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Dorothy Wilson - Honorary Graduate July 2014
09:06, Wed 13 Aug 2014
Dorothy Wilson is Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Midlands Arts Centre (mac) in Birmingham. Dorothy received an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Warwick in July 2014.
(MP3 format, 13 MB)
Alexandra Pringle - Honorary Graduate July 2014
09:02, Wed 13 Aug 2014
Alexandra Pringle is Group Editor-in-Chief of Bloomsbury. Alexandra received an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Warwick in July 2014.
(MP3 format, 6.5 MB)
Heinrich von Kleist: Michael Kohlhaas
10:12, Wed 18 Jun 2014
Seán Allan and Ricarda Schmidt discuss Kleist's novella Michael Kohlhaas
(MP3 format, 23 MB)
Heinrich von Kleist: Education and Violence in Eighteenth-century Europe
10:08, Wed 18 Jun 2014
Seán Allan and Steven Howe discuss some of the key theories of education in late eighteenth-century Europe and the way these impacted upon the work of Heinrich von Kleist.
(MP3 format, 25 MB)
DLS - Sir Michael Barber
16:05, Tue 6 May 2014
Sir Michael Barber presents his talk, "Getting every child into school and learning; why wait?"
(MP4 format, 218 MB)
Why Warwick - A view from our academics
12:29, Fri 28 Mar 2014
Why Study at Warwick - a view from our academics
(MP4 format, 19 MB)
Fabulous Feedback 2013
09:05, Tue 25 Feb 2014
Following last year’s Fabulous Feedback competition the three academic staff who were nominated by Warwick students as giving the best feedback (Seán Hand from French Studies , Ian Tuersley from WMG, and Richard Lampard from Sociology) came together to record a podcast on how they approached and thought about feedback to students.
(MP3 format, 24 MB)
Nick Pearce Distinguished Lecture Series
11:56, Wed 19 Feb 2014
Politics as vocation in a post democratic age? Nick Pearce is Director of IPPR. He rejoined the institute in September 2010 after two years as Head of the Policy Unit at No 10.
(MP4 format, 117 MB)
Sir Vernon Ellis Graduation Winter 2014
14:25, Mon 17 Feb 2014
Chair of the British Council, music enthusiast and formerly of Accenture, Sir Vernon Ellis received an Honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University of Warwick in January 2014. Sir Vernon spoke to Peter Dunn at the Winter 2014 Graduation Ceremony and explained what makes him happy, his role at the British Council and what challenges he thinks universities like Warwick will face over the next 50 years.
(MP3 format, 6.4 MB)
Oliver Sacks Graduation Winter 2014
14:24, Mon 17 Feb 2014
Oliver Sacks is a physician, best-selling author and professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Centre. Professor Sacks joined the University of Warwick, as a visiting Professor in the Institute of Advanced Study, in 2012. He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books, and is the author of several books including The Mind's Eye, Musicophilia, Awakenings, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. He is currently working on his autobiography. Professor Sacks received an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Warwick in January 2014.
(MP3 format, 4.5 MB)
Professor George Loewenstein Graduation Winter 2014
14:22, Mon 17 Feb 2014
A pioneer of behavioural science, Professor George Loewenstein is the Herbert A. Simon University Professor of Economics and Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. Professor Loewenstein received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Warwick in January 2014. In his work, the Professor explores the borderlands between economics and psychology. Professor Loewenstein spoke to Anna Blackaby about his work at the University of Graduation Ceremony.
(MP3 format, 5.1 MB)
Kevin Finnan MBE Graduation Winter 2014
14:20, Mon 17 Feb 2014
Dr Kevin Finnan MBE is one of England’s leading and most innovative choreographers and co-founder the Motion House dance company with Louise Richards. Kevin received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Warwick in January 2014. Speaking to Luke Harrison at the 2014 Graduation, Kevin offered up his thoughts on his role in the Paralympics opening ceremony and the value of the arts for our community.
(MP3 format, 11 MB)
Dr John Hood Graduation Winter 2014
14:19, Mon 17 Feb 2014
There are very few who have successfully straddled the worlds of academia and business. Dr John Hood took lessons from his time at New Zealand-based Fletcher Challenge Limited and brought them in to his vice-chancellor roles at Auckland and Oxford as well as taking lessons from academia into his business career. Dr Hood received an Honorary Doctor of Law from the University of Warwick in January 2014. Speaking to Lucy Handford at the Graduation Ceremony, Dr Hood and explains what challenges him, offers him fulfilment and ultimately satisfaction.
(MP3 format, 9.0 MB)
Mona Siddiqui Distinguished Lecture Series
15:14, Tue 11 Feb 2014
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(MP4 format, 142 MB)
Sociologies of Moderation
12:23, Tue 28 Jan 2014
Dr Alex Smith discusses his new book called Sociologies of Moderation
(MP3 format, 9.2 MB)