Comment
Where are we now?
This weekend I have sort of had a couple of days off and although relatively relaxing I couldn’t help but take stock of where we are in Redbrick this year. I have been in Birmingham since the 5th of September, so pretty much 6 weeks of hard work are sitting behind me now and it… »
3G Dongle frustrations
So this blog is supposed to be about the good and the bad when it comes to Redbrick successes and failures, here is some of the bad.
As most of you will be aware I am in the process of trying to put a blogging kit together, including a 3G Dongle and Netbook. Whereas I have… »
Investigative journalism: waste of time?
Apologies again for lack of posts, preparation for Redbrick seems to consume most of my time.
I think I have alluded to the theme I am going to cover today before, but it is important and therefore should be explored properly. After meeting Ian Cobain almost two weeks ago and getting a brief but utterly illuminating… »
5 days at the Guardian
Work experience is often code for ‘tea boy’ – the glamor-less work horses of offices up and down the UK. Although I may not have made much tea in the last week, I do feel like the Guardian have put me to good use and more than that – I have acquired much that I… »
No Platform Policy
In an early Guild Council at the University of Birmingham the ‘No Platform Policy’ came up for renewal (all policy lapses after three years). Strong arguments were made, both in favour of such a policy and against. Some students were concerned by the groups on the list (the BNP, the National Front and Hizb ut-Tahrir)… »
Parting is such bitter sweet sorrow
This is going to be a personal and self-indulgent post, so apologies for those who were looking for more. Tomorrow morning I will head in to the Redbrick office for the final issue of the year. When we finally send the pdfs off it will signal the end of a very special year for me…. »
Guild Council + Redbrick
I attended Guild Council tonight and we elected new independent chairs and elections committee members. I was twittering the goings on under #Guildcouncil as a bit of an experiment on behalf of Redbrick to see how feasible it is and would be for the future.
When the independent chairs were giving speeches and taking questions the… »
Clocking Off 20.02.09
RECENTLY Clocking Off has lacked the attention that I feel a proper column should be paid. There are of course the general excuses: Matt’s dissertation is due and I have been rushed off my feet, also with starting up the blog and looking to build on that with a ‘Features Podcast’, we have been rather… »
Protecting our children
Yesterday the McCann’s were calling for a Europe wide alert system for missing children. The main premise behind this system being that information is shared quickly between all European countries to aid in the recovery of missing children.
Some people have questioned the purpose of such a system; they say what would be the point of… »
