THE former Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, will give a flagship seminar at an Oxford college next month.

Mr Rudd, who is currently studying in the city, will give the Rector's Seminar at Exeter College on May 16.

He started as a DPhil student last September at Jesus College, studying on the worldview of the Xi Jinping, the President of China.

He will give a talk entitled How dangerous are current threats to liberal democracy?

The seminars give the chance for inspirational figures and leaders in their fields the chance to discuss an area of their own expertise.

The talk is open to all members of Oxford University and Exeter College alumni.

Mr Rudd served as t he 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 until 2010 and again in 2013.

He was also the country's foreign minister from 2010 until 2012.

In 2008, he formally acknowledged suffering by indigenous Australians in the National Apology to the Stolen Generations.

He also led the country's response to the Credit Crunch. The International Monetary Fund said it was the most effective stimulus strategy of all major economies.

He remains president of the Asia Society Policy Institute, the chairman of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism and a distinguished fellow at Chatham House, London.

His talk will take place in the FitzHugh Auditorium at Cohen Quad in Walton Street at 5.30pm on May 16.