Topic: Social Sciences
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26 February, 2020
Emma Watkinson
Emma Watkinson, 31, is the CEO & Co-Founder of SilkFred.com. Whilst working on buying and merchandising team at a fashion e-commerce site, Emma saw the opportunity to bring independent brands online (they were constantly banging on the doors of the buyers) and also show online customers something new and exciting they couldn’t get anywhere else. […]
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Alistair Watters
Alistair has worked for over 20 years at the most senior levels in FTSE organisations leading and delivering the most complex, technology and business transformations and programmes. In a rapidly changing landscape, Alistair is motivated by the challenge of delivering transformation solutions that deliver what customers and colleagues require, when and where they want it, […]
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Sir David Warren
David Warren was British Ambassador to Japan from 2008 to 2012, after a career in the British Diplomatic Service that focused on East Asian affairs, in which he served three times in the British Embassy in Tokyo as well as two years as head of the China Hong Kong Department in the Foreign Office in […]
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Baroness Sayeeda Warsi
Sayeeda, Baroness Warsi, Britain’s first Muslim Cabinet Minister, is also a lawyer, businesswoman and racial justice campaigner and has been consistently voted one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world. Appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer at the age of thirty-six, she served as Chairman of the Conservative Party, […]
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Professor John Wass
John Wass is the Professor of Endocrinology at Oxford University and was Head of the Department of Endocrinology at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital Oxford, UK until 2012. His research interests include all pituitary tumours, especially acromegaly, adrenal disease, angiogenesis in endocrinology, and the genetics of osteoporosis and thyroid disease. […]
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Jon Wardle
Jon is the Director of the National Film and Television School. Prior to that he was the Deputy Director & Director of Curriculum & Registrar from 2012 -2017. Jon is the author of a number of papers and book chapters on film and media education as well as co-editor of the book ‘Current Perspectives in […]
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Sir Peter Wanless
Peter Wanless is the Chief Executive of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) a role he has held since June 2013. The NSPCC is one of the UK’s oldest and best known charities which exists to fight for every childhood. The NSPCC delivers services, generates knowledge and campaigns: to prevent […]
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Nigel Warburton
Nigel Warburton is a philosopher, writer and podcaster, he is best-known for his popular philosophy books, including his most recent work, A Little History of Philosophy as well as Philosophy: The Basics, Philosophy: The Classics, Thinking from A to Z, The Art Question, and Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction. With David Edmonds he makes […]
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Fergus Walsh
Fergus Walsh is the BBC’s Medical Correspondent. He appears mainly on the Six and Ten O’clock TV News on BBC1. His reports are seen globally via BBC World News. Fergus also reports for Panorama, the world’s longest-running investigative TV programme. He can be heard on the Today programme and Radio 5 Live. He also has […]
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Dr Mick Walters
Gained an HND in Computer Aided Engineering in 1988, MSc in Neural Networks and Robotics in 1993 and PhD in Human-Robot Interaction in 2008. His research interests include Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), in particular research into robot appearances and how they should behave in order to be acceptable and facilitate interaction with people. Previously, he has […]