Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
MeCCSA has joined the campaign to protect journalism education from the cuts to Strategic Priorities Grant funding, as announced by the Secretary of State for Education in May 2025. This is a collaboration between: You can read the full below. The campaign to ‘Save Quality Journalism Education’ has already received the backing of the News Media …Continue Reading
The MeCCSA Executive Committee were deeply concerned to see the updated guidance issued by the Government to the OfS this week on Strategic Priorities Grant funding for 2025-26, which stated: “I am asking you to reprioritise high-cost subject funding away from media studies, journalism, publishing and information services courses. While I recognise that these courses …Continue Reading
MeCCSA has now been included in the HMRC’s list of approved bodies (professional organisations and learned societies). The decision was confirmed the end of last year and backdated to start of tax year (6th April 2024). What this means in practice: In addition to personal tax relief, we are aware that some Universities have used the HMRC list …Continue Reading
I want to draw your attention to the announcement today that the REF2029 sub-panel nomination process has now opened. In short, this is an open invitation for colleagues to put themselves forward for: ▶️ Sub-panel chair and deputy chair – the closing date for sub-panel chair and deputy chair roles is midday 6 February 2025 ▶️ Sub-panel member – …Continue Reading
The British Academy has published a new report on the importance and impact of media, screen, journalism and communication studies in British higher education. It includes student and staff trends, as well as review of research capacity, funding, and impact. It provides useful context against SHAPE disciplines and sector trends in general.
The Executive Committee of MeCCSA was sad to hear of the death in May of Greg Philo, one of the key founding figures in UK media research, and until his retirement in 2021, Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Glasgow and Director of the Glasgow University Media Group, as he had …Continue Reading
We are pleased to announce the shortlisted nominees for the MeCCSA Outstanding Achievement Awards 2024. These are our annual awards to recognise outstanding research in the fields of media, communication, and cultural studies. The full set of shortlist and judges comments can be found on our awards pages. MeCCSA will be presenting awards in the following …Continue Reading
The updated Subject Benchmark Statement for Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies was launched at the QAA’s ENQUIRE Conference 2024 on 11th April. The revised Subject Benchmark Statement for our field can be accessed online via the QAA website. Alongside the main SBS document, the QAA also published a summary designed to provide a short …Continue Reading
Nominations for the MeCCSA Awards 2024 are now open, with a deadline of midday Monday 5th February 2024. To recognise outstanding research in the fields of media, communication, and cultural studies, MeCCSA is presenting annual awards in the following categories: Journal Article of the Year Monograph of the Year Edited Collection of the Year Practice Based Research …Continue Reading
Earlier this month the Government published its response to the HE reform consultation following the recommendations from the Augar review, prompting a particularly egregious press-release headline: “crackdown on rip-off university degrees”. Reforms are being proposed that the Government claims are designed to ensure – as the journalistic summary puts it – “Students and taxpayers will …Continue Reading
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