Why is the podcast medium so popular? We have some theories, and lots of experience in promoting podcasting. Part of the answer lies in the ease with which anyone can create and distribute a platform, using simple but powerful tools like Adobe's Podcast Studio, and the Spotify for Creators distribution process. This is all free and simple. Using AI noise removal and voice enhancement tools, we can even record anywhere using readily available kit (phones, tablets, computers). A dedicated studio is no longer a requirement. Interviewees don't even need to be in the same building, or even on the same continent. We can record online. To test this out, we have created our own podcasts (see below) using just iPhone and Macs, with no expensive software. The Earful of DAHL was even recorded at lunchtime in an open space in the FAB on a phone, with the Adobe voice enhancement tool removing background noise (including people having a loud conversation right next to us). This session will give a fast demo of the process. More information hereLink opens in a new window

Study Café Skills Programme for Arts Faculty Students!Transform your feedback into a powerful learning tool! This session will guide you on how to effectively interpret and utilise the feedback you receive on your assignments. We’ll cover both the emotional and practical aspects, helping you to grow academically and personally. Join us to turn every piece of feedback into a stepping stone for success!

Phones (Android and Apple) have amazing cameras, and increasingly good mics. Good editing software is available for free. Add to that some simple tricks, and perhaps also some cheap additional tools, and we have almost everything needed to make amazing films. In this session we will look at how we can use simple planning and design tools, combined with phones and editing software, and inspiration from the movies and from great arts and humanities documentaries. Click here for more informationLink opens in a new window

This session will support students who are considering applying to the Undergraduate Research Support Scheme (URSS). It will explore how to develop an idea, look at working with a supervisor, how to complete the form and submit it, and useful tips for conducting your research.

The Faculty of Arts DSEP team invites you to a night of quizzing in the FAB. Meet your fellow students as you team up and test your wits against our quizmaster over six rounds!

- Colours and Numbers

- Sports and Leisure

-Music(al) Round

- Closest Two

- Wipeout

- Picture Round

From advice about future careers and boosting your employability to working alongside your studies and turning your passion into a business, this event includes stalls and talks showcasing the huge variety of support available and opportunities you can take part in on campus and beyond.

Zines have been popular, although always deliberately "underground", for decades. In 1993 Robert O'Toole and Robin Mackay produced several editions of the radical philosophy and culture zine ***collapse. Rebecca Capel won the DAHL Showcase with her zine Cobwebs (about the late 80s feminist zine of the same name). Rebecca and Cerys show how we should also take the medium in itself seriously as a subject of research. In this session we explore reading, making, and researching zines. Click here to find out moreLink opens in a new window

Two of the most common challenges at university stem from engaging with academic writing - how to read and unpick scholarly writing, and then how to put your own thoughts and ideas to the page. Often, you're just thrown in with no clue on how or where to start. In this interactive session, we look at academic writing (the good, the bad, and the ugly), and offer some practical tips and advice on how to write and read more effectively at university.

Two of the most common challenges at university stem from engaging with academic writing - how to read and unpick scholarly writing, and then how to put your own thoughts and ideas to the page. Often, you're just thrown in with no clue on how or where to start. In this interactive session, we look at academic writing (the good, the bad, and the ugly), and offer some practical tips and advice on how to write and read more effectively at university.

Organise your chaos without
losing your creativity, 
combine drawings, text, 
images, videos and more. Miro is the most popular online whiteboard platform. Easy to create, structure, reorganise, share, present. In this session we will look at how to get started with Miro, how to create a structure in which you can work, and some of the great techniques we have developed in the last five years of using it. Click here for more informationLink opens in a new window

Do you find standing up in front of a group intimidating? In this interactive session, we'll explore how to be an effective presenter, how to tackle nerves and audience questions, and how to engage your audience throughout.

Using Thunkable you can build an app for iPhone, iPad, and Android - with no previous knowledge of programming and no coding. Design interfaces visually, add logic using a simple Scratch-style visual tool, test on your own device. This is a great way to begin learning the four fundamental elements of all software design: user interfaces (UX), program logic, data, and networking. Click here for more informationLink opens in a new window

No previous experience needed. Program Raspberry Pi microcontrollers, sensors, motors, lights, screens, to add interactivity to exhibits. We will demonstrate how this can be done with no coding, using a visual programming technique. DAHL has equipment that you can use for your experiments, including Pi computers and robot kits. We will also demonstrate how the Python programming language can be used to do more advanced coding.

Warwick is an institution full of opportunities - the options on your degree, societies and sports clubs, departmental roles, events and extra-curricular sessions and so much more - so how can you choose what will benefit you most? This interactive session asks how you can use the opportunities on offer to position yourself for whatever comes next.

A little bit more advanced than the first 2 sessions, but still requiring no previous experience. In this session, we will use Jupyter Notebooks to import a historical data set, and step by step analyse it for interesting patterns using the Python language. We will use online search to find background information to further make sense of what we see in the data. We will also look at how we can use AI to automate pattern finding. This produces a "notebook" combining scholarly commentary, data, code, and analysis, including graphs.

Join this workshop to get familiar with the concepts involved in intercultural communication. Through a range of discussions and interactive activities, you will begin to explore your own cultural attitudes, as well as reflect on your own experiences. By the end of workshop, you will have taken a step, big or small, towards your personal development and future employability.

Create and run a museum exhibition anywhere, with digital artefacts floating in the air as participants walk around the space. Figmin XR is the killer app for mixed reality headsets, now also coming to tablets and phones. We have been using it for a couple of years with students, staff, and school groups, to create stunning augmented reality experiences. It's easy to use, and makes it simple to add images, video, audio, text, drawings, and 3D objects (including scans made on a phone). We will also consider how we might extend this once programmable interactivity is added to the app (hopefully this year).

The level of experiential immersive we can achieve with the latest VR headsets is so great that we think it surpasses ordinary storytelling. Participants feel like they are actually present in the world we construct and the events that happen. This has been used to transport us back in time, or to distant places. Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel (BBC, producer Catherine Allen) transports us back to the 1916 revolution in Dublin. Empire Soldiers (MBD) takes us to the first world war and through the experiences of soldiers from the Caribbean and South Asia. Child of Empire explores the real experiences of people living through the Partition of India. Allen (a Warwick Theatre Studies alumnus) described this as "storydoing" - a more direct and immediate way to experience a narrative, through 360 images and sound, and sometimes with interaction. Creating these experiences has been expensive and technically complex. The DAHL has been exploring simpler and cheaper ways, including the use of Insta360 cameras. We will present our findings in this session.

Preparing for exams and assessments is something every student will have to do, but how can you maximise your revision to make sure you feel prepared? This session explores revision techniques, offering advice and support on revision strategies that may lead you to a productive exam season.

As we get into the swing of exam season, it's easy to forget to look after yourself. In this session, Dr David Lees and Dr Damien Homer discuss the importance of wellbeing and self-care, and offer some practical tips and advice to support yourself during your exams and beyond.