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COLLEGE NEWS Ayrshire College on television If I was to tell you Ayrshire College was featured on the television recently, you’d maybe guess I was talking about the BBC. Or STV. And you’d be right. STV covered our Stalking Awareness Poster competition – featured in this magazine - in their morning bulletin. Also, an initiative about spotting the signs of domestic abuse as hairdressers and beauty therapists at the College was included in BBC 1 Scotland’s Reporting Scotland programme. However, would you believe me if I told you Ayrshire College was also beamed out to audiences in Germany?! Well, it’s true. German public-service station Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) ran the same domestic abuse pilot project story. Click here to view If you fancy brushing up on your German, click on the link above to view the video. Unfortunately, I don’t understand a word of it, however, I’ve had a go at translating the video’s description. Have a go yourself. Google translations at the bottom of this page… Kampf gegen häusliche Gewalt In der EU ist schätzungsweise eine von vier Aber wie kann man ihnen helfen? Eine Ärztin in Schottland hatte da eine völlig neue Idee. Answers: A doctor in Scotland has had a completely new idea. But how can you help them? In the EU, an estimated one in four Fight against domestic violence 30 THE STUDENT VOICE: EDITION 4