°×С½ãÂÛ̳ News Podcast - Welcome Week & our guide to °×С½ãÂÛ̳U
27 September 2012
The °×С½ãÂÛ̳ News podcast gives you the opportunity to listen to the latest news andÌýresearch from around °×С½ãÂÛ̳ every fortnight.
On this podcast we welcome our new students and highlight
some of the latest news across °×С½ãÂÛ̳. We also get a taste of life at °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Union
from student sabbatical officer James Skuse and catch up with Dr Geraint Jones
who has being trying his hand at science journalism at the Guardian this
summer.
Part 1 - News
This week Rob Eagle, °×С½ãÂÛ̳'s multimedia producer, joins us in
the podcast to explain the success of °×С½ãÂÛ̳'s YouTube channels, which has reached
more than one million views this week. But first, it probably hasn't escaped
your notice that it's Freshers Week this week. As well as individual course
welcome events, the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Union are organising a
welcome festival, with stalls from more than190 clubs and societies. We also hear
about a new study from °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Mental Health Unit which draws links between low IQ
and poor health.
Part 2 - A day in the life of °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Union
Ex-student and
sabbatical officer James Skuse describes a day in the life of °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Union with
help from student voices from around the university. The student union has
always played a massive role at °×С½ãÂÛ̳ and this piece gives us a glimpse into the
work of the students and staff that keep it going from one year to the next.
Part 3 - Dr Geraint Jones's summer of science journalism
This summer °×С½ãÂÛ̳ space scientist Dr Geraint Jones delved into the fast-paced world of science journalism at the Guardian with the help of the British Science Association. Science and technology studies student Rupert Coles interviewed him for the podcast up in Aberdeen, during this year's British Science Festival to find out a little bit more about his time at the Guardian, and how his perspective on the job of being journalist has changed.