Author: Craig
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BUND: The British Universities Newsreel Database
The British Universities Newsreel Database (BUND) is another innovative service offered by the British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC). Other important projects include BoB (Box of Broadcasts) and NFO (Newsfilm Online). The later contains more than 3000 hours of news stories available online (partly funded by JISC and available to subscribing Universities). The BUND
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G20: And a very English Revolution…
Details of the protest on April 1st can be found on the ‘G20 Meltdown in the City’ web site (link) Full circle back to 1649? ‘A very English revolution!’ The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will lead themed processions starting at 11 a.m. from the following rail stations: Moorgate Red horse against War; Liverpool St Green horse
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Peer review and evaluation of digital resources for the arts and humanities
The mechanisms for the evaluation and peer review of the traditional print outputs of scholarly research in the arts and humanities are well established, but no equivalent exists for assessing the value of digital resources and of the scholarly work which leads to their creation. This project proposes to establish a framework for evaluating the
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Alternative G20 summit at the University of East London’s Docklands Campus on 1 April
An alternative G20 summit is planned for next Wednesday 1st April during the G20 summit here in London. There will be some good speakers there including the previous Mayor of London, Ken Livingston, the film maker, Ken Loach, and the historian Tariq Ali. It starts at 4PM and finished at 9PM. Directions below (link). University