Talks & Presentations
As part of our academic extension activities we offer a wide range of talks by visiting speakers, Stockport Grammar School staff and pupils themselves. Pupils who would like to offer a talk should contact Mr Thorley, Ms Pazos or Mr Swann. All pupils are welcome to attend.
The table below shows a selection of the talks and presentations for the 2018-2019 academic year. More talks and presentations will be added in due course.
Spotlight On…
‘Spotlight On…’ talks take place every Tuesday and Thursday during term time in the Library with a start time of 1.00pm.
| Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 13th September | Mr Rob Jones (staff) | Visions Of The Apocalypse: Looking Forward To The End Of The World |
| 18th September | Mr Ben Bowles (staff) | End Of The World (2) |
| 27th September | Anna Davies (student U7) | Three People, Three Genetic Contributors, Three Parents? Questioning The Laws On Three-Parent Babies |
| 4th October | Dr Shane McKie, Research Scientist, Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, University of Manchester | Medical Imaging And The Brain |
| 9th October | Kitty Grant (student U4) | Who’s The Real Monster In Frankenstein? |
| 11th October | Michael Gilmour, Charlotte Jones, Rev Liz Leaver and Miss Ruth Moore | Christian Union – questions TBC |
| 18th October | Yusuf Ramzan, Software Engineer, Thales Group (former SGS pupil 09) | Working as a Software Engineer |
| 8th November | Mr David Stone (staff) | German responsibility for WW1 |
| 15th November | Mr Roger Yates, Volunteer, AVRO Heritage Museum | A.V. Roe – Stockport’s pioneer of aviation |
| 20th November | Faza Qadiri (student, U7) | The Heart (Emotional and Scientific) |
| 29th November | Prof Jamie Gilmour, School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Manchester | Origins of the Solar System |
| 4th December | Mr Alistair Thorley (staff) | Beyoncé |
| 6th December | Georgia Walkden, Raleigh International | What can be gained from a Gap Year? |
| 11th December | Amy Gardner (student, U3) | China’s Belt and Road Initiative |
| 13th December | Dr Annabel Latham, STEM ambassador and Senior Lecturer – School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology, MMU and Vice-Chair IEEE Women in Engineering (UK & Ireland) | Careers in Computing: From Software House to Artificial Intelligence Researcher |
| 17th January | Mr Jamie Swann (staff) | Why should we all be vegetarians? Part 1 (animal rights/welfare) |
| 22nd January | Tony Cheslett (former staff) | Perfect Numbers and Mersenne Primes (Fourth Year and above) |
| 24th January | Bart van Dongen and Katrina Cullen, SEES Outreach, University of Manchester | Tackling water challenges: Are we in hot water?” |
| 29th January | Tim Holbrook, Adelphi Group | Health Economics |
| 31st January | Mr Dom Breffit (staff) | Why should we all be vegetarians? Part 2 (environmental) |
| 5th February | Nia Duffy (student) | Unsung Heroes: HART – combating terrorism and violent crime in Manchester |
| 7th February | Harry Potter Night | |
| 14th February | Lit Fest | |
| 28th February | Bryony Pearce | Meet the Author |
| 5th March | Grace Patterson (student, U7) | Los Moros y Cristianos |
| 7th March | World Book Day | |
| 14th March | Peter Greenhalgh, Meteorology/Oceanography Instructor at Royal Naval Reserve | Climate Change |
| 20th March | Professor Richard Morris, Archaeologist and Chair of the Blackden Trust | History – Bouncing Bomb |
| 28th March | Stuart Patrick, STEM Ambassador and Polymer Society Divisional Board Chairman | Single use plastics |
| 4th April | Elaine Borthwick, STEM Ambassador and Strategic Account Manager at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals | Molecule to medicine |
| 26th April | Jen Birdsall, Recruitment and Admissions Adviser, New College of the Humanities, London | Why study the Humanities? |