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A ‘dream come true’ for Xaverian College teacher
Phil Drinkwater, a Film Studies Teacher at Xaverian College, has recently seen his creative writing turned into a must-watch film by Dark Sky Films. Broadcast Signal Intrusion, written in collaboration with Tim
Woodall, is a psychological thriller, following a video archivist in the late 90s, who unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them. Based on the 2016 short, which was inspired by films such as
The Conversation, The Parallax View and Klute, numerous real-life events and a series of unsettling YouTube clips, Broadcast Signal Intrusion puts you in James’ shoes and is a slow-burn that successfully builds a very tense atmosphere but doesn’t rush to unveil the answers. Phil said: “As a screenwriter, the best thing is having your film
made. When there is a sequence that is exactly what we originally wrote, performed by amazing actors, it feels great! “I have been a teacher for 13 years and its honestly a dream
come true. I remember the teachers I had back in school playing a vital role in shaping my thinking and I knew I wanted to be a part of the process that helps guide and inspire young people. My absolute favourite thing to teach is Hitchcock’s Vertigo. To take a film made 60 years ago and bring it to life, show students the possibilities of this medium peaking long before they were born – how exciting!” Phil has written and directed numerous short films over the last
several years in addition to television pilots for the BBC, NBC Universal and Working Title to name just a few. When asked what he loves about the industry, Phil said:
“What’s not to love?! At times it is really challenging but every so often you’ll have the opportunity to create something that will captivate and entertain others around the world, and that is truly amazing!” Directed by Jacob Gentry, Broadcast Signal Intrusion stars Harry
Shum Jr, Chris Sullivan, Steve Pringle, Justin Welborn and Kelley Mack and after seven years in the making, the film aired in cinemas across the UK on Friday 25th March 2022.
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Academy awards grants totalling £1 million for innovative interventions to increase diversity and inclusion in engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering’s new Diversity Impact Programme has awarded its first grants of up to £100k each to 11 projects in university engineering departments that address the unequal outcomes experienced by students from diverse and underrepresented groups. Launched in October last year, the Diversity Impact
Programme aims to inspire change in university engineering departments so that all students succeed and the unique perspectives and experiences of engineers from diverse backgrounds continue to enhance the profession. An important aspect of the programme is that the universities
themselves define what they need to meet their diversity challenges. Among the 11 projects in this first cohort are many that focus on socioeconomic background and neurodiversity— two areas that are underserved by research and where available data suggests career progression and sense of belonging within engineering is weak. Universities from all over the UK will be involved and the
interventions proposed vary from mentoring and work-based projects to the development of an inclusive culture and peer networks. Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE, Chief Executive of the Royal Academy
of Engineering, said: “The Academy’s new Diversity Impact Programme has been designed to support universities in making a step change in diversity and inclusivity across engineering Higher Education. Our goal is to help universities to develop interventions, informed by evidence, that transform the outcomes of students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds. It is vital that we seek innovative and creative ways to accelerate the pace of change rather than accepting that incremental improvement is all that is possible. “There is an extensive evidence base supporting the benefits
of diverse teams working in inclusive cultures but there is still a way to go in understanding how to deliver the culture of inclusion that unlocks the power of diversity. These projects will give us invaluable insights and experience that will be shared across the Higher Education community so that we can work collectively to drive positive change”.
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