The RAU's 180th Bledisloe Lecture with Dame Helen Ghosh
We are pleased to invite you to the 2025 Bledisloe Lecture on Wednesday 21st May 2025 at 6.30pm in the Boutflour Hall at the RAU
Former British civil servant and Director-General of the National Trust, Dame Helen Ghosh, who is now Master of Balliol College, Oxford, will deliver our esteemed 2025 Bledisloe Lecture.
Dame Helen - who spent more than 30 years working in a variety of Government departments and held senior positions within both the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Home Office - will speak about 'Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reasons – balancing politics and evidence in dealing with the most challenging issues in the natural environment’, sharing insights into her fascinating career and her background, as well as looking at future challenges.
She worked at the very centre of Government for more than three decades, serving in departments including the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Cabinet Office, HM Revenue and Customs, and the Department for Work and Pensions.
Dame Helen was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and was then Permanent Secretary at the Home Office when Teresa May was Home Secretary.
She left the Civil Service in 2012 to become Director General of the National Trust, and took up her role as Master of Balliol in April 2018. While a civil servant, she worked on key environmental policies, including climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the protection of habitat for endangered species.
The RAU's prestigious annual Blediloe Lecture is named after eminent Royal Agricultural College alumnus Charles Bathurst, the first Lord Bledisloe (1867-1958) who was also Governor General of New Zealand in the early 1900s, who was deeply interested in agriculture and forestry and was one of the staunchest supporters of the then Royal Agricultural College.
Previous speakers have included Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE, Helen Browning OBE, and Teresa Wickham.
The lecture will start at 6:30pm and previous lectures have included a question-and-answer session at the end of the lecture.
We are pleased to invite you to the 2025 Bledisloe Lecture on Wednesday 21st May 2025 at 6.30pm in the Boutflour Hall at the RAU
Former British civil servant and Director-General of the National Trust, Dame Helen Ghosh, who is now Master of Balliol College, Oxford, will deliver our esteemed 2025 Bledisloe Lecture.
Dame Helen - who spent more than 30 years working in a variety of Government departments and held senior positions within both the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Home Office - will speak about 'Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reasons – balancing politics and evidence in dealing with the most challenging issues in the natural environment’, sharing insights into her fascinating career and her background, as well as looking at future challenges.
She worked at the very centre of Government for more than three decades, serving in departments including the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Cabinet Office, HM Revenue and Customs, and the Department for Work and Pensions.
Dame Helen was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and was then Permanent Secretary at the Home Office when Teresa May was Home Secretary.
She left the Civil Service in 2012 to become Director General of the National Trust, and took up her role as Master of Balliol in April 2018. While a civil servant, she worked on key environmental policies, including climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the protection of habitat for endangered species.
The RAU's prestigious annual Blediloe Lecture is named after eminent Royal Agricultural College alumnus Charles Bathurst, the first Lord Bledisloe (1867-1958) who was also Governor General of New Zealand in the early 1900s, who was deeply interested in agriculture and forestry and was one of the staunchest supporters of the then Royal Agricultural College.
Previous speakers have included Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE, Helen Browning OBE, and Teresa Wickham.
The lecture will start at 6:30pm and previous lectures have included a question-and-answer session at the end of the lecture.