Transdisciplinary Group Meeting

The meeting of 60 academics was addressed by Vice Chancellor Dominic Shellard, who posed the question as to how the University structures might be best organised to remove the barriers preventing effective Transdisciplinary working. Heidi McPherson highlighted the decline of creative and left-field thinking in pupils as they progressed through the educational system. Phil Moore aligned the Grand Challenges of Research with a more holistic and Transdisciplinary approach to research, and Andrew Hugill outlined the differences between multi- and trans-disciplinary working and the problematic of balance between disciplines and connected approaches to research. The meeting broke into four groups for a lively discussion on research, post-graduate teaching, undergraduate teaching and Knowledge Transfer. The feed back sparked a summative discussion and the drawing together of action points to move the discussion into actions.

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Third Woman in New York

THIRD WOMAN AT THE BIG SCREEN PROJECT

The Third Woman was shown at five consecutive nights in November at The Big Screen Project . An innovative venue for video, film, live and interactive content setting a new standard for the urban, cinematic experience. It consists of a large 30 x 16.5 ft. HD Format LED screen located at the 10,000 sq. ft. public plaza behind a new 54-story multi-use building on Sixth Avenue between 29th and 30th Street in New York City.  A destination  continuously evolving with its audience and galvanizing Upper Chelsea with thought-provoking tapestries of contemporary media.

Audiences attend preannounced screenings of films or just pass through the plaza and be captivated by the quality and diversity of the content.