Keele WORLD AFFAIRS Recognises Chairman's 30 Year Contribution

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Posted on 11 April 2011

The 400 members of the Keele World Affairs adult education programme brought their 30th anniversary series to an end on Thursday 31 March 2011, with a surprise presentation to 90-year-old Chairman Owen Powell MBE. 

The longest serving member of the group, 96 year old Jack Hood presented a reportage-style photo album with all the highlights of the 24-lecture series together with a cheque for him to donate to his favourite charity.  Please also see here.    

World Affairs operates under the auspices of the School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy [SPIRE] at Keele University, is now the largest Adult Education forum in Europe with 430 members.  Most of them regularly attend its Thursday 7:30pm meetings during the university terms.  The final lecture of this year’s series given by Prof David Dunn of Keele University entitled “Redefining Politics”.  This was a radical, caustic, and at times searing examination of the international political system, highlighting its lack of direction towards a better experience for the majority of humanity, and the relative failure of nation states including the West democracies.  A forceful message that led to a Q & A debate with members that reached its typical high Keele standard. 

An ambitious 2011/12 programme  of 24 lectures starting 29th September 2011, was also outlined and will include high profile names such as Lord Wilson [former Secretary to the Cabinet], Lord Goldsmith, the Turkish Ambassador to the UK, Lord Hennessey, one of the country’s leading contemporary historians, and Lord Rees, the renowned scientist and cosmologist and Astronomer Royal. 

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