Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
Dear MeCCSA members, I am writing to give formal notice of the Association AGM to be held during the forthcoming conference in Luton on January 12th 2012. All members are warmly invited to attend. An agenda and associated papers will be distributed at the conference. Nominations for the Executive Committee having been fewer than the …Continue Reading
Dear MeCCSA member, As the national subject association, we are very concerned to hear from members about how the cuts/fees/privatisation regime is now impacting on your departments, institutions and yourselves as individual academic/academic-related staff. Our subject area seems particularly under threat (the October UCAS figures suggested a 40% drop in applications at that point), so …Continue Reading
The MeCCSA Postgraduate Network (PGN) seeks applications from post-graduate students interested in hosting the annual postgraduate conference. At this moment, we cannot guarantee to offer funding support, however we are doing our best to secure funding. Therefore, it is important that the bid reflects this. The chosen candidate will be encouraged to apply for AHRC …Continue Reading
Three-D, issue 17 (PDF, 1.5 Mb) – Latest In this issue: 1 HE White Paper and Media Reform (Einar Thorsen) Features 2 KIS my Ass(essment): HE White paper (Natalie Fenton) 4 The new assault on media studies (Anonymous) 5 Inside out: turning consumers back into students (Milly Williamson) 6 Regulating the press: a role for media scholars …Continue Reading
Einar Thorsen Bournemouth University In this issue of Three-D, we are for the first time publishing an anonymous article. It is a sad consequence of the belligerent attacks on higher education, and in this instance media studies, that people fear speaking out publicly. The article makes grim reading and is a stark warning to us …Continue Reading
John Mundy Discipline Lead for Media & Communications, Higher Education Academy The Higher Education Academy (HEA) exists to promote excellence in teaching and learning across the higher education sector. A recent restructuring of the HEA will see responsibility for encouraging teaching and learning excellence move from the former Subject Centres to newly-appointed academic Discipline Leads. Although …Continue Reading
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