Katie Price meets a UCLan protege
January 20, 2012 – 9:39 am | No Comment

Jessica Nightingale was star struck when she met celebrity Katie Price at a London photo call. “Honestly I really couldn’t believe my luck. It was so exciting. It was fantastic when I first saw her. I did feel star struck and had to pinch myself. I couldn’t actually believe I was there to interview her,” said the third year newspaper journalism student.

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Lauren signs on for IPC
July 12, 2011 – 5:39 am | One Comment
Lauren signs on for IPC

Postgraduate magazine journalism student Lauren O’Callaghan is celebrating landing a job before her course finishes. The uclan student has fought off tough competition to secure one of the two places on IPC’s graduate editorial training scheme at its Blue Fin headquarters in London.

Making news summer school
July 11, 2011 – 7:05 am | No Comment
Making news summer school

Interested in Journalism? Always wanted to go behind the scenes of a radio station? See yourself as a programme maker, presenter, and reporter? If the answer to all those is Yes then join us and the BBC at our unique 4 day summer school.

The Sun shines on Uclan students
June 21, 2011 – 7:00 am | No Comment
The Sun shines on Uclan students

Britain’s biggest national daily is taking on two uclan students as graduate trainees. Andy Snell and Andy Halls join The Sun in August. “I’m delighted to have been given the opportunity to work for the best newspaper in Britain. I’ve always dreamt of working for a national, going straight from University is a dream come true. “The Sun produces the world’s best journalists, so to work side-by-side with them is a fantastic moment for me,” said Andy Halls who graduates in July.

Postgraduate journalism advice day
May 31, 2011 – 9:27 am | No Comment
Postgraduate journalism advice day

We’re holding our annual Postgraduate Advice afternoon on Saturday 11 June. So if you’re interested in a career in newspapers, magazines, broadcast or international journalism drop by and have a chat with our staff in the Greenbank Building on our Preston campus.

BROADCAST POST GRADUATE WINS SKY NEWS COMPETITION
May 13, 2011 – 5:42 am | No Comment

MA Broadcast Journalism post graduate student Cristina Garlington has just won first prize in the Sky News Royal Wedding Student Video Competition.

POST GRADUATES EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF TWITTER AT SKY NEWS.
May 13, 2011 – 5:37 am | No Comment

Uclan Broadcast Post Graduate students Carl Hartley, Bethany Marshall and Katey Siddall arrived on their first day on work placement at Sky News to find themselves on the Libyan News Desk. Their task was to find people who were witnessing the dramatic events unfolding in Libya

Top commentators visit Sports Journalists
March 25, 2011 – 10:29 am | No Comment
Top commentators visit Sports Journalists

Two of sport’s leading TV commentators visited UCLan to meet students on the broadcast route of the Sports Journalism course.
Eddie Hemmings of Sky Sports took time out from his preparations for the big rugby league …

Writing for the top people’s paper
March 25, 2011 – 9:13 am | No Comment
Writing for the top people’s paper

Third year newspaper journalism student Tom Chandler has given a critique of The Times… and had it published. Tom was invited to review the 18 March online edition of the top people’s paper. His 250 word review, which also appeared in the print edition examined that day’s coverage of events in Japan, the British economy and the arts.

“I was sent an e-mail after

Caterpillars triumph in top footie tourney
March 15, 2011 – 8:13 am | 4 Comments
Caterpillars triumph in top footie tourney

The Courant Caterpillars romped home to victory with a 14-8 win against Real Journalists in the 2011 Swingewood Cup. Although Real got off to a brilliant start to score the first goal of the match their cries of joy quickly turned to sobs of anguish as the Caterpillars rammed in goal after goal.

Students bag top BBC award
March 3, 2011 – 4:42 am | No Comment
Students bag top BBC award

Students from the School of Journalism, Media and Communication have won a major BBC award for a multi-media project, writes Amina Saito.The Innovation Award was presented by comedienne, actress and singer Victoria Wood to the team at a one day BBC North Developing Talent Conference hosted by uclan.