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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.

On the 6th and 7th of July the Dept. is hosting a conference on Children's Television, organised by Dr. Helen Wheatley and Dr. Rachel Moseley.

Accompanying the major exhibition ‘The Story of Children’s Television, 1946 to the Present Day’, a collaboration between the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum and the University of Warwick, this conference seeks to combine discussion of the history of children’s programming with analysis and reflection on the current landscape of children’s television and its future. The conference wishes to acknowledge and analyse the significance of children’s programming in the broader context of television production, and to discuss its production as both a creative process and a business enterprise. It will reflect on the place of children’s television in the broader history of the medium, and in relation to notions of cultural heritage, collective remembering and nostalgia. It also offers a space for scholars to consider the impact of change on the production and circulation of children’s television, and for discussion about viewing practices and the particular issues raised by studying the child viewer.

The schedule for the conference can be found here: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/film/research/childrenstv/

Dr. Helen Wheatley will be a keynote speaker at the conference 'The Return of the Repressed: Gothic Studies Past and Present at UEA' hosted by the University of East Anglia at The Forum, Norwich. The conference takes place on June 26th and 27th, 2015. Dr. Wheatley will present a paper entitled 'The Ghosts of Gothic Television'.

More information here: https://www.uea.ac.uk/film-television-media/news-and-events/-/asset_publisher/kjSGAyICejY5/blog/the-return-of-the-repressed-gothic-studies-past-and-future-at-uea/10165