FA Chairman Greg Dyke will deliver a free public lecture on discrimination in football at The University of Manchester on November 27, 2014.
The lecture, entitled Tackling Discrimination: football, media and the pursuit of equality, comes after a number of notable cases on racism in British and international football.
High on the agenda will be a debate challenging ideas on how sport and the media can contribute to wider social change.
Greg Dyke, who was appointed Independent Chairman of The Football Association in July 2013, will tackle one of the biggest issues facing the game during the annual Jim Rose Lecture hosted by the University’s School of Social Sciences and the leading independent race equality think tank the Runnymede Trust.
Jim Rose co-founded the Runnymede Trust in 1968 and became known for his unwavering and unbroken contribution and devotion to racial justice and civil rights. Following his death, in 1999, the Trust established a memorial lecture in his name to mark his enduring legacy and continue the struggle for racial justice.
This lecture is free of charge but attendance must be confirmed via The University of Manchester box office on 0161 275 8951 or by emailing your full name and contact details to boxoffice@manchester.ac.uk.
The lecture will take place from 7.30pm to 9.30pm on November 27, 2014 at Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall at The University of Manchester.
