There’s a big academic conference coming up in September at Cardiff School of Journalism on the Future of Journalism. The call for papers has long passed and the draft programme (available here) was published before the NotW phone hacking scandal and the closure of the paper on Thursday afternoon (7 July). However, I have no [...]
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The Future of Journalism Studies and journalism education: a time for serious debate?
Posted: July 9, 2011 in Academia, Media & Journalism2
Job Cuts and Universities: Repent for the End is Nigh.
Posted: July 10, 2010 in Academia, The economyThe University and College Union (UCU) predicts that a mooted 25% cut in the higher education sector would see up to 22, 500 job losses, half of those academic posts. Obviously, this gives me no comfort and already my line manager is issuing subtle little warnings that we must be more flexible and make ourselves [...]
I’m on leave in Greece at the moment as part of a big research initiative: “Throwing Good Money After Bad: The Research Excellence Framework and the Quest for Measuring Impact”. Honestly. I just filled out a research proposal for a three-month study of beach culture in the Greek Islands, Turkey, and Southern California never [...]
