Leeds Media Services News
March 2010
Working Journeys video now online
Leeds Media Services have just finished editing the Working Journeys video in collaboration with Research Toolkit.
The video supports a report created by Research Toolkit on The Skills Passport Employability Programme at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Following from a successful Yorkshire Forward/NHS funded Employability pilot at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the Trust developed their own 'Skills passport' initiative in 2009. This evalaution tells the story of that programme through the evidence provided from participant group interviews and individual story-telling sessions. The interviews and story-telling sessions formed the basis for the case studies included in the report, and also for the accompanying DVD. This evalaution work was commissioned by the Sheffield Work and Skills Board (2009).
The video can be seen on Research Toolkit's website - http://www.research-toolkit.co.uk/our_work_wj.html
Learning & Teaching Conference 2010 - now online
Leeds Media Services filmed and edited The Seventh Annual University of Leeds Learning & Teaching Conference in January.
LTC7 2010 also provides teaching and support staff at the University of Leeds with an excellent opportunity to find out more about innovative and exciting ways for teachers and students to learn, and at the same time offers a unique chance to network with colleagues from all around the University.
Keynote speakers
Ray Land is Professor of Higher Education and Head of the Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement (CAPLE) at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow UK. His research interests include academic development, threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge, research-teaching linkages, and theoretical aspects of digital learning. He is the author of Educational Development: Discourse, Identity and Practice (Open University Press 2004) and co-editor of Education in Cyberspace (RoutledgeFalmer 2005), Overcoming Barriers to Student Learning: Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge (Routledge 2006), Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines (Sense Publishers 2008) and Research-Teaching Linkages: Enhancing Graduate Attributes (QAA 2008). A new volume, Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning will be published in early 2010 (Sense Publishers, Rotterdam) Visit http://personal.strath.ac.uk/ray.land/home.htm for more information.
Liz Beaty, Director of Strategic Academic Practice and Partnership at the University of Cumbria. Liz spent five years at HEFCE where she was Director for Learning and Teaching. With an excellent reputation as a speaker, Liz currently holds strategic responsibility for teaching and learning, participation and progression, and partnerships with other UK HEIs and FE colleges and has overall strategic responsibility for the University's FE Provision. For more information about Liz, please visit http://www.cumbria.ac.uk/AboutUs/TheUniversity/University%20Management%20Team/Liz%20Beaty.aspx
Routes into Language Careers - part of EXPO 09 now online
In November 2009 Leeds Media Services filmed the Routes into Language Careers - part of EXPO 09 for the University of Leeds. A careers extravaganza including specialist language recruiters, talks for sixth formers on careers with languages and interpreting workshops. For Y12/Y13 pupils plus undergraduate students. Organised in partnership with the NNI, the Faculty of Arts and the University of Leeds Careers Centre.
The video can now be watched online at - http://www.nationalnetworkforinterpreting.ac.uk/assets/video/expo09/index.html
Link courtesy of Dragos Ciobanu.
February 2010
We're moving!
But don't worry, we're not going far. We're moving from office 37 to office 42 as we've outgrown our old one. Our new address is:
Leeds Media Services
Unit 42 - Evans Business Centre
Burley Road
Leeds
LS4 2PU
Our telephone number is still the same - 0113 288 3200.
LMS film Talking Points: Why are inequalities in health greater now than at any times since the 1920s?
On Tuesday the 10th of February Leeds Media Services filmed "Why are inequalities in health greater now than at any times since the 1920s?" part of the talking Points series of lectures organised by The Yorkshire and Humber Teaching Public Health Network (YHTPHN).
The third in the Talking Points series was given by Professor Danny Dorling from University of Sheffield. Danny Dorling's extensive works take consideration of a wealth of data and statistics and are used to provide an exceptional description of poverty within the UK. He presents these with passion and uses issues to describe issues that matter.
The Yorkshire and Humber Teaching Public Health Network - http://www.yhtphn.co.uk/
Talking Points: Why are inequalities in health greater now than at any times since the 1920s? - http://www.yhtphn.co.uk/index.php?id=326
To download Professor Danny Dorling's biography please click http://www.yhtphn.co.uk/assets/files/ACPD/Danny%20Dorling%20Biography.pdf
Photo courtesy of Catherine Grinold.
January 2010
LMS film New economics: The onslaught of free
On Wednesday the 20th of January Leeds Media Services filmed 'New economics: The onslaught of free' part of the Connected World series run by The Bathwick Group.
New economics: The onslaught of free
The rise of 'free'; the potential and pitfalls of monetisation of online content. Who pays? Can advertising power all online business models? What is the future of offline media? How will the BBC vs Sky and the commercial model play out, and what will be the impact of IPTV?
The panelists included:
Chris Tulley - Partner, Interllectual Property & Technology Group, DLA Piper UK
http://www.dlapiper.com/chris_tulley/
David Parkin - Editor, TheBusinessDesk.com
http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/about-us.html
Professor David S. Wall - School of Law, University of Leeds
http://www.law.leeds.ac.uk/about/staff/wall/
Dr Leo Enticknap - Deputy Director, Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds
http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/details.cfm?id=94&susername=ICSLEN
Further information about the event:
http://bathwickgroup.com/cw/index.php?action=event_details&id=1
Further information about The Bathwick Group:
http://bathwickgroup.com/
'Countdown to Copenhagen' now online
In November Leeds Media Services filmed 'Countdown to Copenhagen'.
Hosted by the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, this debate was introduced by University of Leeds' Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Arthur and chaired by Centre Director, Professor Andy Gouldson.
The panel comprised:
- Franny Armstrong, Director of the Age of Stupid and founder of the 10:10 campaign
- the Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for DEFRA
- Edward McMillan Scott MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament
- the Rt Hon John Prescott MP, Leader of the British delegation to the Council of Europe/ Rapporteur for Climate Change for the Council of Europe
- Ashok Sinha, Director of the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition
The debate, which was a catalyst for a lively open question and answer session with an audience comprising students, university staff, people from the city and region working on climate-change/sustainability, activists and members of the public, explored issues such as:
- Given the latest scientific evidence on climate change, what kind of global deal does the world need?
- What are the obstacles to achievement at Copenhagen and how can these be overcome?
- What should the UK and the EU be doing to enhance the prospects for an ambitious global deal at Copenhagen?
- How can activists/other interested parties best maintain political pressure on Government/other decision makers?
- How will Government ministries work together to deliver on commitments made at Copenhagen?
- What impacts might a global deal at Copenhagen have on the economy and society in the UK and internationally?
http://lutube.leeds.ac.uk/avsmas/videos/2389
Leeds Media Services film and edit promotional video for Leeds University Business School
Leeds Media Seervices have recently completed working on two promotional videos for Leeds University Business School. The first video - a message from the Dean of the Business School, Peter Moizer, can be found on the LUBS homepage http://business.leeds.ac.uk/.
Leeds Media Services film The Seventh Annual University of Leeds Learning & Teaching Conference
On Friday the 8th January Leeds Media Services filmed the two keynote speeces from The Seventh Annual University of Leeds Learning & Teaching Conference.
Both keynote sessions will be available to view online soon.
Conference website www.lts.leeds.ac.uk/conference.php?PAGE=5&SUBPAGE=17.
Leeds Media Services produce 'Progression to Post-16 and Higher Education In Inner South Leeds' video
This video captures the views and experiences of progression to higher education by some of the young people interviewed during the research. Key findings are presented by Lead Researcher Dr Paul Sharp.
For older news items - Leeds Media Services 2009 News.
