Board of Education (NI)
Video now available: Church of Ireland Theological Lecture at Queen’s 2025
Autonomy, Suffering and Human Dignity
A full video recording of this year’s Church of Ireland Theological Lecture at Queen’s, by Professor John Wyatt, on the value of human life and its care is now available at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA0sCPz08k0
Please note that the video includes references to death and suicide, in the context of current proposals for changes in law, which may be uncomfortable for viewers.
The 67th Lecture at Queen’s was delivered by Professor Wyatt on Monday (13th October). The event is sponsored by the Church of Ireland Board of Education (Northern Ireland) and organised by The Hub – the Church of Ireland and Methodist chaplaincy serving Belfast’s universities and colleges.
Professor Wyatt worked as a paediatrician specialising in the care of newborn children in neonatal intensive care for more than 25 years, and as an academic researcher. He is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, Ethics and Perinatology at University College London, and a senior researcher at the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge.
A summary of the lecture is also available in an article at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/church-of-ireland-lecture-2025
With thanks to James Poston for videography.