Journalism students grill parliamentary candidate
Louis Stephen, the Green Party’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Worcester, faced questions from a group of second and third year students.
He said: "It was a good opportunity to expand on the range of policies on which the party will be campaigning in the coming General Election.
“Topics covered included student finance, the war in Afghanistan, and our hopes to get our first members of parliament elected in 2010."
Chris Frixou, 21, a final year Journalism and Sports Studies student, said: “Louis was extremely helpful and gave me a number of ideas for my University work.
“He was more than happy to answer our queries regarding his party.
In addition to Louis, the students heard a speech on climate change by Muyiwa Olufon, 19, a second year BSc Computing student.
Muyiwa is a member of the UK Climate Change Coalition and has been invited to the 2009 Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen.
Claire Wolfe, Subject leader in Journalism, said: “The visit provided the students studying political journalism an opportunity to ask questions in a ‘press conference’ style setting.
“Having the two speakers together provided a real insight into some of the environmental issues facing communities on a global scale.
“It was inspirational for the students to hear how young people, like Muyiwa, can become involved and actually help to bring about change.”