31
October
2008

Professor Maggi Savin-Baden on the Learning Innovation Group

In this lecture, Maggi Savin-Baden, Director of the Learning Innovations Group at Coventy University, gives an overview of the history of the group and some of the exciting projects that are currently underway or in the pipeline.

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30
October
2008

The Future of Gaming - Philip Oliver, Blitz Games

Philip Oliver is best known as one half of U.K. Spectrum design duo the Oliver Twins. Along with his brother Andrew they produced some of the most popular games for the system and in the 1980s, they launched their own highly popular franchise, the Dizzy series of games. In 1990 they set up their own business, Interactive Studios – now known as Blitz Games.

In this Coventry Conversation, Philip talks about his views on the future of the games industry.

A snippet from this talk is available to watch on CUTV

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19
October
2008

Trevor Phillips discusses Community Cohesion

Trevor Phillips, head of the Commission for Equalities and Human Rights, discusses the current financial situation in the UK and the potential effects on community cohesion.

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19
October
2008

Migration and the Economic Downturn - Anne Harrop

Anne Harrop, director of policy and research at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, talks about the effect the economic downturn may have on migration.

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19
October
2008

Community Cohesion and Local Government - Richard Kemp

Richard Kemp, deputy chair of the LGA, discusses community cohesion from a local government perspective.

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19
October
2008

iCoCo Autumn Reception - Ted Cantle Introduction

Ted Cantle announces the launch of the new iCoCo portal, the peer-reviewed journal (first edition due Spring 09) and the National Cohesion Forum.

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16
October
2008

Automotive Journalism - Steve Cropley, Autocar

Steve Cropley is Editor-in-chief at weekly automotive magazine, Autocar. For the last 35 years, he has remained one of the country’s most prolific and respected motoring journalists. For 15 years of that time, he has been an avid columnist and more recently blogger on Autocar’s highly-popular online website.

Listen to the podcast here or Watch a snippet from this talk on CUTV.

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16
October
2008

From Vertical to Horizontal - Professor Sarah Whatley

Professor Sarah Whatley talks about the many projects and performances she has been involved with throughout her career as a dancer and choreographer.

You can also watch this talk on the Coventry University YouTube Channel

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9
October
2008

My Experience in Documentary - Alex Holmes - Writer, Producer and Director

Alex has been responsible as producer/director/writer for three major pieces of recent UK television history: In 1999 he was the series editor of the groundbreaking series Macintyre Undercover; In 2004, Dunkirk told the human stories of the Dunkirk landing in factual drama form; and his latest offering is House of Saddam which was based on 2 years of research.

In this Conversation, Alex comes to Coventry fresh from Los Angeles and London to talk about the latest drama.

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2
October
2008

Writing ‘Manchester UTD: The Biography’ - Jim White

Jim White is sports columnist for the Daily Telegraph as well as an author and broadcaster. Jim was a founding member of The Independent in 1986 and worked there for a decade before moving to The Guardian. He won sports columnist of the year during his time there and established himself as one of the most well-respected sports journalists.

Jim now writes for the Daily Telegraph as a regular columnist and arts critic and recently released his eighth book, ‘Manchester United: The Biography’ which is the topic for this Coventry Conversation.

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