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April
2008
The Serious Games Institute, aka the SGI, based in the West Midlands in the UK, focuses on developing the non-entertainment application of gaming technology and virtual environments.
Gaming has a number of applications in teaching and learning, as well as in helping companies to train their staff in safe and repeatable environments
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24
April
2008
Jim has, in addition to writing for the Telegraph and the Independent, appeared on TV and radio. His broadcast credits include sport on Radio Five (Which he won a Sony Gold for a documentary) to Radio Four’s Front Row to documentaries for Sky Sport.
In this Coventry Conversation, part of a day devoted to Olympics banter, Jim talks about his life and career as a sports journalist.
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24
April
2008
Jim’s career includes: From 1990–93 Editor of Rugby World, 1994-96 Freelance work and from 1996 to present, The Guardian and Observer. He has also published a number of books including: Linford Christie: The Unauthorised Biography (1995) and Running Scared: How Athletics Lost its Innocence (1996). He is currently working on a number of other books.
In this talk, part of a day of discussion about the Olympics, Duncan discusses why this particular sporting event is surrounded by so much controversy.
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24
April
2008
David has been involved in athletics for more than 30 years at club, area and international level as a competitor, teacher, coach, broadcaster and from 1997-2006, he was chief executive of the sport’s national governing body. As a competitor, his highlights include setting the world record for 5000m at 13 minutes 00.41 seconds in Oslo in 1982 – it remains the UK record to this day -and winning the Commonwealth Games Gold medals for 1500m in 1978 and 5000m in 1982.
In this talk, part of a day's worth of talks about the Olympics, David talks about his experiences of athletics at all levels.
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24
April
2008
Colin Has worked as a TV Director and Producer, his credits include, as director, ‘The Secretary who stole £4 Million’ and ‘The Lavender List’. He was Director and Producer on ‘Get Carman: The Trials of George Carman QC’, ‘The rise of the Celebrity Class’, and a Producer on ‘Maxwell’ and ‘10 Days to War’.
In this talk, Colin describes his experiences of working in TV and focuses on the making of ‘10 Days to War’.
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17
April
2008
Dr Winston Mano discusses Zimbabwe and Kenya with Professor John O. Oucho.
Dr Mano is a Course Leader; he has a Graduate Diploma in Media and Communication Studies and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Media and Communication Studies.
Prof Oucho has undertaken consultancies for various United Nations agencies, among them UNFPA, UNICEF, UNESCO, ILO, the world bank, UNHABITAT and other organisations.
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4
April
2008
From football to the royals, the first Innovate of 2008 features a range of applied research activities including:
Look and learn - Helping children with visual dyslexia
A perfect match - How a partnership with Coventry City Football Club is reaping benefits
Royal approval - Celebrating excellence in transport with the Queen's approval
Window of opportunity - How a grant helped one woman create a safer network of windscreen fitters
Avoiding the supermarkets - Why more people are turning to farmers' markets and organic food boxes
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