The nomination deadline having passed, and the number of nominations being fewer than the vacancies on the Committee, the following are declared elected for two years from January 2017. Anita Biressi Karen Boyle Joanna Callaghan Peter Golding Janey Gordon Mark Jancovich Jeanette Steemers Milly Williamson The Committee will thus comprise the above together with the …Continue Reading
The Government is currently consulting about two key issues relating to the implementation of the framework for independent self-regulation of the press that was agreed by Parliament after the first stage of the Leveson Inquiry. The consultation questions whether Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 should be commenced and if Part 2 of the …Continue Reading
The QAA has published a new Subject Benchmark Statement [PDF] for Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies “that defines what can be expected of a graduate in the subject, in terms of what they might know, do and understand at the end of their studies”. This follows the recent review that began in October 2013 and ended in 2016.
This is the raw data to complement John Downey’s article Still a struggle for recognition: funding for communication, cultural and media research in the UK in Three-D Issue 26.
Simon Dawes Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France* After two years editing Networking Knowledge – the Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network it’s time for me to step down and handover responsibility to a new pair of hands. Over the past couple of years, I’ve had the pleasure of co-editing special issues on Mediatizing Gaza (with Nour Shreim) and Fortress Europe: Media, …Continue Reading
Joanna Callaghan University of Sussex The network has supported two events this year, with a further two in planning. In June we held the annual Journal of Media Practice and MeCCSA Practice network symposium at Southbank University on the theme of Post-Screen Practices. It was a well-attended symposium and in the next edition of Three-D …Continue Reading
Rachel Younger Edinburgh Napier University Thirty five colleagues from eleven institutions reflected in June on methodologies we use in practice research during a symposium at Edinburgh Napier University. Those showcasing a diverse range of approaches agreed on one point: Practice is a form of knowledge generation. Production is a process of enquiry. There is – …Continue Reading
Rinella Cere Sheffield Hallam University The re-launch of the Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Network (REaPN) kicked off at De Montfort University on the 28 June, exploring the topic of Radicalisation in Culture and Media with unavoidable forays into the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act and the Prevent Agenda. Opening the day, the keynote speaker, Bob Brecher, …Continue Reading
John Downey Loughborough University Despite calls for recognition of the value of interdisciplinary research it is still not clear how the field of communication, cultural and media studies that draws on a number of arts, humanities and social science disciplines fits into the funding plans of the two most directly relevant UK funding councils, the …Continue Reading
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