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Robert Worcester - 2012 American Presidential Elections
12:17, Fri 26 Oct 2012
Robert Worcester presents his talk on the up and coming American Presidential Elections.
(MP3 format, 29 MB)
IGGY Launch Event
14:23, Mon 22 Oct 2012
On the evening of Thursday 18 October IGGY was officially launched at the University of Warwick’s International Digital Laboratory by Registrar and Chief Operation Officer of the University of Warwick Ken Sloan and IGGY Director Janey Walker. IGGY is an online community for gifted students aged between 13 and 18. It's part of the University of Warwick and their ongoing efforts to reach gifted students across the world.
(MP4 format, 16 MB)
Aeneas Wilder at the Mead Gallery
15:45, Fri 19 Oct 2012
Aeneas Wilder talks about past, present and future works with Fiona Venables of the Mead Gallery.
(MP3 format, 30 MB)
Petra Nordqvist - Fertility and Modern Families
14:15, Mon 8 Oct 2012
Petra Nordqvist presents 'Fertility and Modern Families' at the event 'Understanding Parenting: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives'.
(MP3 format, 11 MB)
Susan Imrie - Fertility and Modern Families
14:11, Mon 8 Oct 2012
Susan Imrie presents 'Fertility and Modern Families' at the 'Understanding Parenting: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives' event.
(MP3 format, 10 MB)
Jennie Bristow - Advice and support services for parents
14:10, Mon 8 Oct 2012
Jennie Bristow presents 'Advice and support services for parents' at the event 'Understanding Parenting: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives'.
(MP3 format, 8.2 MB)
Carol Bryce - Advice and support services for parents
14:09, Mon 8 Oct 2012
Carol Bryce presents 'Advice and support services for parents' at the event 'Understanding Parenting: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives'.
(MP3 format, 16 MB)
Janet Goodall - Advice and support services for parents
14:07, Mon 8 Oct 2012
Janet Goodall presents 'Advice and support services for parents' at the event 'Understanding Parenting: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives'.
(MP3 format, 16 MB)
Charitable giving and the martyrdom effect
13:58, Wed 26 Sep 2012
Dr Annette Rubery from the Knowledge Centre interviews Dr Christopher Olivola: a Newton International Fellow in the Behavioural Science Group at the Warwick Business School (WBS). He has undertaken research into why people are inclined to give more money to charity when the fundraiser's mode of fundraising involves pain or effort. He calls this the "Martyrdon Effect".
(MP3 format, 15 MB)
Lessons from global health- Dr Tachi Yamada, Distinguished Lecture Series
11:29, Wed 26 Sep 2012
Dr. Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada is MD, Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, Executive Vice President & Board Member - Takeda Pharmaceuticals . He has responsibility for all of Takeda’s research and development activities and chairs the Corporate Management Operating Committee which oversees all investments in research and development, business development and in-licensing. He was formerly President of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Program. In this capacity he oversaw grants totaling over $9 billion in programs directed at applying technologies to address major health challenges of the developing world including TB, HIV, malaria and other infectious diseases, malnutrition and maternal and child health. Before joining the Gates Foundation Dr. Yamada was Chairman, Research and Development and a Member of the Board of Directors of GlaxoSmithKline. He was awarded his Honorary DSc from the University of Warwick in 2008.
(MP4 format, 159 MB)
Heinrich von Kleist: Kleist's philosophical world
14:55, Tue 18 Sep 2012
Seán Allan discusses the intellectual traditions in which Kleist lived and worked with Ricarda Schmidt and Steven Howe.
(MP3 format, 19 MB)
Heinrich von Kleist: Kleist's women
14:47, Tue 18 Sep 2012
Seán Allan and Ricarda Schmidt discuss Kleist's relationship with the women he encountered in his lifetime.
(MP3 format, 16 MB)
Heinrich von Kleist: The Earthquake in Chili
14:46, Tue 18 Sep 2012
Seán Allan discusses Heinrich von Kleist's novella The Earthquake in Chili with Ricarda Schmidt and Steven Howe.
(MP3 format, 21 MB)
Heinrich von Kleist: The Betrothal in St. Domingo
14:44, Tue 18 Sep 2012
Seán Allan, Ricarda Schmidt, and Steven Howe discuss Heinrich von Kleist's novella The Betrothal in St. Domingo.
(MP3 format, 32 MB)
Heinrich von Kleist: The Marquise von O...
14:42, Tue 18 Sep 2012
Steven Howe discusses Heinrich von Kleist's novella The Marquise von O... with Ricarda Schmidt and Seán Allan
(MP3 format, 23 MB)
Stuart Jennings 'These Uncertaine Tymes'
12:32, Fri 31 Aug 2012
The Knowledge Centre's Dr Annette Rubery talks to university Chaplain, the Reverend Dr Stuart Jennings, about his research into the English Civil Wars and their effect on civilians in the small Nottinghamshire town of Newark.
(MP3 format, 21 MB)
Mitt Romney and Mormonism
16:27, Tue 3 Jul 2012
Listen to Dr Alexander Smith from Sociology talk about Mitt Romney and Mormonism. Recorded by Kelly Parkes-Harrison for the press office and used in a Knowledge Centre article.
(MP3 format, 2.5 MB)
song_of_two_windows.mp3
12:13, Wed 22 Aug 2012
A setting of a poem from Jack Spicer's After Lorca by Phil Jourdan. Used on the Knowledge Centre as part of a piece about Daniel Katz and Johnny Heron's After Lorca workshops.
(MP3 format, 1.8 MB)
After Lorca
11:51, Thu 16 Aug 2012
Jonathan Heron of IATL and artistic director of Fail Better Productions talks to Daniel Katz AHRC Fellow 2011 talk about Spicer's After Lorca.
(MP4 format, 97 MB)
Dr Chris Copperwheat - Perseid Meteor Shower
10:10, Wed 8 Aug 2012
Dr Chris Copperwheat explains the Perseid Meteor Shower.
(MP3 format, 8.4 MB)