One of these is attending free lectures at London universities on topics related to your subjects or potential degree. The other is reading academic books related to your subjects to demonstrate that you read around the subject.
Gresham College lecture: Has the Internet Changed News for Better or Worse?
Gresham College is running a FREE lecture aimed at media and journalism students on how the internet has changed news. Year 13 students have just studied this topic (and continue to study online, social and participatory media) and Year 12 students will be covering this later in the course.
The lecture is free to attend - you simply need to turn up to the venue, Barnard's Inn Hall, 30 minutes before the start. You can find directions here. Remember you'll be in a professional, academic environment and need to act accordingly. It appears that it will also be broadcast live over YouTube from the link above so that's another way to engage with the lecture.
Reading around the subject
Reading books by some of our media theorists is a great way to expanding your knowledge across A Level Media. The books on the bookshelf in DF07 will give you an introduction to the type of books you could read - something like Clay Shirky's Here Comes Everybody is accessible and relevant - but you'll need to get your own copy as we unfortunately can't lend out the media copies of the books. The library has some of these books available to borrow and the librarians can point you in the direction of the Media and Film section.
A Level Media Textbooks
As previously advertised, there are now two textbooks available for the new specification AQA A Level Media Studies course. We would strongly recommend you buy both textbooks as collectively they cover the whole course in terms of subject content and also feature many of the CSPs that will come up in the exams. We now have copies of these books in school so you can see what they're like.
The details:
AQA MEDIA STUDIES FOR A LEVEL YR 1 & AS: STUDENT BOOK
- NEW SPEC: AQA Media Studies for A Level Yr 1 & AS: Student Book
- AUTHOR(S): Stephanie Hendry, Elspeth Stevenson
- AWARDING BODY: AQA
- LEVEL: A Level Year 1 & AS
- ISBN: 978-1-911208-03-7
- SUBJECT: Media Studies
- PAGES: 272pp
AQA MEDIA STUDIES FOR A LEVEL YEAR 2: STUDENT BOOK
- AQA Media Studies for A Level Year 2: Student Book
- AUTHOR(S): Stephanie Hendry, Elspeth Stevenson
- AWARDING BODY: AQA
- LEVEL: A Level Year 2
- ISBN: 978-1-911208-09-9
- SUBJECT: Media Studies
BFI filmmaking residentials
Applications are now open for the BFI's residentials - an opportunity for young filmmakers to work with industry talent and develop skills and contacts for a future career in film or television. You can find the full details here.
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