National Media Museum, Bradford Wed 14 – Fri 16 January 2009 Hosted by the School of Informatics, University of Bradford Plenary speakers Shaun Moores, University of Sunderland Matthew Fuller, Goldsmiths College Laura Mulvey, Birkbeck University of London Diane Negra, University College Dublin Shearer West, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Flyers Flyer 1 (PDF, 147k) …Continue Reading
Following the success of the fifth MeCCSA Postgraduate Network conference held at the University of Sussex in July 2008, we are pleased to announce that a new issue of the e-journal Networking Knowledge is now available online on the journal’s website This issue includes a selection of 16 articles originally delivered at the conference by …Continue Reading
This was a half day event was organised by Milly Williamson, Member of the WMSN steering group, together with Sharon Lockyer. Speakers were Milly, Deborah Philips (Brighton), Louise Smith (UEA) and Stacey Abbott (Roehampton). It re-examined the question of gender and media representation in light of a number of contemporary developments in film, television and …Continue Reading
This event was organised by Elke Weissmann (Edge Hill), Heather Sutherland (Reading) and Helen Thornham (City) with the support of the WMSN. The keynotes were: Sue Thornham (University of Sussex): ‘(Post) Feminism and the Academy’; Maureen McNeill (University of Lancaster): ‘Relative Neglect: Some Reflections on Feminism and Cultural Studies’ Christine Geraghty (University of Glasgow): ‘What …Continue Reading
Climate Change Network The aim of the Climate Change Network is to strengthen the ability of MeCCSA and its members to respond to and lead the worldwide academic contribution to understanding media, communication and cultural studies where they meet issues of climate change, environment and sustainable development; it will do this by continually encourage MeCCSA …Continue Reading
Research BFI Moving Image Research Registry JANET (Joint Academic Network) UKERNA (UK Education & Research Networking Association) JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) Signs Of The Times Radical Philosophy RAE 2008 (Research Assessment Exercise) Theory.org.uk We’re All Media Moguls Now (Natalie Fenton, Education Guardian, Jan 18 2005) Teaching Art Design Media Subject Centre of the Higher …Continue Reading
Three-D: MeCCSA’s newsletter Three-D, issue 16 (PDF, 2.5 Mb) – Latest In this issue: 1 HE cuts: refuse, resist (Einar Thorsen) Features 2 What are we fighting for? (Michael Chanan) 4 Young people, protest and education (Lee Salter) 7 Student occupation against the cuts (Anthony Killick) 9 Funding crisis: the view from Scotland (Raymond Boyle) …Continue Reading
MeCCSA JISCmail list MeCCSA operates a discussion and information list through the JISCmail system. This list is free to join and provides a forum for the exchange of information on conferences, seminars, journals, jobs and events. The MeCCSA JISCmail list is also designed to encourage the sharing of research activities and information on all aspects …Continue Reading
The UK Film Council has commissioned an external review of ‘A Bigger Future – the UK Film Skills Strategy’. A Bigger Future was launched in 2003 by the UK Film Council and Skillset as a complete, five-year education and training strategy for film skills, designed to enable the UK film industry to compete globally on …Continue Reading
110 delegates attended the event, including 90 national and International postgraduate students and 20 academic members of staff. Over 70 research papers were presented and a diverse menu of workshops was offered for delegates to choose from. This ranged from ‘Academic CV Writing’ and ‘Interview Techniques’ skills training, provided by the Careers, Development and Employment …Continue Reading
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