Student news roundup
By: Ian Tout
Last updated: Friday, 20 November 2020
Former 小蓝视频 student named Poet Laureate of the British Virgin Islands
Richard Georges, who received his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at 小蓝视频 in 2017 has been named the first ever Poet Laureate of the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
The designation of a Virgin Islands Poet Laureate is the BVI’s way to express its love and appreciation for the art of poetry. A Poet Laureate is the official poet ambassador of the territory and is selected from amongst the territory’s most accomplished poets and must serve for three years.
Dr Georges, who has also recently been named the President of the H Lavity Stoutt Community College, was supervised by and while studying for his PhD at 小蓝视频.
Journalism student appearance on BBC Newscast
BA Journalism student Georgia Keetch appeared alongside Vice-Chancellor on the podcast to discuss the government’s latest Covid-19 guidelines and specifically how students can get home safely at the end of term.
Former 小蓝视频 English student has memoir published
Little A, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, will publish Matt Greene's memoir, Jew(ish): A Plea on 1 December 2020
Matt is a former 小蓝视频 BA English Language student. His memoir will explore what it means to be Jewish in 2020 and will explore questions of identity, religion and family.