Company Director at the Manchester Jazz Festival and Project Manager at UKOLN
Manchester, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Company Director at Manchester Jazz Festival
- Project Manager and Researcher at UKOLN
- Past
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- Project Manager at University of Manchester
- Technical Coordinator at JORUM
- Software Developer at Manchester Computing, University of Manchester
- Web Developer / Designer at Leeds Metropolitan University
- Web Editor at Kings College London
- Archivist Assistant at Royal Institute of British Architects
- Guitar Player, Studio and Live Sound Engineer (Self-employed)
- Education
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- University of Warwick
- University of Warwick
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Adrian Stevenson’s Summary
I am a Company Director for the annual Manchester Jazz Festival. I make regular appearances on the Manchester jazz circuit having played and jammed with many of the local musicians including Mike Walker, Andy Schofield, Iain Dixon (Bryan Ferry), Richard Iles, Luke Flowers (Cinematic Orchestra), Chip Wickham (Badly Drawn Boy), Gavin Barras, Ed Kainyek, and Les Chisnall. I am currently being mentored by local jazz guitar legend Mike Walker and have also been taught by Andy Schofield, Alec Dankworth and Tim Richards.
I also blog about jazz (http://theringmodulator.blogspot.com), write reviews for Jazzwise magazine, and host a radio show on Manchester’s ALL FM 96.9 radio station.
I also work as part of the Research and Development team at UKOLN, a Centre of Excellence in web and digital information technology research. I am currently project managing the JISC funded SWORD2 project and working on distributed search and repository technologies.
I previously worked for the Learning Technology Services Team which is part of Internet Services at the University of Manchester. I was responsible for investigating and assessing emerging web and e-learning technologies and I was the founder and organiser of the University's eLearning Technologies Group.
I also worked for MIMAS, a national data centre based at the University of Manchester, on the JISC-funded JORUM project (2002-2005). Prior to this I was a Web Developer for Multimedia Services at Leeds Metropolitan University (2001-2002) and the Web Editor at King's College London (2000-2001). I first studied Economics and later Continental Philosophy at the University of Warwick. Following this I became a professional guitarist in a number of bands based in London, as well as a Sound Engineer for a number of independent artists including My Bloody Valentine.
Adrian Stevenson’s Specialties:
jazz composition and improvisation, jazz journalism, project management, web technologies, e-learning technologies, web 2.0, project management, html, xml, audio
Adrian Stevenson’s Experience
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Company Director
Manchester Jazz Festival
(Music industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
I am one of the Company Director's for the Manchester Jazz Festival (http://www.manchesterjazz.com/)
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Project Manager and Researcher
UKOLN
(Research industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
I am part of the UKOLN Research and Development Team
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Project Manager
University of Manchester
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; E-Learning industry)
May 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 9 months)
I worked for the Learning Technology Services Team which was part of Internet Services. I was responsible for investigating and assessing emerging web and elearning technologies and I was the founder and organiser of the University's eLearning Technologies Group.
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Technical Coordinator
JORUM
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)
I worked for MIMAS, a national data centre based at the University of Manchester, on the JISC-funded JORUM project (http://www.jorum.ac.uk). My role was coordinating the technical development of the JORUM software.
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Software Developer
Manchester Computing, University of Manchester
(Higher Education industry)
March 2002 — September 2004 (2 years 7 months)
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Web Developer / Designer
Leeds Metropolitan University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
February 2001 — March 2002 (1 year 2 months)
Development of web sites, web enabled database applications and various web design activities
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Web Editor
Kings College London
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
November 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 1 month)
Maintenance and development of the King’s College website. Co-organiser of the ‘Professional Web Management’ conference at King’s College London, 4th May 2000.
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Archivist Assistant
Royal Institute of British Architects
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
1996 — November 1999 (3 years)
Editing lists of architects’ papers for published catalogues
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Guitar Player, Studio and Live Sound Engineer
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Music industry)
1988 — 1996 (8 years)
In-house engineer at Coventry Centre for the Performing Arts and for artists including My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Boom and Adorable. I continue play for various groups in the Manchester area.
Adrian Stevenson’s Education
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University of Warwick
MA , Continental Philosophy , 1991 — 1993
- Activities and Societies:
- Co-editor and marketing manager for 'pli', The Warwick Journal Of Philosophy (http://www.warwick.ac.uk/philosophy/pli_journal/)
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University of Warwick
Bsc (Hons) , Economics , 1985 — 1988
- Activities and Societies:
- President of the University Band Society 1986-1988.
Stood for election as the university Entertainment Officer in 1987.
Guitar player and manager in university based indie group.
Additional Information
Adrian Stevenson’s Websites:
Adrian Stevenson’s Interests:
internet, web, web2.0, audio, video, music, philosophy, psychoanalysis,
Adrian Stevenson’s Groups:
Founder and organiser of The University of Manchester eLearning Technologies Group (http://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/learningtechnologies/etg.html).
Member of CETIS Educational Content, Metadata and Digital Repositories, and Enterprise Special Interest Groups.
Member of the Institutional Web Management Workshop organising committee 2005.
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Semantic Web -
Digital Libraries
Adrian Stevenson’s Contact Settings
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