The lifelong benefits of reading for pleasure - Dr Alice Sullivan - UCL Lunch Hour Lectures
Speaker: Professor Alice Sullivan, UCL Institute of Education Tuesday 25th October 2016 #ucllhl Bring your lunch and your curiosity! UCL Lunch Hour Lectures, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Darwin Lecture Theatre, 1.15 - 1.55pm (term time) Drawing on a nationally representative longitudinal study of more than 17,000 people born in Britain in 1970 (the 1970 British Cohort Study), Professor Alice Sullivan will explore the positive influence of reading for pleasure on learning during the teenage years and into mid-life. Free to attend, live stream or watch online More info : http://events.ucl.ac.uk/lhl Join the conversation on Twitter at #UCLLHL

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