Written by one of the UK’s best known poets and the University of Bolton’s visiting professor, Ian McMillan, and accompanied by images made by Ian Beesley, Course Leader for MA Photography, this world premiere of a new song-cycle for brass band, choir and soloists looks back at the moment in 1985 when the miners of south Yorkshire returned to work after a full year on strike.
McMillan’s words portray the changing landscape and the families struggling to stay together.
Ian Beesley, Programme Leader for MA Photography, has recently given a guest lecture at The Narrator’s Gaze Photography Symposium, organised by The National Coal Mining Museum for England and supported by the University of Bolton and Gallery Oldham.
The conference was a special event that celebrated 50 years of documentary photography and was held in association with Nothern Soul, a new exhibition featuring the work of renowned photographer and film maker John Bulmer.
A second photography symposium will be taking place at Gallery Oldham on the 15th May 2010 and will be linked to their forthcoming North South Divide exhibition.
Centre, Ian Beesley.
Paula Moore, Production Manager for the University’s Production Company has developed a bespoke training opportunity with Student Cooking TV, which will produce events and films over a one year schedule. http://www.studentcooking.tv/
Part of this bespoke opportunity will enable trainees to gather content for student uploads for the Student Cooking TV website. The content will be a fusion and crossover of food and culture reflecting the international diversity of the University. The Production Company will be credited along with students in production roles on the Student Cooking TV website.
The Production Company and Student Cooking TV launched the new partnership with 12 of the trainees in March 2010. Students were given an overview of what the business/production training programme would entail.
Student Cooking TV Team
An initiative to support emerging literary talent has been launched by the University of Bolton in collaboration with the Chinese Arts Centre.
The Writers’ Pathway started in February 2010 and was aimed at new writers of Chinese descent. The programme will run over a 14-week period to develop the writers’ craft through professional supervision and distance learning with the help of a professional mentor.
The programme opened with a five-day residential workshop at the Arvon Foundation Lumb Bank Centre in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire and the 11 writers got to work with experts in their literary field. Tutors included Jo Ho, a screen writer that recently wrote the BBC series “SPIRIT WARRIORS” and was recently selected as one of the ‘Top Ten Outstanding Young Chinese Persons in the UK’ and received a Big Ben Award for her ‘outstanding achievement by a Chinese Women in the UK & Television Industry. Joining Jo was Tina Freeth, a prose writer that has writer short stories including The Crew: Day of the Dog, The Crew: Hot or Not and ‘Growing Up On Lard’ in The Map of Me.
Participants also got to work with Katherine Beacon of BBC Writers’ Room.
Rebecca Albrow, Creative Industries Project Manager, said: ‘For someone still in the early stages of their literary career, this programme could be the catalyst that enables their talent to flourish and grow. We’re delighted to be working with the Chinese Arts Centre on this project and looking forward to nurturing the careers of new national literary talents.’
11 writers that were successful in achieving a place on Writers’ Pathway.
