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Talking teaching with criminologists - Podcast BSC LTD 'Pracademics in higher education' with Dr Jill Dealey (2024)
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Eason, A., & Dealey, J. Talking teaching with criminologists - Podcast BSC LTD 'Pracademics in higher education' with Dr Jill Dealey. [Podcast]

In this episode Drs Anne Eason (University of the West of England) and Jill Dealey (University of Portsmouth) discuss 'pracademics': criminal justice practitioners moving into full-time university teaching on both traditional and vocational (police,... Read More about Talking teaching with criminologists - Podcast BSC LTD 'Pracademics in higher education' with Dr Jill Dealey.

Rivermaids (2024)
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Berridge, S., McEwen, L., & Chun, K. (2024). Rivermaids. [Audio]

This play - a drama piece about local water resilience and climate change, has been co-created with community members of Tewkesbury and in partnership with The Roses Theatre. It is a response to a research call encouraging new collaboration between D... Read More about Rivermaids.

Physics for fairness: Tackling global sustainability challenges through science (2023)
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Glester, A. (in press). Physics for fairness: Tackling global sustainability challenges through science. [Podcast]

This year, 2023, marks the half-way point to the 2030 deadline for achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recent global developments, including conflicts and the COVID-19 pandemic, make SDGs such as “Zero Hunger” and “Reduced Inequali... Read More about Physics for fairness: Tackling global sustainability challenges through science.

BBC Free Thinking Episode: Victorian Colour, Jewellery and Metalwork (2023)
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Boons, S. (in press). BBC Free Thinking Episode: Victorian Colour, Jewellery and Metalwork. [Radio Broadcast]

Man-made gems are the subject of research being undertaken by jeweller Sofie Boons. She joins presenter Nandini Das alongside Matthew Winterbottom, the curator of an exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford which explores the explosion of colour... Read More about BBC Free Thinking Episode: Victorian Colour, Jewellery and Metalwork.

Our universe is humming with gravitational waves (2023)
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Glester, A. (in press). Our universe is humming with gravitational waves. [Podcast]

In recent weeks the astrophysics community has been buzzing following the discovery that the universe appears to be filled with a background hum of gravitational waves. Using radio telescopes in the Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the US, several... Read More about Our universe is humming with gravitational waves.

Will AI chatbots replace physicists? (2023)
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Glester, A. (in press). Will AI chatbots replace physicists?. [Podcast]

When discussing the capabilities of the latest AI chatbots, a physicist may argue: “Okay, they’re impressive at regurgitating texts that sound increasingly human. But we physicists don’t have much to worry about. It will be ages before the bots learn... Read More about Will AI chatbots replace physicists?.

Cosmic generosity: A selfless investment in the future of physics (2023)
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Glester, A. (2023). Cosmic generosity: A selfless investment in the future of physics. [Podcast]

If you were awarded $3m prize money for your scientific excellence and hard graft, would you give it all away to strangers? That’s what the Northern Irish astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell did in 2018 after winning the Special Breakthrough Pri... Read More about Cosmic generosity: A selfless investment in the future of physics.

How can we make lithium-ion batteries more sustainable? (2023)
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Glester, A. (2023). How can we make lithium-ion batteries more sustainable?. [Podcast]

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are set to play a key role in the transition to a decarbonized world. They are one of the principal energy sources for electric vehicles, grid storage and many consumer electronics. As things stand, however, the way that... Read More about How can we make lithium-ion batteries more sustainable?.

Finding solace in the stars (2023)
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Glester, A. (2023). Finding solace in the stars. [Podcast]

A new film Space, Hope and Charity tells the story of Charity Woodrum, an astrophysicist whose childhood dream of working for NASA was nearly derailed by a personal tragedy. Woodrum is now studying for a doctorate in galaxy quenching at the Universit... Read More about Finding solace in the stars.

Making spaceflight accessible to people with physical disabilities (2023)
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Glester, A. (2023). Making spaceflight accessible to people with physical disabilities. [Podcast]

The European Space Agency (ESA) recently made history by selecting John McFall – an amputee, Paralympic sprinter and medical scientist – among its latest cohort of astronauts. McFall’s inclusion is part of an ESA parastronaut feasibility project for... Read More about Making spaceflight accessible to people with physical disabilities.

