4 December 2009
16.30pm - 19.00pm
Great Hall, Aston Webb Building, Chancellor's Court.

Booking

By presenting a speaker to the University community who, having obtained their doctorate, went on to excel in a career outside of academia, we aim to demonstrate to the current generation of doctoral researchers that multiple career paths are open to those with PhDs.

The annual guest lecture is also a chance to celebrate our doctoral researchers’ achievements and we hold a research showcase wine reception before the lecture giving guests an opportunity to see the kind of innovative and exciting research carried out by doctoral researchers at the University of Birmingham.

Dr Gillian Tett is an author and award winning journalist at the Financial Times. As an assistant editor overseeing global financial markets coverage, Dr Tett has written extensively on the recent financial crisis. Dr Tett received the 2007 Wincott prize for financial journalism for her coverage of the capital markets and in 2009 she also won the Spear’s financial book of the year award for her book Fool’s Gold.

Dr Tett received a PhD in Social Anthropology based on field research in the former Soviet Union. In a recent interview for the Guardian, Dr Tett commented that “anthropology is a brilliant background for looking at finance”.

Find out more about this interview

As part of the evening there will be a research showcase wine reception. We are looking for twenty doctoral researchers from across the university to show a poster at the reception.

Find out more about this opportunity and about how you could be dining with Dr Tett after the lecture!

To register

Internal student (and Alumni) booking form

Internal staff booking form

External student and staff booking form

If you would like to attend the event but do not fall into these categories please email the University Graduate School with your details.