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Dating across the disciplines
Caitlin Barr sent six lucky MA students on an interview assignment like no other, with the hopes of setting up at least one new City journalism romance Adina Florea (Erasmus) Did you have any prejudices about the Broadcast course before your date? I did work for a broadcaster beforehand, and it’s difficult for me to understand its appeal. But nothing against the people who are better suited for that kind of work than I am. What were your first impressions of Will? Too young for me. He’s 22, I’m almost 29. What were the headlines? Will working on a radio documentary about the collapse of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. I think I said to him: “Who cares about the Liberal Democrats anyway?” Best thing about Will? He’s tall. Also, he’s not from London. Would you chase him up for another date? No. I don’t actually think we’re at the same stage of life, and I wouldn’t want to waste anybody’s time.
Will Tyrrell (Broadcast) Did you have any prejudices about the Erasmus course before your date? I’m always impressed by people who can study abroad in a second language. What were your first impressions of Adina? She had cool energy! What were the headlines? We spoke about what drew her to London and life in Romania. She worked in the industry for a long time which was fun to learn about, given the constant placement grind in this department. Best thing about Adina? It’s very cool that she decided to move to a new country to study rather than continue the job in Romania that she had been doing for seven years. Would you chase her up for another date? I was glad I met her but there wasn’t any spark.