PSI Broadcast Journalism Students Win BBC Postgraduate Journalism Innovation Award.

The three PSI Broadcast Journalism students – Will Hanford, Guy Wilson and Nat Dove - have won the BBC National Postgraduate Journalism Innovation Award. They were at Media City, Salford, on Thursday 24 May 2012, for the announcement and presentation. Read more

Fri, 25 May 2012

New article by Dr Johan Franzén on Huffington Post

Dr Franzén’s article, ‘Egypt: Revolution or Reaction?’, has been published on Huffington Post. In it he asks the question whether post-revolutionary Egypt is progressing towards democracy or actually taking a step backwards. The full text can be found here. Read more

Mon, 14 May 2012

New article by Dr Johan Franzén on Huffington Post

Dr Johan Franzén, who teaches Middle East politics in PSI, has published his latest opinion piece on Huffington Post, entitled ‘The Case Against Military Intervention in Syria’. Read more

Fri, 23 Mar 2012

Dr Johan Franzén writes about situation in Egypt on Huffington Post

The Huffington Post has published an article by Dr Johan Franzén on the political situation in Egypt, with the title ‘Egypt: The Dawn of an Islamist Future?’. Read more

Fri, 9 Mar 2012

Dr Johan Franzén discusses situation in Libya on Huffington Post

PSI lecturer Dr Johan Franzén has published the latest of his regular Middle East blogs on Huffington Post. Read more

Fri, 9 Mar 2012

New opinion piece by Dr Johan Franzén on Huffington Post

The Huffington Post UK has published an article by Dr Johan Franzén on the Arab Spring. Read more

European Commission research in the news

PSI staff shortlisted in broadcast competition

Dr. Marina Prentoulis discusses the Greek situation on the Nick Conrad Show (BBC Radio Norfolk)

New publication: 'The Coalition: Voters, Parties and Institutions'

Marina Prentoulis, interview for Future Radio on the future of newspapers and journalism

Professor Alan Finlayson to give guest lectures

Professor Alan Finlayson, who has recently joined the School of Political, Social and International Studies at the University of East Anglia, is to give a series of public lectures at universities around the country. Read more

New Huffington Post Blog for PSI Academic

Talk by Lee Marsden at United Nations Association, Norwich

Lee Marsden Interview with Rosbalt Newspaper

Lee Marsden article published in the American Review Magazine

John Street featured on BBC Daily Politics show

House of Commons event. ‘The Politicisation of Higher Education’ 5th December

‘Playing Politics’ themed event

John Street publishes new book entitled Music and Politics

'The Armchair General' gifted and talented event

Sir Anthony Dymock KBE CB Lecture

Barbara Goodwin at Sciences Po

SeaMedia - up and running

PSI colleagues at major European conference

ESRC Knowledge Exchange Grant

UEA ranked #2 in UK for Communication and Media Studies

Dr. David Milne awarded a research fellowship

Lee Marsden elected for second term to the BISA board

Charles Clarke joins PSI

PSI student wins Ede & Ravenscroft Prize

Lauchentilly Donation to PSI

Stop press: PSI at the top again in the National Student Survey 2010

The School has continued its impressive performance in the National Student Survey, the annual exercise where third-year students are asked to rate the quality of their University experience. In results announced today, PSI tops the league table in Media Studies, is joint first in Sociology and comes seventh out of sixty departments in Politics for overall satisfaction. Read more

PSI Academic wins CUE East Award

Scott Wright has won a prestigious CUE East award for his community engagement activities. The award was principally for developing "an imaginative community-orientated practical media programme for his MA students in Broadcast Journalism. Read more

PSI Students Undertake one-month work experience at the BBC

Three students on PSI's Practical Media module have completed a one month full-time work experience placement at the BBC. David Biggins, Nan Hu and Chris Wilson worked across TV, radio and online at the Forum in Norwich. Read more

Findings of ‘The European Commission in Question’ unveiled at the British Academy

PSI Professor, Hussein Kassim, led a team of leading international researchers in presenting an overview of research findings to a distinguished audience of politicians, civil servants, campaigners and academics at a major dissemination event at the British Academy in London on 14 September. Read more

