News Archive 2012
December
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BU Master's student brings together former war enemies for documentary Zeljko Mirkovic's documentary The Second Meeting tells the story of the two men meeting again and forging a friendship |
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HRH The Princess Royal visits Bournemouth University The Princess Royal spoke to students who worked at the London 2012 Olympic Games and heard about the ground-breaking research taking place at BU |
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Poetry project Seen But Seldom Heard has documentary premiere The project saw teenagers with disabilities working with BU academics and performance poets to express their feelings. |
November
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New Media Writing Prize announces winners. The competition celebrates new and innovative styles of writing – with two winners this year. |
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Journalism students provide live coverage of Leveson report Students cover as part of newsdays and give live comment on BBC Radio Solent. |
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New animation and visual effects festival to come to Bournemouth The first BFX festival will take place next summer, celebrating the best of British visual effects. |
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BU students work through the night to provide live coverage of US Election Over 200 students from the Media School provided live TV, radio, and internet reports of the US Presidential Election. |
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Visual effects supervisor says Bournemouth University (BU) Honorary Doctorate "more special" than winning an Oscar Paul Franklin, who received Oscar and BAFTA for visual effects work on Inception, became a Doctor of Arts at BU graduation ceremony today. |
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The Business School and Media School launch new BSc (Hons) Marketing degree Bournemouth University launches new BSc(Hons) Marketing degree. |
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BU Master's student wins animation prize MA 3D Animation student Leo Crane won student award at MIA Animation Festival. |
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BU students providing live US Presidential coverage Over 300 Bournemouth University students are working through the night on 6 November 2012 to provide live coverage of the US Presidential election. |
October
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BU students win two international awards for short film Media School students win awards at festivals in Switzerland and USA for one–minute film created as part of coursework. |
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BU Media School students interview Skyfall stars Daniel Craig and Naomie Harris Friends won competition organised by BBC Radio 1 breakfast show to interview stars of the latest Bond film. |
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BU Journalism student wins top web award from industry body Fifth year running that a Master's Multimedia Journalism student from BU has won the BJTC website prize. |
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Poem inspired by battlefield trip wins Thomas Hardy Society prize BA (Hons) English student at BU Sarah Wall wins Thomas Hardy Society prize. |
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BU student wins volunteer award for work at London Youth Games Roseanne Blaze meets Olympic stars at glittering awards ceremony. |
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Seen But Seldom Heard returns for local festival Poetry project had its third performance at Bridport Open Book Festival. |
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Director of Spooks and Life on Mars comes to Bournemouth University Bharat Nalluri tells BU media students that degrees important to break into the film industry. |
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Follow funny Sophie! BU graduate named as one of top 50 funniest women to follow on Twitter. |
September
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BU Master’s student wins national editing competition Chris beat media students from across the country to win industry-standard editing equipment. |
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Bournemouth MP among guests at BU Seen But Seldom Heard event Tobias Ellwood MP heard poems written and performed by young people with disabilities, as part of Bournemouth University-led project. |
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BU graduate now writes speeches for Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Suzanne Wood back in Bournemouth for the UK Speechwriter’s Guild Conference. |
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BU graduate’s production company works on new Joss Stone video Poole-based company did post-production work on music video for the singer. |
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Speechwriters in Bournemouth for conference Delegates from around the world at Bournemouth University for UK Speechwriters Guild conference. |
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BU student wins prestigious scriptwriting prize Sophie Petzal beats entries from around the world to claim Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award. |
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Seen But Seldom Heard Event Performers from the Victoria Education Centre. |
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Professor Phlegm is back! Children’s radio series created by BU students and graduates gains second series. |
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Students and staff members look back on a memorable and successful Olympics Students and staff members look back on a memorable and successful Olympics. |
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BU students win plaudits in project for car manufacturer Ten Bournemouth University students have come out on top in a project for car manufacturer SEAT, in a bid to help raise awareness of their brand. |
August
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New appointment in the Media School BU welcomes Dr. Heather Savigny as Senior Lecturer to the Politics and Media degree launching in September 2012. |
July
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Student film to be shown at the Olympics BU student dedicates Olympic film to the memory of ‘a great flatmate’. |
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Best NCTJ Shorthand student in the UK Bournemouth University student wins national journalist award. |
June
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BU 100+ Directory in The Times BU’s 100+ Media Directory featured in an article in The Times. |
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Brainstorming the Creative & Digital Economies BU’s Advances in Media Management (AiMM) research group holds event investigating New Economic Models in the Digital Economy. |
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BU graduate wins Dorset Journalist of the Year BA (Hons) Multi-Media Journalism graduate Harriet Rose-Gale wins the County’s top journalism prize. |
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Graduates’ film to be released on DVD and iTunes Two BU graduates to have their debut film released on DVD and iTunes in July. |
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Professor Tom Watson: ‘Anyone can call themselves a PR person’ BU’s Professor Tom Watson calls for the PR industry to value itself more highly in an interview with Speed Communications. |
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NUS Rep of the year BU student wins NUS Rep of the Year Award at the NUS conference in Nottingham. |
