Marshall Plus
‘Marshall Plus’ is an extracurricular programme of events and opportunities which aims to expose every Marshall Scholar to British government, institutions and culture at the level of both policy and practice. It complements the experience of Britain which Scholars gain from their academic course of study. The programme includes events to which all Scholars are invited and which focus on understanding British government and public life.
Marshall Plus Lectures and Visits
2020
21 January 2020 Mr Aaqil Ahmed Former Head of Religion and Ethics for the BBC, and former Head of Multicultural Programming for Channel 4
2019
7 March 2019 Mr Lindsay Boswell, CEO FareShare
“Fighting Hunger and Food Waste in the UK.”
7-10 April 2019 Marshall Scholar Visit to Northern Ireland
19 November 2019 Mr Mark McGreevy OBE - CEO of Depaul International and Founder of the Institute of Global Homelessness
"Global Homelessness - A Bird's Eye View"
4 December 2019 Visit to the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
2018
26 January 2018 Dr Steve Brusatte - Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, 2006 Marshall Scholar
“The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs”
6 March 2018 Lord Chris Smith – Former Chairman of the Environment Agency
“Why the Environment and Climate Change Matter More than Ever.”
8-11 April 2018 Marshall Scholar Visit to Manchester and Liverpool
25 April 2018 Visit to the UK Supreme Court
Hosted by the President of the Supreme Court Baroness Hale
20 November 2018 Baroness Shami Chakrabarti – Former Director of Liberty
“My Leadership Story”
7 December 2018 Visit to the Churchill War Rooms
2017
11 February 2017 Visit to the Imperial War Museum Duxford
9 March 2017 Professor Sir Tom Devine OBE – Emeritus Professor University of Edinburgh
“The Break up of the United Kingdom? Scotland and the Movement for National Independence, 1999 to the Present”
18-24 April 2017 Marshall Scholar Visit to Wales
27 April 2017 Sir Richard Dearlove KCMG OBE- Former Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
“Brexit, National Security and the Special Relationship”
29 June 2017 Professor Neena Modi- President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
“The National Health Service”
15 November 2017 Professor Sir Hew Strachan – Professor University of St Andrews
“Britain and the American Entry into the First World War, 1917”
6 December 2017 Visit to Bleinheim Palace
2016
6-8 April 2016 Marshall Scholar Visit to Scotland
11 December 2016 Dickens Museum Visit
Guided tour with Director Dr Cindy Sughrue, 1985 Marshall Scholar
2015
4 March 2015 Tour of the Churchill War Rooms
14-18 April 2015 Marshall Scholar Visit to Northern Ireland
17 June 2015 Dr Gillian Wolfe CBE – Former Director of Learning and Public affairs at Dulwich Picture Gallery
“Crossing Boundaries-Bringing Fine Art to Ordinary People.”
2014
27 January 2014 Sir Stuart Etherington - CEO National Council for Voluntary Organisations
“The State of Civil Society in the UK”
6-9 April 2014 Marshall Scholar Visit to Scotland
23 July 2014 Tour of the Exhibition of Italian Fashion Post War at the Victoria and Albert Musuem, including a talk by Assistant Curator Lucia Savi
10 November 2014 Professor Chris Abell- Professor, University of Cambridge
“Spinning out of Chemistry -Combining Academic Science and Entrepreneurship”
2013
12 January 2013 Tour with Choral Matins of Temple Church
Talk with Rev Robin Griffith-Jones- Master of Temple
7-10 April 2013 Marshall Scholar Visit to Wales
21 May 2013 Mr Malcom Dean – Retired Journalist
“Watergate Heroes or Reptilian Villains? The state of the Press in the UK”
9 December 2013 Professor Kaye Wellings - Professor LSHTM
“More Sex Please We Are British: Findings from the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles”