Tag: teaching
CfP: “Lights, camera, learning: teaching with the moving image” April 19-20, 2018 @ Birkbeck, University of London (UK). Deadline: Nov 30, 2017.
CALL FOR PAPERS Lights, camera, learning: teaching with the moving image A conference organised by...
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MENTAL HEALTH — ON TV AND IN HE by Lorna Jowett
Having recently returned to work after several weeks off work because of anxiety and clinical...
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TEACHING TELEVISION: FEMINISM, FOCUS AND ME by Kim Akass
Forgive me if I am wrong, but I had thought that Higher Education was for adults, albeit young...
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TEACHING GENRE USING NETFLIX by Jennifer O’Meara
Although Netflix’s approach to genre is different to those predominant in screen studies, the...
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THE RETURN OF MARX? ARE WE REALLY THERE YET? by Elke Weissmann
A while ago, Martin Barker invited scholars to discuss the potential for the re-incorporation of...
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Care, Precarity and Early Career Academics in the UK by Susan Berridge
A few weeks ago, I attended the annual MeCCSA conference, held at the University of Leeds. A...
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TV 101: TIPS FOR TEACHING TELEVISION by Lorna Jowett
I am often asked for my recommendations on what works in terms of teaching television at HE level....
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A Parting of the Ways? by Geoff Lealand
There is a quote I have used in my first year Media Cultures course, when I address the opening...
Read MoreWHAT IS A PhD AND WHAT IS IT FOR? by John Ellis
The doctoral thesis is the most problematic aspect of academic endeavour, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. Unlike the sciences, where a doctoral student is typically part of a team attached to a research...
Read MoreETHICS, EMPLOYABILITY, AND EDUCATION: ‘I WANT TO WORK IN THE MEDIA’ by Lorna Jowett
In conversation with a colleague from English Literature recently, a question was posed that inspired this blog: ‘Is it ethical to charge students £9,000 in fees on the basis that a degree will get them a better job?’ I’m not...
Read MoreTEACHING TELEVISION: WHERE DO I START? by Elke Weissmann
As the UK moves closer to the end of its annual academic teaching period and we are becoming reflective and perhaps also a bit optimistic about the future, I am struck by one big question: what does it mean to teach television...
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