National Lecture 2010: Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox to raise awareness at GTCS Lecture in 2010
Annie Lennox will be delivering the next GTC Scotland Lecture later in the year as part of the Festival of Politics.
One of the finest and most outstanding musical voices of our time, Annie Lennox is celebrated as an innovator and a symbol of enduring excellence.
Over the years she has received numerous prestigious awards, including an Oscar, a Golden Globe, numerous Grammys, Brits, ASCAP and Ivor Novello Awards amongst many others.
The singer and long term campaigner is likely to focus on her work with Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). A South African charity that campaigns for treatment for people with HIV and to reduce new HIV infections. Annie spent two weeks in South Africa with TAC in 2009, recording the real situation millions face every day, so that people unaware of the pandemic might gain some understanding. In Africa there are few resources to help medicate sufferers or educate the people about the prevention of HIV/AIDS. The trip was documented across the media by Annie herself.
A veteran campaigner on a raft of issues, Annie hopes to use her public profile to become an ambassador for TAC in the UK.
She has set up a new campaign site called SING www.annielennoxsing.co.uk and you can view her work there.
Our lecture has established itself as one of the most popular events in the education calendar and, is often oversubscribed.
Previous lectures have included The Lord Advocate, the Rt Hon Elish Angiolini QC, Lord David Putnam, Baroness Warnock and Christopher Brookmyre.
The lecture will take place this year in the Parliament's main debating chamber followed by a reception in the Garden Lobby at Holyrood. Details of times and how to obtain tickets will be published in edition 34 of 'Teaching Scotland' and in these pages.
2010: Annie Lennox