Surrey Speaks

Hollywood star and Guildford School of Acting graduate, Ella Balinska, spoke to us about the importance of cultural expansion in the performing arts industry, as well as her experience of applying to GSA, what it was like being an Angel in Charlie's Angels (2019) and her top tips for aspiring actors. We're back with a bang for the first episode of Season 2, with our brand-new host, Dr Caroline Shenton-Taylor and producer of the podcast, Georgie Gould!

Developing spatial audio experiences for global audiences.

Spatial audio technology offers completely enveloping sound from all around the listener, as in real life, creating a far more immersive experience than conventional audio.

Dr Philip Jackson discusses how the next-generation audio technology is augmenting global public engagement with spatial audio experiences.

Sustainable Prosperity in a Post-Growth Economy.

The Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) is at the forefront of building new dynamic models for a ‘post-growth’ economy. In the light of the climate emergency, their research is engaging closely with business, government and civil society to ‘build back better’.

Hear Professor Tim Jackson address the technical, economic and social challenges of achieving sustainable prosperity and making the transition to a fairer, greener economy.

Carbon-based nanotechnology: from science to industry.

Huge advances in carbon nanotechnology have been made since the development of Vantablack™ by Surrey Nanosystems in 2006.  New and continued research at the NanoElectronics Centre at the Advanced Technology Institute (NEC@ATI), headed by Professor Silva CBE, has involved developing applications, manufacturing solutions and capabilities for carbon nanotechnologies, for areas ranging from space and flight technologies to energy conversion and recovery, and healthcare sensing and monitoring applications.

Hear Professor Silva discuss the enormous future potential of this technology for building a more sustainable world.

To celebrate World Space Week 2021, Dr Payel Das took some time out of her busy schedule to answer some of our burning questions on the vast topic of space. 

In this pod, Dr Das explains why we should all care about astrophysics; she walks us through whether she believes in extra-terrestrial life, whether the universe has an edge to it, and so much more. 

For more information about some of the fascinating work happening in our Department of Physics, please visit www.surrey.ac.uk/physics

What on earth is white-collar crime? We sat down with our Head of the School of Law, Prof Alex Sarch, to ask him about some of the world’s most infamous white-collar criminals and their crimes.

For more information about some of the fascinating work happening at our School of Law, please visit www.surrey.ac.uk/law

We sat down with the indefatigable Professor Amelia Hadfield, Head of Politics here at Surrey, to talk all things Brexit.    

We'll be honest, this podcast was just an excuse to ask Amelia the question that was most on our mind - when does she think we will be able to stop talking about Brexit?    

 We also had the chance to speak to Professor Holger Breinlich, who talked us through the economic impact of Brexit.

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, we invited Simon Downs and Laurence Drew to discuss men's mental health.

According to the charity Mind, the number of men feeling worried or low has increased at double the rate of women over the last decade. In 2020, 43 per cent of men admitted to regularly feeling low or worried - an increase in 6 per cent since 2009.

In this episode, our world-renowned immunology expert, Professor Deborah Dunn-Walters, goes through some of the burning questions we have about COVID-19, the vaccine roll-out, and what the "new normal" may look like. 

Does the UK have a food problem? With 20 per cent of Year 6 children being classed as overweight, that might seem like a fairly obvious question. So we've spoken to Professor Jane Ogden, Dr Veronica Giancintucci and Dr Adam Collins to see what they think we can do to get the UK back on track.