mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026So delighted with the cover for the autumn issue of MediaMag. Some really great content too - should be in your school pigeon holes and libraries this week! 000
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026The MediaMagazine Production Competition is now open for entries. We're interested in any video work under 5 minutes long from any secondary school age students. You don't have to be a subscribing school for your students to enter. Full details and how to enter here: tinyurl.com/2rzb5nnc 000
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 17/10/2025So proud of Hannah Pettit, who came to us on work experience from Southend High School for Girls a few years ago and has just had a film review published by The Evening Standard. She's incredibly talented and I hope she'll keep writing for MM! 010
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 14/07/2025We were delighted to welcome all the brilliant shortlisted filmmakers at the BFI on Friday for the MM production competition! Details of winning videos to follow 000
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Thanks to the 30 media & film specialists who made our @mediamagemc.bsky.social Teach Meet so much fun yesterday after school. Here are the first 4 presentations 021
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 08/07/2025The final 3 presentations at yesterday’s @mediamagemc.bsky.social TeachMeet plus a shot of our airy venue. Perfect for a summer afternoon! 043
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 30/06/202510 new Media/Film teachers graduated their PGCE course with EMC & @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Such a great group - so hard working and committed (two of them even had 100% attendance- for a PGCE!?) I've been staggered and grateful for their professionalism & good humour. We wish them all the best! 010
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Congratulations to all the talented filmmakers who have been shortlisted for our MM Production Competition! We look forward to seeing you all at our awards ceremony at the BFI Southbank on July 11th! www.englishandmedia.co.uk/competitions...englishandmedia.co.ukMediaMag Production Competition Shortlist 2025 – ResolutionThe shortlist for the 2025 MediaMag Production Competition: Resolution. 100
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 20/05/2025MANIFESTO FOR MEDIA LITERACY Key requirements for getting media literacy right in schools, emerging from @mediamagemc.bsky.social editor Claire Pollard's appearance at the House of Lords, which you can also see in the attached englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/a-manif...englishandmedia.co.ukA Manifesto for Media LiteracyThe importance of media literacy and the role Media Studies (and English) has to play 054
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I love The Guardian's Media Literacy Ambassadors programme. The peer-to-peer approach actually works! If you're in London, the Midlands, South or West Yorks, Cheshire or Staffordshire and want to run a well-resourced ML intervention in your school, register now: shorturl.at/m3RsQtheguardianfoundation.orgMedia Literacy Ambassador ProgrammeBehind the Headlines 000
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 02/05/2025We've got two in person Media courses coming up in June! Head to tinyurl.com/bddpdbju or tinyurl.com/ythssjjt now to secure your place! 022
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialmediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025It was a huge pleasure to give evidence today in the House of Lords on behalf of the MEA. Read our written submission here: www.themea.org.uk/post/the-mea... 011
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialWarwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 30/04/2025New: Brace yourself: Lords Agnew, Nash, Baker and Harris lined up to speak on schools bill, with Gove waiting in the wings educationuncovered.co.uk/news/brace-y... At least 89 speakers listed to take part in debate tomorrow, as the bill moves to the House of Lords.educationuncovered.co.ukEducation Uncovered |News|Brace yourself: Lords Agnew, Nash, Baker and Harris lined up to speak on schools bill, with Gove waiting in the wingsHost of former education ministers poised to speak, with measures on academisation likely to continue to provoke debate.<br> 131
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025It was a huge pleasure to give evidence today in the House of Lords on behalf of the MEA. Read our written submission here: www.themea.org.uk/post/the-mea... 011
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 23/04/2025The deadline for the MM production competition is midnight on Sunday. Make sure your students get their entries in this week! www.englishandmedia.co.uk/competitions... 000
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialDanC @danc.bsky.social · 04/04/2025One of my favourite jobs is helping commission and edit pieces for @mediamagemc.bsky.social but this was even more fun than usual. Thanks to @rmac.bsky.social for talking to us about how Elon Musk broke Twitter and why Media students should be thinking about who has the power in the online world. 131
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialThe New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 02/04/2025The struggle for control of the national curriculum is a fight for the soul of English education. 🖋️ Pippa Bailey in this week's cover story: What is school for?newstatesman.comWhat is school for?The struggle for control of the national curriculum is a fight for the soul of English education. 374
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialThe New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 02/04/2025This week's cover: What is school for? 🍎 Pippa Bailey on the battle for the soul of English education. Also inside: - Andrew Marr on Starmer under siege - @jillfilipovic.bsky.social on Trump 2028 - Frank Skinner in the diary 043
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 03/04/2025A Level Media Studies student, Sophie, explains how to get the most out of an @mediamagemc.bsky.social subscription. 25/26 subscription period now open! www.englishandmedia.co.uk/videos/colle...englishandmedia.co.ukUsing the MM website for online subscribersA Level student Sophie shows you how to make the most of your school's MediaMagazine subscription! 011
