The King's Lectures 2019 were hosted by Professor Alison Wolf and featured three different sessions that explored topics related to universities, the economy, and the state.
Professor Alison Wolf is the Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management in King’s Business School and directs the International Centre for University Policy Research within King’s Policy Institute.
Professor Wolf studied at the universities of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and Oxford; and has taught at the Catholic University of America, George Washington University, the Institute of Education (University of London), and Columbia University as well as at King’s. She has advised the House of Commons Education Committee, authored the Wolf Review of Vocational Education for the 2010 coalition government, and served as a panel member for the Review of Post-18 Education and Finance headed by Philip Augar. She sits in the House of Lords as a crossbench peer. Her books include: Does Education Matter? Myths about education and economic growth.
The transcript for the lectures (PDF, 3.1 MB) is available to download.