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The Story of Children’s Television Exhibition has been nominated in two categories, ‘Culture Award’ and ‘Event of the Year’, in the Coventry and Warwickshire Tourism and Culture Awards.We wish them good luck in the awards ceremony which is happening tonight.

The exhibition 'The Story of Children’s Television from 1946 to Today', a collaboration between Dr. Helen Wheatley and Dr. Rachel Moseley and the Herbert Gallery, has been nominated in two categories by the Coventry and Warwickshire Culture and Tourism Awards: 'The Culture Award' and 'Best Tourism Event of the Year'.

More information here: http://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/coventry-and-warwickshire-culture-and-tourism-awards-shortlist-7767/

The exhbition is free, situated in the Herbert Gallery, Coventry, and runs until 13 September. Find out more about it here: http://www.theherbert.org/whats-on/events-exhibitions/story-children%E2%80%99s-television-1946-today

Olivia Cole, who graduated from the Film and Television Studies Dept. last year, can be seen in the photo below teaching an English class at Namedi School in the Soweto township.

The exhibition 'The Story of Children’s Television from 1946 to Today', a collaboration between Dr. Helen Wheatley and Dr. Rachel Moseley and the Herbert Gallery, has had record attendance. The organisers have reported that more than 30,000 people have visited so far, making it the Herbert's most successful show ever.

Click Here for a BBC News story covering the show's success so far: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-33591074

The exhibtiion runs until September 13. More information here: http://www.theherbert.org/whats-on/events-exhibitions/story-children%E2%80%99s-television-1946-today

The Department of Film and Television Studies is inviting expressions of interest in the above scheme, the deadline for which is still TBC but likely to be the first week of October, 2015.

The aim of the British Academy in making these awards is to offer opportunities for outstanding early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment which will develop their curriculum vitae and improve their prospects of obtaining permanent lecturing posts by the end of the Fellowship. The primary emphasis is on completion of a significant piece of publishable research, which will be assisted by full membership of an academic community of established scholars working in similar fields

Eligibility

1. Applicants must be supported by the UK host institution in which they wish to hold the Fellowship
2. Applicants must be within three years of the award of a doctorate or having a reasonable expectation that they will have submitted and had their thesis examined by 1 April 2015)
3. Applicants will have been awarded a PhD following a viva voce examination held prior to 1 April 2013 who are unable to offer extenuating circumstances, such as interruption to their academic career for maternity leave or illness, will not be considered
4. Applicants must be a UK or EEA national, or have completed a doctorate at a UK university. Any applicant who does not fall into one of these categories must demonstrate a strong prior association with the UK academic community, for example through already having been employed in a temporary capacity (longer than twelve months) at a UK university

Duration of Award: Awards are for 3 years

Funding: Awards are offered on a Full Economic Costing basis. There is no fixed amount awarded for the Fellowships and the value of award will vary depending on the host institution. Awards cover the salary of the Postdoctoral Fellow to work full-time on the Fellowship, small-scale research expenses (up to a maximum of £6,000), costs towards the time of a mentor (equivalent to one hour per month for the 36 months of the Fellowship) and the host institution's estates and indirect costs. 

For further information on the scheme and a link to the egap application system please see: http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/pdfells.cfm.