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Monday, 15 November 2010
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Eden Sessions: Ladyhawke
A couple of press pit snaps I took from The Eden Sessions 2009.
Follow this link to see Jim in all his glory...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1323843/Students-turn-ROADKILL-cheap-meals.html
All time best response
And the best response I received when posting "Check out my mate, Jim Gooch, eating roadkill in the mail online" on facebook...My God-you have a friend called Jim GOOCH.
Jim Gooch eats Roadkill?
Bournemouth University backlash to suggestions that they're students eat roadkill following this image being printed in the mail online...
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Its all about the convergence!
The merits and pitfalls of convergence in practise...
I think that one of the hardest aspects of the convergence project was the huge scale on which we were working. Making sure that each of the teams, co-ordinated and shared material was difficult but was executed well by the convergence co-ordinators for each news day. Considering that it was the first time that this project had been run I think that it worked very well. It got easier as the weeks went by to converge successfully between radio, TV, online news and online features. Convergence between certain groups was easier than others, for example TV and radio, whereby audio tracks could be taken straight from filmed interviews and used by the radio team accordingly. Also, it became second nature for all reporters to take photos where necessary so that they could be shared amongst the other mediums. Convergence for online features was probably the trickiest to administer because of the nature of the stories. Early on, in the project, material was being duplicated between the online news and features teams which caused problems. This was where the editors for each team needed to communicate with each other in more depth. Another difficult aspect was the management of the year group as a whole, but I think that each individual editor did well to cope with this problem by concentrating on the management of their own team and keeping tabs on their own reporters. I think that it was really important to have a meeting the day before the news days so that everyone had an idea what they would be doing on the day. It became apparent that in some cases it was a waste of time for reporters to come into university at the start of the day when they could be of more use starting out and about and reporting back with stories that they had found. There were several occasions where this didn’t work as well, though. Sometimes I think that there were too many reporters working out and about for each team and this left the newsroom undermanned. For example, on my practise radio news day the first bulletin was deeply affected by the fact that there were too many reporters trying to find original news stories in Poole rather than just a select few. This meant that there weren’t enough people to produce and sub-edit which showed in the bulletin. I think that organisation is the key to successful convergence.
Which roles were most successful for you?
Out of all of the different mediums, I preferred radio and online features. I think that the role that I did best in was presenting for the radio bulletins. I feel fairly confident when presenting, I really enjoy the rush up to the bulletin and the speed at which everything comes together in the final moments. It became quite stressful during our last news day when we didn’t leave ourselves enough time for a read through before our first bulletin, however we all learned from this for our second bulletin and it ran much more smoothly. I like to think that I cope quite well under this kind of pressure and can still continue reading a bulletin if something goes wrong. I think that my weaknesses in this respect would be that I need to be able to co-ordinate my reading with monitoring the clips on Burli. There were a couple of instances where I should have recognised that the clips were set up in the wrong order. However, this would again have been prevented had we left ourselves enough time for a practise. My least favourite role throughout the course of the project was working as an out and about reporter for online news. I struggle to find original news stories that have a really strong lead and impact. When I was sent out to Winton for our assessed online news day, the only reason that I didn’t hugely struggle was because I had prepared my stories the night before. Although this was good time management, I was a little disappointed that I lack the initiative to go out on the day and find the stories spontaneously. This is something that I definitely need to work on in the future. One thing that did surprise me was how much I enjoyed the TV news day and the fact that I volunteered to make a TV package for online features. Last year this was one of my weaker subjects and I dreaded the thought of having to set up a camera and then edit a package! However, because we were working to a deadline during convergence, I found that I just got on with it and it wasn’t too horrific! For our online features package, Laura, Lucy and I filmed a humorous video in association with Shrove Tuesday. We tried and tested three different pancake mixtures and then voted for our favourite, in a ‘Come Dine With Me-esque’ style. We managed to get all of the filming done really quickly and then edited the package in good time to meet our deadline. I think I enjoyed doing this as we could be really creative with our editing techniques, using black and white colour settings and sped up clips and music to make the whole video more entertaining. I think that it was a really good idea to have the features section of the convergence project . I found that, for me anyway, it broke up the news based angle and allowed us to be a little diverse with our ideas. I find it hard to cope with a consistent focus on hard news!
What I have learned from my experiences...
