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What’s wrong with WebCT? Help us change it

By admin ⋅ May 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

We are in the process of reporting to our Faculty’s Student Experience Committee about WebCT. What’s good about it (and there are some good things – you know, at least, where module guides are for you module)… and what’s frustrating about it? COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE !

European Young Journalist of the Year Award

By Alex Lockwood ⋅ May 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Don’t forget to apply to the 2009 European Young Journalist Award…only two weeks to go. The prize is the title of ‘2009 European Young Journalist’ in the UK, followed up by a cultural trip with all expenses paid to Berlin in August/September 2009. Deadline is 31 May.
You need to be between 17 and 35, and [...]

Mixmag looking for nightlife writers

By admin ⋅ May 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Mixmag, the “world’s biggest selling dance music magazine” is looking for journalism students from across the UK to write about the nightlife of the city you study ‘ live in (for all your Newcastle-based interlopers). In their words,  “this is a great opportunity for young journos in the making to get their writing in print [...]

Module Fair this Thursday: L1 and L2 students

By Alex Lockwood ⋅ May 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Module Choice fair for current Level 1 and 2 students will take place this Thursday 14th May 2009. Current level 1 students need to attend at 10.00am and current level 2 students at 11.15am in the Cinema.
We understand that this may cause some disruption to classes but we have tried to minimise this as [...]

What skills do journalism students need?

By juliebradford ⋅ May 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Let us know what you think. Journalism student Josh Halliday and lecturer Julie Bradford are carrying out a survey into what students think is important  and what they’d like to see more (and less) of on their journalism degrees.
The survey results will be presented at The Future of Journalism Education conference in London on June [...]

Want to be the new DN editor?

By admin ⋅ May 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

If you’ve not seen the ad yet, get over to InJournalism for all you need to know about applying for the job of Editor for Degrees North.

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