Press Centre
Welcome to our Press Centre – the home of our latest news releases, research blogs and announcements. Journalists looking for expert comment or opinion on a story can search our online ‘Find an expert’ database: scroll down to the end of this page. Call us on + 44 (0) 1962 827678 or email us at press@winchester.ac.uk
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General election 2017: what do political party manifestos pledge on animal welfare policy?
With the general election taking place on 8 June, Dr Steven McCulloch, Lecturer in Human-Animal Studies based in the Centre for Animal Welfare at the University, looks at the policies related to animal welfare set out in the political parties’ manifestos. Read more
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Son Jarocho and Fandango: erasing frontiers through Mexican music
Adriana Alvarado Padilla is a Mexican arts manager studying at Winchester for a Masters in Cultural and Arts Management on a Chevening scholarship. Here, she explains how the power of music can break down barriers and how she’s bringing the traditional Mexican gathering ‘Fandango’ to the city of Winchester in a unique festival this summer. Read more
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June 2017 at the University of Winchester
June proved to be a busy and exciting month as we welcomed emerging creative writers and an acclaimed poet to the University for our annual Winchester Writers’ Festival, celebrated musical success, and received awards for our excellent teaching and our social enterprise activities. Read more
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"Children's television is another world: you have to step into a bubble." Five minutes with Vanessa Amberleigh
BAFTA-winning script editor and producer Vanessa Amberleigh began her career as a clown, an actress, a children’s TV presenter and is now Executive Producer for In-House Production at CBeebies, BBC. Read more
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Research roundup September 2017
How can we develop responsible leaders? What is the impact of globalisation on our sense of national identity? How does the controversial badger culling policy affect animal welfare?From research studies and newly published books to grants and conference keynotes, here’s a roundup of the latest research news from the University. Read more
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The past is the future for Winchester classical studies graduate
A University of Winchester graduate is gaining experience delivering educational activities and workshops for adults and children of all ages at the internationally-renowned Mary Rose in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Read more
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Historical pageants explored in History of Education Society lecture
The Centre for the History of Women's Education at the University of Winchester is proud to host a public lecture on the role of the historical pageant in Winchester as part of the History of Education Society's 50th Anniversary Annual Conference. Read more
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Chief Executive of Prince of Wales charity to speak at Winchester
Amanda Mackenzie, Chief Executive of Business in the Community, the Prince's Responsible Business Network, shares her personal vision of responsible business in a public talk at the University of Winchester on Wednesday 15 November 2017. Read more
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Rediscovering the Hispanic-Anglosphere
A University of Winchester historian is leading an international research network to study the individuals, networks and communities that made the British Isles a crucial hub for the global Hispanic world and a bridge between Spanish Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas for two hundred years from the late 1700s. Read more
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