News for November 2008

Have you ever read a book that changed your life? i-witness, showing at Edge Hill University's Rose Theatre on 9th December, shows you what happens when four friends discover a book that changes their perception of the world.

A first year student at Edge Hill University has beaten stiff competition from 3,000 nominees to be short listed for a prestigious national award for volunteering.

Edge Hill welcomed school teacher Samuel Ofori, 36, from New Koforidua, Ghana on to campus this week.

Edge Hill University's sports facilities could be used by athletes from Oceania, with 15 Pacific Island countries set to use the Northwest as their training base in the four year period building up to the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

Dr Ruxandra Trandafoiu, senior lecturer in media at Edge Hill University, will sit on the panel at a debate looking at contemporary Romania.

Edge Hill students will perform a season of plays on board the Walk the Plank, the UK's only touring theatre ship.

The Centre for Local Policy Studies (CLPS) at Edge Hill University has announced that the American civil rights leader, Rev. Jesse Jackson will deliver a free public lecture at 7pm on Monday, 1 December, 2008.