Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
I am very pleased to announce that we have today launched a revamped version of the MeCCSA website. We have been working actively over the summer to migrate the website from one content management system to another, and decided to take the opportunity to also breathe some new life into the site. Key changes that …Continue Reading
MeCCSA’s response to the White Paper arises from a period of discussion and dialogue with members over the consultation period. Our response is divided into the following sections that reflect the key concerns of our members: Education vs. employability; Contestable Student Places; ‘Efficiency’ Savings; Education for sale and for profit; Micro-Management or Accountability?; Inequality; Employer Sponsorship; The Role of HEFCE.
All postgraduate students of our institutional members can participate in the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network for free! Please check our membership list to see if your institution is already a member (you do not need to be named in the list, just your institution), or sign up for individual postgraduate membership.
Dear Colleagues, I am writing following discussion at the Executive Committee to advise members who may not be aware of it about the current consultation on the future of postgraduate research funding by HEFCE. In particular this consultation proposes changes to the allocation method for the research degree programme (RDP) supervision fund from 2012-13 and …Continue Reading
MeCCSA 2012 Conference 11th-13th January 2012 University of Bedfordshire www.beds.ac.uk/meccsa www.meccsa.org MeCCSA is the subjectassociation for the field of media, communication and cultural studies inUK Higher Education. The field includes film and TV production,journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media andthe web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as formedia …Continue Reading
Members may be interested in a current Consultation on the allocation method for postgraduate research funding from 2012-13 being run by HEFCE. This has been notified to all universities but may not have percolated to all staff. It is of particular interest to work in our field because it relates to the research degree programme …Continue Reading
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