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The Provost of Worcester College Lecture. Go Big: 20 Bold Solutions to Fix our World

Ed Miliband

Thursday, 31 March 2022

4:00pm

1 hour

Sheldonian Theatre

£7 - £15

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Former Labour leader Ed Miliband MP talks about some of the big ideas being put forward by people and movements to solve the daunting challenges faced by the world and urges us to think big.

Miliband has been exploring these ideas and movements since 2017 in his award-winning podcast Reasons to be Cheerful. Go Big draws on some of the best ideas for tackling issues around working life, childcare, and climate change. He says they provide a vision of the kind of society we need and show that a better world is possible if we raise our sights and think big.

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Miliband was Labour leader between 2010 and 2015. He is currently Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero. Here he talks to the Provost of Worcester College David Isaac.

Previous provost of Worcester College Lectures have been given by Professor Philippe Sands, Sir Antony Sher and Sir Ian McKellan.

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Worcester College Worcester College founded 1714
Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize Jewish Book Week Partner of Oxford Literary Festival Oxford University Department for Continuing Education Princeton University Press Prestige publishing partner. Celebrating 25 years in Europe in 2024 Goldmoney Properties Felicity Bryan Associates Voltaire Foundation Confucius Institute Mirabaud Private bank - London Gravita Accountants to the festival Oxford Brookes University Oxford International Centre for Publishing Old Parsonage Hotel Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection Old Bank Hotel Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection Pasture to Plate Compassion in World Farming HM Government of Gibraltar Symington Wines of the Douro Valley Blackwell’s Festival on-site and online bookseller Spain Arts and Culture Spanish Embassy The Spanish Embassy: supporters of the programme of Spanish literature and culture Oxford Mathematics Oxford Martin School Festival ideas partner Bodleian Libraries Festival cultural partner European Union University of Oxford The Telegraph Festival media partner Other donors David Isaac Jason and Heidi Smith Martin and Elise Becket Smith Tim and Marion Stevenson Miles Young Jim Mellon Pusey House Founded 1884 Harris Manchester College Harris Manchester College founded 1893 Reuben College Reuben College founded in 2019 Magdalen College Magdalen College founded 1458 Trinity College Trinity College founded 1555 Lincoln College Lincoln College founded 1427 Worcester College Worcester College founded 1714 Exeter College Exeter College: college home of the festival. Founded 1314 New College New College founded 1379 Yale University Press London The Oxford Times Windrush Group Science Oxford Schoolreaders The Litmus Partnership CAV Oxford Oxford University Images Oxford University Images Italian Cultural Institute Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies The Sheldonian Theatre University of Oxford Alumni Office Alumni Office Paul Bloomfield Ltd Racalia Olive Oil Olive oil from Sicily Colbenson Festival digital strategy & web design MACROVegan Human Ecology Project New Dutch Writing Conference Oxford BBC Radio Oxford Local radio partner OX magazine Ox in a Box
 

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Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize Jewish Book Week Partner of Oxford Literary Festival Oxford University Department for Continuing Education Princeton University Press Prestige publishing partner. Celebrating 25 years in Europe in 2024 Goldmoney Properties Felicity Bryan Associates Voltaire Foundation Confucius Institute Mirabaud Private bank - London Gravita Accountants to the festival Oxford Brookes University Oxford International Centre for Publishing Old Parsonage Hotel Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection Old Bank Hotel Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection Pasture to Plate Compassion in World Farming HM Government of Gibraltar Symington Wines of the Douro Valley Blackwell’s Festival on-site and online bookseller Spain Arts and Culture Spanish Embassy The Spanish Embassy: supporters of the programme of Spanish literature and culture Oxford Mathematics Oxford Martin School Festival ideas partner Bodleian Libraries Festival cultural partner European Union University of Oxford The Telegraph Festival media partner Other donors David Isaac Jason and Heidi Smith Martin and Elise Becket Smith Tim and Marion Stevenson Miles Young Jim Mellon Pusey House Founded 1884 Harris Manchester College Harris Manchester College founded 1893 Reuben College Reuben College founded in 2019 Magdalen College Magdalen College founded 1458 Trinity College Trinity College founded 1555 Lincoln College Lincoln College founded 1427 Worcester College Worcester College founded 1714 Exeter College Exeter College: college home of the festival. Founded 1314 New College New College founded 1379 Yale University Press London The Oxford Times Windrush Group Science Oxford Schoolreaders The Litmus Partnership CAV Oxford Oxford University Images Oxford University Images Italian Cultural Institute Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies The Sheldonian Theatre University of Oxford Alumni Office Alumni Office Paul Bloomfield Ltd Racalia Olive Oil Olive oil from Sicily Colbenson Festival digital strategy & web design MACROVegan Human Ecology Project New Dutch Writing Conference Oxford BBC Radio Oxford Local radio partner OX magazine Ox in a Box