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Uni-Q Episode 1

James Everett — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:47:00 +0000

Uni-Q is the first regular political programme for the UK's youth. Touring colleges and universities across the nation, the show aims to give young people a platform where they can air their views on the big political issues of the day. Uni-Q follows a 'question time' style format and features guests from the mainstream political parties as well as other well known faces.

Uni-Q Teaser

James Everett — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:49:00 +0000

Uni-Q & Youth Engagement

James Everett — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:30:00 +0000

In the run up to the first episode of Uni-Q, Catch21's flagship political programme for the UK's youth, we interviewed Professor Alan Hamlin, Head of Politics at the University of Manchester. We talked about about youth engagement in politics among students and young people at the University of Manchester and across the UK, what can be done to improve it and about Uni-Q itself.

Uni-Q

Default admin account — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:46:00 +0000

Uni - Q is a a fortnightly hour long current affairs programme think ‘Question Time’ meets ‘TFI Friday’. It will provide a forum for 16-25 year olds to pose questions, about the issues that matter to them, to MPs and other high profile figures. Uni -Q is the first programme of its kind to tour universities and colleges across the UK.

Electoral Media Madness: Part 1: A few lines of thought.

James Everett — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0000

I love Catch21. I love what we try to do in breaking down political issues for, granted, a younger audience, but I hope this extends to a wider audience in the future. An audience that I hope wants to understand not only the major political issues that are coming up in the year ahead but also the politics of politics. The swerves and turns that will come with mass media opportunism in staying ‘on top’ of the election cycle.

Future Democracy '09

Default admin account — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:51:00 +0000

Catch21 is Media Partner at UK's Leading Annual Event on the Internet and Politics, 25 November, Central London

Future Democracy '09 is the UK's leading annual conference on all aspects of e-democracy, from e-campaigning, e-petitions and e-voting to the use of the internet and new technologies in politics; democratic activity and citizen engagement. The event's supporters include The Hansard Society, MySociety and the RSA. Catch21 is a key media partner for the event, and will be filming on the day.

The Labour Conference

James Everett — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:45:00 +0000

In 1992, something very strange happened. I was too young to really understand what was happening at the time, I just remember scenes on my television of a man from Wales bouncing up and down excitedly. As I got older I realised that what it was I was witnessing was what ‘grown ups’ call Professional Suicide.

The Story: Climate Change Flashmob

James Everett — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:55:00 +0000

At 12.18pm On Monday 21st September hundreds of people descended on Parliament Square. They were taking part in The Global Climate Change Wake up. Thousands of people across the world are taking part in flashmobs like this today to demand that their politicians wake up to Climate Change in time for the Copenhagen summit. We popped down in our lunch break to find out what was going on.

Carter calls Obama's opponents 'racist', but I'm not so sure

James Everett — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:12:00 +0000

In a TV interview last night Jimmy Carter, the former American president, suggested that opposition to Barack Obama’s contentious policies is often “based on racism”.<

The Story: Bankers' Bonuses

James Everett — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:00:00 +0000

With the G20 meeting to talk about the economy, Chris McCarthy looks at one of the big talking points: bankers' bonuses.

Catch21: Making Politics Easy

James Everett — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:20:00 +0000

Catch21 Productions is an interactive and innovative online political broadcasting charity that provides news and current affairs programmes for 14-25 years olds across the UK. We produce programmes and video content with the purpose of encouraging and invigorating an informed and politically active young electorate. As Catch21 is a charitable organisation we are always looking for donations to help us continue our work. If you would like to help us then please feel free to make a donation by visiting our donation page (http://www.catch21.co.uk/donate).

The truth behind exams

James Everett — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Results day is looming and it's a time that most students dread. At this time of year exams can seem like a form of torture. So we, at Catch21 decided to find out why exams and qualifications are so important.

PPC Special

James Everett — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:30:00 +0000

What is a PPC? The full title is prospective parliamentary candidates which basically means that they have been selected to represent a political party and try to become an MP. With the general election coming up next year we decided to interview three PPC's to find out why they want to become MP's.

German Ministers call to ban “violent” video games

James Everett — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:00:00 +0000

This week has brought the news that German Ministers of the Interior from all 16 states are attempting to push legislation through the German parliament, The Bundestag, to have the production and distribution of “violent” video games banned. This is a response to several shootings in German schools, in particular the killings on March 11th by a 17 year old who supposedly learnt the skills he used from the computer game CounterStrike.

The Youth Citizenship Commission - A step in the right direction

James Everett — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:00:00 +0000

A few weeks ago the government set up the Youth Citizenship Commission, to try and actively encourage youth participation in politics and to examine our understanding of what it means to be a British citizen. There’s a lot of discussions around the perception of young people in the media. With the majority of stories we hear being about youth violence, gangs, teenage pregnancy, it seems as though we are becoming the lost generation. Fortunately, this isn’t the case, unfortunately the media doesn’t seem willing or able to portray another it as anything else.