Seminars
A programme of graduate workshops and political seminars is hosted at the Centre:
Graduate workshops
The Graduate workshops take the form of a working lunch, with a speaker delivering an informal paper followed by discussion of the findings by those attending, primarily staff and postgraduate students (undergraduates may attend by special arrangement). The papers are usually presented under the Chatham House Rule to allow for a full and frank discussion. Speakers are drawn from parliamentarians and others from the world of politics, as well as academics and leading graduate students. The Workshops are held on various Fridays during each semester.
Political seminars
Those who have given political seminars as part of the programme include former Cabinet minister the Rt Hon William Waldegrave (now Lord Waldegrave); Rt Hon Leon Brittan QC (now Lord Brittan) when Vice-President of the European Commission; former Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Hurd (now Lord Hurd of Westwell); and the Rt Hon. Peter Mandelson (now Lord Mandelson), also when Vice-President of the European Commission. Other speakers have included the political journalist Peter Riddell, as well as parliamentarians such as Lord Tordoff, Sir Patrick (now Lord) Cormack MP, Austin Mitchell MP, Dr Richard Corbett MEP, Bruce George MP, Rt Hon David Davis MP, and Diana Johnson MP (see seminar picture below).
