FIRST TUESDAY News Reviews from 2012

The First Tuesday discussions on current affairs aim to provide attendees with a way of developing and testing their understanding of a range of current affairs topics; improving their journalistic capabilities so that they can write opinion or comment style articles for the regional or national media or blogs, respond with a thoughtful angle on radio chat shows, TV talk shows or maybe just have an interesting angle to respond at work with.

The topics discussed in May 2012 were:

• Gay Marriage - introduced by Stephen Almond
• Jamie Oliver and the Food Police - introduced by Simon Belt

The topics discussed in April 2012 were:

• Tweet Tweet and freedom of expression - introduced by Mark Iddon
• Promoting sport and the Olympic legacy - introduced by Emily Pitts

The topics discussed in March 2012 were:

• Workfare - introduced by Mark Harrop
• Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - introduced by Emma Short

The topics discussed in February 2012 were:

• Leveson inquiry - introduced by Denis Joe
• Low ambitions and pay restraint - introduced by Simon Belt

The topics discussed in January 2012 were:

• Schools: What are they good for? - introduced by Jane Turner
• New Year, New Optimism? - introduced by Ian Betts