I have learnt a lot from the converged news days. Mostly, how beneficial it is to share material, it really makes life a lot easier! Although, there is the potential for people to become complacent (I am perhaps a culprit of this!) I think as long as you are also sharing material that you have gathered, it can help you with aspects of the course that you struggle with. It gives you the opportunity to really get everything out of a story that you possibly can, making it a full, in depth package. I really enjoyed the fact that the year group worked together as one big team, before we started the unit I was a little sceptical that it would be a disaster! But I think that the converged news days were really motivational as it proved that we can already work to a professional standard. It also brought together what we have learnt in our previous units, which was good as it acted as a skills refresher but also it showed how these skills would be used in a professional environment. I was also able to establish a clear definition between where my strengths and weaknesses lie and what I need to work on in the future.
What you might have done differently and how you hope to improve your work in the future...
I was really disappointed that I was unable to attend one of the news days, the online features. I had enjoyed this medium in the practise news day and I think that I could have produced another good feature. So, had I done something different, I would have attended that! Also, I think that I could have developed some of my online news stories, but this is something that I recognised as one of my weaknesses so I think that this needs work in the future.
The last ever radio bulletin for convergence can be heard here:
http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/?p=26644
I think that one of the hardest aspects of the convergence project was the huge scale on which we were working. Making sure that each of the teams, co-ordinated and shared material was difficult but was executed well by the convergence co-ordinators for each news day. Considering that it was the first time that this project had been run I think that it worked very well. It got easier as the weeks went by to converge successfully between radio, TV, online news and online features. Convergence between certain groups was easier than others, for example TV and radio, whereby audio tracks could be taken straight from filmed interviews and used by the radio team accordingly. Also, it became second nature for all reporters to take photos where necessary so that they could be shared amongst the other mediums. Convergence for online features was probably the trickiest to administer because of the nature of the stories. Early on, in the project, material was being duplicated between the online news and features teams which caused problems. This was where the editors for each team needed to communicate with each other in more depth. Another difficult aspect was the management of the year group as a whole, but I think that each individual editor did well to cope with this problem by concentrating on the management of their own team and keeping tabs on their own reporters. I think that it was really important to have a meeting the day before the news days so that everyone had an idea what they would be doing on the day. It became apparent that in some cases it was a waste of time for reporters to come into university at the start of the day when they could be of more use starting out and about and reporting back with stories that they had found. There were several occasions where this didn’t work as well, though. Sometimes I think that there were too many reporters working out and about for each team and this left the newsroom undermanned. For example, on my practise radio news day the first bulletin was deeply affected by the fact that there were too many reporters trying to find original news stories in Poole rather than just a select few. This meant that there weren’t enough people to produce and sub-edit which showed in the bulletin. I think that organisation is the key to successful convergence.
Which roles were most successful for you?
Out of all of the different mediums, I preferred radio and online features. I think that the role that I did best in was presenting for the radio bulletins. I feel fairly confident when presenting, I really enjoy the rush up to the bulletin and the speed at which everything comes together in the final moments. It became quite stressful during our last news day when we didn’t leave ourselves enough time for a read through before our first bulletin, however we all learned from this for our second bulletin and it ran much more smoothly. I like to think that I cope quite well under this kind of pressure and can still continue reading a bulletin if something goes wrong. I think that my weaknesses in this respect would be that I need to be able to co-ordinate my reading with monitoring the clips on Burli. There were a couple of instances where I should have recognised that the clips were set up in the wrong order. However, this would again have been prevented had we left ourselves enough time for a practise. My least favourite role throughout the course of the project was working as an out and about reporter for online news. I struggle to find original news stories that have a really strong lead and impact. When I was sent out to Winton for our assessed online news day, the only reason that I didn’t hugely struggle was because I had prepared my stories the night before. Although this was good time management, I was a little disappointed that I lack the initiative to go out on the day and find the stories spontaneously. This is something that I definitely need to work on in the future. One thing that did surprise me was how much I enjoyed the TV news day and the fact that I volunteered to make a TV package for online features. Last year this was one of my weaker subjects and I dreaded the thought of having to set up a camera and then edit a package! However, because we were working to a deadline during convergence, I found that I just got on with it and it wasn’t too horrific! For our online features package, Laura, Lucy and I filmed a humorous video in association with Shrove Tuesday. We tried and tested three different pancake mixtures and then voted for our favourite, in a ‘Come Dine With Me-esque’ style. We managed to get all of the filming done really quickly and then edited the package in good time to meet our deadline. I think I enjoyed doing this as we could be really creative with our editing techniques, using black and white colour settings and sped up clips and music to make the whole video more entertaining. I think that it was a really good idea to have the features section of the convergence project . I found that, for me anyway, it broke up the news based angle and allowed us to be a little diverse with our ideas. I find it hard to cope with a consistent focus on hard news!
