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CMPS Annual Lecture: Professor Helen Wood on Duties of Care in UK Reality TV

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 10:19:00 GMT

We're delighted to be welcoming Professor Helen Wood from Aston University to deliver this year's CMPS Annual Lecture: 'Between the duty of care and an ethics of care: compliance, work and experiences of care in UK reality television.'

The lecture will be from 4.30pm on Tuesday 24th June. Professor Helen Wheatley from Film and Television Studies will act as respondent, and the event will be followed by a reception. You're very welcome to join us. Please register here

Dr. Helen Wheatley to Speak on New Book on Oct 3rd at the Anglican Chapel

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 03:15:00 GMT

The CMPS Annual Lecture Weds 19th June: Ecologisation is not a metaphor

Wed, 22 May 2024 09:20:00 GMT

CMPS is delighted to be welcoming Dr. Colin Sterling from the University of Amsterdam to give our Annual Lecture this year, Ecologisation is not a metaphor: Culture in the Web of Life, on Weds 19th June at 5pm in the FAB Cinema, followed by a wine reception. You're welcome to join us. Please register here

The event also forms part of our PGR conference Being Human in the Media and Creative Industries taking place throughout the day.

CCMPS researcher Heidi Ashton invited to be part of the global research fellows network at the creative industries Policy Evidence Centre (PEC)

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:06:02 GMT

The creative industries Policy Evidence Centre (PEC) have created a global network of research fellows. The network consists of "leading experts from diverse backgrounds, areas of specialism and parts of the globe. They facilitate knowledge exchange at Creative PEC through seminars, blogs and discussion papers and smaller thematic research networks." Dr Heidi Ashton from the Centre for Culture and Media Policy Studies was invited to join this prestigious group and is looking forward to working and learning with and from them: bringing that learning back to the centre and integrating it into her work with colleagues and students.

CMPS Research in The Guardian: Heidi Ashton on social security and creative workers

Fri, 26 May 2023 09:09:28 GMT

Dr. Heidi Ashton's research for the performing arts union, Equity, into how freelance workers are impacted by the UK benefits system is featured in The Guardian, 26th May 2023.

CMPS Researcher on 'Thinking Allowed' BBC Radio 4: Carolina Bandinelli on 'Digital Intimacy'

Thu, 25 May 2023 08:40:05 GMT

New Research on Digital Intimacy, Dr Carolina Bandinelli talks to Laurie Thinking Allowed, BBC4 about her research on dating apps.