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BU students star in advertising campaign for Aquafresh Students from the BA (Hons) Advertising course star in their own campaign for Aquafresh after their winning pitch. |
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Learning whilst earning BU’s Rosie Cullen speaks to The I about the benefits of part-time learning. |
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Television Production graduate scoops Al Jazeera documentary award Victoria Musguin, a BA (Hons) Television Production graduate wins Al Jazeera award for her documentary A Different Face. |
May
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Lord Young visits Bournemouth University David Cameron’s enterprise adviser visits BU to promote the StartUp Loan scheme. |
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BU students win prestigious Ad Venture student competition A team of four BU final year Advertising students have won the Europe-wide competition run by the European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA). |
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Multi-Media Journalism graduate wins BAFTA Multi-Media Journalism graduate scoops BAFTA for special Panorma report. |
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BU graduates produce award winning film Two BU graduates receive accolade for their new film. |
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Frontline seminar series launches in London The Media School at Bournemouth University launches summer seminar series bringing its top research to the journalism industry. |
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Award-winning graduate designs app for Tate Modern BU graduate has designed a unique ‘Magic Tate Ball’ app for the Tate Modern. |
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BU students collaborate in enterprise competition A team of BU students have won 4th prize at the ‘Rise To’ enterprise challenge. |
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Game on! Graduate’s Sun job spawns a dream Olympic future MA Multi-Media Journalism graduate working in his dream role covering the Olympics for The Sun. |
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BU graduates scoop top awards from BJTC Two BU graduates win national awards for their journalism at this year’s BJTC awards. |
April
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Design and Art Directions Awards success BU students win ‘Best in Year’ prize at a prestigious design and advertising competition. |
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BU in Animation Career Review’s top 20 universities in the world BU’s NCCA in top 20 universities to study animation, gaming and design in the world. |
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So you want to be a journalist? Find out more about what happened at the all-day conference ‘So You Want To Be A Journalist?’, which was partly sponsored by BU. |
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Media School academic elected to the Board BU’s Dr John Oliver has been elected Deputy President of the European Media Management Association. |
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Chatterbox event a burst of success BU students launch their Chatterbox campaign with an event in Bournemouth Square. |
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BU Radio student wins prestigious Charles Parker Prize James Ewing becomes the second BA (Hons) Radio student in a row to win the Charles Parker Prize. |
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Outstanding students win £1,500 to help market local disability group BU students will help promote the Chatterbox team and their magazine. |
March
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Developing software to improve quality of life for disabled people The NCCA at BU is involved with the SHIVA project, aiming to improve quality of life for disabled people. |
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MA Multi-Media Journalism graduates scoop top BJTC prizes Two BU graduates have both won awards from the Broadcast Journalism Training Council. |
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BU graduate a pioneer of International Women’s Day BU graduate is the only female Visual FX supervisor in the UK and possibly Europe. |
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Broadcaster Maria Williams speaks up at BU for International Women’s Day Maria Williams delivers a talk calling for a fairer gender playing field in Radio as part of International Women’s Day. |
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BU student success at RTS South awards Two BU graduates both win awards at the Royal Television Society Southern region Awards. |
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BU to Host Prestigious European Media Conference BU’s bid success to host Media Conference. |
February
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Annual Marketing Communications Lecture taking place at BU BA (Hons) Marketing Communications students organise this year’s Mike Warne Annual Marketing Communications Lecture. |
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BIRSt launch at BU The national launch of BIRSt was celebrated at BU on 24 February. |
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BU at the Oscars BU proves to be a hothouse for Oscar talent. |
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BU receives top education honours from The Queen BU visits Buckingham Palace to receive Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education. |
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BU graduate scoops top award at the RTS Television awards BU graduate wins Young Journalist of the Year and the John Schofield Trust bursary at the RTS Television awards. |
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The Times paints BU graduate as face of overseas success BU Computer Animation graduate featured in an article in The Times on UK graduates who work abroad. |
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Bournemouth alumnus shaping the future of web technology BU graduate’s coding work makes a big impression on the Google Development team. |
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Marketing and Communications careers fair Specialised Marketing and Communications careers fair held at BU’s Kimmeridge House. |
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BU’s Jo Tyler speaks at leading broadcast industry exhibition BU’s Jo Tyler gives speech at one of the biggest broadcast industry events: the Broadcast Video Expo. |
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BU conference in Ecuador South American conference on media, power and citizenship being co-organised by BU for May 17-18. |
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Bright Blue Day for BU Graduates An ongoing partnership between BU and a top South Coast creative agency provides graduate’s with employment opportunities. |
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BU graduates at the Cartoon Network Animation Academy Graduates from BU Ley partner the Cartoon Network Animation Academy help finalise two new Cartoons. |
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BU communications experts offer free business consultation BU’s Creative Enterprise Bureau to hold free business consultations for a week from 6 February. |
January
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BU Professor’s poems premiered on anniversary of Scott of the Antarctic’s death Poems written by Bournemouth University Emeritus Professor Seán Street to be performed to music as part of the Scott 100 Festival of Events. |
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New Postgraduate Scholarships announced The Media School announces ten new Postgraduate Scholarships. |
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