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May
2010
John worked at the meteorological office at Manchester Airport for two years from 1970 before studying Applied Physics at what is now Coventry University. From 1980 he worked at the Nottingham Weather Centre, presenting his first forecast for Radio Lincolnshire, then further forecasts for Midlands Today. In 1985 he became a national forecaster on the BBC.
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26
May
2010
David French is Professor of Health Psychology in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences in Coventry University.
In this talk he discusses the health benefits of helping people to be more active through walking and the way that health psychology interventions can dramatically improve the amount of walking that people do.
Please visit http://www.coventry.ac.uk/hli to find out more about research into Health and Lifestyle Interventions at Coventry University.
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18
May
2010
Rob Hopkin was at the very apex of the General Election programme. He was the main director in the Television Centre gallery responsible for bringing together scores of outside broadcasts in four nations, five star presenters in London and much more.
Here he discusses how such a huge broadcasting operation comes together.
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17
May
2010
Richard Parry-Jones is an automotive engineering leader who worked for the Ford Motor Company for 38 years.
Richard spent nearly ten years as group Vice President in charge of Research and Development for Ford and its subsiduary companies worldwide, leading a staff of 30,000 Product Development professionals in 15 countries. He was also the company's Chief Technical Officer up until his retirement in 2007. He now consults a range of blue-chip clients and is involved in a number of engineering and education related projects in the UK and beyond.
This lecture covers his career from designing the brakes on the Ford Capri right up until his ventures into motorsport, including working on the Jaguar Formula One team.
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12
May
2010
Dr Roger Mortimore is Director of Political Analysis at Ipsos MORI. He was co-editor of the last two Political Communications studies of British general elections, and co-author of a number of other books on British elections.
Here he discusses statistics and polls undertaken throughout this years general election, including how the exit poll managed to predict the result so accurately. To see the slides from this presentation visit http://cutoday.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/election-results-just-about-right/
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11
May
2010
Richard Keeble is a director of the Institute of Communication Ethics and co-edits their quarterly journal, Ethical Space. He is on the editorial board for a number of international journals.
Here he discusses the role of peace journalism in challenging key issues around war and contemporary culture.
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11
May
2010
Gavin is one of Britain’s best-known motoring writers. He was editor of Car magazine when it was the best selling motoring magazine in Britain, and is a former motoring editor of The Independent and the International Herald Tribune.
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7
May
2010
In this Coventry Conversation Motorsport broadcasting legend Murray Walker talks about his long and distinguished career as a motorsport commentator.
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