How I became a Printmaker (2022)
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Ho, W. (2022). How I became a Printmaker. [https://www.japankyo.com/2022/11/japan-station-podcast-ukiyoe-printmaker-wuon-gean-ho-interview/]

In November of 2016 Tony Vega started JapanKyo after noticing a vast and endless stream of interesting news and content coming out of Japan that was getting little to no coverage by English-language media. Using his expertise in the Japanese language... Read More about How I became a Printmaker.

Serious Leisure Podcast Ep #16 - Accidental poets (2022)
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Adukwu, E., & Unekwu-Ojo Ogu, I. (2022). Serious Leisure Podcast Ep #16 - Accidental poets. [Audio file hosted on Soundcloud]

How does an activity you start doing alone in your home snowball into a vibrant, active group of people, generating, sharing and critiquing ideas? In this episode we hear how Dr Emmanuel Adukwu and Father Immanuel Unekwu-Ojo Ogu journeyed from writin... Read More about Serious Leisure Podcast Ep #16 - Accidental poets.

22 (2022)
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Lloyd, O. (2022). 22. [Music composition]

Album of 6 works, made using synthesis, field recording and generative techniques.

Global crafts: Woodblock prints with Wuon-Gean Ho (2022)
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Ho, W. (2022). Global crafts: Woodblock prints with Wuon-Gean Ho. [https://japaninnorwich.org/2022/03/31/s2e23-global-crafts-woodblock-prints/]

This week Oliver is joined by Wuon-Gean Ho, printmaker and research associate at the University of West England’s Centre for Print Research, to discuss the place of mokuhanga, or woodblock printmaking, in the global spread of traditional crafts. Wuon... Read More about Global crafts: Woodblock prints with Wuon-Gean Ho.

Between the Ears: The Emperor and the Pianola (2022)
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Sobers, S. (2022). Between the Ears: The Emperor and the Pianola. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015ds7]

Short description: In this captivating Between the Ears, Professor Shawn Sobers uncovers the fascinating story of Emperor Haile Selassie I and his pianola as told through the music of the time, (based on Sobers' original research). Long descrip... Read More about Between the Ears: The Emperor and the Pianola.

Episode 131 | Wuon-Gean Ho (2022)
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Ho, W. (2022). Episode 131 | Wuon-Gean Ho. [https://helloprintfriend.com/episode-131-wuongean-ho]

Episode 131 | Wuon-Gean Ho This week on Hello Print Friend Miranda speaks with Wuon-Gean Ho, a London-based printmaker who is currently getting her PhD at Centre for Print Research. Wuon-Gean was the first guest on Hello Print Friend and today we r... Read More about Episode 131 | Wuon-Gean Ho.

Research informed teaching podcast: Episode 5 (2021)
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Adukwu, E., Weitkamp, E., & Walker, B. (2021). Research informed teaching podcast: Episode 5. [Audio file hosted on webpage]

The aim of this podcast is to explore the notion of research-informed teaching in higher education, both from a practical and theoretical point of view. The episodes bring together a range of academics and graduates to discuss what research-informed... Read More about Research informed teaching podcast: Episode 5.

Alternative national accounting: From monetary to social cost accounting (2021)
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Berger, S. (2021). Alternative national accounting: From monetary to social cost accounting. [Podcast]

A working-class green movement (2021)
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Bell, K. (2021). A working-class green movement. [Radio]

PODCAST: Christmas lockdown, culture wars, student outcomes (2020)
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Adukwu, E., Hewitt, R., & Leach, M. (2020). PODCAST: Christmas lockdown, culture wars, student outcomes. [Audio file hosted on publishers webpage]

This week on the podcast we discuss the proposed student lockdown for Christmas and the latest salvos in the sector's slice of the culture wars. We also review what’s happening on the ground in universities and consider a new report on student out... Read More about PODCAST: Christmas lockdown, culture wars, student outcomes.