Milenge Lights

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Featuring interviews with Bethwell Masumbuko and Mrs HS Kalenge, the Head Teachers of Milenge High & Milenge Basic Schools respectively. They talk to us about the impact the lights will have on their pupils and teachers.

11 year old Ludia tells us about what she wants to be when she grows up while 15 year old Emmanuel helps string the lights across a classroom.

Teachers Nuyemba Royd and Kayombo Justine share with us how they think the lights will benefit the school.

And we hear from the Lights For Learning volunteers Nick Dye, Jan Power, Cathy Russell and Vanessa Sherwood about their experience installing the lights.

LittleSmasher Delves into the World of Social Work

Another LittleSmasher podcast, this time for an audience who have been given an offer of a place on the Social Work course at Brunel.  We hear lecturer, Dr Jean Clarke talk about the course and we hear from first year students Moeed Malik, Tsungai Tawanda and Nicky Blake who also tell us what they think of their experience on the course so far.

"The podcast message was not only very interesting to hear but also very motivating and encouraging." - Brunel Social Work Candidate

"It's great to hear the our podcast is making a positive impact. Well done all!" - S.R-R, Brunel Social Work Marketer

"As others have said this is great stuff. This is the way to go. We are good. We need things like this to make sure people know." - Professor P.B.

:LittleSmasher moves into the World of the Postgraduate

LittleSmasher goes all Postgraduate on us as the podcasting company was commissioned to produce two episodes for the Graduate School at Brunel University.

Episode 1
Episode 2

Find out more about postgraduate life at Brunel from current Master’s and research students.

Hear about the career support services on offer, and find out about how the Graduate School can help you to make the most out of your postgraduate experience.

Dr Steve Mullins talks to us about the financial issues you might face and we learn about the scholarships and funding that are available. 

Voices:

• Dr Kate Hone, Director of the Graduate School; 
• Dr Steve Mullins, Assistant Registrar for Graduate Studies;
• Jane Standley, Director of the Placement and Careers;
• Rebecca Main, Job Shop Manager;
• Nkechi Izuchukwu, Brunel International Scholar; and
• Gaia Di Castro, Isambard Research Scholar.

Another LittleSmasher release: An Award Winning Inventor at Brunel

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LittleSmasher hears how Business Management with Marketing student Trisha Motah's week has been going and talks to final year Product Design Engineering student Tanya Budd who is already an award-winning inventor developing her potential at Brunel. Hear how Tanya has made Seafaring safer with the HypoHoist [http://hypohoist.co.uk].


Schools and Colleges Liaison Amanda Hall also pays the podcast a visit to tell us what students coming to Brunel might expect from the University.


You can visit Brunel University now by navigating to the Virtual Open Day via the website or by visiting http://brunel.ac.uk/VirtualOpenDay

Lights for Learning at Rotary International

LittleSmasher talks to Lights For Learning's Roger Mugridge at the Rotary International Conference held in Torquay.

We find out why the charity is manning its stand at the Riviera International Conference Centre and what they hope to achieve.

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Podcasting in the Philippines

LittleSmasher visited Bacolod City on the island of Occidental Negros in the Philippines to shadow a charity called Lights For Learning.  Lights For Learning joined forces with the national movement of Gawad Kalinga in helping villages provide facilities for education.

The resulting podcasts now sit on the Lights For Learning website and are downloaded by donors and potential donors, bringing them a little closer to the actual work which their money funds.

The first episode can be found here.

Another LittleSmasher release: Business at Brunel

This podcast episode takes it's regular look at Student Life at Brunel University with Final Year Business Student Busola Sanusi.

We talk to Award-winning graduate, Adam Sumar, and we hear what Brunel's Director of External Affairs has to say about an exciting new building to house the Brunel Business School: Andrew Kershaw will be talking to us about the Eastern Gateway.

And for this series of podcasts, Brunel University are trying to push their Virtual Open Day via the podcasts. Indeed listeners are informed that they can visit Brunel University now by navigating to the Virtual Open Day via the website or by visiting http://brunel.ac.uk/VirtualOpenDay