A radio documentary highlighting the rising issue of school violence against teachers in the UK.
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FGM On the Curriculum
FGM On The Curriculum is a radio documentary produced by Claudia Stobbart for her Final Year Multimedia Project. This documentary has been created for BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. Claudia investigates Female Genital Mutilation in the UK and education’s role in preventing the cruel cultural practise. She speaks to survivor Hoda Ali, NHS safeguarding nurse […]
Beepocalypse: Saving Our Pollination Population
We are often told that the bees are dying. But is this true? Whilst Britain’s wildflower meadows have faced a 97% reduction, and pesticide use causes concern for our pollinators, could they be in danger? In this radio documentary, I find out what people from all walks of life are doing to help the UK’s […]
Joystick Revolution – The UK’s First Game Union
Many young people studying to, or already work in making video games in the UK. Working conditions are allegedly poor throughout the industry, but there’s a group of people trying to make it better – how well are they doing? Astrid Johnson investigates. For a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Joystick Revolution, check out […]
The Allergy Epidemic: A Short Broadcast Documentary
Europe’s leading allergy centre predicts half of us will suffer from at least one allergy by 2025. Josh Wilde investigates this growing allergy epidemic.
Fan Media: Changing the voice of football
As social media has risen to prominence in football, so has fan media. What is fan media? Generally speaking independent, amateur content that reports, analyses or interviews a fanbase in relation to their club’s performance. For the fans, produced by fans. The rise has somewhat mirrored the growing commercialisation of Premier League football. In a […]
The Ethics of Sex Robots in a Digital World
According to UK Futurologist, Dr Ian Pearson, by the year 2050 it could be more common to have sex with robots as opposed to humans. Sex robots have made a large impact on the sex-tech industry. Just this year alone a brothel has opened in Paris charging customers up to £100 for 30 minutes with […]
Bournemouth public express opinions on new vaping report
The All- Party Parliamentary group for Vaping released a report stating that “new policies should be introduced to make vaping more acceptable”, supporting the campaign that vaping should be permitted in the workplace. Based on this report, the Bournemouth public provided their opinions to the following questions: “Do you think that vaping is as anti-social […]
The Tracks to Recovery
With 236 railway fatalities in the UK last year, what consideration, if any, is given to the unsuspecting and powerless train driver? How are their lives impacted after witnessing somebody take their own life and what support is available to assist them in their recovery? The Tracks to Recovery explores just this. To find out more about the project, visit […]
AFC Bournemouth new stadium proposals halted
AFC Bournemouth announced on Thursday that they were intially ‘overly optimistic’ with their plans to build a new stadium by 2020. The Cherries currently have the smallest capacity stadium within the Premier League with only 11,000 seats inside. Ross Millen spoke to fans and Eddie Howe about the plans and what this means for the […]