The Buzz Newsletter 24th February 2009 Coventry University
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Coventry University24 February 2009
Converse beyond
Coventry Conversations
C
oventry and cars go hand in hand. Our university is famous for its automotive courses the world over. Its ties in
the motoring industry have attracted many well established people who have come and shared their experi-
ence and enriched us with knowledge straight from the practical world.
Unfortunately there have not been many Coventry Conversations
with speakers in the automotive field. For all those who think that they
are missing out on automotive conversations, several guest lectures are being
organised elsewhere in the university. This week Chris Aylett - CEO of the Mot-
orsport Industry Association - is going to give a lecture on “The Business World
of Global Motorsport” on Thursday, February 26th between 6:00-7:00pm at the
Goldstein Lecture Theatre - AB107 in the Alan Berry Building.
Chris isn’t just the CEO of MIA though, F1 Business magazine rates Chris Aylett
as one of the “most influential in world motorsport”. He was a successful sports car
driver, promoter, team owner and created his own multi-million business.
There have been a few other big names in the field in recent months; Phil Popham, the Managing Director of Land Rover
gave a lecture in November last year on ‘Land Rover – Why the future is green’. A symposium on ‘What is the future of car
design?’ was held on the 6th of this month at the university’s TechnoCentre. Eminent speakers like Dr. John Wormald – the
managing partner of Autopolis, Sam Livingstone – Assistant Editor Car Design News, John Jostins – MD of Microcab and
our very own Lee Hall and Nick Hull spoke at the symposium.
Guest lectures are organised frequently by the Graduate and CPD centre. Please contact them if you do not get updates
about these guest lectures by email.
Since seats are limited, anyone interested in attending should reserve their FREE ticket by calling the Graduate Centre
Reception on 02476 887644 or by emailing grad.uni@coventry.ac.uk
By Anand Mohan
Photo: www.telegraph.co.uk
Photo: www.telegr
It’s SAD not to be represented
No nominations for School of Art and Design
The Student’s Union Campaign Board announced at
the Candidates Meeting this Friday that nobody is run-
ning for the Chair of School of Art and Design. Although,
nominations are expected to re-open in April, art and
design students currently face the possibility of having
no representation in the Students’ Union next year. In
order to change this, School of Art and Design students
can get themselves nominated in April and quickly run
their campaign. The successful nominee then becomes
the faculty chair.
Each year all Coventry University students get a chance
to vote and be voted for. There are a few sabbatical posi-
tions and each faculty gets a Faculty Chair position. The
Chair of the School of Art and Design is a voluntary part-
time job that includes representing and promoting the
school. The elected student has a chance to get his voice
heard and make a difference within their school.
Photo: CU website
This year it could be YOU! If you are enthusiastic and if
you care about the place you learn in then YOU should
get yourself nominated. It’s easy! Just fill in a nomination
form, get 10 signatures from your friends and get yourself
into the game. Check www.cusu.org for more information
on dates and campaign.
By Teodora Beleaga
Two heads are better than one
This week sees the arrival of not one but two great figures in journalism as both Richard Keeble and Bob
Satchwell are joining us for Coventry Conversations.
R ICHARD KEEBLE has been a lecturer in journalism for over 20 years. He has written
many books, including ‘The Newspapers Handbook’, ‘Ethics for Journalists’ and ‘The
Journalistic Imagination: Literary Journalists from Defoe to Capote and Carter ‘.
photo: ics.leeds.ac.uk
Keeble will be talking about one of his particular research interests, George Orwell, and
questionning his integrity in the light of new evidence. Creator of Coventry Conversa-
tions, John Mair, says “There is no better man to examine the record of Orwell than Richard
Keeble. His finely tuned academic mind will be able to sort the wheat from the chaff of the
Orwell legacy and myth. It will be fascinating.”
Professor Richard Keeble, 25th February 13.00 ETG34
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photo: www.societyof editors.co.uk
B OB SATCHWELL began his illustrious career at the Lancashire
Evening Post in 1970 as a graduate trainee before rising to the
position of associate editor. He won Journalist of the Year and Crime
Reporter of the Year in 1977. He then worked as assistant editor at the Com ing
to Cov
News of the World before becoming the editor of the Cambridge
Evening News. He has performed many tasks and roles in the newspa-
per business over the last 39 years and has been the executive direcctor
of the Society of Editors since it was founded a decade ago.
Bob Satchwell 26th February 13.00 ETG34
The student and staff newsletter of the Media and
Communications department of Coventry School of Art
and Design
Edited by Danielle Cox
Submissions are invited, please send any articles to
thebuzz@fsmail.net
Thanks to John Mair, Teodora Beleaga, Anand Mohan