Three Chancellors Debate - On Liberty, Magna Carta and Our Future

Magna Carta-ers!

That name is going to catch on soon, you’ll see. There’ll be t-shirts and hashtags and everything.

Now admittedly this post is a little belated, but you’ll never guess what happened here at Oxford Brookes on Friday 20 March? Basically, we had an all day party to celebrate the inauguration of our new Chancellor, Dr Katherine Grainger (she’s won four Olympic medals for rowing, how cool is that?), and the official opening of our new John Henry Brookes building (it’s never won an Olympic medal, because it’s a building, but it regulates its own temperature and looks quite fancy, so that’s pretty cool too right?).

Our new Chancellor and her three
predecessors (www.brookes.ac.uk)

Anyway, you might be forgiven for thinking why does this matter to you, lovers of all things MC? Well, during this massive celebration our three former Chancellors, Jon Snow from Channel 4 News, the director of Liberty Shami Chakrabarti and the barrister Helena Kennedy, took part in a debate called On Liberty, Magna Carta and Our Future.

We were lucky enough to attend (we snuck in like a 13^th century James Bond) and it was a really brilliant debate during which these three great individuals spoke about the Magna Carta and its ongoing relevance today, particularly with regards to liberty and human rights.

And we’re not just bragging, we wanted to let you know that you can watch a video of this debate in full here: https://lecturecapture.brookes.ac.uk/Mediasite/Play/7f1d48e435c144f7bce68666ef7e79a91d

So get some popcorn, turn off your phone and settle in.

Happy viewing!

The Oxford Brookes Magna Carta Team