The students who study H316 Radio Project produce a wide range of radio features. Some examples of students' work from a couple of the larger undertakings
are on this site.
Westrail
Midland Workshops Project One of the most extensive projects that H316 students have engaged in is
the Westrail Midland Workshops Project. In 2001
third-year students interviewed former workers at the Midland Workshops in
Western Australia. The interviews formed a part of an Oral History Project
run in collaboration with Curtin University
of Technology and the Australian Society
for the Study of Labour History at UnionsWA.
Raw materials from the oral history interviews conducted by students are archived
at the Battye Library
of West Australian History in Perth. However, students have also used the
material to edit shorter radio versions of the interviews, which have been
broadcast on community radio station Radio Fremantle and compiled into an
audio CD.
The Workshops formed the core of the community of Midland in Western Australia, and their closure in 1994 was extremely controversial.
No project of this magnitude has been previously undertaken on an industrial site in Western Australia. Over 200 past employees have registered
their interest in participating in an interview and many have offered or donated items of memorabilia of great sentimental value and historic interest
to the project. These include photographs, union membership cards, apprenticeship papers, certificates of long service, awards won at sporting competitions,
and badges.
The Westrail Midland Workshops Oral History Project continues to run until 2004.
Radio Projects students researched and made radio feature stories about the
issues that youth today are facing. The stories focus on a broad range of
subjects, from drugs to boredom, young mothers to young politicians, growing
up in the country to growing up on the streets.
Current and ongoing topical issues were the focus of these stories made by
Radio Projects students. Students interviewed various people about a range
of different issues that continue to affect our community.
Radio Feature stories can focus on a number of different themes and inform
and entertain us. These stories produced by Radio Projects students take a
look into the lives of ordinary Australians, and document their passions and
hobbies.
Radio Plays and Dramas
Radio Projects students were given a chance to expand on their radio skills
while spreading their creative wings, by making audio plays and dramas. These
projects are a unique experience for most radio students, who have learnt their
skills in non-fictional radio works; as well as being a unique experience for
most radio listeners, who have only heard non-fictional radio works. They provide
an opportunity for the students to experiment and also have a bit of fun.
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