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Cameron Wesley

RD8 store old shit purely for the tax benefits they get as curators of national heritage. Ditto supporting educational establishments – i.e. us. Merry Crimbo.

Message group: 2024 Examiners, 30 May 2024

Ben Sketcher

Did all the students submit their final essay in person?

Tilda Ricci

They did. It’s a requirement of the course – of any course here – that final-grade written work is submitted both online and in hard copy at the admin office. They have to sign a disclaimer that the work is theirs. Practical work is submitted via the technicians.

Ben Sketcher

And if their circumstances mean they can’t be there in person?

Tilda Ricci

They can apply for special consideration, either in advance or in retrospect, if, for example, they have a car accident on the way.

Ben Sketcher

When they handed their long essays in, did you see each and every one of the MMAM students yourself?

Tilda Ricci

No, Gela did. She did the relevant paperwork in the admin office. Why?

Ben Sketcher

There are bizarre discrepancies between what the students say on Doodle and what they write in their final essays. I’ve broken up and inserted sections of these essays, so you can see what I mean.

Tilda Ricci

I wouldn’t expect the essays to be identical on every point. People are so very different. Not to mention the fact they know they are being marked.

Ben Sketcher

Sure. But you wouldn’t expect accounts to differ on whether one of the students disappears or not, would you?

Tilda Ricci

No. Indeed.

Royal Hastings, University of London Multimedia Art MA *Final Project*

Candidate name: Jemisha Badhuri

Candidate number: 0883479

Introduction:

For the introduction to my long essay, I’ll tell you about me.

I grew up listening to an actual radio. Not DAB. Not online. A solid-state Murphy with two giant tuners. AM and shortwave. Cracked glass dials. A scratchy fabric speaker that smelled of dust and dried ginger. It came here with my grandparents; they thought it would pick up their favourite stations wherever it was in the world, but realised too late radio doesn’t work that way. When they heard I was studying art, they said they might as well have stayed in Kharagpur, where they could at least tune in to Bangladesh Betar every day. They were only placated when Dad explained this is a multimedia art course with a strong business angle. Seriously, I’m a trailblazer in my family and I have to be, because my four older brothers never once stood up to them.

So as soon as I knew what our final project was going to be, I told Gela how perfect I’d be for project leader. Sound is my thing. I’ve listened to radios my whole life. Music stations. Talking stations. I’ve tuned in to places on the other side of the world. The whole thing fascinates me. Just this summer I took a course in sound electronics that meant I had to go to Stevenage every day for a week. That’s how committed I am.