en-gb http://yeardot.co.uk/whoweare-5/claire-hazelgrove.html ℗ & © 2009 So Television Year Dot: Claire Hazelgrove Channel 4 yeardot@channel4.co.uk Channel 4 Education Claire is one of fifteen young people taking part in Year Dot: a ground-breaking project from Channel 4. About to embark on what she hopes will be 'the first year of the rest of her life', Claire will be regularly updating her stories through blogs, messages and videos while we'll be following and filming her over the coming year to see how she gets along. 19 year old Claire has a lot on her plate as she juggles the demands of university with her aspirations to become an MP. Get her regular film updates here and join her story online at www.yeardot.co.uk http://feeds.yeardot.co.uk/YearDotClaireHazelgrove Channel 4 Education Claire spent her Year Dot juggling the demands of her final year at uni with being Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Skipton and Ripon. Here she reflects on the highs and lows of her year. While she's realistic about her uncertain political future, she's excited about all the challenges that lie ahead. http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2009-09-25.mp4 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT 00:00:00 Claire Hazelgrove, final film Channel 4 Education Claire has swapped her uni life in York for a new life London, where she hopes to make her political mark on the capital... http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2009-06-29.mp4 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT 00:02:21 Claire Hazelgrove, move, house, London Channel 4 Education Even though Claire's got urgent degree work due, she's off to her prospective constituency, Skipton, to give a talk to a pretty tough audience of A level students. http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2009-06-22.mp4 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT 00:03:45 Claire Hazelgrove, audience, Skipton, a level, students, subject_citizenship, subject_government, subject_video Channel 4 Education Graduation is just around the corner and Claire's worried about life after uni... With so few jobs out there, is politics really the way forward? http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2009-05-12.mp4 Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT 00:00:00 Claire Hazelgrove, york uni, future Channel 4 Education Claire heads to Dublin on holiday with a couple of friends... A welcome break from all the pressures of uni and politics... http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2009-03-18.mp4 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT 00:02:33 Claire Hazelgrove, Dublin Channel 4 Education Claire's time out in America canvassing for Obama has really inspired her. She wants to make a political splash in the UK and seeks out some good advice from Labour politician Stephen Twigg. http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2009-01-28.mp4 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT 00:03:04 Claire Hazelgrove, stephen twigg Channel 4 Education After all the hard work Claire put into Obama's campaign, it seems only right that she be there for his inauguration... The question is, can she take more time off uni? http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2009-01-19.mp4 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT 00:00:00 Claire Hazelgrove, obama, washington, auguration, subject_government Channel 4 Education Despite being busy at uni, Claire's still managing to score some good publicity... but what do her and her mates think of the article in The Metro? http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2009-01-14.mp4 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT 00:01:49 Claire Hazelgrove, metro, friends, subject_government, subject_video Channel 4 Education Claire's still in a great mood after Obama's election victory. But in between her two trips to campaign in Virginia, she had to write an important essay - now she's off to her tutor to get the results. Did all that US excitement distract her from her degree? http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2009-01-02.mp4 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT 00:02:20 Claire Hazelgrove, obama, essay, mark, result, tuturo, degree Channel 4 Education The polling stations are closed and Claire's work in Virginia, one of the key swing states, is done... Has her time out there paid off? http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-12-01.mp4 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:03:50 Claire Hazelgrove, presidential election, obama, part 4 Channel 4 Education With just 40 minutes to go before the polling stations close, Claire heads out for a last ditch attempt to secure the vote for Obama. http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-11-24.mp4 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:02:42 Claire Hazelgrove, obama, part 3 Channel 4 Education It's election day in the US and as the rain falls, Claire's map-reading skills let her down - in the lead up to one of the most important moments in history. http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-11-25.mp4 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:03:39 Claire Hazelgrove, obama, part 2 Channel 4 Education Claire's back out in the States and frantically busy doing everything she can to help ensure Obama is elected as president... Well not quite everything… Even thinking about fundraising for the campaign was controversial enough and Claire, who’s only too aware of how closely her every political move is watched, will need to make sure she’s on her best behaviour… http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-11-10.mp4 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:02:29 Obama, america, Claire Hazelgrove, subject_government Channel 4 Education So after organising a fundraising party with Raf in the library at York Uni, a Conservative blogger has pointed out that it's illegal for foreigners to donate to the Obama campaign - and he's been milking it to the full. http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-11-14.mp4 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:00:00 Claire Hazelgrove, blogging fiasco, obama, fundraising party Channel 4 Education Claire is forced in to the library to do some revision but with America on her mind, she hatches a plan to help Obama with her friend and co-campaigner Raf. It's all strictly hush hush though... http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-11-03.mp4 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:02:04 Claire Hazelgrove, America, Obama, election, studies Channel 4 Education Claire's hoping to go back out to Virginia to campaign for Obama. Trouble is she's in the final year of her politics degree at York Uni. How will her tutor react? http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-11-05.mp4 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:04:11 Claire Hazelgrove, obama, america, elections, studies, university, tutor Channel 4 Education Claire makes an impact at the annual Labour Party Conference and defends her desire to become an MP at the age of twenty. Even David Blunkett thinks she's a 'masochist'! Watch her hold her own during an interview with Radio 5 Live and respond to the speculation that she's too young to get into politics... http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-10-16.mp4 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:03:53 Claire Hazelgrove, labour party conference, subject_citizenship, subject_government, subject_video Channel 4 Education Claire takes to the streets of America to help campaign for Obama. It's a world away from the Yorkshire countryside and she's curious to find out how her British accent goes down on the canvassing trail... http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-09-25.mp4 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:03:32 obama, Claire Hazelgrove, campaign, canvassing, heathrow, washington, subject_government Channel 4 Education Claire is behind schedule packing for her trip to the US... http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-09-24.mp4 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:01:56 Claire Hazelgrove, pack,behind,campaign,america,elections,uni,claire Channel 4 Education The ever diligent Claire has spent her summer working at Althorp House. Join her to find out what she's been up to over the holidays. http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-08-20.mp4 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:03:33 Claire Hazelgrove, althorp house, obama Channel 4 Education Claire is in St Helens to chair a political debate for young people. Having never chaired such a high profile event before, it’s a big opportunity for Claire to shine. Find out how it goes here… http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-08-07.mp4 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:02:56 liverpool, Claire Hazelgrove, labour, chair Channel 4 Education Claire heads up to Skipton to take part in a general meeting on behalf of the local Labour Party. Find out what kind of impression she makes here... http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/films/claire/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-film-2008-07-24.mp4 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:03:24 Claire Hazelgrove, meeting, skipton, labour, subject_citizenship, subject_government, subject_video Channel 4 Education We join 19 year old Claire on her journey to hopefully become Labour's MP for Skipton and Ripon. She's juggling being a normal uni student with running for Parliament and we learn how she has had to adjust her life accordingly. http://media.yeardot.co.uk/video/year-dot-claire-hazelgrove-profile-short-2008-06-30.mp4 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT 00:02:10 Year Dot, Channel 4 Education