UWE Bristol CBL Spotlight

Spotlight: Cameron and Lily

In this Spotlight podcast episode, we spoke to Cameron Townsley and Lily Wickens, two MSc Events Management students studying here at UWE Bristol.

Learn more about their journey, achievements and challenges and get to know what it’s like being part of the UWE Bristol community.

Our Spotlight podcast is brought to you by the College Stakeholder Engagement team at Bristol Business School and Bristol Law School, UWE Bristol. Please follow us on twitter @uwebusinesssch / @uwelaw to join in the conversation. For any queries contact cbl.engagement@uwe.ac.uk.

 

 

 

 

Spotlight: Cal

In this Spotlight podcast episode, we caught up with UWE Bristol staff member, Cal. They are a Project Officer in the Faculty of Business and Law.

We spoke about Cal’s experience of being non-binary in the workplace, including the positivity they felt when joining UWE Bristol, and the challenges they have been through in a previous setting.

Our Spotlight podcast is brought to you by the College Stakeholder Engagement team at Bristol Business School and Bristol Law School, UWE Bristol. Please follow us on twitter @uwebusinesssch / @uwelaw to join in the conversation. For any queries contact cbl.engagement@uwe.ac.uk

Future Impacts: Safeguarding the Metaverse

In this episode we are joined by two experts who speak broadly about the Metaverse; what it is, what legal and ethical concerns it raises, and what it might mean for our future lives online.

Verity McIntosh is a Senior Lecturer in Virtual and Extended Realities at UWE Bristol concentrating on virtual and augmented reality and Creative Technologies.

Dr Martina Gillen is a Senior Lecturer in Law at UWE Bristol focusing on Intellectual Property and IT Law

Useful links:
EPRS online policy roundtable

This podcast series is hosted by Bristol Business School and Bristol Law School at UWE Bristol. Featuring exciting new developments in technology, management practice, and business and leadership, the Future Impact Podcast series will highlight the impact from both an academic and practitioner perspective on the future of society.
A huge thank you to all of our guests on this episode of the Future Impact Podcast series. We are always looking for interesting guests to have on our podcast, if you’d like to discuss this further please contact our team on the details below.
Presented by Rachel Evans. Produced by Rose Kooper-Johnson. Contact us at cbl.engagement@uwe.ac.uk

Future Impacts: The pros and cons of cryptocurrency

In this episode we delve into all things cryptocurrency; from the basics of what is a cryptocurrency, to looking at this cutting edge topic from an international perspective.

We are joined by three fantastic guests for this episode. Dr Henry Hillman, Senior Lecturer in Law at UWE Bristol, is an expert on cryptocurrencies, money laundering, banking regulation and financial crisis. Dr Phil Legg, Associate Professor in Cyber Security at UWE Bristol, has research interests addressing the intersections of cyber security, machine learning, visual analytics, and human-computer interaction. Finally, joining us from the Seychelles is UWE alumni Angelique Juliette, Advisor at Mazeltov Innovation and Justice. Angelique is currently setting up the Seychelles’ first independent mediation firm and believes that legal systems should adapt to the use of technology to provide quicker access to justice.

Future Impacts: Eco-brands: the future of consumerism?

In this episode we spoke to Henry Churchill, Sam Leonard and Kiera Hellard about their thoughts on eco-brands, the importance of this and the growth of sustainable products available to consumers. Henry and Sam are both UWE Bristol alumni who now help to run Coacoara Foundation, an eco-brand business with a mission to reduce and eventually eliminate all single use plastics being used on a day to day basis, especially within the household. They hand select all the products on their website, with the aim of matching the quality and durability of plastic products, while trying to keep the price around the same. Kiera is a current UWE Bristol Team Entrepreneurship student who is an ambassador for Coacoara Foundation and also runs her own sustainable sea glass business.

Future Impacts: Life after COVID-19

This Future Impact Podcast episode was recorded as a live podcast event in February 2021 with a Q&A from the audience. We speak with academics from UWE Bristol delving into the topics covered in their recent essays for the book ‘Life after Covid-19’, from the contested home to ‘unleadership’. The book focuses on creating a better life post-pandemic. Chair – Rachel Evans, Relationship Manager, UWE Bristol. Panellists – Carol Jarvis, Professor in Knowledge Exchange and Innovation, UWE Bristol / Harriet Shortt, Associate Professor in Organisation Studies, UWE Bristol / Hugo Gaggiotti, Associate Professor, UWE Bristol.

Future Impacts: Becoming better leaders

In this episode, we spoke to Paradigm Norton about their recent bespoke Leadership Academy programme launched with UWE Bristol. Designed to strategically invest in the leaders of the future, the Leadership Academy saw participants cover topics in self-leadership, personal vision, succession, sustainability and legacy and conflict and confrontation. We talk about the importance of creating great leaders in a growing organisation, especially building resilience in times of crisis such as Covid-19.

We are joined by:
• Barry Horner, Chief Executive and Founder of Paradigm Norton
• Andrew Parker, Founding Director of Andrew Parker Consulting Ltd
• Tommy Watson, Client Manager at Paradigm Norton
• Gareth Edwards, Professor of Leadership and Community Studies at Bristol Business School

Future Impacts: The unexpected impact of our coaching journey

In this episode of our Future Impact Podcast, which was recorded remotely during the UK coronavirus lockdown, we spoke to four inspirational women about their coaching journey after undertaking the Certificate in Executive Coaching and Mentoring (ILM Level 7) programme here at UWE Bristol.

We are joined by;

• Jo Beckett, joint CEO for the Institute of Development Professionals and Education (IDPE) and founder of Jo Beckett Coaching and Development
• Jane Shayler, former Director of Integrated Commissioning for Health and Social Care and currently providing coaching and leadership development to individuals working in the public and not-for-profit sector
• Emily Loveday-Proom, Learning and Development Manager in local government
• Sadie Drummond, business improvement specialist within education, mediator (conflict resolution) and executive and wellbeing coach (individual and groups) within education, social enterprises and small businesses.

Lockdown stories: how I diversified my music events business

We have been speaking with several Team Entrepreneurship students and start-up owners about how they have used Covid-19 to launch, grow and improve their businesses. These bite-sized podcasts are part of the Future Impact Podcast series run by Bristol Business School and Bristol Law School at UWE Bristol.

In our latest Future Impact Podcast we spoke to Anton Bailey, UWE Bristol Team Entrepreneurship student and Founder of Invicta Audio, about how the UK lockdown allowed him to re-think the direction of his business for a positive outcome during coronavirus.

Future Impacts: The future of the events industry post-pandemic

In this episode of our Future Impact Podcast, which was recorded remotely during the UK coronavirus lockdown, we spoke to several experts about their thoughts on the drastic impact Covid-19 has had on the events industry and how they imagine the future of the industry to be post-pandemic.

We are joined by three fantastic guests including Dan Knox, Departmental External Engagement Lead for Business and Management at UWE Bristol, Sarah Atkinson, Head of Events and Stakeholder Engagement at UWE Bristol and Ben Hardy, Managing Director of Richmond Event Management.