Media and Communication @ University of Leeds

🗣️ TONIGHT: Join Prof Beth Johnson (@leedsunimedia.bsky.social) for the final #AutumnArtLecture as she examines how deep inequalities in the TV industry shape both production & representation on screen

📍 Wills Memorial Building
⏰ 6.30-8pm
🎟️ brnw.ch/21wXs2k (free, all welcome!)

Old photos of the University of Leeds campus I took when I was a summer intern in 1985 (I was 5 😂)! There’s a tree in the middle of Clothworkers Court and the lab was in the Department of Colour Chemistry in what is now the @leedsunimedia.bsky.social .

@samlp.bsky.social @joannegh.bsky.social

Celebrating the publication of our very own @sophiebishop.bsky.social's first book, 'Influencer Creep'!
🎉 We are hosting a book launch on the 19th November (followed by a drinks reception), and everyone is welcome: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/events...
📚 Order the book: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...

Research Seminar: ‘Slashing the Sisterhood? Women’s Authorship and the Postfeminist Politics of Early Teen Slasher’ This seminar unearths a history of women’s authorship in North American slasher film production, and examines the role women have played in the overarching politics and ideology of the slasher film

If you're in Leeds, consider joining us for our first research seminar of the term! Daniel Sheppard (Birmingham City University) will be speaking about the role women have played in the politics and ideology of slasher film.
🗓️ TODAY, 3.45pm, Clothworkers North G.12
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Media Frontiers: Creative Industries and AI, Some Big Questions Join us for the inaugural 'Media Frontiers' event in The School of Media and Communication.

Media Frontiers - join us for Creative Industries and AI, Some Big Questions. With industry experts Hannah Britt, Hell Raymond-Hayling, Jennifer Estaris and Janay M. - hosted by Sophie Helen Bishop and Anamik Saha - 26 November 15.45-17.00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-fron...

YouTube video by Philip Ralph Common People - Reclaiming the narrative on class in TV at a time of crisis.

My keynote on class in the UK TV industry given @leedsunimedia.bsky.social last month is now available to watch on YouTube. Grab a cuppa and check it out. I’d love to know your thoughts.

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School of Media & Communication shines in 2026 university rankings The results build on the School’s strong performance in the Complete University Guide, in which Leeds ranked 8th in the UK for Communication & Media Studies.

🎉 Congratulations and thank you to colleagues, students and alumni 🎉 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

The Guardian University Guide 2026 – the rankings Find a course at one of the top universities in the country

❤️ Really great to see we are in the top 10 for both Journalism and Media and Film Studies in @theguardian.com University Guide 2026 which ranks UK institutions by subject, looking at student satisfaction, staff numbers, spending and career prospects. www.theguardian.com/education/ng... ❤️

Doctoral Focal Award Manager - Creative Bridges at University of Leeds Explore professional service vacancies, like the Doctoral Focal Award Manager - Creative Bridges role, on jobs.ac.uk. Apply today and learn more about the position.

📢 Job Opportunity- join us as the Doctoral Focal Award Manager of the @ukri.org AHRC - Creative Bridges in the @leedsunimedia.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social with ‪@ccmpswarwick.bsky.social and
@cimethods.bsky.social. Deadline 8 Sept. More here www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ060/d...

🎨🎤 Excited to share the poster and confirmed keynotes for our Race & Media Conference @leedsunimedia.bsky.social next April! We are currently accepting proposals for papers, panels, and practice-based presentations. Find out more: conferences.leeds.ac.uk/raceandmedia...

Poster for the class and TV symposium at the university of Leeds on 19th September 2025, to register contact WHATSONTVCLASS@GMAIL.COM

19th September @leedsunimedia.bsky.social! WHAT'S CLASS GOT TO DO WITH IT? RETHINKING TV FROM THE INSIDE OUT
One Day Symposium
All welcome, registration & details on the excellent poster designed by @lrjdmnr.bsky.social

@leedsunimedia.bsky.social great work from our Int Journalism MA student Gabriel Kennedy

✨ 🎨 Thrilled to share this poster I've made for this amazing event at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social, co-organised by my brillant friend/colleague @cindyxma.bsky.social! #RaceMedia
#AcademicSky

Looking forward to hosting this excellent conference

🎓🎓🎓 Congratulations to all our graduates who were awarded their degrees today in Communication and Media; Digital Media; Film, Photography and Media; Journalism. We are proud of your achievements and you are always welcome back 🎓🎓🎓

Leeds ranks among UK’s top ten for Communication and Media in Complete University Guide Founded in 1968 as the Centre for Television Research, the School of Media and Communication has built a global profile

Meanwhile, the University of Leeds placed 21st overall in this year’s Complete University Guide

Read more: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

...across media and communication, from journalism and popular culture to digital media, political communication, and the screen industries.

Founded in 1968 as the Centre for Television Research – making us one of the oldest and largest departments of our kind in Europe – the School of Media and Communication has built a global profile for teaching and research...

“This ranking is a real credit to our academic community,” said Professor Joanne Garde-Hansen, Head of School. “It reflects our commitment to critical thinking, creative practice and research informed education."

The Complete University Guide’s subject rankings are based on a broad range of key indicators from graduate prospects and student satisfaction to research quality

Big news! 🎉The University of Leeds has placed 8th in the UK for Communication & Media Studies in the latest Complete University Guide, highlighting the reputation and breadth of the School of Media and Communication

Universities of Leeds and Warwick secure prestigious national award for new joint PhD programme focused on screen industries The programme, Creative Bridges, draws on the established screen media clusters in Yorkshire and the Midlands to connect academic and industry expertise

Thanks to everyone involved in this work.

@universityofleeds.bsky.social

@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social

‪@joannegh.bsky.social

@davwright.bsky.social

@leedsunimedia.bsky.social

@ukri.org

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Recruitment for Creative Bridges will open in Autumn 2025. We’re proud to be shaping the future of screen industries through the arts and humanities and grateful for the AHRC’s support to do so. #CreativeBridges #ScreenIndustries

David Percival, Head of Engineering at EA Codemasters, said: “Working as integrated partners, combining the passion and fresh thinking at UK universities with the experience, creative vision and business relevance from the best of the UK games industry, we can create, explore and imagine together.”

Sonny Hanley, Director of ITV Academy, one of the partner organisations said: “Working with the Universities of Leeds and Warwick through Creative Bridges allows us to shape the questions and the challenges we would like the next generation of researchers to focus on."

Professor Jo Garde-Hansen, Head of the School of Media and Communication, said: "Our goal is to rethink how we train researchers for, and with, the creative industries, and to ensure that the next generation of scholars are equipped to respond to critical challenges."

Creative Bridges reimagines doctoral training for the creative economy. With partners like ITV Academy, the programme will support new collaborations across universities and industry, and help diversify the UK’s future creative talent pipeline.

Led by Prof Jo Garde-Hansen (Leeds) and Dr David Wright (Warwick), with co-leads Prof Anamik Saha (Leeds) and Dr Sanjay Sharma (Warwick), the programme will connect strong regional clusters and train researcher-practitioners to tackle two sector-wide priorities: sustainability and diversity.

Running from 2026 to 2033, Creative Bridges will support 20 PhD researchers working alongside – and within – film, TV, gaming, and immersive media. Based in Yorkshire and the Midlands, the programme supports new research and real-world industry engagement.

📢 Exciting news! The University of Leeds and the University of Warwick have together secured one of just ten AHRC Doctoral Focal Awards for Creative Bridges – a major new interdisciplinary PhD programme focused on sustainability and diversity in the screen industries. 🧵