Curious Minds 8.9: Pure Dead Brilliant

The moment we hear someone talk, their accent and dialect influence the mental image we form of that person’s national, social, economic and educational background.

Dr Sadie Ryan is a sociolinguist at the University of Glasgow with a keen interest in the relationships between accents and identity. She spoke particularly about the relationships between Scots and English.

See the video of the lecture here: https://youtu.be/1HN-kiJ_-G8

Curious Minds 8.8: Bioethics

Last night Dr Sarah Chan from the University of Edinburgh spoke on the ethics of running medical trials – do people have the right to refuse to join trials, a moral obligation to join one, or even the right to ask to join a clinical trial?

A video of the lecture is available at https://youtu.be/RHMwp81yGiQ .