It's been a busy week for student journalists: with the government releasing their Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) rankings, many of you across the country rushed to cover what this would mean for your institution. Here are a few of the best: Concrete UEA was awarded a silver TEF ranking. http://www.concrete-online.co.uk/uea-awarded-silver-new-ranking/ Epigram The University of Bristol
Arts Demon Media Demon Media review Alt-J's latest album. http://www.demon-media.co.uk/2017/06/12/alt-js-creative-risks-pay-off-on-their-third-lp-relaxer-album-review/ The Edge The Edge published this thought-provoking piece from a drama student, on the value of criticism. https://www.theedgesusu.co.uk/features/2017/06/18/well-you-did-ask-a-defence-of-reviews-and-reviewers/ The Falmouth Anchor Emma Pocock spoke to Carrie Hope Fletcher about her role as Wednesday Addams. http://www.falmouth-anchor.co.uk/wp/index.php/2017/06/15/interview-carrie-hope-fletcher-on-the-addams-family-in-cornwall-overcoming-criticism-and-multi-tasking/ The Verse The Verse with a great review of Wonder
The Badger The Badger, at the University of Sussex covered the election on their 'Live: General Election 2017' blog. With content ranging from snappy updates to red-bull fuelled analysis, they made it through not only until the early hours of the morning, but were still posting updates the following day. They also shared reactions from
Epigram, the official student newspaper of the University of Bristol, was the big winner at the Student Publication Association’s National Awards this weekend, scooping both Best Publication and Best Reporter. York Vison’s Abbie Llewellyn scooped the prestigious Outstanding Commitment, while Interhacktives at City University received Best Specialist.
There are some new faces and some old hands at the helm of the Student Publication Association (SPA) after this year’s elections at #SPANC17.
Don’t try to tell me you don’t want to be like the cool people at that photo. Everyone wants to win an award at #SPANC17 – after all, it is the biggest and best annual student journalism awards.
The Stag, University of Surrey https://issuu.com/thestagsurrey/docs/the_surrey_stag_issue_90_final_onli The Gryphon, University of Leeds https://issuu.com/thegryphon/docs/itm11 Forge Press, University of Sheffield https://issuu.com/forgepress/docs/issue103 Palatinate, Durham University https://issuu.com/palatinate/docs/palatinate_792 The Boar, University of Warwick https://issuu.com/theboarnews/docs/issue_8_final If you want to see your publication in a future edition, tweet us @SPAJournalism with a link!
Tickets for this year's Journo Resources conference on fake news and the media industry are on sale, after figures revealed last year's saw the biggest ever turnout for a JR talk. Speaking from his podium at Journo Resources Tower, Press Secretary Sean Spicey said of the 2016 Journo Resources talk: "This was the largest audience
The Boar, University of Warwick Super article by the Boar Sci-Tech team calculating the maths behind Father Christmas! Wessex Scene, University of Southampton Year Abroad Photo Competition: September-November 2016 https://t.co/z9zSOrPUbE — Wessex Scene (@WessexScene) December 29, 2016 Interesting idea by Wessex Scene, helping people share their memories from their year abroad! Epigram, University of
The Student Publication Assocaition and National Student Pride are pleased to announce that they are partnering up to bring student publications across the country coverage of Student Pride 2017. The aim of the partnership is to get more students involved in the London-based event that takes place in February. In an exclusive partnership, SPA members
