Welcome
 2005 holds many exciting
challenges for Edge Hill. As part of our bid for taught degree
awarding powers and for university status we are currently undergoing
a period
of scrutiny by the Quality Assurance Agency. Read on to find out
what part the Quality Unit plays in ensuring that Edge Hill’s
standards remain high. And as we look forward to a possible new
era, we also look back at a few major developments – the opening
of two new buildings on our Western Campus, the Centre for Media,
Information Systems and Technology (CMIST) and the Faculty of Education.
Elsewhere you’ll find out how critically acclaimed TV and
film writer Jimmy McGovern went from Brookside to Bogside as Edgeways
gleaned an insight into what inspires one of the UK’s most
controversial dramatists.
‘Is Scouse getting Scouser?’ is the question posed by
Edge Hill PhD student and lecturer in linguistics Kevin Watson,
read on to find out why Cilla, Tarby and many others are keen to
keep their scouse accents.
A visit from the Guardian’s veteran film critic Derek Malcolm,
a look at Listening to the Birth of Crystals poetry anthology in
aid of the deaf and an international angle on study at Edge Hill
from Bermudian student Chris Conway, plus much more, makes up this
latest edition of Edgeways.
Don’t forget, if you have a story for the team here at Edgeways
do get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.
Roisin Rowley-Smith
PR Manager
 Contents
Building
on Success
Expanding the Western
Campus
Opening
Doors
Recruiting teachers from
minority ethnic communities
Back
from Bermuda
Support for international
students
In
Conversation
An audience with controversial
screen writer Jimmy McGovern
Website
Wins Award
Accolade for Careers team
website
National
Teaching Award
Dr Sue Palmer is recognised
by the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme
Reel
Reviews
Derek Malcolm and Mustafa
Kamal on international cinema
Listening
to the Birth of Crystals
Poetry anthology benefits
deaf charities
Is
Scouse Getting Scouser?
The evolution of the Liverpool
dialect.
International
Nurses Reunite
Overseas nurses gather
at the Aintree Campus
Quality
Counts
Colin Raban takes the
lead on quality systems in higher education
An
Enterprising Deal
New NHS contract for Enterprises
training
Respiratory
Education
Breathing life into health
education training
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