Student Journalist Adam Standing Out

Adam Dickinson is a name to watch out for on the back pages of the local and national newspapers' sports pages in the future, as earlier this term his entry for a journalism competition, jointly sponsored by Wasps RFC and Land Rover, was chosen as overall winner.

Since the win was announced, Adam has enjoyed attending a number of Wasps RFC's league games and written further match reports. He has also been introduced to the squad, enjoyed a tour of the stadium and had his own writing printed in the matchday programmes.

Today his win is featured in the Coventry Telegraph and our latest edition of The Lion also covers his success. As he begins to build a portfolio for the career he hopes to enjoy after leaving Bablake and university, this initial success is a great encouragement for the future.

Adam entered the competition after seeing it in a matchday programme and after talking to our Careers department about how he should best pursue his dream career. Mr Mark Woodward, Head of Careers added: 'I am delighted for Adam and am really pleased he acted so swiftly on our advice. The art of writing a concise, factually correct and interesting match report within a very tight word limit is a difficult exercise, but he clearly has a talent for this work. I look forward to seeing more of Adam's reports being used by the local press and, in time, hopefully on a national platform!'