The Press Association newsroom

The Press Association newsroom seats 24 students and incorporates a state of the art audio-visual system which links the students´ workstations to a suite of large plasma screens on the newsroom walls. This means students working in groups can view their work live on the big screen, facilitating teamwork and group discussion.

Lecturers can take control of all five plasma screens simultaneously when working with larger groups, and can use special "e-pens" to highlight points of interest.

The screens are also linked to a bank of digital television receivers, meaning a range of live news channels can be displayed around the room when the students are working on "live" news exercises.

Next door are three news seminar rooms that are also equipped with plasma screens and laptops connected to the university´s computer network. The new floor means the department now has four working newsrooms and represents a significant expansion of teaching space.