Last week, I was with some wildlife colleagues at a nature reserve, as part of an induction project, where students were charged with photographing as much wildlife as possible. My colleague Jamie, a keen and experienced wildlife photographer, kindly let me try out his Nikon Z9 with a telephoto lens. Early on the walk, one of our colleagues spotted a dragonfly perched on a branch and we each then took turns to photograph it with the Z9.

This is what the AI art programme asked me to do today and I was completely blank.

Every year, I teach a first year cohort, who go on to be my personal tutees. We spend 3 years in contact, with the first two years covering fundamental skills in science, from understanding the basics of referencing to the ways in which we critically analyse articles. Amidst these small…

By Professor Andy Miah Paper written for the House of Lords (2021) There are 3 really important insights we gain from the last decade of digital transformations, which help us understand why esports is so crucial to a national active lifestyles strategy and to understand this, the concept of the esports metaverse is crucial. Introduction: What is the Esports Metaverse? The idea of a…

The Olympic Truce is the programme of work led by the International Olympic Committee that takes inspiration from the ancient Greek tradition of Ekecheria, which was invoked during the ancient Olympic Games to allow safe passage of participants to Ancient Olympia for the purpose of competition. The myth is that…

Last night, I took part in my first clubhouse event, thanks to my friend Luke Robert Mason, and it really was a lovely experience. It followed a few intense days of switching out my research time from TikTok to Clubhouse, trying to get to grips with what makes the experience…

The easiest thing to do is to not write at all and just let your ideas pass through your brain into obscurity, often, to be completely forgotten forever. This morning, I was thinking about a film I watched yesterday called Westworld, a renowned series of ideas about the future, told through the vision of Michael Crichton, now transformed into an HBO series. It’s well worth the watch. Many of the ideas within the film have inspired writers and…

This is a text version of my audio podcast, ‘Professor Andy Miah Faces the Future’. You. can access the audio version below. How does the concept of history change as a result of technological transformations? And how should we think about history, when we endlessly record our lived experience? …

A fascination for journalism and a belief in its importance has been a constant presence throughout my career. My first, direct experience of the power of journalism was felt at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, where I…