Audio Skills Test

Cue: "Has the rise in tuition fees affected your university?"

Interviewee 1: Ben Hastie, 4th year university student, Leeds.

Interviewee 2: David Folley, 2nd year international student from France studying at UCLan.

Video Skills Test

Maps Skills Test

 

 

The above map shows the locations of the four stories from the Lancashire Evening Post (LEP) that I have chosen. The focal point of the map is the city of Preston to give the viewer an indication of where the events in the stories took place in relation to the newspaper's main city of interest.

 

This story benefits from adding a map because it shows the reader where James Shelvin was running his music ticket scam. It also adds value to the story because it is in a sense naming and shaming Mr. Shelvin by letting everybody know where he is based, and making them aware to avoid purchasing music tickets from this area.

The main point to this story is the relocation of a war memorial, therefore a map allows the reader to visualise where the new location is. Instead of simply explaining the new location is words, a map shows the reader where it is in relation to other landmarks. The reader may not have known where the new location was if the address was just printed in text rather than displayed in a picture map.

 

It is important to have a map in this picture to show the reader where the outbreak of mumps has occured so that they can decide themselves whether they will be directly affected and need to get a vaccination. Due to the University being located in the centre of Preston the map adds value to the story because the Lancashire Evening Post has a large readership within the city.

A map is necessary for this story because it displays where the Norfolk Terrier was lost and might make people in that area more alert and on the lookout for the dog. It is vital for a search party, or even the general public, to know where the dog was lost if they are going to try to find it. 

Images Skills Test

These images of Brook Building on the University of Central Lancashire Preston City Campus are my first attempt at editing images using Photoshop software.

 

The first is 200px by 500px, the second 100px by 100px and the third 400px by 300px. The fourth image on this page is the original image from which the other three are cropped.

 

The pictures embrace one of the more modern and state of the art facilities, Brook Building, on the Preston City Campus and with the inclusion of the UCLan logo at the forefront of the image, it is unmistakable to which instituion this building belongs.

 

200px by 500px

 



100px by 100px



400px by 300px



Original Image

Data Skills Test

Premier League Spending Since 2003

 

Premier League football clubs have spent over £4.4bn since January 2003 as shown in the above map.

 

 

Deloitte Sports Business Group have produced the figures that show the amount football clubs have spent on buying players, with a break down of how much each individual club has spent. Chelsea and Manchester City, with their billionaire owners, unsurprinsingly top the chart, however, even the clubs at the bottom end of the chart, such as West Bromich Albion, have spent upwards of £60m.

 

It seems Premier League football clubs have not been as affected by the recession as other areas of business. BBC Sport reported on this story using the same figures from Deloitte.