Students may have to abandon dreams

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Students may have to abandon their dreams. By Brendan Hughes

Story as it appeared in The Journal newspaper, Newcastle, 10/11/10

During my Press Association journalism course in Newcastle, I carried out an online survey with almost 200 sixth-form pupils, asking for their views on the rising costs of going to university. I also arranged to speak to several students from a school surveyed act as case studies.

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Back to the Future for dad and his DeLorean

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Back to the Future

Page 3 story as it appeared in The Chronicle newspaper, Newcastle 27/10/10

During my journalism training in Newcastle, I wrote a page-three story for the Evening Chronicle about the region’s only DeLorean owner to mark 25 years since the release of the film Back to the Future.

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More bodies donated to science than ever before

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More bodies donated to science than ever before. By Brendan Hughes

Story as it appeared in Newcastle newspaper The Journal, 11/10/10

During my journalism training in Newcastle, I uncovered FOI figures showing an increase in the number of bodies being donated to medial science. To act as a case study for the story, I was able to track down a man whose wife donated her body to science.

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