Abigail Gardner University of Gloucestershire Once upon a time there was a King and his advisors who invented a game for their most illustrious scholars and teachers to play. The game was called TEF and it was new and uncalled for. They told the scholars they had to play the game, that it would get …Continue Reading
Three-D, issue 26 (PDF, 4 Mb) In this issue: 1 Future of HE and academic freedoms (Einar Thorsen) Future of Higher Education 2 More audit and less academic freedom? (David Hesmondhalgh) 4 From Green to Gold: reclaiming our universities (Natalie Fenton) 6 Threat from unrestrained competition (Janet Jones) 6 The Story of the TEF (Abigail Gardner) 7 In …Continue Reading
Janet Jones London South Bank University They say that Justine Greening, the first Education Secretary ever to be educated in a comprehensive school, actually ‘gets it’. She’s part of Cameron’s ‘modernisation agenda’, and as such she understands the problematics of social mobility, and is committed to tackling deep rooted issues like why only 10% of …Continue Reading
Natalie Fenton Goldsmiths, University of London With the recent government cabinet reshuffle came the dismantling of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the return of the higher education remit to the Department of Education. While on one level this would seem appealing – surely education should be addressed from primary to tertiary level …Continue Reading
David Hesmondhalgh University of Leeds Amidst the recent political turmoil, it’s been easy to forget the Higher Education White Paper. Obviously, Brexit will have enormous negative consequences for HE, including the MeCCSA subject areas. But no-one who works in UK universities should overlook the White Paper. The UCU are understandably using Brexit as a reason …Continue Reading
Einar Thorsen Bournemouth University It is barely a month since the UK voted in a referendum to leave the Eruopean Union. The somewhat unexpected victory for Leave came after a bad tempered campaign on both sides, characterised by a fear of unknowns and controversial truth claims Brexit has thrown the political landscape into momentary turmoil, …Continue Reading
The below letter has today been sent by Natalie Fenton to the Turkish Minister of Education from MeCCSA in support of colleagues facing struggles over academic freedom, losing their jobs and in some cases facing imprisonment. Please consider sending your own letters of support. The letter is also available as a PDF download.
Submitted 22nd April 2016 This response to the Better use of data in government public consultation is on behalf of MeCCSA (the Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association) which is the subject association for academics and students in these fields in UK Higher Education. You can read the full response below or download a PDF version.
Ofcom has just launched a new one-stop-shop for media academics on their website: https://media.ofcom.org.uk/media-academics/ It is designed to make it easier for academics and students to access the information they need. Please do get in touch with Alison Preston, Ofcom’s Head of Media Literacy Research, if you have any suggestions for further areas to include. And please do use and promote …Continue Reading
University of Leeds 11-13 January 2017 Theme: Culture, Media, Equality and Freedom Deadline for proposals: **Please note that the ‘call for papers’ is now closed** Equality and freedom are key political aspirations of modernity, from the French Revolution to the Arab Spring and beyond. Culture, media and communication (including film, television, publishing, music, digital and …Continue Reading
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