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Dear colleagues, The Government have announced their intention to vote on tuition fees in the next three weeks ahead of the White Paper on Higher Education Reform due in March 2011. If you haven't done so already now is the time to make your views known to your MP as well as each and every Liberal Democrat MP. Go to the MeCCSA Campaign page for letter templates and links to addresses: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/responses/he-funding-cuts/ Latest updates on the campaign page includes: 1. An article by Aeron Davis (Goldsmiths) from the THES 2 Dec 2010 on why Vice-Chancellors should come out in support in the campaign against the cuts. Direct link: http://meccsa.org.uk/pdfs/Aeron-Davis_latest-THES-02122010.pdf 2. An article by Paul Bowman (Cardiff) on Radicalising Common Sense published in Culture Machine. Direct link: http://meccsa.org.uk/pdfs/paul_bowman-culture_machine.pdf Time is running out - ACT NOW. The MeCCSA AGM at Salford Conference will hold a special debate on the Government proposals. Natalie Fenton Co-Director Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre: Spaces, Connections, Control Co-Director Goldsmiths Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy Department of Media and Communications Goldsmiths College University of London New Cross London SE14 6NW Tel: +44(0)20 79197620 http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/departments/media-communications/index.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Einar Thorsen, PhD Lecturer in Journalism and Communication The Media School, Bournemouth University Talbot Campus, Poole, BH12 5BB, UK E-mail: [log in to unmask] Twitter: http://twitter.com/einarthorsen Blog and publications: http://multimediajournalism.info/ Phone: +44 (0)1202 965749 Communication officer of MeCCSA: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ Centre for Journalism and Communication Research: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/imcr/cjcr/ BU - the UK's Number One New University The Guardian University Guide 2009 & 2010 This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email. -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------