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The Inaugural Lectures of Professor Kathryn Asbury & Professor Danijela Trenkic

Hosted by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Charlie Jeffery Professor Kathryn Asbury: Personalised Panacea or Existential Threat? The promise and perils of genomic science for education and social policy Can genomic research be used to improve children’s lives without marginalising individuals, entrenching disadvantage or increasing inequalities? Some people think so, while others vehemently disagree. Professor Asbury will discuss the practicalities and ethics of a hypothetical future in which DNA data is used to identify the likelihood of newborn babies growing up with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities. She will draw on recent events such as the Spectrum 10K controversy, and on findings from her PEAPOD study (Personal Experiences of Autism and Perceptions Of DNA-based research), to explore some of the debates that have been triggered by advances in genomics. Professor Danijela Trenkic: Speaking in many tongues: Challenges and rewards of late bilingualism Language is one of humanity’s most astonishing abilities. Even more astonishingly, the majority of the world’s population speaks two or more languages. Yet despite being the norm, bilingualism remains something of a mystery. How do we master and use multiple languages later in life? Why do we find learning the grammar of another language challenging? How difficult is it to pursue education in a language in which we were not brought up from an early age? In her inaugural lecture, Professor Trenkic reflects on why these questions matter and how her own research has contributed to answering them.