Author: Einar Thorsen

Josephine ColemanBrunel University, London The last few months under lockdown threw most of the population into a strange new world of working from home imposed from on high. Routines were disrupted, the availability of resources was stretched to the limit, anxiety levels rose. An industry which has played a key role, on the one hand, …Continue Reading

Rachel MatthewsCoventry UniversityDavid BainesNewcastle UniversityAgnes GulyasCanterbury Christ Church University Even before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, there was recognition at policy level that local news provision in the UK was under pressure. Most recently the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications and Digital launched an inquiry into the Future of Journalism, which the LCM Network …Continue Reading

Barbara HendersonNewcastle University When the coronavirus situation began and universities moved to replace all face to face teaching with some kind of online equivalent, it felt at first as if the journalism courses were at a particular disadvantage. Our journalism Masters students were just about to embark on a practical project in which they worked …Continue Reading

Judith AstonUniversity of the West of England Stefano OdoricoLeeds Trinity University One result of lockdown, or indeed of moving towards the ‘new normal’, has been the increased cognitive load involved in negotiating our way through evolving terms of engagement with friends, family, colleagues and the wider environment. In the UK at least, there seem to …Continue Reading

Melanie BrownBournemouth University The Covid-19 pandemic has brought many things into focus and shifted priorities, and a focus on health and mental wellbeing has been the most noticeable shift. We are hearing terms such as “pandemic”, “public health emergency” and “health crisis” used in the media and in daily conversations. The Higher Education sector has …Continue Reading

Doug SpechtUniversity of Westminster I just checked – the first email in my inbox about how COVID-19 might impact our school appeared in early February. It was raising concerns for students studying abroad, and for those with families in other parts of the world who might be affected and need support. It only hinted at …Continue Reading

Lindiwe DoveySOAS University of London In a recent article for the online creative research journal PARSE, called “On Teaching and Being Taught: Reflections on Decolonising Pedagogy”, I describe at length my own journey towards decolonising one of my courses. This course focuses on African filmmaking, and so one might say already represents a rare, diverse offering within …Continue Reading

Deborah GabrielBournemouth University My earliest experience of racism in British education was at the age of five, when a dinner lady marched over to me in the playground during a primary school break and said: “Why don’t you go back to your own country?” I was shaken and perplexed and mumbled in reply: “But this …Continue Reading

Einar ThorsenBournemouth University This issue of Three-D lands in a tumultuous period for Higher Education. Talk of ‘extraordinary times’ has gradually been replaced by the ‘new normal’, as we adjust to the ‘extra’ being dropped from the ‘ordinary’. Campuses are slowly reopening to prepare for an academic year that will be defined by how we adopt and …Continue Reading