Radio production's a walk in the Park for college students

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First year radio production students at The Manchester College have produced an exciting podcast from Africa Oye, the UK’s largest annual African festival. The students had access to the backstage area at Sefton Park in Liverpool, where they interviewed headline acts and recorded music samples.

The students, working towards the Foundation Degree in Radio Production at The Manchester College, produced and edited the fifteen minute podcast. The project gave them the opportunity to practice skills learnt in the classroom and try out industry standard technology.

Gathering the audio is only the start.

Visiting tutor, Vince Hunt, was impressed with the students’ achievement: ‘I’ve made festival highlights programmes for Radio 2 so I know that live music, sound systems and an ever-changing display of artists can be a challenging and often bewildering combination. Gathering the audio is only the start. The finished programmes were very good, covered a lot of editorial ground and used music well.’

The project has given the students good industry experience by taking the learning out of the classroom and into a challenging environment.

Tutor and project manager, Helen Kilbride, said: ‘I’m delighted with the finished audio the students produced. The project has given the students good industry experience by taking the learning out of the classroom and into a challenging environment.’

Some of the students who contributed to the podcast are hoping to go to the festival next year as mentors to new first year students.

Listen to the podcast.

What next? Sound good to you? Find out about the Foundation Degree in Radio Production at The Manchester College.