Skip to content The Open University
  1. Platform
  2. News and features
  3. Inspirational speakers for schools - for free!

Inspirational speakers for schools - for free!

Speakers for Schools

Speakers for Schools are offering state schools the opportunity to access a fantastic network of speakers who are willing to give inspirational talks to young people for free.

These speakers have kindly agreed to give at least one talk per annum in a state school and will address the big subjects: technological, scientific, political, economic, historical, cultural, artistic, ecological and ethical. They are people who will be able to explain the latest developments in areas such as business, cosmology, biology, medicine, linguistics, history, engineering, inter alia.

Speakers include: Honorary graduates Baroness Tessa Blackstone, Sir Peter Bonfield, Sir Christopher Bland, Sir William Castell, Evan Davis, Sir Richard Lambert and Martha Lane Fox. As well as David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Lord Sebastian Coe and other well know faces.

 For further information or to apply for a speaker, visit the Speaker4schools website: http://www.speakers4schools.org/

1.75
Average: 1.8 (4 votes)

Tweet Speakers for Schools are offering state schools the opportunity to access a fantastic network of speakers who are willing to give inspirational talks to young people for free. These speakers have kindly agreed to give at least one talk per annum in a state school and will address the big subjects: technological, scientific, political, economic, ...

Comments

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.
Tracy Harrison - Thu, 07/06/2012 - 18:00

Hi Lada, my name is tracy and will be studying criminology and psycholigical studies in autum, i too am looking for info on essay writing i have downloaded some info from the net, but was advised to get a book caulled good essay writing so ill try this, if you find something please let me know, im hopeing i get some info for this when start my degree as this will be my first . keep in touch and all the best. regards tracy

Ronn Andrei - Tue, 12/06/2012 - 18:05

I am looking forward to hearing from them and I do hope that this initiative will lead to some visible results in reducing the school drop-out rates and improving student commitment. I am about to get myself into one of those forensic psychology programs, is there any chance we could get an inspirational speaker in this field. I'd be very much interested in that.

Not on Facebook? Comment via platform

Most read

Martin Bean (OU Vice Chancellor) and Marianne Cantieri (OUSA President)

New Student Charter website now live

The Student Charter, which has been developed jointly by University staff and the OU Students Association, was launched by the Vice Chancellor on 23 April 2013, the 44th...

more...

iTunes U Open University image

iTunes U: explaining the maths around you

There's a wealth of freely available OU maths content out there. From running a railway to getting your bearings in the hills, explore the variety of maths on the OU's iTunes U service,...

more...

Some video footage BBC wildlife

This link will take you to some charming images of how a New Guinean endemic bird is adapting its home or bower to attract a mate. If you look closely, its also adapting to 20th century junk. ...

more...