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Inaugural and Senate lectures A platform for newly appointed professors to share their brilliant discoveries and innovative ideas.
Inaugural and Senate lectures A platform for newly appointed professors to share their brilliant discoveries and innovative ideas.
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Inaugural and Senate lectures 

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The rite of passage to become a professor in a university has for hundreds of years included the test of having to profess your knowledge to a lay audience and fellow academics. Indeed, the origin of the title 'professor' comes from the need to profess, or declare publicly, one’s knowledge.

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