--- title: "Riverside’s Guest Speaker Professor Tim Luckhurst" url: "https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2014-12-12-riverside-s-guest-speaker-professor-tim-luckhurst" school: "Riverside Secondary School" --- [Click here to apply for Riverside 6th Form](https://riversideschool.applicaa.com/year12) # Riverside’s Guest Speaker Professor Tim Luckhurst ![Image of Riverside’s Guest Speaker Professor Tim Luckhurst](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/news/94.png) 12 December 2014 Our guest speaker for Autumn Term 2014 was Professor Tim Luckhurst; Professor Luckhurst is a University of Cambridge graduate from a state school background, he is British journalist and academic currently the Professor of Journalism at the University of Kent, and the founding head of the university’s Centre for Journalism. He was impressed with Riverside students’ articulate and thoughtful questions that provoked an inspirational speech from Professor Luckhurst. His message was very clear: challenges are to be overcome and anything is possible with hard work and determination. [ London Lions Basketball Trip](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2014-12-01-london-lions-basketball-trip) [Barking and Dagenham Winter Games ](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2014-12-17-barking-and-dagenham-winter-games) ![Riverside Secondary School](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/Logo_Footer.png) ### Riverside Secondary School Renwick Road Barking IG11 0FU 0203 946 5888 ### Social Media - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/riverside_campus/) [![Partnership Learning](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/AAAPartnership-Learning_white.png)](https://partnershiplearning.com) © Copyright 2026 Riverside Secondary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://riverside-secondary.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)