GCU Common Good Podcast

Jill Watt, the Director of the GCU Foundation, joins the Common Good Podcast to talk about the role her department has in raising money for the University, supporting our students, and working with our alumni community. She also discusses how she and her team have helped our students throughout the coronavirus pandemic and working with GCU's most notable honorary graduate: legendary football manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Professor Bruce Wood joins the Common Good Podcast to talk about UHatch, GCU's incubator hub that provides support and mentorship for young entrepreneurs taking their first steps in business. Professor Wood reveals the key ingredients required to become a success, how UHatch ties in with the University's mission, and his burgeoning collection of guitars.

Dr Catriona Miller joins the Common Good Podcast to talk about her new book Cult TV Heroines. Dr Miller explains what we mean by "cult TV" and why she wanted to explore how women are portrayed in shows like The Avengers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files. She also talks about fandom, how representation can be increased in the televisions writers' room and the process of writing her book.

Douglas Little, GCU's Director of Estates, returns to the Common Good Podcast to look in depth at the University's Safe Return to Campus programme. Douglas goes through the various guidelines and discusses how they will be implemented when students and staff are back on campus later in the month.

Law lecturer Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe joins the latest episode of the Common Good Podcast to talk about social justice and how it underpins everything our law students are taught at the University. Seonaid also discusses her background in industry and her move into academia, GCU's celebrated Law Clinic and the new GCU Law Podcast.

Dr Romana Ramzan joins the Common Good Podcast to talk about video games and how different religions and genders are represented within the medium. Dr Ramzan also talks about how she got into video games as a child, her experiences in industry and academia and her passion for encouraging young girls into pursuing video games as a career.

Dr Patrick Ring joins the latest episode of the Common Good Podcast to look at the UK Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic through the context of risk management. Dr Ring talks about resilience and why some governments performed better than others, before looking at businesses, society and whether or not people have become their own risk managers.

Dr Ben McConville, the head of GCU's journalism department, joins the latest episode of the Common Good Podcast to talk about the future of the industry. Looking back over his long career working at regional and national titles, as well as a spell in New York, Dr McConville analyses how much journalism has changed over the past three decades and where it goes next.

Dr Christine Hazelton joins the latest episode of the Common Good Podcast to talk about her research into the links between people who have experienced stroke and eyesight problems. Dr Hazelton discusses her background as an optometrist, why she pursued a career in academia and her recent grant from the Stroke Association to study this area.

Dr Christopher Hand returns to the Common Good Podcast, four months after his last appearance, to look back over the lockdown period and examine the psychological effects it might have had on the British public. Dr Hand touches on the phenomenon of "online shaming", the knock-on effects of Dominic Cummings' trip to Durham, conspiracy theories and why some people are unwilling to wear masks in public.