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The British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) holds a range of courses promoting subjects related to the use of moving image in learning, teaching and research.  Forthcoming events:
Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production
The essential one-day starter course for those needing to copy and use existing content in their new productions and services.
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The Power of the VHS
A BUFVC one-day meeting
9 December 2009
bfi Southbank
The humble VHS is, rightly, regarded as a disposable commodity and not an archive medium, but the recordings on these cassettes are sometimes unique and irreplaceable. Since 1989 UK Universities and Colleges have created sizeable collections of valuable recordings on VHS. Today however many universities [...]

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The UK’s first online commercial radio sound archive has been launched with JISC funding, preserving over 5,000 searchable recordings including the first hour of UK commercial radio in 1973, coverage of five UK general elections and the end of apartheid.
The collection is available online for researchers, lecturers and students at the LBC / Independent [...]

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Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production
Thursday 17th September 2009,
10.00 am – 5.00 pm
Book now on one of the most popular courses run by the BUFVC. This is an essential one-day starter for those needing to use copy and manage existing third party content in their work and to deliver to students and the [...]

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Shooting with High Definition Video (HDV)
Tuesday 23rd June 2009

10.30 am – 5.00 pm
This course is offered by the BUFVC for the non-technical to enable them to understand how to shoot footage with more competence. It assumes no pre-knowledge. This is a practical, hands-on introduction to digital camera operation. Participants will normally be organised into [...]

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Television and radio broadcast content is now available as an online streaming service to thousands of students and researchers for the first time following the launch of Box of Broadcasts (BoB National) by the JISC part-funded British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC).
The off-air recording and video archive service is available to staff and students of the Education Recording [...]

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Encoding Digital Video for Streaming and Network Delivery
Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th 
June 2009

10.30 am – 5.00 pm
Day One: Introductory Course, 16th June 2009. 
Offers an introduction to digitising moving images for online delivery and tackles problems, which may be encountered in the process.
Day Two: Advanced Course, 17th June 2009
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New date: Moving Image and Sound for Learning and Teaching – sources, search strategies, appraisal and use
Presenters: BUFVC specialists – Sergio Angelini, Marianne Open, Luis Carrasqueiro, Murray Weston
Wednesday 13th May 2009
This course looks at the acquisition and use of audio-visual content for learning and research. Participants will explore sources of content and forms of delivery. [...]

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The BUFVC’s Learning on Screen Conference 2009 (7 – 8 April) will this year have as its main theme Disability and Access to Moving Image and Sound. The conference and awards are hosted by BBC’s Disability Affairs Correspondent, Peter White MBE.
In higher and further education, institutions are required to make reasonable adjustments in the delivery [...]

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Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production
 Monday 27th April 2009
10.30 am – 5.00 pm
Book now on one of the most popular courses run by the BUFVC. This is an essential one-day starter for those needing to use copy and manage existing third party content in their work and to deliver to students and the [...]

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