Evidence-based insight

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I generally view the Glossop Lecture as a good day out and a great opportunity to meet up with friends in the industry," says University of Portsmouth visiting research fellow Kevin Privett."The Glossop Lecture is a more practical event that provide informative insight into others' work and gives the opportunity to learn."Nonetheless, Privett still seems humbled to have been selected as this year's Glossop Medal winner which means he will deliver the 19th Glossop Lecture at the Royal Institution in London on 14 November."It is an honour to be asked to deliver the Glossop Lecture," he says."I was on the committee for the Engineering Group of the Geological Society and chairman for a time too so I have seen it from the other side."Privett believes he is one of a very few non-academics to deliver the lecture.After being approached to deliver the 19th event in September last year, Privett considered a number of subjects.