Postgraduate Study Guide 2012 - University College Falmouth

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Feeling that you’re part
of a research community
is really important when
you’re doing a PhD.
Informal discussions
at the beach café can
be just as important
for formulating ideas
as formal seminars,
and it’s good to have
someone else to talk to
who understands what
it’s like to be doing a
research degree.
JeAnIe SInClAIR
PhD student
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Professor Phil Stenton
Associate Dean of Research
& Enterprise, School of
Media & Performance
Phil has a PhD in Psychology from the
University of Sheffield and 20 years of
research experience in the UK and the
US, including UC Berkeley, BT and HP
Labs. He has published research in
the areas of expert systems, discourse
analysis, interface agents, information
appliances and pervasive media. He’s
currently working on a €5m research
project with seven academic and
commercial partners across Europe,
investigating the extended use of
video communication technology.
His Pervasive Media group at HP
Labs (2001-09) delivered Mediascape
technologies, allowing creative
professionals, educationalists and school
children around the world to explore
locative and context-based media. The
team won two RTVS awards and a BAFTA.
He’s also a Director of Calvium Ltd,
a high-tech start-up in Bristol. Before
joining UCF, Phil co-authored the
Pervasive Media Studio, a joint
venture between Hewlett Packard
and Watershed in Bristol, pioneering
research in pervasive media between
universities and the creative industries.
He’s a reviewer for the Technology
Strategy Board, UKRC, the ‘dot.rural’
Digital Economy Hub and University of
Nottingham’s Doctoral Training Centre;
on the advisory committee for the
AHRC’s Beyond Text Programme; and
on the editorial committee of Personal
and Ubiquitous Computing Journal.
Dr David Hawkins
Associate Dean of Research
& Enterprise, School of
Art & Design
David supports staff and student
research, and links with industry,
professional bodies and external
communities. He’s recently returned
to the UK after five years as Head of
the Department of Design and Visual
Arts at Unitec Institute of Technology
in Auckland, New Zealand.
His experience includes managing
research groups, research degree
programmes, galleries and a creative
team supporting start-up businesses,
regional economic clusters and social
enterprises at the Kent Institute of Art
and Design; developing an ambitious
and successful plan to develop a creative
quarter in Folkestone, as a trustee of
the Creative Foundation; trustee of the
Devon Guild of Craftsmen; and member
of a number of regional economic boards
and committees in South East England.
David’s academic background is in
3D design and ergonomics. He’s worked
on a wide range of design projects,
including large-scale vehicle design
projects in the UK and Ireland, working
with furniture and product design
businesses in China and New Zealand,
and managing teams producing
commercial computer games. Recently,
he’s been engaged in research to
develop an air-electric hybrid car and
projects in New Zealand using design,
business and Maori cultural approaches
to produce sustainable and viable
designs and business models.
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