The Enlightenment Lecture programme kicked off the academic year in fine form, beginning with a fantastic and informative talk by Professor Magda Osman, presented by our Head of School, Nancy (Upper Sixth, Swift). Professor Osman’s lecture explored the concept of the ‘nudge’; an aspect of behavioural change that predictably alters people’s behaviour, and how this idea is an ineffective and unethical way to create large-scale behavioural change in society.
The interactive lecture was both challenging and engaging for our Sixth Form students, offering the opportunity for them to ask questions throughout. Professor Osman remarked that the questions asked by the Sixth Form were more impressive than those of her degree students! The Sixth Form students are already looking forward to the next lecture in which Professor Eleanor Stride will be discussing the title, ‘Bubbles: changing how we kill cancer?’.