What I have learned from my experiences...
I have learnt a lot from the converged news days. Mostly, how beneficial it is to share material, it really makes life a lot easier! Although, there is the potential for people to become complacent (I am perhaps a culprit of this!) I think as long as you are also sharing material that you have gathered, it can help you with aspects of the course that you struggle with. It gives you the opportunity to really get everything out of a story that you possibly can, making it a full, in depth package. I really enjoyed the fact that the year group worked together as one big team, before we started the unit I was a little sceptical that it would be a disaster! But I think that the converged news days were really motivational as it proved that we can already work to a professional standard. It also brought together what we have learnt in our previous units, which was good as it acted as a skills refresher but also it showed how these skills would be used in a professional environment. I was also able to establish a clear definition between where my strengths and weaknesses lie and what I need to work on in the future.
What you might have done differently and how you hope to improve your work in the future...
I was really disappointed that I was unable to attend one of the news days, the online features. I had enjoyed this medium in the practise news day and I think that I could have produced another good feature. So, had I done something different, I would have attended that! Also, I think that I could have developed some of my online news stories, but this is something that I recognised as one of my weaknesses so I think that this needs work in the future.
The last ever radio bulletin for convergence can be heard here:
http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/?p=26644
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
KISS THIS.........
By Sophie Cox • May 14th, 2009 • Category: Music
For those of you who are as freakishly crazy about the “power pop” phenomenon as yours truly, you simply have get involved with this. Lights Go Blue are the sexiest new electro-pop duo on the scene and are teetering precariously on the brink of stardom. A little push is needed methinks…
It utterly baffles me and to be frank, it is an absolute travesty that these guys are yet to be signed but the future looks bright for Alex and Raj, who have just (literally just!) been asked to tour with Enter Shikari as their main support act this summer. They are playing a matinee show at Brighton’s Great Escape festival this Saturday and the gig promises to be a scorcher. Lights Go Blue have shared the stage with other fabulous acts such as You Me At 6, We Are The Ocean, Tonight Is Goodbye, The Mission District, Canterbury, Data.Select.Party, We Smoke Fags, Luke Pickett and Saving Aimee to name but a few!
The pair from Gravesend, Kent, write, record and produce all their own tracks in a “makeshift garage studio” which adds an essence of pure originality to their music. Their sound is an irresistibly sythy pop guaranteed to make you move and soothe the soul. Think “happiness” personified throw in some edgy undertones and this could well be the soundtrack to your summer. Following in the footsteps of seriously hot ”power-pop” icons such as La Roux, Esser and Coco Rosie, Alex and Raj have definitely got what it takes to make it big. POW!
For those of you who are as freakishly crazy about the “power pop” phenomenon as yours truly, you simply have get involved with this. Lights Go Blue are the sexiest new electro-pop duo on the scene and are teetering precariously on the brink of stardom. A little push is needed methinks…
It utterly baffles me and to be frank, it is an absolute travesty that these guys are yet to be signed but the future looks bright for Alex and Raj, who have just (literally just!) been asked to tour with Enter Shikari as their main support act this summer. They are playing a matinee show at Brighton’s Great Escape festival this Saturday and the gig promises to be a scorcher. Lights Go Blue have shared the stage with other fabulous acts such as You Me At 6, We Are The Ocean, Tonight Is Goodbye, The Mission District, Canterbury, Data.Select.Party, We Smoke Fags, Luke Pickett and Saving Aimee to name but a few!
The pair from Gravesend, Kent, write, record and produce all their own tracks in a “makeshift garage studio” which adds an essence of pure originality to their music. Their sound is an irresistibly sythy pop guaranteed to make you move and soothe the soul. Think “happiness” personified throw in some edgy undertones and this could well be the soundtrack to your summer. Following in the footsteps of seriously hot ”power-pop” icons such as La Roux, Esser and Coco Rosie, Alex and Raj have definitely got what it takes to make it big. POW!
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
9th December. Radio Package. With regard to subject matter for my radio package I took a long time think of an idea. I had trouble finding a story which I thought I could represent well through the medium of radio. I had several ideas for stories which I gathered information for and set up preliminary interviews for but these all seemed to fall through. My last option was something of a miracle which was suggested to me by Laurence. He had had a fantastic idea for a story but hadn’t followed it through, he was going to talk to Mark Coreth, a sculptor who was to carve a polar bear in ice in Trafalgar Square to represent the effects of global warming. I decided that it was such a fantastic story that it would be a waste to let it go. I contacted Mark Coreth and he was more than happy to do an interview with myself. He talked in depth about the inspiration behind his project and his time in the Artic, I had ample material to use for my package and to be honest I found it very hard to cut down to 1’40”. I decided that although he was an ideal subject for a Radio 4 audience, I wanted to accompany the feature with Moby’s Porcelain, as I just thought it really brought out the atmosphere of the Arctic and Mr. Coreth’s inspirational artistic characteristics.
