COURSE LEADER: BA IN WORLD PERFORMANCE

East 15 Acting School, University of Essex

The BA in World Performance prepares students for a career in performance and related fields and offers applied performance skills and contextual studies covering a diverse range of forms and styles of performance from across the world. The post-holder will coordinate the teaching and administration of the course.

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URGENT APPEAL FOR MORE SIGNATORIES - PETITION CLOSES FEBRUARY 10

FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE DEADLINE FEBRUARY 11

The reason for this urgency is the announcement of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry into the World Service Cuts. The deadline for submissions is February 11. This campaign intends to make a submission on February 11 which will include this petition.

The inquiry was precipitated by the announcement on January 26 that World Service will make16% budget cuts along with staff cuts of 25%, around 650 staff. Around 30m listeners worldwide will be lost.

This announcement received worldwide media coverage.

On January 27 we delivered to Peter Horrocks (Director of the World Service) an OPEN LETTER signed by top British celebrities, including Dame Judi Dench.

On January 30, The Sunday Times (UK) published a favourable opinion piece about our campaign.

We now appeal for your help as this is the last chance before the petition closes.

Thanks in anticipation.

Archie Graham
Petition Organiser
Save The BBC World Drama

Fuel presents Everyday Moments In collaboration with Roundhouse Radio

A series of podcasts created especially for you to enjoy at a particular time and place.

Imagine there was a soundtrack to those small moments when you find yourself alone, brushing your teeth, in the bath, watching the rain stream down your living room window, or when you're tucked up in bed unable to sleep.

The series launches today with Everyday Moments 1: in the evening, in the bath, by Kazuko Hohki – available to download and listen to now at fueltheatre.com.

Happy listening!

Funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Arts Council England

Jenny Hao, a 23 year old, British Chinese medical student at Imperial College, entered a competition called the Tinsel Takeover where listeners could submit their own ideas for a show, with the best ideas submitted taken to production. Jenny's show was chosen and is to be broadcast at 12.15pm, Radio 1 on Christmas Day. The show is called 'Modern Girl at Christmas' and includes tips on how to manage personal, family and shopping affairs in the holiday season.

Here's the schedule for the day:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wml4l/episodes/upcoming

The I Value the Arts campaign aims to provide a voice for everyone who values the arts in their community and it has now received 16,430 pledges of support. This is great news, and a true reflection of how cultural services are an integral part of every community. However, in light of recent developments it is now more important than ever that everyone has the opportunity to sign up. I would like you to help raise the profile of the I Value the Arts campaign and get more people involved. It is vital that you get in touch with as many people as you can and ask them to pledge their support at www.ivaluethearts.org.uk

As you may know, the recent Comprehensive Spending Review left local councils facing an average cut of 28 per cent. The non-statutory status of local funding for cultural services has meant that the arts sector is left vulnerable to bear the brunt of these local authority cuts.

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Do you have views on what the BBC should be doing about equality and diversity? We want to make the best programmes that offer something to everyone and that reflect the diversity and reality of different people's lives.

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