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Westminster communications research ‘world-leading’

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“Oxford may be rueing the day it decided to enter its researchers into the communication [category], the institution was beaten by… Westminster” – Times Higher Education Magazine

“A media studies department at a former polytechnic is among the top-rated academic centres in Britain in the latest official rankings of the quality of university research. Sixty per cent of the research published by the school of Media Arts and kop kamagra professional Design at Westminster University… was rated as “world-leading” by the Research Assessment Exercise”. – The Times

Communications, cultural and media studies research at the University of Westminster has been shown to be “world-leading” following the announcement today of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) results.

Researchers across a broad range of subjects at the University, which is a leading post-92 institution, have had their work shown to be of international quality in the latest assessment of UK university research activity. Nearly 80 per cent of Westminster’s research was found to be of a quality that is recognised internationally for its “originality, significance and rigour”.

Art and Design, Architecture and the Built Environment, Geography and Environment Studies and Law also stood out for the international quality of the research.

Sally Feldman, dean of the University’s School of Media, Arts and Design, said: “This is a fantastic result and viagra tablets cost a reflection of the excellent scholarship, research and practice that characterises our work here at Westminster.”

The RAE, the first since 2001, highlights Westminster’s traditional strength across a broad range of research activity, said Vice-Chancellor Professor Geoffrey Petts.

“This result highlights that the University of Westminster is producing research of international quality across a broad range of subjects, with communications and media studies world-leading in their work.

“We were assessed in 20 areas of work, which is an indication of the breadth of our work as well as the quality. It is also an indication that our research is being recognised for its potential to make a real difference in the world.

“I’m delighted Westminster was found to be so strong, especially as we are one of the group of universities created in 1992 that have traditionally received less funding than longer-established, research-led universities.”

The RAE, the first since 2001, saw 159 higher education institutions submitting their research to the Higher Education Funding Council for England for assessment. Over 200,000 individual pieces of research work were submitted.

—-From the website of University of Westminster.And here is a related article written in Chinese, from Chinese news media.

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英国大学媒体与传播专业接受官方机构全面考评，威斯敏斯特大学名列第一

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随着国际交流的日益深入以及中国广播电视事业的不断发展，近年来，西方大学的媒体、传播及相关专业一直是社会科学领域中最受中国留学生青睐的热门学科之一。2008年12月18日，英国官方机构公布了几年一度的科研考评报告 (Research Assessment Exercise，RAE)，其中部分内容对英国各大学媒体传播专业的学术研究水平进行了全面而详细的评估。威斯敏斯特大学（University of Westminster）以较大优势名列第一名，伦敦政治经济学院（LSE）和伦敦大学金.史密斯学院（Goldsmiths College）以相当接近的分数名列第二、第三。

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CMC Seminar: Representations of China in the UK Press

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China Media Centre 2009 Autumn-Winter Seminar

Representations of China in the UK Press

untitledSpeaker: Prof. Colin Sparks
Date: Wednesday 18th November, 2009
Time: 2.00-4.00 pm
Venue: MHW_A4-4 Harrow Campus,
University of Westminster

Abstract:

The Chinese government, together with many ordinary Chinese people, particularly students, are frequently angered by the way in which China is portrayed in the western media. This anger, however, is a response to the coverage of particular incidents and is not based on real knowledge of how China is covered on a day to day basis.

This presentation reports on a project that made a start on a more systematic study of the subject. The analysis covers the UK national press reporting of China during 2008 and presents data on the frequency and distribution of stories. It also reports a more detailed qualitative study of China in the elite and popular press, demonstrating that analyses concentrating on small-circulation up-market newspapers risk seriously misrepresenting the ways in which China is portrayed in the press. The seminar will be in English but some of the material is available in translation.

Biography:

Prof. Colin Sparks has worked with and advised the European Union, Unesco, the Open Society Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the British Council, Universities in the US, Europe and goedkoopste lijn viagra East Asia, and many other organisations, academic, official, and non-governmental. He was one of the founders of Media, Culture and Society, and he continues to play an active role as managing editor, as well as editing issues on a regular basis. He was also a founder of the European Institute for Communication and Culture. He has organised several of its colloquia, and edited themed issues of its journal Javnost/The Public.
His current research interests include the comparative study of media systems undergoing rapid change. He is particularly interested in comparing the media systems of post-communist countries with those of other societies that have moved away from different forms of dictatorship towards more democratic forms of political rule. His other major current interest is in theories of media and communication.

(more about Prof. Sparks, see https://chinamediacentre.org/about/staff/colin-sparks/ )
If you have any inquiry about CMC events,  please contact Miao Mi at m.mi@my.westminster.ac.uk.

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The Transformation of Chinese Media, Ideology and System Change

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CMC 2008 Autumn Term Seminars

The Transformation of Chinese Media, Ideology and System Change

Speaker: Pro. Zhengrong Hu

Date: Friday 21 November 2008

Time: 5-7 pm

Venue: Room A4.13, Harrow Campus

University of Westminster

Dr. Zhengrong Hu is a Professor in Communication and the Vice President of the Communication University of China (CUC). Prof. Hu is also the Director of the National Centre for Radio & TV Studies at CUC and the President of the Chinese Association of Communication (CAC). He is very well known in China and internationally as one of the leading scholars of media regulation. Prof. Hu was a Leverhulme Visiting Professor at CAMRI from February to August 2006 and a Research Fellow at Harvard University 2005-2006.

This seminar will be given in English.

If you have any inquiry about CMC events, please contact George Dawei Guo at georgedawei@yahoo.com.cn or call 020 8357 7354.

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