Monthly Archives: January 2011

Student gets ready for poetry slam

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Nicky Speed

An American student who hated poetry until she studied overseas for a year at Edge Hill University is now reading  her slam poem at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Read how her time at the University changed … Continue reading →

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Finding tomorrow’s teachers today

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Nicky Speed

Students at a Rossendale school are among the first in the country to take part in a ground-breaking new programme designed to give them a taste of the teaching profession in partnership with Edge Hill University. The Future Teachers Programme … Continue reading →

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Top rated UK University selects Azorus (CRM) Solution

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Nicky Speed

Edge Hill University has chosen Azorus for its CRM solution. Despite growing concern surrounding budget cuts and proposed increases to tuition fees, Edge Hill University has established itself as an innovative higher education leader by choosing to adopt a customer … Continue reading →

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BUCS Super 8 fixtures to be televised

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Nicky Speed

Five matches from BUCS Super 8 competition will be televised live and free-view on Premier Sports TV, Sky channel 433, on Wednesday evenings from January 26. The BUCS (British Universities & Colleges Sport) Super 8 competition features the finest student … Continue reading →

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RTS North West announces student winners

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Nicky Speed

The Royal Television Society celebrated the future of North West broadcasting talent at a ceremony in the Cornerhouse last night, hosted by Andy Crane. Edge Hill University production team of Jim Martin, Anna Ormsby and Dan Evans are featured in … Continue reading →

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West Cheshire College students chosen to star in horror film produced by Edge Hill University

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Nicky Speed

Five aspiring actors from West Cheshire College have been chosen to appear in a horror film produced by TV and film production students at Edge Hill University. So how were they picked? Find out in the Chester Chronicle.

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Academic leads ‘virtual faculty’ in Africa

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Nicky Speed

A researcher has been invited to take part in a pioneering “virtual faculty” to help the terminally ill in Africa. Read in the Times Higher Education how Barbara Jack, head of research and scholarship and director of the Evidence-based Practice … Continue reading →

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Brian Greaves obituary

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Nicky Speed

He was a man who dedicated his life to education. Brian Greaves, who has died aged 76, was a product of the merit-based, free educational system without which many of our generation could not have gone to university. Read in The … Continue reading →

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Comedy at rose Theatre

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Nicky Speed

Stand-up comedy comes to the Rose Theatre in Ormskirk on a regular basis this spring, with the first night on January 25. Read more about it in the Liverpool Echo.

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Psychometrics for all trainees

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Nicky Speed

In global first for England, personality tests will be used to weed out ‘unsuitable’ teaching applicants. The tests for prospective teachers were successfully piloted at Edge Hill University and London University’s Institute of Education (IoE) last year. Read more about … Continue reading →

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