The University's award-winning Television Service is respected across the country for its excellence in producing quality video and audio teaching and learning materials. It has a reputation for working closely with academic staff to exploit the possibilities offered by this medium as an educational tool. Although we have a role in promoting the University and departments, our prime concern is supporting teaching and research as an integral part of the educational experience. People have a very narrow perception of what video can do. Here in the Television Service, we are working closely with academic departments to investigate the possibilities of video in the new resource-based teaching.
Video is so good at certain things.
We can offer an educational medium which is effective and stimulating. Used creatively, the medium can provide a forum for dialogue, as students and academics develop their own educational experience and research. At this level, the distinction between excellence in teaching and in research almost disappears. This vision of television playing a more central role in teaching and learning informs the strategy used to determine the allocation of resources. With studio and editing facilities which employ the latest technology, the University is able to target its specialist skills towards areas of particular innovation.