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
8th December. Assessed Radio Day (South Coast Radio). Once again our team met up the day before our assessment so that we were prepared for the assessed news day. I found this really helpful as there was slightly more involved with the South Coast radio news day, in that we had to do a live two-way and a lunch time court story. Once again I offered to present as I felt that I had had ample practise and we all wanted a role that we felt comfortable doing. This was by far our most successful radio news day as we managed to gather all of our headline stories and produce them with plenty of time for rehearsals. Once again I thoroughly enjoyed the day and thought that we all very much earned our first!
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
1st December. Assessed Radio Day (Talbot FM). Following the practise radio days I felt confident that our assessed news day would go well. I was really happy with our group, I think that we were all able to work together well and each offered our own preferred skill to the team. Lucy and I chose to work together sharing the responsibility of presenter. She opted to present in the first bulletin and I did the second. We each read through each other’s stories and the finished script to make sure that it read fluently. I was really impressed with all of our stories for this day and also the way in which we built upon them in the second bulletin. My only criticism would be that we didn’t leave quite enough time for ample rehearsals. However, this didn’t impact too greatly on the finished bulletin. I was very happy working as part of a radio news team and felt that we worked very professionally together, I much prefer radio news days to the television ones, I personally feel much more relaxed presenting for radio.
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Thursday 5th. Documentary filming. During the last couple of weeks Laura and I had decided upon a subject for the documentary and had managed to set up a series of meetings and interviews with our subjects. I was very happy with our choice, using the comedians, Jim Cross and Dan Gaine and their production of ‘Mother and Dad’ gave us alot of room to get our creative juices flowing! The subject matter was very interesting and we could adapt a really good angle with the use of shots in and around the Little Theatre and layer their amusing banter over the top. I think both Laura and I had the same sort of vision when it came to how the final piece would look so we took it upon ourselves to sort of direct the whole piece. As a group we filmed over 3 days and nights whilst the performance of Mother and Dad was taking place and gathered absolutely tonnes of footage which meant that we were spoilt for choice when it came to editing. Whilst editing I personally wanted to get a real feel for what it felt like to be a performer and I think we really managed to capture the essence of nervousness and tension that an actor feels before going onstage. I also believe that our documentary leaves the viewer with a sense of wanting to know more...as the boys used our work for a promotional piece for their website I think they thought the same!
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Tuesday 3rd. Newsday. Having been assigned the role of presenter again I felt very prepared for our newsday this time around and a little less nervous. We all arrived first thing to gather appropriate headlines for the day and were able to make a selection of oovs for our opening sequence. I was very impressed with Jenny and Allana’s graphics skills and thought that our opening and ending credits were very suited to the nature of our show. I think that this week our style was much more appropriate for that of a serious news show and was happy with the running order of our stories. Was slightly disappointed when I glanced into the studio whilst another group was doing their youth news show and saw how creative they had been. I feel that we were a little conservative with ours and it was far too serious!
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Tuesday 27th. Newsday. We had already decided who was playing each role and had all of our material ready to send to studio and put into tricaster. We left ourselves plenty of time for rehearsals and run throughs which allowed us to cut our package down to the right time. (5m32secs). I think we all worked very productively as a team and co-operated to ensure that our package ran smoothly. As presenter I was nervous, I didn’t want to let the team down in the live show as we all worked very hard on our individual packages, oovs etc. Need to remember to smile! Thought that the only criticisms were that it was a little formal for a youth news show but our content was good.
Monday, 26 October 2009
Monday 26th. Editing of the carnage package and creating scripts and running orders for the broadcast next day. In order to prepare for our first news day we all decided to meet up a day early to discuss our roles for the youth news day. I was assigned role of presenter which I was incredibly pleased about as I believe myself to be something of a technical flop so assigning me to autocue or vision mixer would not have been a good idea!
