Courses Taught
NEEDS UPDATING FOR 2010
At the University of Winchester, 2009 - Present
| 03/09 - 06/09 | Design for Digital Media, Media Studies (1st Year) Students are required to build a portfolio site, showcasing the work they have already done (whether for the University or not). They are being offered technical and design sessions with Mike Seignoir and Petter Warnsburg. My role is to introduce them to the project management aspects of building a website, including writing a web brief, keeping them on trackto completion, questioning the functon of the elements used in their sites, and encouraging them to share skills. An extra session offered to 2nd years. |
| 02/09 - 06/09 | Researching Media Studies, Media Studies (1st Year) This is Researching Media Studies, your first introduction to the research techniques you will require for your degree programme. The module will introduce you to a range of basic techniques used within the academic study of media. You will be introduced to these through a series of problem based research exercises which will be supported by complementary teaching encounters. You will be given a number of research briefs which you will complete as an individual working within a small group. These research briefs will be linked to areas investigated in Introduction to Media Studies 1 & 2 and the tasks will be similar to those which you may encounter in the course of your undergraduate study of the media. These exercises will encourage you to develop arguments, based upon data generated from research. The module will also encourage you to review your Skills Audit and Personal Development Plans. It helps you build upon some of the study skills which were introduced on Writing for Media Studies. These skills will enable you study different aspects of the media - texts, audiences and institutions. |
| 02/09 - 06/09 | Creating and Consuming, History (1st Year) Creative and Consuming History is a compulsory module, which follows on explicitly from Reading and Writing History in Semester 1. Whereas that module introduced students to the basic practical skills required for studying history at University; this module asks to students to engage with the process of accessing the past both through History as an academic discipline and alternatively in public history. Through the study of a variety of routes to the past students will begin to engage with the methodological problems and nuances in studying history at degree level. |
| 02/09 - 06/09 | Researching Media and Film, Media Studies (2nd Year) Introduction to handbook: ‘On the module you will engage with academic debates about representation and be introduced to methods and practices for media and film research. You will also select an area of media and (or) film representation for a 3,000-4,000 word research project. Tutorials and workshops are provided to support your independent work on the project. Upon successful completion of the module you will be able to drawn upon a range of concepts and theories in order to analyse representation in media and film texts.’ A second year team-taught module for which I hosted seminars, supporting students through the Learning Network, discussion, feedback, tutorials and essay feedback in an area of their own interest, encouraging students to engage with theoretical approaches, including semiotics and discourse analysis. |
| 02/09 - 04/09 | Reflecting, History (3rd Year) The greater part of this module will be retrospective, looking back at the History degree as both an overtly academic/intellectual exercise and considering students’ progression in those terms; and as a more practical training or development of generic skills and aptitudes that can be transferred to the work place. In contrast, the last part of the module will focus on career prospects and encourage students clearly to define ambitions and to work out strategies (in terms of written applications and interviews) for achieving those ambitions. |
| 04/09 | Aim Higher (12 year olds) With no planes to throw myself out of, I decided that I would take on a new challenge, that of providing a workshop to 12 year olds, encouraging them to think about University as a possibility:
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At the University of Manchester, 2005-2006
| 10/05 - 12/06 | Graduate Seminars, CIDRA Postgraduate Sessions Small seminars hosted alongside a high-profile lecture series, specifically to allow postgraduates access to prominent academics.
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| 10/06 - 11/06 | ‘Time Management’, SAGE Postgraduate Session Co-led with the Postgraduate Training Officer. We prepared the sessions together, demonstrating how different techniques work for different people.
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| 09/06 - 11/06 | ‘How to Work With Visual Material’, SAGE Postgraduate Session An introduction across subjects in the School of Arts and Humanities, with some working on social approaches to medical imagery, into learning to ‘read’ visual material, both theoretical approaches and practical techniques.
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At the University of Winchester 1998 - 2005
| 03/04 - 04/05 | ‘Web Design’, Media Studies Alongside the practical introductory course offered by the College IT Trainer
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| 03/04 - 06/04 | ‘Photography and Advertising’, Media Studies Catalogue summary: ‘The module introduces students to a set of core debates and issues relating to the study of advertising media. Case studies from print and broadcast media will be examined in relation to issues of identity, representation and power. The module will draw on key readings and encourage students to engage in debates around the cultural critique of advertising.’ A first year module that I took over four weeks into the course.
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| 02/04 - 06/04 | ‘Research and Representation’, Media Studies Introduction to handbook: ‘On the module you will engage with academic debates about representation and be introduced to methods and practices for media and film research. You will also select an area of media and (or) film representation for a 3,000-4,000 word research project. Tutorials and workshops are provided to support your independent work on the project. Upon successful completion of the module you will be able to drawn upon a range of concepts and theories in order to analyse representation in media and film texts.’ A second year team-taught module which I supported at short notice:
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| Early 04 | ‘Web Design’, American Studies I offered one week of a two week practical introductory course, in conjunction with the College IT Trainer.
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| 05/99 - 02/05 | ‘Presenting Research’, Postgraduate Research Training Programme I contributed elements of the evening postgraduate research training course, covering the following topics
I also presented elements of my research, including presentations on project design, and completing the PhD. |
| 05/99 - 06/02 | ‘Using Visual Images as Historical Sources’, Case Study within ‘The Historian’s Evidence and Skills’, History Indicative outline content: ‘This module introduces History as a discipline that makes sense of the past by analysing surviving evidence. It introduces students to the range of such evidence, from documentary to physical and visual, and to the libraries, record offices, museums, art galleries, and townscapes where it is to be found. It introduces students to the generic and specific skills required by the practice of History and to their transferability to other contexts, especially employment. Students use such evidence and skills to solve simple historical problems in case studies on particular topics both as teams in class and as individuals. They learn basic historical conventions and apply them to their own assignments.’ For three years I co-ordinated a 6-week team-taught first year case study.
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| 05/99 | ‘Industrial Society in Crisis, 1914-1940′, History Catalogue summary: ‘This module takes as its theme the response that the British state and society made to the pressures created by industrialisation and urbanisation. It aims to elucidate change in social and political attitudes and structures in response to the criticism of the nature of modern society that emerged during the late nineteenth century and the First World War.’ An individual lecture presented to third year students:
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| 04/99- 06/99 | ‘Victorian Britain’, History Catalogue summary: ‘The module investigates one of the most remarkable periods of national history. The changes in population and means of production and the rise of a middle class ethos will form a foundation for the examination of other aspects of the geographical and cultural landscape of Britain. These will include the economic, political and scientific theories that gave rise to distinctive practice in art, state intervention and social politics. The paradox of a Christianity which was both under threat and an apparent foundation for much of the philanthropic and cultural activity of the era will be examined.’ One year working on a team-taught module, aimed at first year students:
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| 04/98 - 06/99 | ‘New Approaches to History’, History Catalogue summary: ‘This module examines the development of the professional practice of History in the 20th century. It considers generally and through examples the extension of range, from political and constitutional history through economic history to a plethora of sub-disciplines, new insights offered by History from Below and Gender History, the development of interdisciplinary connections (e.g. literature, sociology, archaeology), the exploitation of new sources, new techniques, and new technology.’ Two years spent supporting a second year module, particularly assessment elements:
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| 04/98 | ‘The United Kingdom, 1900-1997′, History Catalogue summary: ‘The module will begin with a brief overview of the period. It will move into a critical chronological survey of the political, social, and economic developments of the periods 1900-14; 1914-45; and 1945-present.’ An individual lecture presented to first year students:
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