2012 Programme: Festival weekend overview

The Festival weekend includes more than 70 debates which are listed below ordered by time slot and room. To see Saturday or Sunday sessions only, select the day you want from the menu on the left or select sessions by Theme.

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Sunday 21 October: 9.30am-10.15am
Frobisher 4-6
Baby culture vultures
Sunday 21 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Frobisher 4-6
Are exams a cheat?
Sunday 21 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Frobisher 4-6
Free schools: myth and reality
Sunday 21 October: 3.15pm-4.45pm
Frobisher 4-6
Students: consumers at the heart of a university?
Sunday 21 October: 5.00pm-6.15pm
Frobisher 4-6
Research for the sake of it?
Sunday 21 October: 6.30pm-7.30pm
Frobisher 4-6
Are the kids all right?
Sunday 21 October: 5.00pm-6.15pm
Hammerson Room
Punching above its weight: can boxing save our kids?

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Professor Marilyn Monk, emeritus professor of molecular embryology, University College London

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