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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Bursaries, ‘Breathe’ and tales of Brent

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, October 27, 2011 — Culture

Digital Projects Director

Jo Morrison, Digital Projects Director at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, looks at how her colleagues have incorporated art, design and creativity into London 2012 and keeps her fingers crossed for tickets to watch their work in action.

We’re all in this together

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, October 25, 2011 — Culture

Trainee Producer (MIF Creative) at Manchester International Festival

At the beginning of the year, Gemma Connell, a Trainee Producer (MIF Creative) at Manchester International Festival, kicked off the Bursary Blog with an account of how she had become part of the DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursaries Scheme. Now at the end of her placement, she reflects on the lessons her first graduate job in…

Work experience, abseiling and lucky numbers

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, — Culture

John David Penrose is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare

Most workplaces have them from time to time. Young people who seem to appear out of the blue, and hang around for a week or two with expressions on their faces that start out as a mixture of terror and wonder, but after a while settle down into something approaching confidence and – more often…

Extended Play: South West’s first major games festival launches in Plymouth

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, October 10, 2011 — Media, broadband and creative industries

CEO of Plymouth-Based Indie Gaming Company

On 3 November this year, the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth will open its doors not to the usual gazers of underwater life but to the growing number of gamers emerging in the South West. Organiser and MD of Remode Studios Ella Romanos explains why the coastal region is making a mark on the fast-growing…

Sunshine, surveys, ciggies and sewers

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, October 7, 2011 — Culture

John David Penrose is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare

‘Ditch your duvet, those summer nights are back*’ as The Daily Mail reported last week, demonstrating yet again that, if there’s one thing we in this country never tire of, it’s speculation about the weather.