Niblett Memorial Lecture

Niblett Memorial Lecture speakers are drawn from some aspect of public service and invited to reflect on the place of faith and/or ethics in their particular area of service.

The lecture is held annually in honour of one of our former Fellows, Professor Roy Niblett CBE, who died in 2005.

A distinguished and influential presence in British higher education for more than 50 years, Professor Niblett's contribution to Christian thought and the life of the churches in this country was also considerable. A person of deep conviction, his work was distinguished by rigour, reason and a willingness to listen and exchange, which he regarded not as a potential hazard to faith, but as an essential expression of faith.

Professor Niblett’s presence among Sarum Fellows was a powerful reminder to the College that at the heart of Sarum’s purpose is the promotion of dialogue on the profound religious, social and moral issues of our times.

2009 Niblett Memorial Lecture
Saturday 19 September 2009, 4pm
Leadership: Is It A Calling?

View a transcript of Tim Livesey's talk

The speaker was Tim Livesey, Secretary for Public Affairs to Archbishop Rowan Williams and a former Downing Street information and policy officer during the Blair administration.

Pictured (l-r): Rosalind Niblett (Roy Niblett's daughter), Tim Livesey, Roland and Jill Niblett (Roy Niblett's son and daughter-in-law) and Keith Lamdin, Sarum College Principal.

Freedom and Religion in the Public Realm
2008 Niblett Memorial Lecture
Given on Saturday, 4 October 2008 at Sarum College by Lord Plant of Highfield, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Philosophy, King’s College London Law School.

Lord Plant of Highfield (right) and Sarum College Chair of Trustees Alec Knight.

A transcript of Lord Plant's address in the third Niblett Memorial Lecture at Sarum College is being produced and will be available on this site.

Previous guest lecturers are:

Baroness Butler-Sloss: A Christian and a Judge in Family Matters: Squaring Belief with Judicial Duties

Lord Butler of Brockwell: Serving God and Caesar: a Christian in the Civil Service