Learning on ScreenNews Archive for November, 2012
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Watch the live webcast of The Innovation Debate 2012
Published: 9 November 2012The Innovation Debate 2012 at the Royal Society on 20th November 2012 will bring together influential and respected figures from the worlds of science, technology, medicine, engineering, education, government, industry and media to discuss how best to encourage and nurture scientific innovation. Chaired by physicist, author and broadcaster Professor Jim Al-Khalili with panellists including: Nobel prize-winning […]
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Updates to the BUFVC Gateway
Published: 9 November 2012The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,250 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email or telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ Arts Council Podcasts A series of six audio podcast magazine programmes, […]
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BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests
Published: 9 November 2012For the week ending 2nd November 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include coverage of such topics as the funeral business, a history of social dance, self image, modern living and the new culture of surveillance. 1. DEBORAH BULL’S DANCE NATION (BBC RADIO 4) View TRILT record or listen now on […]
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93% of UK HE students have access to BUFVC resources
Published: 5 November 2012BUFVC in numbers 2011/12 The latest data and information on how the BUFVC connects teachers, learners and researchers with moving image and sound content is now available online. Did you know that users can search over 16 million moving image and sound records, watch over 100,000 programmes on BoB National and read Viewfinder articles online? […]
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Pioneering project to create citation guidelines for AV content
Published: 5 November 2012Despite the exponential increase in the use of audiovisual material in teaching, learning and research in higher and further education, existing guidelines for the citation of moving image and sound are insufficient as they are based on standards developed for the written word. This has the effect of discouraging the citing of moving image and […]
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BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests
Published: 2 November 2012For the week ending 26th October 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include coverage of such topics as careers, disability, prison life, the biology life and death on earth and modern art. 1. HOTEL GB (CHANNEL 4) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National. For more information, please go […]
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New additions to the Gateway
Published: 1 November 2012The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,200 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email or telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ ChronoZoom This is an open source, community collaboration between University College […]
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30 years of Channel 4
Published: 1 November 2012With the the first edition of Countdown, presented by Richard Whitely on 2 November 1982, Channel 4 was born. To celebrate its 30 years of activity, the University of Portsmouth is currently running a two-day conference at the BFI Southbank with speakers including Sir Jeremy Isaacs and Hanif Kureishi. For further details, visit: www.c4film.co.uk/conference-2012 You […]
