Sports journalism students excel at HCCA voluntary scheme between Hampshire Cricket Club and Solent’s sports journalism course has proved so successful that the club has invited students back to the Rose Bowl next summer. The project, which saw aspiring cricket writers report on Hampshire’s matches for the club website as well as interview players and upload pictures, was well received by supporters and the site’s readers.
Jane Cable, Hampshire Cricket Club’s press officer praised the quality of journalism on display. “Last year’s fixture list meant 50 days of First XI cricket at The Rose Bowl which represented a huge commitment in terms of resource. Not just any resource either; the job needed a knowledge of cricket and the ability to write. What started the season being a cause for constant stress became a slick operation, with the students writing the reports as play unfolded. As soon as play finished I would check their copy, import it into the website and press the button for it to go live.”
Level three sports journalism student Steven Woodgate was one of the writers to take part in the initiative, covering county and one-day matches. “The experience was a lot of fun, and it gave us an insight into the fast-paced world of sports reporting. Chris Tremlett was probably the scariest moment as being a modest 5’9’, he towered over me!” The team witnessed a successful season for Hampshire and managed to cover almost every day of first XI cricket. More of the same next summer.
Students take part in Neu/Now
The NEU/NOW Festival provides an innovative platform for talented graduating artists emerging from Universities across Europe to present themselves to wider European audiences and showcase their work.
The art of three Solent students were invited to the event in Vilnius, Lithuania. Katie Howe’s series of drawings, “The Unrequited Tales of Edwina and Gertrude”, are a diaristic reflection of unrequited love while Matty Long’s “Babylon” presents a series of thumbnail drawings sketched by hand and coloured digitally. Andy Etter’s unique conceptual video game “Fitti” brings a graffiti artist to life in an animated film.
The NEU/NOW Live festival took place between 19th and 22nd November 2009 in Vilnius as part of Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009.
Hugh Cudlipp Trust award
The Hugh Cudlipp Trust makes an annual financial award to a student of Journalism at a university in the United Kingdom. The £1000 award is for an article or a series of articles on an issue of public interest or concern which in the Cudlipp tradition exemplifies lucid and graphic communication. The article or series must have been written and published in English between 1 December 2008 and 12 December 2009. It may have appeared anywhere in the world on a website or in a national, regional or local newspaper.
For more information, visit www.ajeuk.org/circulars/cudlipp.rtf.
Adam Comiskey on Radio 6
Adam Comiskey was interviewed on the Cerys Matthews Show on BBC 6 Music. The former Catatonia frontwoman talked to Adam about his work on the music video for The Blizzards latest track, “And Another Thing.” Burn The Whole Place Down at Bang! Festival Adam Comiskey’s animated video for Hey Negrita’s “Burn The Whole Place Down” has been selected for the Bang! in the bar programme which will screen during the Bang festival at the Broadway cinema in Nottingham.
The judging panel viewed over 300 films to create a 90 minute programme. Recent graduate Jack Bonnington had his film selected for the festival as well which means Solent University staff and students occupy 30% of the entire Bang festival. As well as this, graduate Ryan Herbert’s film was selected at the Shortcuts film festival.
Criminology receives research grant
Criminology Senior Lecturer Simon Fox was awarded a grant of nearly £10,000 for joint research with Gloucestershire University. The funding, which will go towards revitalising assessment skills on the course’s Leadership and Management unit, was awarded by the Higher Education Academy’s Centre for Sociology, Criminology and Political Research. The unit requires students to analyse a fictitious police service, and discuss the problems associated with the authority. The course also created a DVD alongside Gloucester University’s media department and the BBC, examining the challenges that the police force has to face.
Solent teams up with ACRO in internship link
Solent University teamed up with the Association of Chief Police Officers Criminal Records Office (ACRO) to offer Criminology graduates four-month work experience opportunities. ACRO is the main data gathering body, responsible for collating national records and DNA evidence. After an intensive application process, three students were selected for the internship, and two have since been offered full times jobs while one is still waiting to here. A DVD outlining the internship was shown at Graduation and the same application process will happen again for criminology level three students this year.
Criminology promotes ethical policing
Criminology and Solent Productions have teamed up with Hampshire Police to create a DVD focusing upon ethical policing. The training video, which uses real officers, is designed for members of the force who have been active for two years and could be distributed nationally.
AOI accolade for Solent
Criminology Senior Lecturer Simon Fox was awarded a grant of nearly £10,000 for joint research with Gloucestershire University. The funding, which will go towards revitalising assessment skills on the course’s Leadership and Management unit, was awarded by the Higher Education Academy’s Centre for Sociology, Criminology and Political Research. The unit requires students to analyse a fictitious police service, and discuss the problems associated with the authority. The course also created a DVD alongside Gloucester University’s media department and the BBC, examining the challenges that the police force has to face.
Solent teams up with ACRO in internship link
Solent University teamed up with the Association of Chief Police Officers Criminal Records Office (ACRO) to offer Criminology graduates four-month work experience opportunities. ACRO is the main data gathering body, responsible for collating national records and DNA evidence. After an intensive application process, three students were selected for the internship, and two have since been offered full times jobs while one is still waiting to here. A DVD outlining the internship was shown at Graduation and the same application process will happen again for criminology level three students this year.
Criminology promotes ethical policing
Criminology and Solent Productions have teamed up with Hampshire Police to create a DVD focusing upon ethical policing. The training video, which uses real officers, is designed for members of the force who have been active for two years and could be distributed nationally.
AOI accolade for Solent
For the fourth consecutive year Solent graduates have been selected for inclusion in the Association of Illustrators 2009 annual. The four successful students are David Thelwell, Rick Bellin, Ollie Stone and Matthew Long.
(Focus on FMAS Newsletter, 2009)
