Colin Rainey – RadioActive101

Colin Rainey

Prof. Andrew Ravenscroft invited to the House of Lords

Colin Rainey
Jul 15, 2016

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RadioActive101’s Director, Prof. Andrew Ravenscroft (C.Psychol, AFBPsS, PhD, FRSA), was invited by Lord Lucas and Jisc (formerly the Joint Information Systems Committee), to be part of a prestigious group to discuss work in the area of digital skills, towards a “UK technology-enhanced learning strategy”. The meeting took place at the House of Lords on...

RadioActive101 presents at University of East London Research Conference

Colin Rainey
Jun 29, 2016

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The Director of RadioActiive101 and Co-Director of the International Centre for Public Pedagogy (ICPuP), Andrew Ravenscroft, was invited to present the latest RadioActive101 research at the annual University of East London Research Conference. The role of RadioActive101 as a cross-faculty and interdisciplinary ‘Thought Leader’ through its brand of psychoeducation was presented at this year’s...

Participatory approaches and social innovation in culture

Colin Rainey
Jun 17, 2016

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On Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th June, Prof Andrew Ravenscroft, James Dellow and Colin Rainey from the RadioActive101 team met with new partners to discuss a ‘social innovation in culture’ application under the European Commission’s latest Horizon 2020 call. Prof. Ravenscroft gave a keynote talk to academics and research specialists from the UK, Finland...

Recent collaborations, Tower Hamlets CAMHS and more

Colin Rainey
May 3, 2016

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Work has now begun through THREE new collaborations here at RadioActive101 in the UK. RadioActive101+ is our new specialist intervention working closely alongside Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) as part of its Regulate programme. We aim to help young people to think, challenge and better manage their behaviour and emotions through mindfulness and...

RadioActive101’s partner Dragon Hall included as ‘Case Study of Innovation’, by UK Youth

Colin Rainey
Apr 22, 2016

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James Dellow’s youth centre in Holborn, Dragon Hall Trust, has been included as one of only eight organisations across the whole country in a report ‘Local Youth Groups Today’ commissioned by UK Youth, the UK’s largest national body for the youth sector. James told us ‘those organisations who took part in the research were identified as case...

RADIOACTIVE101 IS A HIGHER EDUCATION EQUITY INTERVENTION THAT WORKS

Colin Rainey
Mar 24, 2016

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Find out more at the Ideas Project - http://equityideas.eu/case/radioactive101/

‘Excellence’ Funded PhD studentships at UEL

Colin Rainey
Jan 18, 2016

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RadioActive101 has been successful in winning a second UEL ‘Excellence’ Funded PhD studentship. Amanda Cooper joins us from the BBC to begin this PhD, funded for three years, in Digital Media in Therapy: Development & Evaluation of a Participatory Radio Drama Intervention to Improve Psychotherapy Outcomes among At-Risk Youth with Conduct Disorder. The PhD...

RadioActive101 wins £15K Research Capital

Colin Rainey
Oct 1, 2015

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We are delighted to report RadioActive101 was awarded £15,000 from the University of East London’s Research Capital Scheme to supply new equipment and upgrade existing kit. This will ensure the team continues to have up to date quality equipment for future broadcasting here in the UK.

Conference presentations in Toledo and Belfast

Colin Rainey
Sep 8, 2015

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Andrew Ravenscroft & PhD Reseacher Tom Gerken presented Deep Learning Design for Social Innovation: Participatory Radio for Developing 21C Skills with Disenfranchised Learners at the 10th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning. This year’s conference took place in Toledo, Spain between 14-18 September 2015. And around the same time Colin Rainey presented Implementing and Evaluating the ‘space’...

Times Higher Education Awards 2015

Colin Rainey
Jun 26, 2015

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Times Higher Education Awards 2015 RadioActive101 has been entered into the Times Higher Education Awards 2015 by the University of East London under the ‘Outstanding Digital Innovation in Teaching or Research’ category. This award recognises the innovative use of digital technology to improve an institution’s teaching, learning or research activity. Winners will be revealed...