Jobs success for students
July 19, 2010 – 9:42 am | No Comment

Two University of Central Lancashire newspaper journalism students had cause for a double celebration on the same day. Kyle Caldwell and Hannah Upton received their academic awards and job offers within hours of each other last Friday.

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Sun sports sub-editor returns to UCLan
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Sun sports sub-editor returns to UCLan

Sun sports sub-editor Dean Scoggins gave undergraduate journalists a taste of Fleet Street.
During a whistle stop tour the UCLan graduate gave a few valuable pointers to third year students about subbing and …

Students short-listed for national PR award
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | One Comment
Students short-listed for national PR award

Two public relations student have been short-listed for a national Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) award.
Sarah Burnham, a second year BA (Hons) Public Relations and Business student and first year PR …

Project to build Indian and Kenyan research systems
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Applied Communication researchers have teamed up with European colleagues to support the research systems of India and Kenya.
As part of Framework 7, the European Union’s programme for research that aims to increase …

Student made editor of rugby league magazine
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Student made editor of rugby league magazine

Last Tackle website editor and journalism student James Gordon has been named as the editor of a new rugby league magazine.
Code 13 magazine launched this month and sold over 1,000 copies of …

Sports Journalism debate has worldwide impact on media stage
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Sports Journalism debate has worldwide impact on media stage

Sports journalists must safeguard their freedom against large sporting bodies if objective coverage of sporting events is to be maintained.
That was the claim of a ground breaking forum recently held at the …

Placement leads to ideal job
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Placement leads to ideal job

A student has been offered her dream job on the back of her work placement at the UK’s leading female website FemaleFirst.
Ruth Harrison will work as a travel writer for the website …

MA online graduate edits radio websites across the country
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment

An online journalism graduate has been made the editor of over 20 local radio station websites around the country.
Anna Sky Hulton is the Group Content Editor for Bauer Radio, the company that …

Strengthening Governance in Iraq
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Strengthening Governance in Iraq

MA Strategic Communication graduate Nigel Atkin is a Regional Public Affairs Advisor to the Iraqi government.
His career in public relations has taken him from a PR firm on Fleet Street to …

Department’s innovative ideas project goes international
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Department’s innovative ideas project goes international

Meld, the Department of Journalism’s creative ideas project, will be brought to the international stage at a prestigious conference.
Digital News Affairs (DNA) 2008 is a major international conference describing itself as “the world’s first cross-media, …

Blackpool News Agency head shares trade secrets
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Blackpool News Agency head shares trade secrets

The head of the Blackpool News Agency dropped by and shared a few trade secrets with postgraduates on the newspaper journalism course.
Journalist David Graham was once ordered by his news desk to …