Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
Dear MeCCSA member, In November last year I wrote to ask you how the changes in University funding were affecting your departments. Thank you to those who responded at that time. Now that all UCAS applications for this year are more or less in, and universities have decided on their immediate strategies for dealing with …Continue Reading
CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline for Abstracts: 15 June 2012 The Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association Postgraduate Network (MeCCSA-PGN) invites submission of abstracts for its annual postgraduate conference to be held on 17th-18th September 2012 at Loughborough University, UK. MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK …Continue Reading
At the recent AGM at the University of Bedfordshire, 12th January 2012, the following resolution was passed: This AGM supports the initiative of the Coordinating Committee for Media Reform in its submission to Leveson, and further public forums, as a proper and fruitful stimulus to well-informed debate.
by Peter Lewis, London Metropolitan University January 2012 I read Brian Winston’s fascinating obituary of Stuart Hood (Guardian, 22 December 2011) with sadness, surprise and a touch of guilt. Surprise that his death had not been reported till now, sadness and guilt because we had been colleagues at Goldsmiths in the 1980s and I had …Continue Reading
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
Summary of MeCCSA’s response to the REF2014 consultation on draft panel criteria and working methods. Name : Prof. Peter Golding Position : Hon. Sec. Institution/organisation : Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association Email : peter.golding@northumbria.ac.uk Responding as : Academic association or learned society Address : Ellison Place Town : Newcastle upon Tyne County : Tyne and …Continue Reading
Dear MeCCSA member, If anyone in the MeCCSA community is also a BFI Member etc., they will by now have received in the post a ‘flyer’ inviting the nomination of candidates for a Members’ Representative seat on the Board of Governors. To be eligible for this seat, you must be based outside London / SE …Continue Reading
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