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College launches Big Brother course
A college is hoping to tempt unemployed teenagers back into education with a course on Big Brother and other reality TV shows.

Students will examine the "cultural importance" of hit shows like Pop Idol and I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here during the three-day workshops at Filton College, north Bristol.

They will also get the chance to star in their own Big Brother experiment and learn how to take video footage.

The course, which aims to boost the participants' confidence and give them a "taste" of a possible career, will be run by experts from the college's media department.

Other topics on offer include nail art, horse riding, survival techniques, football coaching and beauty.

Those completing the courses will be given an MP3 player and those taking part in sports-related studies will get free membership of a gym.

They have also been reassured they will not lose any benefits by taking part in the scheme.

College leaders claim the "Discovery Days" sessions aim to give people a "life-changing" experience and a chance to experience "jobs" they may be interested in pursuing.

However, they stressed the reality TV course was not simply to help prepare people for auditions for the Channel 4 show.

The Discovery Days will be held over three consecutive days in March, April and July.

That's where I did my A levels!

Things HAVE changed.....!

(and as an aside, no i don't have A levels in nail art, Big Brother and horse riding -although sometimes I think that might be more useful than English, History and Communication Studies, lol)