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Roy Hanney
Roy Hanney is employed as an Associate Professor at Solent University and Course Leader for their Media Production programme. With over twenty years higher education teaching experience he specialises in story, documentary, drama and transmedia production. His research interests include project-based learning and live projects which formed the basis for a PhD at Portsmouth University. He works collaboratively with other organisations within the Solent area to promote opportunities for engagement with media practice, talent development and creative industries networking. Email: [email protected].
Ben Harbisher
Ben Harbisher is an Associate Professor in Media Production at Coventry University. He has been published in Critical Discourse Studies, Investigative Journalism, Surveillance and Society, Surveillance in Action, and in Power, Media, and the Covid 19 Pandemic. His interests include media production, political discourse, critical theory, and surveillance histories. He is currently Chair of the MeCCSA Practice Network. Email: [email protected].
Darren Kerr
Darren Kerr as a scholar Darren has published interviews with keynote speakers celebrating the International Centenary of Shakespeare on Screen (Early Modern Literary Studies, 2000), articles on adaptation (Screen Methods, 2006), pornography (Peepshows, 2009) and is co-editor of a forthcoming collection looking at sex on screen (Hard to Swallow, 2010). He has also been a speaker at international conferences including Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness (Prague), Cine-Excess, Authenticity and Adaptation, A Symposium on Violence (NY State, New York). Darren has also been an invited speaker on the first cult film MA degree at Brunel and is a reviewer for the journal Sexualities. Email: [email protected].
Mark Readman
Mark Readman works across the Faculty of Media and Communication, and the Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence. His research and publications focus on critical approaches to creativity, media pedagogy, and representations of teaching and learning. His work on creativity has led to several invitations to address arts educators and practitioners in the UK and abroad, along with consultancy work in Israel, Hong Kong and Turkey. He is the editor of the Media Education Research Journal, an editorial board member of Media Practice and Education, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and an external examiner at both the National Film and Television School and University College London. Mark is the Programme Leader for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education Practice, teaches on the Doctor of Education programme, and leads the ‘Communicating Ideas’ unit on the MA in Media and Communication. He is a UKCGE Recognised Research Supervisor, an experienced research degree examiner, and has supervised a range of doctoral projects to successful completion, including PhDs by publication and practice. Email: [email protected].