MAGAZINE

Lord Professor Robert Winston
delivers Annual STEM Lecture
On October 5th 2016 High Tunstall
was visited by one of the world’s
leading Scientists, Lord Professor
Robert Winston. Lord Winston is
Professor of Science and Society
and Emeritus Professor of Fertility
Studies at Imperial College London
and is perhaps most famous for
pioneering fertility techniques
such as IVF and Pre-Implantation
diagnosis, which allows scientists to
screen embryos for genetic diseases.
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Lord Winston was given a warm welcome
by our students and they in turn were
enthralled during two question and answer
sessions, during which High Tunstall
students were given the opportunity to
ask Lord Winston questions relating to
STEM, his own career, life choices, role
models and influences. Lord Winston was
given the opportunity to tour STEM lessons
within the school and was particularly
impressed with a mathematics lesson
where students were studying the
mathematics of the DNA helix model.
After spending time with staff and students,
Lord Winston travelled to the Borough hall,
to deliver High Tunstall’s second annual
STEM lecture. This was experienced by
a crowd comprising of 33 educational
establishments from across the Tees
Valley and a raft of industry and business
representatives and local dignitaries.
Lord Winston delivered on areas such
as reproduction, IVF, pre-implantation
diagnosis of genetic disorders, genetic
modifications and cutting edge STEM cell
research. His delivery was peppered with
never before seen clips of images including
ovulation and a genetically modified super
mouse.
Lord Winston was a passionate, engaging and
knowledgeable speaker and his lecture both
energised and inspired all who were fortunate
enough to listen to it.