expert in security and counterterrorism investigations and Chair of the US Government's High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) Research Committee
Mark Fallon, who has been involved in some of the most significant counterterrorism investigations in recent US history, will discuss the impact the 9/11 attacks had on US policies and practices, including the origins of the CIA Rendition, Detention and Interrogation program.
Mark Fallon is a guest of the Department of Psychology and Professor Aldert Vrij, international expert in deception detection and strategic interviewing
Date: Thursday 28 May 2015
Time: 6-7pm, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth PO1 3DE
Admission is free; but please reserve your place on Eventbrite http://markfallon.eventbrite.co.uk
The liminal space: understanding imprisonment and detention comparatively
A professorial inaugural lecture by Francis Pakes, Professor in Criminology, University of Portsmouth
Prisons are strange and often foul places. Re-offending rates are high. But does it have to be so? Comparative research can offer an alternative: cleaner, quieter prisons with more rehabilitative success. This lecture considers what lessons can be learned studying prisons and imprisonment abroad: can prisons even ‘work' at all?
Date: Wednesday 3 June 2015
Time: 6-7pm, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Park Building, King Henry 1 Street, Portsmouth PO1 2DZ
Admission is free; but please reserve your place on Eventbrite http://francispakes.eventbrite.co.uk
The Unknown Sachin- Going backstage while writing "Playing it My Way"
A public lecture by Professor Boria Majumdar, Indian sports journalist and author, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Central Lancashire, and Adjunct Professor Monash University Melbourne
Sachin Tendulkar is considered one of the greatest cricketers in the world and the greatest batsman of all time. In this talk Professor Boria Majumdar, a sports journalist, will share his experience working with Sachin for more than three years, interviewing him for over 135 hours and co-authoring Tendulkar's record breaking autobiography "Playing it My Way". Professor Majumdar will take the audience behind the scenes and share his writing experience.
Date: Thursday 18 June 2015
Time: 6-7pm, followed by a drinks reception
Venue: Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth PO1 3DE
Admission is free; but please reserve your place on Eventbrite http://boriamajumdar.eventbrite.co.uk
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