Lord Winston, who is Professor of Science and Society at Imperial College London, will speak about ‘Science and Society’ at the University’s Luton campus on Thursday 30 January.

His lecture is expected to focus on how science needs to be much more receptive to issues which are raised by the public and which are of concern to them.

The presenter of many BBC TV series, including Child of our Time and the BAFTA award-winning The Human Body, Lord Winston, who is also a leading fertility expert, is likely to talk about why scientists need to be more open about the nature of their activity, engage about the ethical impact of their work, and ensure they communicate effectively with the public.

Professor Winston believes it is vital for scientists to be able to talk about their work and research, and to make it relevant to as many people as possible. This will also, he believes, stimulate thinking about the impact of scientific work on society in general.

The lecture will take place at 5.30pm at the University of Bedfordshire’s Luton campus. 

Notes to Editors

• The event is a part of the University’s Department of Life Sciences’ IBEST Seminar Series, and will take place in The Sir Ian Dixon Lecture Theatre, Room A004.
• Journalists wishing to attend the event, or requiring further information, should contact the Press Office via 01582 743499, press.office@beds.ac.uk or @uobnews on Twitter.
• Robert Winston is Professor of Science and Society at Imperial College London. In the 1970s he developed techniques that improved fertility treatments and later pioneered improvements in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and subsequently developed pre-implantation diagnosis. He runs research at the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology at Imperial aiming to improve human transplantation. He has published over 300 scientific publications in peer review journals.
  
  Robert Winston is committed to science communication and has presented numerous award-winning TV and radio programmes and written 20 books.
  
  Made a peer in 1995, he speaks regularly at the House of Lords on education, science, medicine and the arts. He was Chairman of the Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology 1999-2002.
  
  He is passionate about classical music, pre-war cars, Arsenal and fine wine.