[cma-l] DEV students complete work with local community radio station

[Tom Buckham]

Thanks for re-posting this story (Bill)

Just to briefly add to it - we found the experience of this project, working in partnership with our local University, really positive and have been provided with some really valuable data as a result. Due to time restrictions it's likely we would have been unable to cover this just by ourselves...

I'd certainly encourage others to look at similar initiatives if there's a suitable Uni/College in close proximity and I'd be happy to chat to people about how the project was setup as well, if that's of any help.

All the best

Tom Buckham
Station Manager, Future Radio
01603 455250


Future is a social inclusion project that uses the arts and media to engage, inspire and train young people and adults in Norwich and Norfolk
Fax; (01603) 508096
Future, 168b Motum Rd, Norwich, Norfolk, NR5 8EG. 
Registered charity number 113200
http://www.futureprojects.org.uk/   
http://www.futureradio.co.uk/   


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Subject: [cma-l] DEV students complete work with local community radio station

Since January, twenty postgraduate students from the School of
International Development (DEV) at the University of East Anglia have
been working with their local community radio station 'Future Radio'
as part of the DEV module in Media and International Development.

Students have been helping the station to become more sustainable,
promote citizen journalism and better meet the needs of the North
Earlham, Larkman and Marlpit (NELM) community. Students presented the
results of their work to the station manager, Tom Buckham, on 17th
March.

Each week students travelled to Baseline, a drop-in centre in the
Marlpit area of Norwich, to work in the community with staff and
volunteers from the station. Future Radio is part of 'Future' a
community based charity working with young people and adults in NELM.
Future Radio aims to promote freedom of expression and the
dissemination of information for the benefit of the local and wider
communities.

This collaboration between UEA and Future Radio was set up by a new
lecturer in Media and International Development, Martin Scott and
colleagues from a London based media and development organisation, New
Media Networks.

This collaboration was enthusiastically supported by DEV and by Cue
East, through its Small Expenses Fund.

To find out more about Future or Future Radio visit
http://www.futureprojects.org.uk. Future Radio broadcasts in Norwich
on 96.9FM. To find out more about the CUE East Small Expenses Fund,
please go to http://www.cueeast.org 

Source: http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/events/sandtannouncements/ms17032010 

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