BBC Young Reporter Trip for Media Students

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Year 1 Media students headed to Wrexham University for a dedicated day put on by the BBC to introduce young people to working in news.

Head of Media at the College, Lauren Maxwell, explained: 

Students were provided with an insight into the industry of broadcast journalism at the BBC Young…

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Media Trip to the National Football Museum

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Head of Media Studies, Lauren Maxwell, explains:

We took a group of Media A Level students on a trip to the National Football Museum in Manchester as the BBC were holding a football festival event with the theme ‘Change the Game’.  This included discussions around mental health, LGBT…

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Futures Day 2023

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The College’s annual Futures Day is a highlight for all first years at the end of the academic year. More than 60 organisations, employers and universities visit the College to give a range of talks to the students about career paths and personal goals, and students select which talks to attend…

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French & Spanish trips to Paris & Salamanca/Madrid 2023

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Each year, our Modern Foreign Languages students taking A Levels in French or Spanish visit the corresponding native countries to enjoy the language, the sights and the culture. Along with mastering fluency of the given language, understanding the culture of France and Spain and how the language…

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New York Trip - July 2023

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The cross-College trip to New York is a once in a lifetime opportunity that is open to all students in every year group each year. The group travelling in July 2023 had a phenomenal time in the Big Apple, as the photos below will show:

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A Level Media Students' Photoshoot

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Media Studies teacher, Julie Edwards explained:

First year A Level Media students have been fine-tuning their practical skills, using cameras, tripods and a selection of props on location at Birkenhead Park today.

They were honing their photography skills in order to create a range of shots…

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Students take part in Merseyside Police Cyber Challenge

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Head of I.T., Paul Jenkins, said:

"We sent a team of students to take part in the Merseyside Police Cyber Challenge hosted by Hugh Baird College on Friday 28th April. There were teams from Carmel College, Calday Grange Grammar, St Helens College, Liverpool Studio, North Liverpool Academy and…

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Media students meet top broadcast Journalist Stuart Maconie

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Media teacher at Birkenhead Sixth Form College, Julie Edwards, explained:

"A Level Media students and teachers attended a book launch with leading broadcaster Stuart Maconie on Wednesday to ask his advice about a career in journalism.

Media and Film student, Oscar Zabludow, said: “I really…

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Media Students' Industry Taster Day at Staffordshire Uni

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Head of Media Studies at the College, Lauren Maxwell, explains:

The Media Studies department travelled to Staffordshire University for a media industries taster day led by Film, television and radio lecturer, Gavin Samways, of the Department of Media, Performance and Communication. The students…

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University experience for Year 1 History students

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History teacher Martin Lindstrom talks through details of the trip:

"Nearly 50 Year 1 History students went to Liverpool John Moores University this week. The purpose of the trip was to get an experience of what university is like and to have some mini lectures from their professors. There were…

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Discovering more about Astrophysics at Jodrell Bank

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Physics teacher, Richard Newby, explained:

The Physics students' visit to Jodrell Bank coincided with us finishing the astrophysics and cosmology part of the A Level course and gave the students the chance to see how the concepts we have studied in class apply to real world astrophysics…

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