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Meeting AHRC-subject associations, 28 May 2009

On 28 May 2009 a representative of MeCCSA attended a meeting at the Royal Geographical Society to discuss a number of key issues in relation to the AHRC and the arts and humanities academic community in the UK. The AHRC has collated all of the notes made on that day, along with a number of …Continue Reading

Letter from the Director of the BFI

Dear Members, attached below the full text of the letter of the Director of the British Film Institute (BFI), Amanda Nevill , regarding the possible merger of the Institute with the UK FIlm Council (UKFC). The MeCCSA Executive Committee will be discussing the Association’s initial response on 18 September  2009, at its next meeting. Colleagues, …Continue Reading

Call for papers for March 2010 issue of Networking Knowledge

The 2009 MeCCSA-PGN Conference Committee requests that interested delegates submit their completed conference papers for publication in the March 2010 edition of Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA-PGN . Paper Guidelines The submission: – should be 5,000-8,000 words excluding references and bibliography – should as closely as possible match abstract originally submitted and presented – …Continue Reading

Report of Policy Network Meeting, London, 26 June 2009

Report by Máire Messenger Davies , MeCCSA Policy Network Co-ordinator 28 people attended this meeting, from universities all over the country. The meeting, including lunch and refreshments, was hosted by the School of Journalism at City, organised by Ivor Gaber and Howard Tumber – many thanks to them; the Dean of Arts and Social Sciences …Continue Reading

Research Impact conference: an update on REF

Report by Christine Geraghty Chairperson, MeCCSA Research Impact conference On behalf of MeCCSA, I attended an event on research impact organised by Academy of Social Sciences on 16th July 2009, including a speech by Graeme Rosenberg, the the REF project manager for HEFCE . HEFCE will produce consultation document in September with three month period …Continue Reading

Call for nominations for 2009-2010 Postgraduate Network Executive Committee

The MeCCSA Postgraduate Network (PGN) is calling for nominations for its Executive Committee for the 2009-2010 academic year. Elections will be held at the upcoming annual conference in Bangor on 8-9 July 2009. The following positions are open: Chair: responsible for the day-to-day running of the Network, chairing all executive meetings and representing the Network …Continue Reading

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