The Rt Hon Don McKinnon, Commonwealth Secretary General, will give the annual Hugh Gaitskell Memorial Lecture. Hugh Gaitskell, former leader of the Labour Party, was a member of the academic staff of the University's Department of Adult Education, in the late 1920s. The memorial lecture was founded in his honour by colleagues. Recent speakers have included David Blunkett, Martin Bell and Clare Short. The lecture will take place in Lecture Theatre Three, The Exchange, at the University's Jubilee Campus, starting at 7pm on Wednesday March 15.
Admission is free and no tickets are required.