A distinguished Professor from Harvard is coming to Coventry
University to give an inaugural lecture on the theme of "The Global
University".
Professor James Hoyte is the Associate Vice President at Harvard
which is universally recognised as the world's premier global
university. He will be talking about the benefits of promoting
international understanding through the development of commercial
and cultural relations with other countries.
Coventry was the first university in the world to offer an MSc
degree course in Global Development and International Law within
the Coventry Business School. This flagship degree course provides
a unique cross-cultural learning experience.
The lecture "Using Human and Social Capital to Promote
International Perspectives Within the University: Aspects of the
Harvard Experience" takes place at the Goldstein Lecture Theatre on
Monday 8 June at 6pm.
As well as being the Associate Vice President at Harvard
University, the speaker, Professor Hoyte, lectures on Environmental
Science and Public Policy at Harvard in the Faculty of Arts and
Sciences.
A distinguished Attorney-at-Law and specialist in Public Policy,
the former Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs
received his joint degree from Harvard Law School and has
contributed to and published many articles on Environmental Policy
and Management.
Terry Braithwaite, the lecture series coordinator and programme
manager for the MSc Degree in Global Development and International
Law at Coventry University, said:
"It is a privilege to get Professor Hoyte to come to talk at
Coventry University. He is in demand all over the world as a guest
speaker and his experience at Harvard will be invaluable to us in
Coventry. We are building on our own success internationally and
moving from being a university with many international students to
an 'international university' - a first for a UK
modern University."
Professor Hoyte's lecture starts at 6pm and is expected to
finish at approximately 7.30pm. It is open to the public and
admission is free.