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Tuesday 7 September 2010
Tuesday 31 August 2010
FREE professional networking
If you are interested in developments at MediaCityUK BBC North or the Salford Quays area you can join a free networking group on the professional networking site Linkedin.
The MediaCityUK group is made up of 1600+ professionals from the local Salford and Manchester area including lecturers, Manchester university staff, councillors, media and film companies, as well as BBC and ITV staff.
It contains the latest news, discussions and jobs relating to the MediaCityUK BBC North and University of Salford development.
The link to join is http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=79227
Monday 23 August 2010
Enter the UK's Digital Entrepreneur Awards Now
The Digital Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (DEAs) celebrate the best of a rapidly growing industry and are the only national stage dedicated to the recognition of online business excellence.
Enter now to become a digital entrepreneur of the year!
The DEAs are free to enter, just choose the categories most relevant to you and complete three simple questions.
The deadline for entries is 17 September 2010. For more information and to apply visit www.digital-entrepreneur.co.uk
Monday 16 August 2010
How to be Great at Marketing Your Business - Interactive Webinar
Join Dan Sodergren of Great Marketing Works on Wednesday 18 August for this interactive webinar. The session will cover power marketing, with questions and answers from a nationally renowned specialist who has helped over 1500 businesses start with successful marketing strategies.
The webinar is invite only and is on a first come first served basis. Organisations that are inviting members are MMU, MBS, NACUE, Manchester Entrepreneurs and ICE.
For more information and to reserve your place click on the link
Thursday 12 August 2010
Meet Creative Manchester at Hubbub 2010
Creative Manchester will be exhibiting at Hubbub, a conference and exhibition event for the media, marketing and creative industries in the North West. It takes place at Spinningfields in Manchester on 13-14 October 2010.
Come along and meet members of the team and find out more about our current programme of activity. We look forward to seeing you there.
An audience with Dr Jonathan Mildenhall - VP, Global Advertising Strategy and Creative Excellence, The Coca-Cola Company
Dr Jonathan Mildenhall graduated from MMU Business School in 1990 and now leads the Global Advertising Strategy and Creative Excellence discipline at The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta.
Employ a graduate....and bank a £1,000
MMU is offering £1,000 to businesses that take on a graduate for a short-term placement.
Businesses can benefit from a bright graduate mind to give their projects a fresh perspective, and an enthusiastic new member of staff.
Taking on a graduate intern is easier than you might think, and isn’t just for big businesses. There’s no red tape and it’s simple to apply.
Just apply before 30 September 2010 to ensure funding is available up to March 2011.
Student-designed structure opens at The Manchester Museum
An exciting new temporary structure - Reflective Room – has opened in the courtyard of The Manchester Museum.
It was chosen as the winning design in a competition between 5th year Architecture students from the Prototype and Re_Map studio units at the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA).
The Courtyard Project invited students to design an environment within the space outside the Museum's main entrance off Oxford Road to complement their summer exhibitions programme.
84,000 visitors expected
Reflective Room was fabricated in the Art and Design Workshops at MMU and assembled by all students involved in the project.
It will stand in the courtyard at The Manchester Museum until October 2010 and an estimated 84,000 visitors are expected to see it over the summer.
Wednesday 13 May 2009
The Manchester Fiction Prize 2009
First prize: £10,000
Deadline for entries: 7th August 2009
Entry fee: £15
Under the direction of Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, the Writing School at MMU is launching The Manchester Fiction Prize, awarding a cash prize of £10,000* to the writer of the best short story submitted. The competition is open internationally to entrants aged 16 or over (there is no upper age limit).
A bursary for study at MMU will also be awarded to an entrant aged 18-25 as part of the Manchester Young Writer of the Year Award*. Eligible entrants are asked to indicate on the entry form if they would like to be considered for the Manchester Young Writer of the Year Award in addition to the main prize.
All entrants are asked to submit a complete short story of up to 5,000 words in length. The story can be on any subject, and written in any style, but must be new work, not published or submitted for consideration elsewhere. The competition will be judged by distinguished novelists and short story writers Sarah Hall, M. John Harrison and Nicholas Royle.
The Manchester Fiction Prize celebrates the substantial cultural and literary achievements of Manchester, building on the work of MMU's Writing School and enhancing the city's reputation as one of Europe's most adventurous and creative spaces. The prizes will be awarded at a gala ceremony at Manchester Town Hall on 23rd October as part of the 2009 Manchester Literature Festival.
Enter online at www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk
If you would like a printed entry pack for postal submission, or if you have any queries, please contact James Draper, Project Manager at the Writing School on +44 (0) 161 247 1787 or j.draper@mmu.ac.uk
*Terms and Conditions apply. See http://www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk for full details.
Thursday 16 April 2009
Want to win one of five £100 tabs at Ithaca?
About a month ago, the new Manchester Masters scheme was launched a new employment programme for graduates of Manchester's universities. It aims to make sure that the best creative students don't hotfoot it to London or wherever once they've finished their degrees. We want to keep them in Manchester because their bigger-than-average brains, inspired ideas, and go-getting attitudes are good news for the local economy, which ultimately, is good news for all of us living here.
We've got the next 25 very entertaining videos of Manchester Masters applicants to show you and when you vote on your favourite, you could win a £100 Ithaca tab.
To watch the videos and place your vote visit Manchester Confidential at www.manchesterconfidential.com/index.asp?sessionx=IWU6IlXiNwB6IHqiNwF6IHqi&mpage=10#1
Best of Manchester 2009 - an invite to upcoming artists and designers
The Best of Manchester Awards is inviting postgraduates and recent graduates to show their talents at Urbis. The search for the city\'s art stars has begun with the award of a £2,000 prize and chance to impress some of the kingmakers of the creative industries.