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News Archive for March, 2014

  • New changes to Copyright Law

    The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has just published guidance on the amendments to the laws on copyright being introduced in June. The changes to the copyright exceptions are brought in by secondary legislation in the form of five statutory instruments that amend relevant sections of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The Copyright and […]

  • Latest entries on the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,500 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, telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ The Big Idea Academics from the University of Edinburgh discuss a theme of contemporary relevance in […]

  • View the leading educational productions

    The BUFVC Learning on Screen Awards 2014 will take place at the BFI Southbank, London on the evening of Thursday 24 April 2014. View the nominations online. Join us on the evening to: celebrate educational media production view the leading productions in learning, teaching & research discover the latest films by student filmmakers network with […]

  • British Film Institute publishes ‘Film Education Strategy’ document

    Following a review announced last October, the British Film Institute has published its new film education strategy document. Impact, Relevance and Excellence: a New Stage for Film Education The document is subdivided into three themes, ‘The Value of Film Education’, ‘Film Education for All’ and ‘The Role of the BFI’ and concludes with a series […]

  • Recent additions to the Moving Image Gateway

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,500 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, telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ David Lynch Interview Project In 2009, film director David Lynch sent his son Austin and collaborator […]

  • BBC2: Origins; Influence; Audiences: A 50th Anniversary Conference

    BBC2: Origins; Influence; Audiences: A 50th Anniversary Conference 25-26 April 2014 Science Museum, London On the 20th April 1964 the BBC launched its second television channel: BBC2. Although the launch was a flop (due to a major power cut) the station soon became a fixture of UK broadcasting. This conference engages with the example of […]

  • The latest edition of Viewfinder is here

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    Viewfinder 94 includes articles on European heritage, movie idols, Shakespeare on screen, the work of the National STEM Centre and the launch of the BUFVC’s new UPITN digital resource

  • Media Screen Roundup – February 2014

    The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. This month’s Roundup opens with 100 years of the fashion film by Marketa Uhlirova.  A theme continued with other fashion and clothing articles including, Ellen Scott’s, More than a “Passing” […]

  • Latest entries on the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,500 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, telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ Cambridge Spies – The Guy Burgess Tape This fascinating microsite presents the only known audio recording […]

  • BoB National featured in Jisc Inform

    Virginia Haworth-Galt, CEO of the BUFVC, discusses the latest updates to the BoB National service in the new issue of Jisc Inform, which you can read here: www.jisc.ac.uk/inform/inform39/ For details about the BoB National service, visit: http://bobnational.net/