Sunday, 25 October 2009
PRODUCTION ANALYSIS BLOG
Sunday 25th, evening. 9.30pm. Laura and I board a bus heading into Bournemouth town centre. Carnage has descended upon the town, in the form of the UK's largest pub crawl and we have been nominated to film this little event. We find ourselves to be the only people that are lacking a carnage t-shirt and wearing more than next to nothing! As we not so subtly take to the streets armed with camera, tripod and microphone we are greeted by thousands of students all very willing to take part in our TV project.
We managed to gather some amazing shots of students dressed in the strangest of attire, adapting the theme of dirty doctors and naughty nurses in their unique ways! We got several good interviews with keen volunteers eager to tell us how good carnage is. However, when we approached anyone with any responsibility and authority linked with the running of the event, they refused to speak to us. Stewards and ambulance personnel informed us that they had been pre-warned by organisers not to speak to any press. Despite this we had a very successful night of filming.
Friday, 3 April 2009
INTRODUCING "POWER-POP".
Hello 80’s revival 2009!
If you hadn’t already noticed (frankly, you must’ve had your head under a rock for the past few months-which, incidentally, I’m not condemning) but, you really should be aware that this year’s music scene is set to be re-liberated by the psychedelic harmonies and ‘synthy’ undertones of the late 70’s/early 80’s. (Cue sigh; I know, I know- Trust me, I did first time I heard this little remark, however…) Welcome an evolution of kraut rock and electro-pop with open arms. Bathe in the delights of artists such as La Roux, Bat for Lashes, Florence and the Machine, Little Boots, VV Brown, Coco Rosie and Lykee Li. (It’s actually not, contrary to popular opinion, a genre purely for those who deem themselves to be radically ‘out-there’ in the realms of contemporary culture. You don’t have to have smoked heroin to join this club.) Fusing something quaintly old-skool with the most futuristic sounds we’ve heard since Kraftwerk’s hit with ‘Autobahn’ in 1975, so called ‘power-pop’ promises to cause a fucking scene. POW!
Leading the crusade this month is the chart rocking, electro-duo Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid aka the formidable, La Roux. This outlandishly sexy pair from South London have hit the ‘big-time’ with their new release ‘In For The Kill’, following their equally successful debut, ‘Quicksand’. Currently preparing to support Lilly Allen on her UK tour, La Roux have attracted undeniably positive attention from a soiree of critics and have already had their latest single remixed by fellow artist and fan, Skream. It is this heavily poisonous dub-step tune that is sending shockwaves through the current club-scene, receiving particularly colossal praise from Radio1 DJ and underground clubland extraordinaire, Annie Mac.
The duo is fronted with Jackson’s hauntingly beautiful vocals (not to mention androgynously attractive appearance) and underpinned with voluptuous synths and bassy beats. Despite being just 21, and therefore (technically) barely old enough to remember the 80’s at all, the Brixton singer has managed to capture the essence of the era down to the minute detail of her wavy quiff. (Good effort!) She has somehow avoided a complete commercial duplication of said 80’s music yet it is treacherously easy to see where her influences come from…
Michael Jackson, Prince, David Bowie, The Knife, Justice, Eurythmics, Sebastien Tellier, Tears for Fears, The Faint, Blondie, CLOR, Postal Service, Human League, Chaka Khan, Depeche Mode, Kitsune, Gary Numan, Hot Chip, The Cure, Mr Oizo, Blancmange, SebastiAn, Talk Talk, Doris Troy, Tom Vek, CSS, George Michael, YAZOO, Boys NOize, Joni Mitchell, Madonna (early).TEPR, Heaven 17.
(To name but a few!)
This (I assure you, in the most unobtrusive way) is an innovative and exciting breed of pop (at its very best) and with La Roux tipped to be more than just an interesting hairdo we await their next single with baited breath (or eager anticipation-whichever you prefer; I couldn’t decide!)
In the meantime check out these venues and dates:
30th April, Thekla, ‘Brizzle’
14th May, Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
15th May, Honey Club, Brighton
19th May, KoKo, London.
If you hadn’t already noticed (frankly, you must’ve had your head under a rock for the past few months-which, incidentally, I’m not condemning) but, you really should be aware that this year’s music scene is set to be re-liberated by the psychedelic harmonies and ‘synthy’ undertones of the late 70’s/early 80’s. (Cue sigh; I know, I know- Trust me, I did first time I heard this little remark, however…) Welcome an evolution of kraut rock and electro-pop with open arms. Bathe in the delights of artists such as La Roux, Bat for Lashes, Florence and the Machine, Little Boots, VV Brown, Coco Rosie and Lykee Li. (It’s actually not, contrary to popular opinion, a genre purely for those who deem themselves to be radically ‘out-there’ in the realms of contemporary culture. You don’t have to have smoked heroin to join this club.) Fusing something quaintly old-skool with the most futuristic sounds we’ve heard since Kraftwerk’s hit with ‘Autobahn’ in 1975, so called ‘power-pop’ promises to cause a fucking scene. POW!
