£5 million investment in Journalism facilities

The University of Wolverhampton has invested £5 million to bring industry standard facilities to its new Screen School – and a new high-profile lecturer for its Multimedia Journalism degree course is all set to broadcast the improvements.

Gareth Owen, previously working at ITV Central News, has joined the University’s School of Art and is teaching Multimedia Journalism degree students in the Screen School based at its City Campus in Wolverhampton.

The industry standard facilities include a green-screen, three-camera TV studio with an adjoining production gallery. There is also a new radio studio which reflects the layout of BBC local stations. News readers have access to a second bulletin studio and the technical kit and software will enable the replication of the workflows of national news journalists and the running orders of professional news programmes.

Introducing the Wolverhampton Screen School

Wolverhampton Screen School has state-of-the-art teaching facilities and equipment with the aim of boosting skills in the digital arts and media industries.

Students benefit from production space, an equipment media store, a video studio with movable partitions and a large multipurpose studio. There are also Mac labs, edit suites, staff offices and a production base room.

The industry standard facilities include a green-screen, three-camera TV studio with an adjoining production gallery. There is also a radio studio which reflects the layout of BBC local stations. News readers have access to a second bulletin studio and the technical kit and software that enable the replication of the workflows of national news journalists and the running orders of professional news programmes.

Wolverhampton's First Ever Live Esports Event

The event saw the Le Mans Virtual Series kick off with the iconic circuit – Monza. Wolves GR Esports went toe-to-toe with racing giants including Red Bull Racing, BMW, Ferrari and Porsche in the four-hour endurance race.

The event was hosted at, and livestreamed from, the University of Wolverhampton’s Arena Theatre, with hundreds of sim-racing enthusiasts tuning in to see the action as well as a number of them making the trip to the theatre itself to experience it in person.