The Impossible – DVD release
The extraordinary story of one family’s experience of the 2004 tsunami is released on DVD Cast: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland Director: J.A Bayona Verve rating: 4 out of 5 Review by Natalie Dimitrova “Close your eyes and think of something nice,” says Maria to her son. I doubt that the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 would come to mind. Nine years... Read More
London Met does the Harlem Shake for Comic Relief
By Paula Cogan If you’ve been at university rececntly, might have noticed one or two purple posters around the university. Don’t worry, we’re not asking you to join a cult or donate any organs to science (that’s your call) but soemthing special is going on this friday: Staff & students at London Met are doing the Harlem Shake for Comic Relief! Jumping... Read More
50% use social media when jobhunting
By Charlie Allen According to a recent research study, 50% of the public are using social media to find a job, and 90% of companies are using it to find staff. There are also websites which aim to help job searching and recruitment through the use of social networking. Abzuna, a job adverting website conducted a nationwide survey which asked over 1000 UK adults... Read More
Business Students Help Students Find Jobs
By Charlie Allen London Metropolitan University. Image by Geoff Holland London Metropolitan University’s business and PR faculty have set up a ‘Met Temp ‘project which will be run by students to help students find temporary work. Met Temps is a new service available at London Met and it is run by business students and the LMBS (London Metropolitan Business School) faculty.... Read More
London Fire Brigade Demonstrate Against Cuts
Fire Brigade Demonstrate Against Cuts By Charlie Allen Protesters at Union Street. Image from London-SE1.co.uk My radio package and interviews at the demonstration: Fire Cut Demonstration in Southbank A demonstration took place outside the meeting by the LFEPA (London Fire and Emergency planning authority) on Monday 21st January, opposing the recent Fire brigade... Read More
London Met Performing Arts students tackle Slawomir Mrozek
There are a lot of potential problems when it comes to acting. There are lines to remember, cues to hit, auditions to pass and directors to deal with. On top of all that, sometimes you have to be funny too. That’s the task facing London Metropolitan Performing Arts students as they tackle Slawomir Mrozek Mrozek’s democratic fable Out At Sea. Written by Polish polemicist... Read More
News In Brief – Sarandip Singh Batt
News in Brief – Week Beginning 12th March 2012 The UK Plans to legalise Gay marriage in 2015 were formally introduced by the Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone despite the Archbishop of Canterbury quitting over the issue. Network Rail has been fined £1m for failures that led to the deaths of 2 teenage girls at a level crossing in Essex. Liberal Democrat activists defied... Read More
News in Brief – Sarandip Singh Batt
The UK As pressure builds on the Lib Dems to either vote down or dilute the NHS bill, Nick Clegg is ready to ignore his own party if it votes to kill off the Government’s controversial NHS reforms at a policy-making conference next week. David Cameron was accused of playing a game of ‘smoke and mirrors’ to avoid imposing an outright immediate ban on wild animals in travelling... Read More
London Met Street Kids Initiative
London Met students are being recruited to organise, fundraise and visit projects abroad, by the Students Supporting Street Kids charity. Students Supporting Street Kids (SSSK) were among the stalls set out in the Atrium at City Campus last Wednesday. Where Reach, the Student Services initiative, had invited charities to come and talk to students about volunteering. SSSK was started... Read More
The News In Brief by Saran Singh Batt
The UK A rival coalition has been set up in light of Lord Carey’s ‘Coalition for Marriage (C4M)’ campaign. The new ‘Coalition for Equal Marriage (C4EM)’ has only been set up a few days and has so far attracted more than 5000 signatories. The Government has announced that the UK Border Agency (UKBA) is to be split into two, following an official inquiry which found that... Read More