Leading the crusade this month is the chart rocking, electro-duo Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid aka the formidable, La Roux. This outlandishly sexy pair from South London have hit the ‘big-time’ with their new release ‘In For The Kill’, following their equally successful debut, ‘Quicksand’. Currently preparing to support Lilly Allen on her UK tour, La Roux have attracted undeniably positive attention from a soiree of critics and have already had their latest single remixed by fellow artist and fan, Skream. It is this heavily poisonous dub-step tune that is sending shockwaves through the current club-scene, receiving particularly colossal praise from Radio1 DJ and underground clubland extraordinaire, Annie Mac.
The duo is fronted with Jackson’s hauntingly beautiful vocals (not to mention androgynously attractive appearance) and underpinned with voluptuous synths and bassy beats. Despite being just 21, and therefore (technically) barely old enough to remember the 80’s at all, the Brixton singer has managed to capture the essence of the era down to the minute detail of her wavy quiff. (Good effort!) She has somehow avoided a complete commercial duplication of said 80’s music yet it is treacherously easy to see where her influences come from…
Michael Jackson, Prince, David Bowie, The Knife, Justice, Eurythmics, Sebastien Tellier, Tears for Fears, The Faint, Blondie, CLOR, Postal Service, Human League, Chaka Khan, Depeche Mode, Kitsune, Gary Numan, Hot Chip, The Cure, Mr Oizo, Blancmange, SebastiAn, Talk Talk, Doris Troy, Tom Vek, CSS, George Michael, YAZOO, Boys NOize, Joni Mitchell, Madonna (early).TEPR, Heaven 17.
(To name but a few!)
This (I assure you, in the most unobtrusive way) is an innovative and exciting breed of pop (at its very best) and with La Roux tipped to be more than just an interesting hairdo we await their next single with baited breath (or eager anticipation-whichever you prefer; I couldn’t decide!)
In the meantime check out these venues and dates:
30th April, Thekla, ‘Brizzle’
14th May, Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
15th May, Honey Club, Brighton
19th May, KoKo, London.
Saturday, 17 January 2009
STUDENT SAFETY
More than 3,000 students in Bournemouth are living in halls, for many it is their first time away from home and with no parental guidance it is their first taste of independent living. Learning to cook and clean for themselves in itself can be a challenge, but how many of them are taking into consideration their personal safety?
Following the fatal attack of first year student Luke Campell, students have admitted to being complacent, Adelaide Allen, Vice president of the students union, encourages students to always be alert. “I was shocked the other day when a student said to me that she feels like she’s on holiday when she’s at university and so isn’t that careful. When living away from home I think you need to be more vigilant and aware of your surroundings. Students need to ensure someone knows where they are and if possible stay in groups late at night. I don’t think because of the murder students need to be worried but just be sensible and realise that their personal safety should be a high priority.”
Bournemouth is considered a relatively safe area to live but Miss Allen would still recommend that students carry a personal attack alarm. Presently they are not available from the University or Student Shop however; the Executive Committee are working on purchasing some to be available from the Students’ Union reception. “I think having an attack alarm can only help protect you when you’re out and about and I think both males and females should see the worth in buying one.”
First year student Elizabeth Stevenson, 19, from Bristol said “I wouldn’t buy one (personal attack alarm) as I think that there are better ways to stay safe. Personally I always make sure that I walk home in a group after a night out anyway.”
If students need any advice regarding anything mentioned in this article they are advised to pay Jane Devekey a visit. She has had extensive training with the Personal Safety Trust so that she is able to sort out any problems you might find yourself confronted with. She can be contacted by going to the Students Union above Dylan’s or alternatively via email, jdevekey @bournemouth.ac.uk.
More than 3,000 students in Bournemouth are living in halls, for many it is their first time away from home and with no parental guidance it is their first taste of independent living. Learning to cook and clean for themselves in itself can be a challenge, but how many of them are taking into consideration their personal safety?
Following the fatal attack of first year student Luke Campell, students have admitted to being complacent, Adelaide Allen, Vice president of the students union, encourages students to always be alert. “I was shocked the other day when a student said to me that she feels like she’s on holiday when she’s at university and so isn’t that careful. When living away from home I think you need to be more vigilant and aware of your surroundings. Students need to ensure someone knows where they are and if possible stay in groups late at night. I don’t think because of the murder students need to be worried but just be sensible and realise that their personal safety should be a high priority.”
