An afternoon with the CUC Journos 3 March, 2011
Posted by Jeremy Rowe in News.Tags: Cornwall Council, Education, Independents, Labour, Lib Dems
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A little over a year ago I was invited to attend the CUC campus at Tremough for a question and answer session with the Multimedia Broadcast Journalism MA students (I blogged about it here). At the time I was impressed by the standard of questioning and the professional approach of our interrogators and reflected that the future was in good shape.
This afternoon, along with my Labour Cornwall Council colleague Jude Robinson, I went back for a second sitting with this year’s intake. Once again the questions were probing, occasionally blunt and always challenging as we covered a range of topics from Supporting People through to the AV referendum via potholes and (inevitably) student tuition fees. I’m happy to note that, under the excellent leadership of CUC’s Charlotte Barry, the high standard is being maintained and there is another generation of bright journalists being nurtured at Cornwall’s own centre of excellence.
We had hoped to be joined by our Independent colleague Andrew Wallis but unfortunately he was tied up at County Hall with the Environment & Economy Committee’s call-in of the Council Cabinet’s parking charge hike. If I’m lucky enough to be invited again next year I hope he’ll be able to join us.
