From Dean of the MHT Faculty, David Sleight:
“The Executive Board of the university yesterday gave approval for the Media Archive for Central England to relocate to the University campus from July 2011.
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Ash Knight, class of 2009
Ash Knight
Ash, who graduated in BA Media Production, will see his first Broadcast Credit soon on Sky. He was the main editor for the ‘Learn to Paint Watercolour’ series with Billy Showell and Geoff Kersey
LSM student promotes his novel online
Ben Atkinson
LSM Media Production student Ben Atkinson writes:
For the past year I have been promoting the novel Walking on Cinders online by harnessing the power of new social media such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook etc. I have however, been writing the novel since 2008 and have been working with a professional editor and publicist in the past year.
University and city hit by arctic weather
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Under a blanket of snow by day and icebound by night, all University of Lincoln University campuses have been closed until Monday, and the famous Lincoln Christmas Market has been cancelled.
Students’ assessment deadlines have been extended to compensate for the interruption to studies. The closure of the internationally known Lincoln Christmas Market is a major blow to the City, but stallholders are planning an alternative event…….
Healthy Hub market
Creative England – BFI statement
The Minister for Culture and the Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey, has announcedThe British Film Institute will become the lead strategic body on film and the distributor of Lottery funds to UK film-makers from April 2011.
Greg Dyke, Chair of the BFI, has issued an open letter to the film industry……
News for regional film makers (Marcella Forster)
Digital Photographer of the Year Awards
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All you have to do is submit up to three examples of your best photo manipulation, HDR or photo editing work for a chance to scoop this awesome prize.
New Demo planned in Lincoln – Update
Latest from Lincoln Students’ Union (Dan Derricot):
“You may be aware that local MP Karl McCartney has pulled out of his constituency advice surgery tomorrow at the last minute, in an attempt to avoid his constituents expressing their concern at his support for tripling tuition fees, slashing public funding and abolishing Education Maintenance Allowance.
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News for regional film makers
Marcella Forster
Following the demise of the UK Film Council, Marcella Forster writes:
You’ve probably heard that the UK Film Council is being replaced by something called Creative England. It looks like EM Media will be absorbed into one of the three new regions – will we be central or north, though?
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