Baroness Valerie Amos

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Valerie joined as Director of SOAS, University of London in September 2015. From 2010, she served as Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations. She was a Foreign Office Minister, Secretary of State for International Development, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council. Valerie also served as UK High Commissioner to Australia before joining the United Nations. In June 2016, she was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

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Lecture synopsis:

Facts. Logic. Evidence. Reason. These are held as pillars of western society. But is the classic concept of liberal education underpinning it still relevant in 2018? And how might it adapt to a world of social, financial and economic dislocation?

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Nottingham Trent University
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Nottingham
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Nottingham

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