MeCCSA Award Winners 2025

We are pleased to announce the winners for the MeCCSA Outstanding Achievement Awards 2025. 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 Bursary Awards Yixuan Duan (University of East Anglia) …Continue Reading

Revised QAA SBS for Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies

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 open for MeCCSA Awards 2024

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

MeCCSA briefing on Government “crackdown on rip-off university degrees”

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

MeCCSA Awards 2023 shortlist announced

I am delighted to announce the shortlisted nominees for the MeCCSA Outstanding Achievement Awards 2023. 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 …Continue Reading

Nominations open for MeCCSA Awards 2023

Nominations for the MeCCSA Awards 2023 are now open, with a deadline of midday Monday 27th February 2023. 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

Important update on MeCCSA Annual Conference 2023

It is with deep regret the MeCCSA Executive Committee has taken the difficult decision that we cannot proceed with Falmouth University hosting our Annual Conference in September 2023 as previously planned.  We are currently in advanced talks with another institution to host our 2023 conference. Full details explaining the context and rationale for this decision …Continue Reading

MeCCSA letter regarding HOD and DHOD at Goldsmiths

The MeCCSA Executive Committee has written a letter to express our concern about the action taken to suspend Professor Des Freedman and Dr Gholam Khiabany, the Head of Department and Deputy Head of Department respectively for Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths University of London. We encourage everyone to read the context and if …Continue Reading

Winners announced for MeCCSA Awards 2022

We are delighted to announce the winners of the MeCCSA Outstanding Achievement Awards 2022. These are a new series of annual awards to recognise outstanding research in the fields of media, communication, and cultural studies. The full set winners, shortlists and judges’ comments can be found on the Awards section of our website. MeCCSA will …Continue Reading

Joint MeCCSA & BAFTSS letter regarding film studies at QMUL

The MeCCSA and BAFTSS executive committees have written a joint letter to express our alarm and dismay of the possibility being considered by Queen Mary University of London to end recruitment to its very highly regarded Film Studies programme, and thereby to threaten the future of the Department and that of the staff and students …Continue Reading

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