Alumni and Graduate events

As part of their degree second-year Literature and History students take part in an annual public conference, where they present a series of papers based around a central theme. In 2022, reflecting the centenary of ‘Miracle Year’ in the development of modernism the theme is Old and New.

Professor Christopher Sansom will explore his career journey in industrial research labs and academia. Find out how his career has involved research on low carbon renewable energy technologies to reduce global warming, developing solar desalination for water-stressed regions of the earth, as well as working on telescopes to search for Earth-like planets around nearby stars.