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MA MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM INDUCTION WEEK 2016

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ICEBREAKERS MONDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 10AM-1PM M317

Welcome to the MA Multimedia Journalism programme.

In this opening session you’ll meet the team who’ll be guiding you over the next 12 months. Start bonding with your fellow classmates who you will see more of than your own family, and learn where to get the nearest fix of caffeine.

After a few games in the newsroom to warm everyone up, we’ll move through to the TV studio for MAMJ Morning with .......(fill in your own name) - you decide if your interviewing style is Paxman, Willoughby or Norton.

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VISIT TO THE SUN 1.30PM MONDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER MEET IN MOORE RECEPTION

The Scottish Sun is the number one selling daily newspaper in Scotland with a circulation of 699,000 offering news, editorial and sports coverage . The paper is home to many award winning journalists and columnists.

This afternoon we’ll visit the newsroom and hopefully catch a glimpse of tomorrow’s front page splash. Former MAMJs will tell us about the challenges of delivering regular exclusives for their readers.

Associate Editor Mike Kernan will tell you what it takes to make the grade on a top tabloid. If you have a scoop up your sleeve, be ready with your pitch.

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Don’t forget your password!

IT INDUCTION TUESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 11AM-12NOON M139

To make sure you get to grips with GCU’s IT systems right away, Margaret Brown will lead this one hour workshop on everything you need to know - logging into the network, re-setting passwords, using the wifi, how to access IT support both on and off-campus...and much more.

An essential rundown before term begins. Remember to bring your USERNAMES and PASSWORDS with you.

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TOUR OF STV NEWSROOM & STUDIOS TUESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER Q & A WITH PROFESSOR JOHN MACKAY 12.30PM & ASSISTANT PRODUCER, LESLEY ROY MEET IN MOORE ENTRANCE

Sample the buzz of the busy newsroom and feel the adrenaline rush of live broadcasting when you step into the news studio at STV.

GCU’s Honorary Professor John MacKay and main anchor for flagship news and current affairs programmes STV News at Six and Scotland Tonight has covered all the major stories in Scotland for the past 30 years: Lockerbie and Dunblane; General Elections and Referendums; the highs and lows of Scottish sport; and even celebrity weddings (don’t forget to ask about Madonna’s).

Assistant Producer, Lesley Roy is one of the many MAMJ graduates we’re really proud of. She’ll give you the lowdown on what it takes to get the programme on air as well as plenty of top tips for following in her footsteps.

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LIBRARY INDUCTION THURSDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 10AM-11AM M317

Now that the hard work is about to begin, you’ll need to know where to find all those core journalism texts on your reading lists.

To help you find your way around the wealth of resources of the GCU Library, librarian Aubrey Reilly will show you how to browse the catalogue, use the Discover single search system, read an eBook, find a journal article, search a database, record a TV programme, use Refworks (yes, it produces your bibliography for you) - everything, in fact, you need to know to ensure you achieve top marks for your coursework and exams.

And remember - anything you don’t take in right away, the librarians are here to help all year round - just ask.

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TOUR OF DAILY RECORD & SUNDAY MAIL 1.30PM THURSDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER MEET AT MOORE ENTRANCE

Media Scotland's newspapers and websites are read by two out of three Scots. The Daily Record and Sunday Mail, together with Media Scotland’s stable of local titles such as the Ayrshire Post and Stirling Observer, reach 1.5million readers every weekday and 1.1million readers on a Sunday.

As readers increasingly want their news on-the-go, the digital audience on mobiles and tablets is a hungry beast. Watch how journalists respond to readers’ appetites for breaking stories, the latest sport, and features they’ll want to share on Facebook.

Find out why you’ll need to develop an old fashioned nose for news AND become a whizz with the ever-growing range of social media storytelling techniques.

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Professor Toni Hilton Dean, GSBS

INDUCTION TO GLASGOW SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS & SOCIETY FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 9AM-12 NOON C001

Join all the other new post-graduate students in the Glasgow School for Business and Society. This is the session with all those essential bits and pieces of information to ensure your Masters year runs smoothly.

It’s a whistle-stop tour of topics - Attendance, Regulations and Student Conduct, Finance, Student Funding, Support Services, Students Association, Faith and Belief, Library, Learning Development Centre, Feedback for Future Learning, Student Records, UKBA Compliance, Disability, Positive Living, International Student Support, Health and Safety and PEEPS.

We’re not expecting you to take all that in at once...but you’ll know where to go to get help when you need it.

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THE BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS...ARE WORTH IT! FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 3PM-4PM M317

This is the session when we, the staff, leave you alone with some of the outgoing MAMJs who tell it like it really is (and we haven’t paid them, honest)! Fresh (or should that be exhausted?) from handing in their Masters Journalism Project, graduating students will give you the low-down on what it’s like to be a MAMJ - the tears of frustration and then joy when you master shorthand, corpsing during your first radio bulletin, beating the clock on a newsday, how to impress on work placements, the unique world of voice coaching, and much more...their top tips to all that AND how to play hard like a good journalist too.

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MAMJ CLASS OF 2016 AT SCOTTISH STUDENT JOURNALISM AWARDS - AFTER WINE!

DRINKS RECEPTION 4PM-5.30PM FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER GEORGE MOORE RESTAURANT GARDEN

Time to relax and wind down after a busy week. Enjoy drinks and nibbles in the garden and mingle with your new classmates, other new post-graduate students and staff from the Department of Social Sciences, Media and Journalism. Reflect on the Induction Week that was, and look forward to what we hope will be a steep learning curve and an amazing year of opportunities in the year ahead.

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