November 2011
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BU academics win ‘Best Paper’
A paper written by Dr Janice Denegri-Knott and Dr Mike Molesworth andentitled “Concepts and practices of digital virtual consumption” has been awarded the inaugural CMC “Best Paper” award. The paper discusses taxonomy on consumer behaviour in interactive digital spheres. It was chosen for the award as it was the paper published in 2010 with the [...]
Winners announced for the New Media Writing Prize
The winners for the New Media Writing Prize have been announced. The winner for the New Media Writing Prize 2011 was Loss of Grasp created by Serge Bouchardon and Vincent Volckaert (France). The judges loved the piece because the reader had to interact in order to unfold the story, and its ability to give the [...]
Internationally renowed journalists and filmakers visit BU
Andrew Wilson, Sky News former chief foreign correspondent and now Sky News presenter came to Bournemouth University yesterday with Andrew Preston, reportage editor for the Mail on Sunday with international documentary makers for One World Media Day. The day was funded by the UKaid from the Department for International Development, and provided students with interactive [...]
BBC volunteers work with BU grads and Age UK to create community radio
Volunteers from BBC’s Create and Connect scheme came last week to work with Age UK and graduates from BU’s media school, at the Bournemouth Skillset Media Academy in Weymouth house. The scheme was conceived firstly at the Age UK conference also held at BU’s media school in June, where MA Radio Production graduates Hannah Rolfe [...]
Super successful grad wins Brilliant newcomer of the Year
Not being content with writing a book, graduating with a first, scoring a top job as Technical Evangelist for Mozilla all under a year of graduating, Rob Hawkes has just won the Brilliant newcomer of the Year award. High achieving graduate of the BA (Hons) Interactive Media Productuction Alumni Rob, scooped the award, which was [...]
Sky news experts to help Journalism students craft pitches
Sky News journalist Andrew Wilson is coming to BU on Monday to give a workshop to Journalism students. The workshop will begin at 1pm chaired by Andrew Wilson, who has just returned from covering the Arab Spring and conflict in Libya for Sky News, Andrew Preston, reportage editor for the Mail on Sunday, and Marion [...]
Feel enraged by the snowballing cost of higher education?
Appalled by co-alition policy betrayal? Journalists want some fresh ammo for the higher education 2012 fees debate? Perhaps you might like to vent your opinion, or delve into the depth of questions such as, is higher education in England and Wales heading for meltdown? Or is there a more positive alternative to the government’s policies? [...]
BA (Hons) Interactive Media Production changes name
BA (Honours) Interactive Media Production will be changing it’s name for the academic year 2012. The new name will be BA Hons Digital Media Design, however will remain the same in content and structure, but the course will continually make interactive changes to the delivery to reflect the fast paced changes of [...]
Graduate Jabir Siraz-Ullah wins BU’s placement student prize
The winner of this years Bournemouth University placement student prize is Jabir Siraz-Ullah, who performed outstandingly on his placement with Eli Lilly & Company. Jabir graduated from BA Hons Marketing this today, said upon learning of winning the prize: “I was surprised considering the scale, especially when there are nearly 2000 students eligible for the award. [...]
Phill Jupitus visits BU
Never mind the buzzcocks star Phill Jupitus came down to Bournemouth University’s Talbot Campus yesterday to give a lecture to radio production students last week. Phill Jupitus also was the celebrity raffle drawer in the Children In Need raffle.
