While visiting schools in person is not currently possible, Robert is happy to address 
students via Zoom or other online platforms. If you are a teacher or pupil – primary or secondary – and you would like Robert to talk to students at your school, please email Helen on info@robertwinston.org.uk. Robert does not charge a fee for speaking at schools though any donation to the Genesis Research Trust to mark the occasion is gratefully received.
Robert will be speaking at the following venues and events over the coming months. Please check the individual venue’s website to find out more details and book tickets.
Thursday, 4th October 2018, 4pm – Bath Children’s Literature Festival
From the solar system to evolution and the human body, discover how machines work, where lightening comes from and how lungs allow you to breathe. The Science Squad is made up of the five STEM subjects; Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths and the professor will explain how they work together and why they are so important.
Wednesday 17th October 2018, 7pm – Saffron Hall
Does decoding the human genome herald new opportunities for medicine or is there a darker side? Will ethics prevent us from manufacturing stronger, more gifted children? Or will our imperfect knowledge of genetics result in some major surprises? Join legendary scientist, politician and writer Robert Winston to discover more.
Monday 22nd October 2018, 7pm – Princes Theatre, Clacton on Sea
“Modifying Humans” – Talk for Clacton and North East Essex Arts Society
Researcher, Writer, Broadcaster, Professor of Science and Society and Fertility studies presents ‘MODIFYING HUMANS’. During his career Robert has always concentrated on advancing the understanding and interaction between scientists and the public.
Thursday 25 October 2018, 6.30pm – Sheffield Off the Shelf Festival
Join Professor Robert Winston as he explores how the world works in his new book Science Squad. The Science Squad are made up of the five STEAM subjects – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths, Robert explains how they work together, why they are so important and how they relate to the world around us. From the solar system to evolution, children will discover how machines work, where lightning comes from and more.
Tuesday 30th October 2018 – Varma Lecture, St. George’s Hospital, Tooting
“Are we sowing the see for the destruction of the human”
Monday 19 November 2018, 10.45am – Girls Schools Association Annual Conference
“Scientific Literacy”
Monday 26 November 2019 – “Science Live” event, Manchester
Friday 30 November 2018, 10.45am – “Science Live” event – London Apollo Theatre
Thursday 10 January 2019 – Round Table event with Stuart Wright Pearson, Downing College, Cambridge
Exhibition “Halfboy” re the bio-ethics of assisted conception
Wednesday 16th January Science Live even, Birmingham
Friday 18th January 2019 – Science Live event, London
Monday 21st January 2019 – Science Live event, Oxford
Monday 4th February 2019 – Science Live Birmingham
Thursday 7th February 2019 – Science Live Bath
Friday 8th February 2019 – Science Live London
Monday 11th February 2019 – Science Live Manchester
Wednesday 13th February 2019 – Science Live Leeds
Thursday 28th February 2019. 6.30pm – Architects for Health
The Annual Phil Cusack Talk – https://www.architectsforhealth.com/events-calendar/#!event/2019/2/28/agm-2019
Robert Winston is the keynote speaker at Early Excellence’s Early Years Conference., where he will be giving a scientific perspective to child development and learning.
The conference takes place at various locations around the country and is open to Early Years Practioners:
North:
Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford
Thursday 17th November, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Midlands:
The St Johns Hotel, Solihull
Monday 28th November, 9.30am – 3.30pm
South:
Early Excellence London Centre
Tuesday 29th November, 9.30am – 3.30pm
South:
Early Excellence London Centre
30th November, 9.30am – 3.30pm
For more information see their website
Thank you to the staff and students of Parmiter’s School in Garston for their warm hospitality on Friday 12 March. After delivering a talk to 300 students, Robert was presented with a wonderful cheque for the Genesis Research Trust – thank you for all your fundraising efforts! To round the day off he was given honorary membership of the school’s STEM-EAST Club and presented with his very own lab coat to mark the occasion. To find out more, visit the school’s website.
Robert is a regular speaker at Science Live! around the country. Science Live! is a series of annual events for GCSE Science students at venues across the UK.
This year he is speaking at the following venues:
GCSE
Oxford – Wednesday 20 January 2016: New Theatre
Manchester – Monday 25 January 2016: Opera House
London – Friday 29 January 2016:
Sheffield – Tuesday 2 February 2016:
London – Friday 26 February 2016: Dominion Theatre & Apollo Victoria
Birmingham – Monday 29 February 2016: at Symphony Hall and New Alexandra Theatre
Leeds – Wednesday 2 March 2016: Town Hall
Glasgow – Tuesday 22 March 2016: Pavilion Theatre
A Level
Wednesday 27 January 2016: Town Hall, Birmingham
Thursday 4 February 2016: Phoenix Theatre, London
To find out more, visit the Science Live! website.
TCES Fresh Start in Witham Essex was opened last term by Professor Robert Winston. The school caters for children with Autism, Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs and other special educational needs.
TCES Fresh Start in Witham Essex was opened last term by Professor Robert Winston. The school caters for children with Autism, Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs and other special educational needs.
Robert will be delivering a lecture as part of Godolphin & Latymer School’s Public Lecture Series on Tuesday 24 November at 7.30pm in West London. To find out more, please visit the school’s website.
Robert will be speaking at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil as part of the Yeovil Literary Festival on Sunday 1 November 2015. He will be speaking on What Makes Us Happy: Reading the Human Mind. To find out more information and to buy tickets, please visit the Festival website.
Robert will be speaking at various theatres around the country over the coming months on “What Makes Us Happy?”
What led to French philosopher Michel de Montaigne thanking fortune for the pain he suffered? Or why did Mahler apparently stop composing after his meeting in Holland with Sigmund Freud? Why was Alfred J Prufrock in T S Eliot’s poem so chronically depressed and suffering so much lack of self-esteem? Shall we ever really understand what makes us happy?
To some extent, the ability to be happy is inherited, but social scientists have emphasized that various environmental influences – health, a stable society, economic advantages, play a major role. Professor Winston examines the role of brain imaging, hormone study, sexuality, child development, pharmacology and psychological research in understanding how science may help us be happier. Happy people tend to live longer, and recent research suggests we tend to get happier as we get older. Is this simply because we become more forgetful? Can we make ourselves happier and if so, will knowledge of brain function and how we might manipulate it give us more fulfilled lives?
So far, the following venues have been confirmed:
To view further details and buy tickets, please click on the venue to be taken to the theatre’s website.