The warning shook his audience, which was made up of university managers who have traditionally worked closely with student unions to deliver campus services.
Skins is a traditionally made television series which has won countless international awards and gained a worldwide audience for stories about the joy, misery and challenges of being a teenager.
Blume and her son assured theaudience that changes were made to preserve the film's narrative flow, which can be challenging in adapting a first-person novel.
The challenge also extends to new forms of media, which has made it possible for journalists to have their stories spread further than previously imaginable, and for theaudience to access information that previously was not available to them.