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Drama Directors Masterclass – With Paul Riordan

Posted by sarah Haynes on September 27, 2013 in Alumni, Engagement with Industry, Television |No Comments

On Monday this week Alex had an anxious moment in Redmonds Building reception waiting to meet Paul Riordan – a drama director who was coming in to deliver a drama directors Masterclass to level 5 students on the drama module. She told me, ‘What made this meeting a bit nerve wracking was that it was […]

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Football Writers Association (FWA) live event in Liverpool

Posted by sarah Haynes on September 19, 2013 in Engagement with Industry, Events, Student Activity |No Comments

Two Media Production students represented the programme at the Football Writers Association (FWA) live event in Liverpool recently. This is an annual event that discuses a range of footballing issues, in an open debate with a panel of journalists and ex-professional footballers.  For more on this see Matthew Summers blog

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MPS graduates are Broadcast Hotshots

Posted by sarah Haynes on September 3, 2013 in Alumni, Engagement with Industry, Student Success, Television, Uncategorized |No Comments

Clare McParland who graduated from Media Professional Studies (now BA (Hons) Media Production) in 2006 has been selected this year as a Broadcast Magazine one to watch, media hotshot. The competition held annually has recognised other MPS graduates, Kam Odera and Mike Fraser in 2012. Robin Parker, Hot Shots Editor said, ‘Today more than ever, […]

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Malaysian Programme

Posted by sarah Haynes on September 3, 2013 in New Media, social media, Student Success, Uncategorized |No Comments

The Malaysian summer programme, BA (Hons) Digital Media Design is coming to a close with students embarking on European travels before returning home to complete the final stage of their course. This year’s programme as usual saw innovative projects exploring the use of Augmented Reality to tell stories, an experiment with issues of anonymity and […]

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