The confidence to showcase London and the UK: how we dared to host the Olympic Games in 2012
In 2012 the nation stood tall as it hosted arguably the most memorable Games in living history.
Credited with leading London’s successful bid to host the Olympics, Dame Tessa will outline how the country won the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and planned, from outset to legacy, a wide range of benefits for UK plc.
Brookes staff, students and graduates made a wide-ranging contribution from designing the torch, to winning medals and volunteering.
Dame Tessa Jowell was Secretary of Stat
Free lecture. 6pm - 7pm, Booking essential
JHB Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxfordshire OX3 0BP
Thu 5 Mar 2015