Bournemouth is considered a relatively safe area to live but Miss Allen would still recommend that students carry a personal attack alarm. Presently they are not available from the University or Student Shop however; the Executive Committee are working on purchasing some to be available from the Students’ Union reception. “I think having an attack alarm can only help protect you when you’re out and about and I think both males and females should see the worth in buying one.”
First year student Elizabeth Stevenson, 19, from Bristol said “I wouldn’t buy one (personal attack alarm) as I think that there are better ways to stay safe. Personally I always make sure that I walk home in a group after a night out anyway.”
If students need any advice regarding anything mentioned in this article they are advised to pay Jane Devekey a visit. She has had extensive training with the Personal Safety Trust so that she is able to sort out any problems you might find yourself confronted with. She can be contacted by going to the Students Union above Dylan’s or alternatively via email, jdevekey @bournemouth.ac.uk.
Fatalities after Toxic Spillage
An elderly couple have been killed after a highly toxic poison spilled into the water at Poole Harbour. This happened at the scene of a major collision between Sandbanks Passenger Ferry and an El Taurus Cargo Ferry earlier this morning.
The couple, who have not been identified, are thought to have been in their 80’s and it is feared that it was Lindane poisoning that caused their deaths.
A spokesman for the Coastguard said the bodies were found half a mile from the initial incident by a Danish Lifeboat crew.
So far more than 70 people have been admitted to hospital following the accident.
There is great concern for passengers from the Sandbanks Ferry who jumped overboard following the collision. The poison, Lindane, has been reported as potentially life threatening by Torben Lee, Pollution Consultant. In a press conference with the Environmental Agency it has been advised that everyone who has come into contact with the water to seek medical assistance immediately. Lindane is still being considered a great risk. There is to be a 48 hour exclusion zone between Sandbanks and Bournemouth Pier, where it has been advised that no swimming, dog walking, cycling or walking should take place until further notice. All lifeboat personnel have been asked to wear chemical protection gear and any coastal area south east of Sandbanks to Hengist Bury Head is to be avoided for the time being.
It is thought that the Lindane spillage was caused when one of the trucks on the El Taurus cargo ship came loose and was damaged during the collision with the Sandbanks Passenger Ferry. “Lindane will spread at an incredible rate” said Mr.Lee, but, chemical boons have been constructed to avoid any further contamination.
At 9.10 this morning passengers from the Sandbanks Ferry jumped into areas of water where strong currents have carried them out to sea along with tonnes of Lindane. Remaining Passengers are currently being evacuated. The Police and the
Coastguards are concerned for those who remain in the water for fear of the freezing temperatures as well as the Lindane, helicopters are currently rescuing all passengers stranded.
Nick Gosney, 72, Chief Loader, for Sandbank’s Ferries, witnessed the entire event from Poole Harbour. “It was pretty nasty”. He said. The unknown blue and white cargo ferry has “smashed” into the side of the Sandbanks chain ferry causing both boats to stop moving. The cargo ship was taking in a lot of water and sinking, it is thought that all cargo will be lost. Bridget Verdun. Owner of Torbay Seaways said she is “very sad for what has happened”. The vessel, on its first voyage, was scheduled to carry trucks to Cherbourg, France. It is unsure exactly how the two ships collided but the damage is horrifically clear. Most passengers that were onboard the Sandbanks Ferry have been accounted for as have the crew onboard the El Taurus, escaping with minor cuts and bruises.
An elderly couple have been killed after a highly toxic poison spilled into the water at Poole Harbour. This happened at the scene of a major collision between Sandbanks Passenger Ferry and an El Taurus Cargo Ferry earlier this morning.
The couple, who have not been identified, are thought to have been in their 80’s and it is feared that it was Lindane poisoning that caused their deaths.
A spokesman for the Coastguard said the bodies were found half a mile from the initial incident by a Danish Lifeboat crew.
So far more than 70 people have been admitted to hospital following the accident.
There is great concern for passengers from the Sandbanks Ferry who jumped overboard following the collision. The poison, Lindane, has been reported as potentially life threatening by Torben Lee, Pollution Consultant. In a press conference with the Environmental Agency it has been advised that everyone who has come into contact with the water to seek medical assistance immediately. Lindane is still being considered a great risk. There is to be a 48 hour exclusion zone between Sandbanks and Bournemouth Pier, where it has been advised that no swimming, dog walking, cycling or walking should take place until further notice. All lifeboat personnel have been asked to wear chemical protection gear and any coastal area south east of Sandbanks to Hengist Bury Head is to be avoided for the time being.
