Communications, Media & Culture
@ University of Stirling
What is the point of a professor? The clue is in the title. Professors are experts in their chosen field, and with that title comes an obligation to share that expertise. Put simply, professors are meant to profess – to communicate their learning to the Read More …
For my Journalism Project I travelled to the Greek Island of Lesvos and the border region of Idomeni. Both these regions are hotspots of the recent refugee migration to Europe, dubbed by many news outlets as the migrant crisis. It has to be said that Read More …
As I write this, I am experiencing what can only be described as some kind of post-uni limbo: fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity to work as a sportswriter for a national newspaper (a job I’ve craved from an early age), but not Read More …
Students from the University of Stirling are playing a key role in bringing the Commonwealth Games to homes around the world. Fifteen people – all on BA Honours courses in the School of Arts and Humanities – are working for TV crews bringing images of Read More …
The National Union of Journalists is an inclusive union which is devoted to fairly representing a vast range of professionals working in various media divisions including; photographers, broadcasters, critics and many more. It was founded in 1907 and is currently one of the biggest journalists’ Read More …
Lecturer Eddy Borges-Rey once said to us in a class, what primarily drives us journalistically is entertainment (music, film, art, fashion, etc) and sport. I agreed with him, as I was once one of those student journalists, who did nothing but contribute to online music Read More …
There is no denying that for many journalism students, a substantial amount of our future will include politics. Not necessarily because we choose this as our area of expertise, but because it affects close to everything that is worth reporting on. Journalism’s relationship with politics Read More …
If there was anything I would say to describe my initial feelings, as I took my seat in Professor Richard Haynes’ inaugural lecture, it would be surprise. This was the first lecture of its kind I had attended since starting university, and to see a Read More …
“What’s that? Work experience you say?” For student journalists, there’s nothing better to hear. That’s why I was thrilled to secure myself a four-day placement last week as a sub-editor on the Sports Desk of the Scottish Daily Mail. Based in Glasgow, this was my Read More …
I’m Ross Brannigan, and I am a first year Politics and Journalism student here at Stirling. When I first considered journalism as a potential career path I had no inclination to, initially, take Journalism as a course at university. Crazy right? But, for me, I Read More …