New PSI lecturer is prize winner

"Newly-appointed lecturer Chris Hanretty will travel to Florence on 1 October to receive two awards for his doctoral thesis, "The political independence of public service broadcasters". Read more

UEA professor addresses top Commission officials

Professors Hussein Kassim, UEA and Liesbet Hooghe, UNC and VUA, presented a provisional overview of findings from the project, "The European Commission in Question" to a high-level gathering of officials in the Berlaymont building in Brussels on Wednesday 30 June and at the weekly meeting of Directors General the following day. Read more

UEA Politics and International Relations students visit Brussels

25 politics and international relations students visited NATO headquarters in Brussels as well as EU institutions during the 2010 Easter break and took part in a reception with alumni who today live and work in the city. Places visited included NATO Headquarters, its military command, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, the European Parliament and the Commission, the Committee of the Regions, and the Economic and Social Committee. Read more

Top Twenty Political Songs

John Street has been involved in helping the Political Studies Association to compile a list of the Top Twenty Political Songs. Read more

Professor Peter Hennessy visits UEA

Prof. Peter Hennessy, of Queen Mary College London, delivered a lecture "Watching Prime Ministers" in March 2010. Read more

Publication of a special issue of the journal, West European Politics

Though a policy instruments perspective has contributed significantly to understanding public policy, political systems, and state-citizens relations, instrument-centred research has hitherto focused mainly on national settings. Read more

New publication

Air Transport and the European Union. Europeanization and its Limits. Hussein Kassim and Handley Stevens (Palgrave, 2009)This important study investigates how the EU has revolutionised European aviation since the 1980s. Read more

UEA introduces local government studies

Local government employs more than 2m people in Britain and offers a wide range of career opportunities. Teaching is based in the School of Political, Social and international Studies (PSI) to complement studies of politics, governance and related studies. There will also be guest speakers and work shadowing for students, which aims to give real insights into working in the sector. Read more

UEA in Brussels

UEA alumni have set up a FaceBook site to keep in touch and to arrange social events thanks to a visit to EU and NATO institutions in Belgium by 50 UEA undergraduate and postgraduates last April. Over 20 alumni who live and work in Belgium today took part in a reception with the students at the Brussels Office of the East of England Partnership which promotes the Eastern region and gathers intelligence for its members on such things as making bids for EU funding. Read more

‘The European Commission in Question’. The Commission President endorses the project

European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, has given his endorsement on the project led by Professor Hussein Kassim in the School of Political, Social and International Studies at UEA. Read more

PGR Conference a Success

On 4 and 5 June, the first PSI Postgraduate research conference was held at UEA, entitled ‘Shifting boundaries of the public and private’. The result of brainstorming by PSI’s PGR students, the theme for the conference encapsulated central issues at the heart of several PhD theses, as the boundaries between the public and private spheres are central to how we study politics, society and culture, economy, political theory and international relations, amongst others. Read more

Practical Media: Ground-breaking programme launched

PSI has extended its practical media provision after a successful trial run last year. The first postgraduate practical media module at UEA is run in conjunction with the EPIC TV Studios (formerly Anglia/ITV) and taught by highly experienced journalists such as Ian Masters (former presenter of Anglia News, Director of Broadcasting at the Thomson Foundation and manager of several BBC radio stations and BBC TV South). Read more

PGR Conference a Success

On 4 and 5 June, the first PSI Postgraduate research conference was held at UEA, entitled ‘Shifting boundaries of the public and private’. The result of brainstorming by PSI’s PGR students, the theme for the conference encapsulated central issues at the heart of several PhD theses, as the boundaries between the public and private spheres are central to how we study politics, society and culture, economy, political theory and international relations, amongst others. Read more

Thu, 8 Oct 2009

Practical Media: Ground-breaking programme launched

PSI has extended its practical media provision after a successful trial run last year. Read more

Thu, 8 Oct 2009

Michael Cockerell

Documentary filmmaker Michael Cockerell has made documentaries on British political history since the 1970s. His recent three-part history of Tony Blair's premiership received critical acclaim. Read more

PSI Professor edits new book series on the role of lotteries in politics

Barbara Goodwin, Professor of Politics, is the general editor of an exciting new book series on the role of lotteries in politics - she is shown here speaking at the book launch party in September. Read more