Results 1–20 of 35 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Baroness Greenfield

International Holocaust Memorial Day - Motion to Take Note (19 Jan 2023)

Baroness Greenfield: My Lords, it is an honour and privilege to contribute to this debate, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, for making it possible. My father, born into an Orthodox Jewish family, married out, and early on I learned that I was not “actually” Jewish. However, had I been born 10 years earlier and on the other side of the Channel, my fate would probably have been no different from that...

Queen’s Speech - Debate (5th Day) (17 May 2022)

Baroness Greenfield: My Lords, as a neuroscientist I welcome the consideration of mental health in the gracious Speech and declare an interest as the founder of a biotech, Neuro-Bio, working towards an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. However, in this capacity I was sadly disappointed that no mention was made of addressing the urgent issues relating to such a devastating health problem. This debate...

Age Assurance (Minimum Standards) Bill [HL] - Second Reading (19 Nov 2021)

Baroness Greenfield: I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, on introducing this timely and vital Bill. I declare an interest as CEO and founder of Neuro-Bio Ltd, a biotech company pioneering a novel approach to Alzheimer’s disease. However, having taught all aspects of neuroscience at Oxford for many years, I also have a keen interest in the impact of digital technologies on the young mind. My book in 2014,...

Children’s Rights: Digital Environment - Question ( 1 Jul 2021)

Baroness Greenfield: As a neuroscientist, I am aware of the growing evidence of reports about the impact of digital technology on the physical brain. I therefore ask the Minister to what extent the Government will be consulting with neuroscientists.

Children and Young People: Digital Technology - Motion to Take Note (17 Jan 2019)

Baroness Greenfield: I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for the opportunity to speak in this timely debate. Having been a tutor in neuroscience at Oxford, and as CEO of a biotech company, Neuro-Bio, I shall focus on how digital technology influences brain function. Humans occupy more ecological niches than any other species on the planet because of our superlative ability, compared with any other animal, to...

Higher Education - Motion to Take Note (19 Jul 2018)

Baroness Greenfield: I add my welcome to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chichester and congratulate him on his insightful speech. I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Norton, on initiating this important debate. My personal experience of the higher education sector has been as a tutor and lecturer in medicine at Oxford University and also—until 2013—as Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University, which...

Lifelong Learning - Question for Short Debate (16 Apr 2018)

Baroness Greenfield: I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Garden, on enabling this timely debate. For some 30 years I taught neuroscience at Oxford University, and take a keen interest in the evolving role of universities in the wider educational landscape. The benefits of lifelong learning are clear. Peer-reviewed reports show that lifelong learning raises the basic skills proficiency such that individuals respond...

Science and Innovation Strategy - Question for Short Debate (23 Oct 2017)

Baroness Greenfield: I, too, commend the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for giving us the opportunity to speak in this very important debate. The transition from science and innovation to industrial strategy inevitably includes the monetisation of basic science, typically from universities. Here I declare an interest, as I have personally made that journey—from research in the Department of Pharmacology at Oxford to...

Digital Understanding - Motion to Take Note ( 7 Sep 2017)

Baroness Greenfield: I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Lane-Fox, for the opportunity to contribute to this timely debate. As a neuroscientist, I urge that digital understanding should go further still and include a deeper awareness of the impact of screen technologies on the physical brain and how it is changing our actual thought processes and consciousness. Humans possess the superlative ability to adapt to...

Teachers: Academies and Free Schools - Question for Short Debate (12 Sep 2016)

Baroness Greenfield: My Lords, I join other noble Lords in welcoming the noble Baroness, Lady Finn. I enjoyed her speech, wish her well and look forward to her further contributions. I also commend the noble Lord, Lord Storey, for the opportunity to debate this important and timely issue. I declare an interest as the recipient of a research grant from what was the Centre for British Teachers and is now the...

Adult Education and Lifelong Learning — Motion to Take Note (28 Jan 2016)

Baroness Greenfield: I join other noble Lords in paying tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Williams. For me, as for many women of my generation, she has been a true inspiration and role model. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, for raising an urgent issue of relevance to an ageing population, in particular a population faced with the challenge of a workplace that increasingly demands continuing...

Women: Economic Empowerment — Motion to Take Note ( 5 Mar 2015)

Baroness Greenfield: My Lords, I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly, on bringing attention to this urgent and wide-ranging issue. As a research scientist at Oxford University, and now founder and CEO of a biotech company, I focus on just one aspect: the importance of science for women’s economic empowerment in both private and public sectors. At a national level, graduates of both genders in the so-called...

Higher Education — Motion to Take Note ( 9 Apr 2014)

Baroness Greenfield: I congratulate the right reverend Prelate on his inspiring and insightful speech. I warmly welcome him to your Lordships’ House and look forward to his continuing contributions on a wide range of issues, including economics, social welfare and the Navy. Turning back to universities, I join other noble Lords in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, for introducing this important debate....

Regenerative Medicine: S&T Committee Report — Motion to Take Note (13 Mar 2014)

Baroness Greenfield: I add my voice to those of the other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Patel, on bringing attention to this timely and important report. He and others have already spoken eloquently on the wider issues surrounding stem cell research, so I shall restrict my comments to my own particular area: diseases of the central nervous system. While other conditions such as heart disease...

Education: Social Mobility — Motion to Take Note (13 Mar 2014)

Baroness Greenfield: I would like to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Nash, on introducing this highly important topic for debate. As a neuroscientist, I can appreciate only too well the impact that the environment, and thus the experience in the home and the classroom, can have on the physical brain processes, and subsequently on the unique individual that each child will become. The human brain is...

Drugs — Motion to Take Note (17 Oct 2013)

Baroness Greenfield: My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, on bringing attention to these important reports. I declare an interest as an ambassador of the Angelus Foundation, which aims: “To help society understand the dangers of ‘legal highs’”. As a neuropharmacologist researching the cellular mechanisms underlying various neurological and mental disorders, I have a particular...

Digital Technology — Question for Short Debate ( 5 Dec 2011)

Baroness Greenfield: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of digital technologies on the mind.

Digital Technology — Question for Short Debate ( 5 Dec 2011)

Baroness Greenfield: My Lords, I am delighted to have the opportunity to introduce this timely debate. We humans occupy more ecological niches than any other species on the planet. This is because our brains are superlatively evolved to adapt to our own particular environment: a process known as neuroplasticity. Thanks to their plasticity, the connections between our brain cells will be shaped, strengthened and...

Economy: Growth — Debate (31 Mar 2011)

Baroness Greenfield: I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hollick, for the opportunity to discuss this wide-ranging topic. As a neuroscientist at Oxford and Chancellor of Heriot-Watt, I shall focus on innovation in universities by considering four bottlenecks along with some examples of how we might deal with them. Bottleneck one is the limited talent pool of young scientists forming the next generation of researchers....

Higher and Further Education: Funding — Debate (25 Feb 2010)

Baroness Greenfield: I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Baker, on this extremely timely debate. As a neuroscientist at Oxford University and chancellor of Heriot-Watt University, I declare an interest, and share the concern of many colleagues involved in higher education and research. If, like everyone and everything else, we need to become as cost-effective as possible, let us focus on our product. One...


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