Getting Don Foster!

We've decided that the most important thing to get done now is to nail down the guest speakers and any thing that would make it appealing for media coverage, such as getting local MP Don Foster to come and give his endorsement. I've now written an email to send him which I will copy onto here:


Hello,

My name is Esther Moore and I am a student at Bath Spa University doing a Creative Media Practice course. As part of the course, we are producing and hosting a media event on the Newton St. Loe campus to encourage students at Bath City College to come to university. As many students are now hesitant about coming to university with the rising tuition fees, this event will be produced with the aim of showing the students that it is still worth obtaining a university degree despite the rising fees.

As we are producing this event with the aim of positively responding to a current political issue, we would like to invite you as our local MP to make an appearance if you are available and perhaps give an endorsement of the importance of going to university despite the controversy surrounding it at the moment. We feel this could show your party's support for future university students and as we are currently speaking to the Bath Chronicle to come and cover the event, this could be a platform to show support for all university students in the city.

The event is on April 8th, and we will do our best to accommodate any time that would be best for you if you are available. The event begins at 9:00 AM and if you were available at that time, we would be delighted for you to open the event with a short 5 - 10 minute talk showing your support of gaining a university degree. If you are not available, we would greatly appreciate if there is someone else in your office that you think would be suitable and that you could recommend to come and give a talk in your place. Please let us know if you would be interested and available to be involved in this event.

Thank you, we hope to hear from you soon!

Regards,

Esther Moore