By Sophie Hayman Imagine for a moment that it’s 2010, and a little girl looks towards her grandparents’ house with a smile on her face. In her tiny hands, she holds a piece of paper, decorated with pens, pencils and…
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The Show Must Go On!
By Joel Hale Students at the University of Chester are bringing a play to life despite the pandemic. Tomorrow night, an innovative audio drama called Love and Information will go live on Facebook. Student Claudia Davies, who is studying Drama…
Budding Reporter Shows News Does Not Stop
An eagle-eyed journalism student impressed the professionals when she witnessed a crime and immediately started taking notes. A final-year Journalism BA student, Meghan Edwards, yesterday saw what appeared to be an attack on an emergency services worker. After making sure…
REVIEW: Dogrel, one year on
Imogen Bebb looks back on the release of ‘Dogrel’ by Fontaines D.C. on 12th April 2019 It’s always commendable to hear bands embracing the place they grew up in, and on their debut album ‘Dogrel’, Dublin-based Fontaines D.C. do exactly…
A lost four days, in a hotel, in Amsterdam…
Dr Simon Morrison AKA Dr Disco, looks back at the Department of Music Media and Performance’s recent study trip to Amsterdam during Student Development Week. “The study trip to Amsterdam offered great opportunities to discover much of the history, culture and music…
OPINION: Homelessness: We Must Do Better
By Angela Ferguson It’s hard to fathom that in 2020 we are still seeing people falling through the cracks in society and sleeping rough on the streets of towns and cities across the UK. The sight of people huddled up…
Flood Misery Continues for Hard-Hit Areas
By Lauretta Ijeoma Osubor Residents in flood-hit areas are bracing themselves after a new Met Office warning. The Met Office has issued a yellow wind warning for the weekend, from Saturday through to Sunday afternoon. Met Office Spokesperson, Ollie Claydon,…
Amsterdam study trip 2020
A group of 20 students and staff travelled to Amsterdam this week to experience some of the cultural delights of one of Europe’s most vibrant cities. As well as visiting the world-famous Van Gogh Museum, Anne Frank House and sampling…
What are you watching? Join the #Project100Films challenge
Cinephiles can follow in the footsteps of film studies students at the University of Chester, who are broadening their horizons by undertaking a film-watching challenge. The students are mid-way through #Project100Films, which launched at the start of the autumn term…
Did the Academy get it right? Students weigh in on the Oscars
Media students unveiled their Oscar winners last week – with some surprises! Following the official Oscars ceremony on February 9, students and staff attended the Alternative Oscars on the Warrington campus to see the results of their own voting. Although…