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025My colleagues and I were happy to talk to Pippa Bailey @newstatesman.com as part of her extensive research for this piece. Thoughtful, well researched and finally someone calling out the myth that Gove's education reform was a success. www.newstatesman.com/politics/edu...newstatesman.comWhat is school for?The struggle for control of the national curriculum is a fight for the soul of English education. 000
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 01/04/2025AVAILABLE FROM TODAY Forgot to resubscribe in 24/25? You can still get 5 months of this school year, plus all of next if you take out a subscription now in plenty of time for the revision period @mediamagemc.bsky.social www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazine... 122
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Quality articles for your AL media and film students in the final edition of @mediamagemc.bsky.social for the school year. And plenty for the general reader too! 25/26 subscription period already open, with instant access to this issue once you sign up englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazine... 132
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialmediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Have your students entered our competition yet? We've got a little 'starting points' resource if you want to do a one off lesson generating ideas for it that they can go off and make. We love short, lo-fi, creative stuff as much as the polished NEA work we get! tinyurl.com/d5bbpuu9 001
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025AND we have a handy new feature to help you find articles for your set texts - type OCRFILM or EDUQASMEDIA etc. into the 'Article Archive' search box and you'll only get results for active set texts on your specifications 010
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 11/03/2025MUST-HAVE FOR FILM + MEDIA STUDIES AL STUDENTS Just a few pages from the latest @mediamagemc.bsky.social to give you a flavour of how wonderful it is. 25-26 subscription period opens April 2025 englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazine... 034
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialmediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Join us this Saturday to talk through the new Media Studies NEA briefs : see how other teachers are approaching it, get ideas for starting points and find out what tech other schools are using. It's a free event (we're not recording it) so sign up now! tinyurl.com/335jers7 001
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Join us this Saturday to talk through the new Media Studies NEA briefs : see how other teachers are approaching it, get ideas for starting points and find out what tech other schools are using. It's a free event (we're not recording it) so sign up now! tinyurl.com/335jers7 001
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Have your students entered our competition yet? We've got a little 'starting points' resource if you want to do a one off lesson generating ideas for it that they can go off and make. We love short, lo-fi, creative stuff as much as the polished NEA work we get! tinyurl.com/d5bbpuu9 001
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialAndrew McCallum @andrewemc.bsky.social · 28/02/2025The film showing at BFI Southbank is always one of the highlights of the EMC calendar year 011
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 06/03/2025EMC's Claire + Christian are hosting FREE online group planning events for the Media and A Level NEAs on Saturday22nd March. You can sign up at these links: GCSE www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/f381... A Level www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/c80b... @mediamagemc.bsky.social 021
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025The new issue of MM is online for our web subscribers! Loads of set text content for film and media: The Mirror, Belfast, Lupin, Saint Maud, Woman's Hour, Mullholland Drive, Sufjan Stevens' 'Sugar' and Livingstone and Lunt and lots of other stuff too: Abigail, It's a Sin, Italian neorealism & more 021
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Music director Harv Frost in conversation with Claire Pollard about making short film Prelude to Ecstasy with band The Last Dinner Party at Friday's @mediamagemc.bsky.social conference 021
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 27/01/2025A great finale for Friday's @mediamagemc.bsky.social conference. EMC's Christian Cottingham in conversation with the writer + director of We Are Lady Parts 021
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 24/01/20250ver 400 students and teachers assembling for @mediamagemc.bsky.social conference NFT1 BFI Southbank 041
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Alison Phillips, journalist & former Mirror editor in conversation with EMC’s April McCarthy for @mediamagemc.bsky.social conference NFT1 BFI Southbank 011
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 20/12/2024If you thrive on close personal attention, then this course, limited to small numbers so you can engage in practical work, is the one for you! @mediamagemc.bsky.social englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/3d6c... 011
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 04/12/2024This MediaMagazine Teachmeet has been so much fun! 6 stimulating presentations that prioritised creativity, collaboration and deep learning. Thank you all! 011
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Final act is Jessica Reed from Parliament Hill. Lots of ideas explored! 011
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Dave from Presdales about using low stakes practicals to assess knowledge and understanding in AL Media. For his students the focus is about developing creativity 011
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 04/12/2024James from JFS explores how to use the video game America’s Army for BTEC. The official US army game developed with taxpayer’s money! 021
Reposted by @mediamagemc.bsky.socialEnglish and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Now Charbel from Chace Community School: making sure we bring students’ personal experiences in the classroom & link these to the curriculum 001
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Some brilliant sessions at out Media Teachmeet earlier this week. Will post a few on here 000
mediamagemc.bsky.social @mediamagemc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Our latest issue includes a look at the controversies ®ulatory issues around Netflix's Baby Reindeer, a comparison of GQ and The Gentlewoman, a critical take on Dove's 'Real Moms' campaign, a timely reconsideration of Coppola's The Conversation and much, much more! 010
