We offer students a range of courses that can lead to successful careers in media, health and social work, criminal justice and management in the public and voluntary sectors.
Excellent teachers lead our courses with a commitment to supporting you throughout your studies. We have scored consistently well in reviews of our teaching support and professional levels of practice. In addition, the department has achieved standards of excellence on a national and international level in subject areas including social policy and social work, sociology and media and communications. The department is committed to social inclusion and social justice on both a philosophical and practical level.
Staff have a wide range research interests in areas as diverse as youth crime, education, sexual violence, social policy, ethnicity, social research, information management, child protection, regeneration/community development and public and mental health. In addition, within the Media, Information and Communications area, a range of analysis by research staff into diverse media such as TV, magazines and Hollywood film rests alongside an ongoing commitment to making digital media, such as videos, websites, computer games and social software.
We also maintain ongoing links with the public, voluntary and commercial/business sector. Our expertise and contacts, particularly in London, will prove invaluable when you undertake work experience, projects and study visits. We also have strong international links with universities within the European Union, Australia and the USA, which provide Study Abroad opportunities.
Staff profiles
Dr James Bennett
Dr James Bennett writes widely on subjects including digital and interactive television in the UK and televisual fame. His research interests include interactivity and public service broadcasting; new media technologies; Australian cinema and multiculturalism; intellectual property and digital distribution technologies; performance and the television personality. He has previously studied in Australia and at the University of Wisconson-Madison in the USA. His work has appeared in the journals Screen, Cinema Journal, New Review of Film & Television Studies, Convergence, Studies in Australasian Cinema and Media International Australia. He is the editor of the book Film and Television After DVD (with Tom Brown) and organised the Television (Studies) Goes Digital event at London Metropolitan University (2007). He chaired the Midlands Television Research Group in 2004-05 and has been a regular presenter at Screen and SCMS conferences.
Dr Liz Kelly
Liz Kelly, PhD (Sociology), BA (First Class, Sociology and Politics), is Roddick Chair on Violence Against Women and Director of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU). She has been active in the fields of woman and child abuse for over 30 years and has made contributions to the now global knowledge base and methodology. Dr Kelly introduced the concept of a 'continuum of violence' in 1987, as well as the recognition that child pornography is not simply ‘images’ but a record of abuse - an assertation that has changed law and policy. CWASU has completed 60 research projects and Liz herself is the author of over 70 research reports, book chapters and journal articles. Her recent projects involved the development of global indicators for the UN Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and curating the Women’s Library exhibition, Prostitution: What’s Going on?
In 2000, Dr Kelly was awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours List for 'services combating violence against women and children'. In January 2005 The Women's National Commission appointed her to their Board of Commissioners.
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