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Dr '''Ederyn Williams''' (born 21 September, 1946) is the former head of the university department Warwick Ventures (now Warwick Ventures Ltd) , [[University of Warwick]], Coventry, |
Dr '''Ederyn Williams''' (born 21 September, 1946) is the former head of the university department Warwick Ventures (now [[Warwick Ventures]] Ltd) , at the [[University of Warwick]], Coventry, in the United Kingdom<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ventures.warwick.ac.uk |title=Warwick Ventures}}</ref> He is the son of the Professor of Drama, [[Raymond Williams]] and co-developer of [[social presence theory]] whose main thesis and major points were an extension of the principles first described twenty years previously in [[Isaac Asimov]]'s 1956 novel, ''[[The Naked Sun]]''. |
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While working for British Telecom in the early 1980s, he founded the short-lived games company [[Telecomsoft]]. |
While working for [[British Telecom]] in the early 1980s, he founded the short-lived games company [[Telecomsoft]]. |
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In 2009, his staff entered his name for a Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion |
In 2009, his staff entered his name for a [[Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion]], which he shared one year later with fellow winner Nicholas Bowen, the head teacher of [[St. Benet Biscop Catholic High School]] in [[Northumberland]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?type=RESOURCES&itemId=1084954074&r.s=e&r.l1=1074404796&r.lc=en&r.l3=1084953735&r.l2=1074446322&r.i=1084954027&r.t=RESOURCES|title=The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion|accessdate=19 September 2010}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 09:11, 11 April 2013
Dr Ederyn Williams (born 21 September, 1946) is the former head of the university department Warwick Ventures (now Warwick Ventures Ltd) , at the University of Warwick, Coventry, in the United Kingdom[1] He is the son of the Professor of Drama, Raymond Williams and co-developer of social presence theory whose main thesis and major points were an extension of the principles first described twenty years previously in Isaac Asimov's 1956 novel, The Naked Sun.
While working for British Telecom in the early 1980s, he founded the short-lived games company Telecomsoft.
In 2009, his staff entered his name for a Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion, which he shared one year later with fellow winner Nicholas Bowen, the head teacher of St. Benet Biscop Catholic High School in Northumberland[2]
References
- ^ "Warwick Ventures".
- ^ "The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion". Retrieved 19 September 2010.
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