Bledisloe Lecture with Dame Helen Ghosh

This prestigious lecture is named after eminent RAU 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.

This year’s Bledisloe speaker at the Royal Agricultural University is Dame Helen Ghosh. Her lecture will focus on ‘Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reasons – balancing politics and evidence in dealing with the most challenging issues in the natural environment.’

Dame Helen Ghosh DCB has worked for over 30 years in a variety of government departments, including the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Cabinet Office, HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions. Helen was Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Permanent Secretary at the Home Office. 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.

Join us for this annual flagship lecture at the Royal Agricultural University.