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CHANNEL
4 EDUCATION NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2009 |
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TALKING
TO TEENAGERS |
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Educational Games |
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1066 |
C4 Education are committing over
half the £4.5m budget in 2010 to
gaming projects; developing strong
narrative games on a variety of
themes and platforms. This is the
largest commitment made by a
UK broadcaster, and is causing a
ripple of excitement in the UK indie
gaming sector. Commissioned in
parallel with the peak-time drama/
documentary of the same name,
our 1066 game has had over 6.5
million plays since its launch in
May 2009. It is now the number
one search result for '1066' on
Google. |
Meanwhile, Smokescreen, which
launched in October, is receiving
plaudits from teachers and
youth workers, as an innovative
and fun way to educate teens
about privacy, online identity
and the risks in putting personal
information online. Check out both
the games on the links below, and
if you're a teacher using them in
the classroom, do get in touch,
as we'd love to showcase your
work in our monthly newsletter.
To play 1066 click here, to play
Smokescreen click here. |
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NEW
TALENT |
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NEW
TALENT |
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Diversity |
4Talent |

This year's students |
It's time for Britain's journalists
to better reflect Britain's diversity.
Channel 4 has bursaries for students
with knowledge of the Pakistani,
Afro-Caribbean or Bangladeshi
communities, to study for a
postgraduate Diploma in TV and
Current Affairs at City University.
Students receive a bursary to assist
with course and living expenses,
plus work experience. Jamil Hussein,
Faaiza Ahmed and Daniel Henry are
this year's students. |
This month, we welcome 150 young
people for a Work Experience
Open Day. We are offering up to
80 work experience placements
for 2010, to help 14-19 year old
students, (currently in Greater
London education), find out
more about working in the media
industry. Placements at Channel 4
and elsewhere are for one or two
weeks, offering a variety of learning
experiences across a range of areas
from Finance and Sales, to Press and
Publicity. For more information click
here or email the team. |
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For more information about any of the projects, programmes or events detailed here please contact:
Rachel Postgate, email: rpostgate@channel4.co.uk, Telephone: 020 7306 8282
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