PROSPECTUS - Study in the UK

Teaching and asseSSMentThe teaching programme will involveinput from academics based in the‘world-leading’ (RAE 2008) MediaDiscourse Group, media practitioners,and visiting experts from otherinstitutions.Lectures and seminars will bereinforced through practical exercisesand presentations. You will alsoundertake independent researchprojects through negotiation with yourtutors, and assessment details will beset out in your course handbook.The full-time route will require acommitment to study about 40 hoursper week, over 48 weeks of the year.ExpertiseMembers of the teachingteam include:Dr Stuart PriceProfessor of iMedia andPolitical Discourse, Chair of the MediaDiscourse Group andauthor of a number of books onmedia, war, rhetoric andinternational relations, includingWorst-Case Scenario (2011).Dr Idrees AhmadAuthor of recent work on the war onterror and international journalism,and a frequent contributor to majorinternational publications.Professor Andrew TolsonPublications include material on textand mediated talk, including MediaTalk (2006).Mr Simon MillsTutor on a variety of new mediacourses and the author of work ondigital media forms.Ms Margaret MontgomerieResearch centres on media, gender,and disability, and an active memberof the MeccSA Women’s Network.Dr Paul SmithAuthor of work on media policy(2007) who is currently workingon a book on sports rights andthe media.Dr Alastair GordonAuthor of work on Punk music andethnography and an expert in the useof analytical methods.Dr Scott DavidsonExpert on public relations andelectoral politics and the author ofwork on age and voting.Dr Jo Whitehouse-HartMember of the prestigious Dubrovnikgroup and a prolific writer onpsychosocial approaches to mediaand ethnographic analysis.Ruth SanzLecturer in journalism, discourse, andinternational politics, and the authorof work on identity, the postcolonialand terrorism.Graduate careersGraduate careers include a variety ofjobs in the public and private sectors,including journalism, public relations,academic research, local authoritymanagement, arts administration,broadcast media, and publishing.ART, DESIGN AND HUMANITIES67