Colleen Harris has recently set a consultancy which helps map out issues of Equality and Diversity for companies such as Channel 4 and the Telegraph Media Group. She has previously worked as a PR advisor for Trevor Phillips, John Prescott, Prince Charles and Margaret Thatcher amongst others.
‘Crowngate’ was one of the biggest media news stories during the frenzy on TV ‘fakery’. At the time Wyatt promised he would endeavour to “establish a full understanding of the events” that led to the furore surrounding the film about the Queen.
Wyatt now works as a media consultant and company director. In 1988, he was Head of Documentary Features before becoming Managing Director BBC Network Television. In 1996 he became Chief Executive of the BBC, overseeing the launch of BBC Online, UKTV and BBC America.
Andrew Davies is the country’s most sought after writer. He has managed to make script writing both interesting and saleable. Andrew is well known for his period drama adoptions with notable successes including ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Vanity Fair’ and ‘Doctor Zhivago’. Hear Andrew in his second Coventry Conversation.
Journalism has changed enormously over the last decade with the introduction of new technology and new platforms, by the real revolution has been the ever greater role and involvement women play in the field. Two of the most renowned, Katharine Whitehorn and Felicity Green are the personification of how their respective styles have helped make them household names.
Dr Stephen Cowden, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Coventry University discusses the idea of critical pedagogy. He explores the relationship between critical pedagogy, emancipation and Marxian thought.
Specifically, he highlights the contributions made by the Brazilian radical educationalist, Paulo Freire and the French sociologist and public intellectual Pierre Bourdieu to his own understanding and application of critical pedagogy.
This is an inspirational talk that Richard Seymour gave at Coventry University about the challenges and responsibilities of designers in the future.
Richard Seymour is co-founder of Seymour-powell, one of the world’s top product design agencies. Based in London, Seymour-powell has been responsible for some of the most iconic products of the last 25 years, including the world’s first cordless kettle, pocket mobile phone and Bioform Bra. More recently, the company has been involved with helping to develop the interior of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic privateer spacecraft and a hydrogen-powered motorcycle.
He is holder of the D&AD Presidents Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design and recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the Centre for Creative Studies, Michigan. He is a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art and was voted (with Dick Powell) 6th Most Important Mover and Shaker in British Culture 2004 by the BBC.
Richard is also a visiting professor at Coventry University.
Panorama reporter Shelley Jofre discusses her investigated allegations that psychiatric drugs, in particular the best-selling antidepressent Seroxat have devestating side effects and are being over-prescribed to children in the UK and US. Shelly questions how much faith we should put in the medicines we take.
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