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Sidney Ball Memorial Lectures

The Sidney Ball Memorial Lectures were established after the First World War in memory of Sidney Ball who was a philosophy fellow at St John's College, Oxford. Sidney Ball was both a political radical... Read more

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What Next for Social Policy

What Next for Social Policy

Professor Fiona Williams explores how contemporary social movements – especially those around gender, race, migration, d... Read more

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Why should we have trust in numbers? Making evidence more reliable, and empowering people to check it

Why should we have trust in numbers? Making evidence more reliable, and empowering people to check it

Professor David Spiegelhalter, , Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory, Ce... Read more

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Britain, Europe and Social Policy

Britain, Europe and Social Policy

For the 2016 Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture, Professor Colin Crouch, Vice-President for Social Sciences, gives a talk on E... Read more

11 Nov 2016

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Speaking Truth to Power: Social Policy in Action - Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture 2013

Speaking Truth to Power: Social Policy in Action - Sidney Ball Memorial Lecture 2013

The 2013 lecture 'Speaking Truth to Power: Social Policy in Action' delivered by Baroness Lister of Burtersett on 4th of... Read more

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The Reform of the Welfare State and the Dynamics of People's Lives - Sydney Ball Memorial Lecture 2012

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