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Three-D Issue 35
Three-D, issue 35 (PDF, 1.3 Mb) – Latest In this issue:1 ‘Slashing taxpayer subsidy’ (Einar Thorsen) Review of Higher Education2 Augar and after (John Downey)3 The banker and the basket weaver (Janet...
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Three-D Issue 35: Postgraduate Network
Sharon ZhengUniversity of Warwick There was no event last year due to the COVID-19. We have elected new members for PGN Committee for the academic year of 2020/21. They are: Chair: Shiyu (Sharon)...
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Three-D Issue 35: Social Movements Network
Ruth Sanz SabidoCanterbury Christ Church Uni We are pleased to announce details of two upcoming events that are being organised by the MeCCSA Social Movements Network in 2021. On 8 March, we will...
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Three-D Issue 35: Radio Studies Network
Emma HeywoodUniversity of Sheffield World Radio Day on 13th February this year was yet another milestone celebrating the importance of radio as a global source of vital information and entertainment....
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Three-D Issue 35: Local and Community Media Network
Rachel MatthewsCoventry University This year marks the first full 12 months of the existence of the LCM Network after it was approved and formed in 2019. At our first AGM in Brighton in January 2020...
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Three-D Issue 35: Platform politics, online harms and future research directions
Paul ReillyUniversity of SheffieldPhil RamseyUlster University How can online platforms do better in the fight against ‘fake news’, hate speech and other online harms? What role should researchers...
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Three-D Issue 35: Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Network Report
Mita LadMiddlesex University It has been a few issues since REaPN has written a report for Three-D, and in all honesty I have no idea where the time as gone. Back in June 2020, Vice Chair, Dr Nour...
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Three-D Issue 35: Chair’s report
Einar ThorsenBournemouth University I want to thank our previous Chair Anita Biressi, who has done an incredible job in the role over the past three years and as a member of the Executive Committee...
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Obituary: Jay G. Blumler (1924-2021)
MeCCSA colleagues will have been saddened by the death of Jay G. Blumler, a pioneering scholar in our field and a friend and well-wisher to many of us. At the MeCCSA conference held at the University...
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Three-D Issue 35: The BBC and Beyond: Reimagining Public Media
Deborah GraysonGoldsmiths, University of London Public media are under attack. Boris Johnson has made it clear that the funding and remit of the BBC is up for grabs and that the privatisation of...
View ArticleResults of Executive Committee election 2021
The outcome of the 2021 Executive Committee election was reported at the Annual General Meeting on 6th January. The following were elected to the Executive Committee for two years from January 2021:...
View ArticleAnnual General Meeting 2021
The MeCCSA Annual General Meeting takes place online on Wednesday, 6th January at 4pm. You can access papers for the AGM via Dropbox. The AGM is for registered members of MeCCSA. To register please...
View ArticleMeCCSA response to OfS Consultation on regulating quality and standards in...
MeCCSA prepared and submitted a response to the consultation from the Office for Students (Ofstud) on ‘regulating quality and standards in higher education’. The response questioned the emphasis in...
View ArticleMeCCSA response to Review of the UK Social Science PhD
MeCCSA responded to the ESRC’s comprehensive examination of the UK social science PhD. In brief the purpose of the review was: The focus is on the capabilities needed by social science graduates to...
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Three-D Issue 34
Three-D, issue 33 (PDF, 2.9 Mb) – Latest In this issue:1 Redefining the ‘new normal’ before it sets (Einar Thorsen) Black Lives Matter2 Race, racism and resistance (Deborah Gabriel)4 Decolonising the...
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Three-D Issue 34: Postgraduate Network
Bissie AndersonUniversity of Stirling Networking Knowledge has one regular, two conference, and three COVID19-related special issues currently in the works: Bangor University MeCCSA PGN Conference...
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Three-D Issue 34: Radio Studies Network
Janieann McCrackenUniversity of Stirling Brighton seems a long time ago now and a very different place! In our network meeting there we welcomed new members to our steering committee bringing a...
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Three-D Issue 34: Local and Community Media Network
Rachel MatthewsCoventry University It is now just over a year since the Local and Community Media Network was inaugurated at a meeting at Canterbury Christ Church University. Our committee structure...
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Three-D Issue 34: Policy Network report
Phil RamseyUlster University It has been a busy Spring for Policy watchers. The DCMS ran a Consultation on decriminalising TV licence evasion (following a 2015 review), while the DCMS Commons Select...
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Three-D Issue 34: Chair’s report
Anita BiressiUniversity of Roehampton It’s been just over six months since my last report for Three D. And this short period of time has witnessed immense and significant shifts in public sentiment,...
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