Public lectures – in-person and online (6pm)

Gresham College is a venue for academics to give FREE talks to a general public audience, at 6pm. They’re all livestreamed to YouTube so people can watch along at home at the same time (and ask questions) and they can also watch the recording later. Huge, huge number of talks on every academic subject (including computing) and the videos can be found on their YouTube channel. Teachers are welcome to get in touch and request up to 20 tickets to bring a class to the venue in London: schools@gresham.ac.uk 

See their list of upcoming public talks here https://www.gresham.ac.uk/

Schools / colleges lectures – online (2-3pm)

They also have an online-only programme specifically for schools (& sixth formers) and invite teachers either to watch from the classroom live. You can register for the link here schools@gresham.ac.uk 

There are five talks listed with one of computing-relevance to readers of this blog.

Masters of the Cyberverse – Who Owns the Tech You Use, and Who Owns Your Use of it?
Professor Victoria Baines • Weds 18th November 2026 • 2-3pm

Thirty years ago, we had a vision of an Internet that was for everyone and ruled by no-one. Since then, governments have sought to reassert their sovereignty over online spaces, while tech billionaires have amassed global power. What does this mean for your human rights and the rights of others? Who should make the rules? And what might happen next?

If you scroll to the bottom of this page you can watch Prof Baines’ other lectures – https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/professor-victoria-baines