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UCH Students Celebrate Success
Martin Close, Gail Davey-Venner and Claire Smailes each received rewards of £1,000 from the University of Brighton which delivers their courses at the UCH.
A total of 100 awards were presented by Vice-Chancellor Professor Julian Crampton and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors, June Crown, to students studying University of Brighton courses.
Professor Crampton said: "These awards recognise the success of our students as well as the support that they have received from our staff. Amongst the high-achievers are those who have overcome adversity and turned their lives round through higher education."
Claire Smailes is currently in her second year at the University Centre Hastings, studying for a degree in Applied Social Sciences. Claire postponed learning first time round to have a child and has returned to study to fulfill her potential and provide a role model for her daughter, now aged seven.
"I'm so excited to win this award," she said. "It's been hard work returning to university as a mature student and juggling being a mum with my studies.
"It's definitely been worth it though and I've been given a great deal of support from my course tutor which has helped me to keep going. I am really passionate about my degree subject, especially the mental health side. When I graduate I hope to inspire others by becoming a teacher myself."
Broadcasting in Hastings
Broadcast Media students at the university certainly made an impression on the head of BBC News, Helen Boaden, following her visit to the University Centre Hastings (UCH), when they received a personal invitation to visit the BBC Radio studios in London.
Two groups attended on two consecutive days earlier in the year to be given 'access all areas', meeting the likes of Chris Moyles and Edith Bowman. They were then given exclusive permission to witness the preparation and subsequent broadcast of the daily lunchtime news programme; Newsbeat, from inside the newsroom itself, presented by Georgina Bowman.
According to Martin Close, one of the students: "It was a fantastic opportunity going up to see Radio 1 Newsbeat happening live and getting a glimpse into the workings of Radio 1. We got a real feel for how a radio news programme is put together and the energy and professionalism that goes into it, something that we hope to try and emulate when we start broadcasting our student radio station!"
The students have now returned from the trip eager to begin the process of setting up and managing a University of Brighton student radio station at UCH, putting into practice the radio production skills that they have developed as part of the broadcast media foundation degree course.
Staff and students of the course were also involved in the filming of a commercial broadcast several times on ITV3 for visit1066country.com. Two members of staff and three students formed the majority of the seven-member crew, which filmed at several locations within the East Sussex area. The voice of Steve Furst, star of Little Britain and the Orange cinema advertisement campaign, recorded the voice-over for the commercial in the sound studio at UCH.
You can view the commercial online from the visit1066country website.
Course leader for the FdA Broadcast Media, Sarah Atkinson, said: "These recent developments capture the unique nature of this new course, which is one of a constant engagement with media professionals, providing students with real-world working situations and experiences in preparation for a professional career in the media industry."
Find out more about the FdA Broadcast Media course.