It is thought that the Lindane spillage was caused when one of the trucks on the El Taurus cargo ship came loose and was damaged during the collision with the Sandbanks Passenger Ferry. “Lindane will spread at an incredible rate” said Mr.Lee, but, chemical boons have been constructed to avoid any further contamination.
At 9.10 this morning passengers from the Sandbanks Ferry jumped into areas of water where strong currents have carried them out to sea along with tonnes of Lindane. Remaining Passengers are currently being evacuated. The Police and the
Coastguards are concerned for those who remain in the water for fear of the freezing temperatures as well as the Lindane, helicopters are currently rescuing all passengers stranded.
Nick Gosney, 72, Chief Loader, for Sandbank’s Ferries, witnessed the entire event from Poole Harbour. “It was pretty nasty”. He said. The unknown blue and white cargo ferry has “smashed” into the side of the Sandbanks chain ferry causing both boats to stop moving. The cargo ship was taking in a lot of water and sinking, it is thought that all cargo will be lost. Bridget Verdun. Owner of Torbay Seaways said she is “very sad for what has happened”. The vessel, on its first voyage, was scheduled to carry trucks to Cherbourg, France. It is unsure exactly how the two ships collided but the damage is horrifically clear. Most passengers that were onboard the Sandbanks Ferry have been accounted for as have the crew onboard the El Taurus, escaping with minor cuts and bruises.
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Original news story 25/11/08
Hollyoaks and History Boys
A group of journalism students bumped into Hollyoaks heart throb Stephen Uppal aka Ravi Roy on the train during a trip to London. The star looked pleasantly surprised as the students, goaded by a certain university lecturer, pounced on him for a quick interview.
Stephen Uppal, former student of Cleveland Theatre School is best known for playing Hollyoaks’ hottest new man about town in the popular television drama, Hollyoaks. Ravi Roy is a cheeky, vivacious bouncer working for local bad boy Warren Fox in The Loft nightclub. He enjoys a turbulent relationship with Nancy and has recently caused a stir after attempting to kiss his mate, Russ Owen.
The young actor’s big screen debut was launched in May of this year and he has been on air regularly since June. “It’s a nice little show” he said “a good laugh, I get on really well with everyone”.
Despite his busy schedule with the programme and two year contract his real passion lies with the Theatre. Stephen was at Conservatoire de Theatre for two years training whilst he studied English at University in Teesside. “The adrenaline rush of live performance really excites me” he said. Stephen went onto Arts Educational for further training and has recently finished 6 months at the West End with The National Theatre performing in The History Boys.
Mr. Uppal’s two year contract with Hollyoaks leads us to the assumption that he isn’t scheduled to be killed off any time soon but he hopes “for an exciting exit when the time comes”. Although his real interest stems from live performance his aspirations for the future include more television appearances and he hopes to play a character completely different to Ravi Roy in his next project. Perhaps a “real bad guy; that would be fun” he said.
A group of journalism students bumped into Hollyoaks heart throb Stephen Uppal aka Ravi Roy on the train during a trip to London. The star looked pleasantly surprised as the students, goaded by a certain university lecturer, pounced on him for a quick interview.
Stephen Uppal, former student of Cleveland Theatre School is best known for playing Hollyoaks’ hottest new man about town in the popular television drama, Hollyoaks. Ravi Roy is a cheeky, vivacious bouncer working for local bad boy Warren Fox in The Loft nightclub. He enjoys a turbulent relationship with Nancy and has recently caused a stir after attempting to kiss his mate, Russ Owen.
The young actor’s big screen debut was launched in May of this year and he has been on air regularly since June. “It’s a nice little show” he said “a good laugh, I get on really well with everyone”.
Despite his busy schedule with the programme and two year contract his real passion lies with the Theatre. Stephen was at Conservatoire de Theatre for two years training whilst he studied English at University in Teesside. “The adrenaline rush of live performance really excites me” he said. Stephen went onto Arts Educational for further training and has recently finished 6 months at the West End with The National Theatre performing in The History Boys.
Mr. Uppal’s two year contract with Hollyoaks leads us to the assumption that he isn’t scheduled to be killed off any time soon but he hopes “for an exciting exit when the time comes”. Although his real interest stems from live performance his aspirations for the future include more television appearances and he hopes to play a character completely different to Ravi Roy in his next project. Perhaps a “real bad guy; that would be fun” he said.
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