UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers the 2009 Romanes Lecture, arguing that investment in science and the next generation of scientists is key to the UK's future competitiveness.

Gordon Brown: Science and our Economic Future

The Romanes Lecture is an annual public lecture at Oxford University. The first was given in 1892 by William Gladstone. Subsequent speakers have included Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Sir Isaiah Berlin, Iris Murdoch, Edward Heath, AJP Taylor, Tony Blair and Sir Paul Nurse.

Share Gordon Brown: Science and our Economic Future

Sign up to save your podcasts

Gordon Brown: Science and our Economic Future

Gordon Brown: Science and our Economic Future

More shows like The Romanes Lecture

Philosophy for Beginners

Approaching Shakespeare

General Philosophy

Anthropology

Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art lectures

Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

Critical Reasoning: A Romp Through the Foothills of Logic

The Secrets of Mathematics

Critical Reasoning for Beginners

CortexCast - A Neuroscience Podcast