Dr Mandy Powell

  • Qualifications and position:
    • Research Officer
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Children and Learning
  • Department:
    • Culture, Communications and Media
  • Centre:
    • London Knowledge Lab
  • Summary:
    • Before joining the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media, Mandy worked in the Institute of Education and the Film, Media Studies and Journalism department at the University of Stirling. She taught on a wide variety of education and film and media studies courses and was responsible for running the pre-service qualification in Media Studies. Mandy has also taught Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh and Media and Cultural Policy at the University of Glasgow.
  • Research Projects:
    • ESRC funded Developing Media Literacy: Towards a Model of Learning Progression (RES-062-23-1292).
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Completed a PhD with the Film Media and Journalism department at the University of Stirling in 2010 on the socio-political origins and development of media education in Scotland. Her research interests include: the social, political and cultural contexts constituting relations between media and education institutions in the UK; the historiography of media in education; media, education and learning; curriculum change and teacher identity; media culture and national identity.
  • Professional Activities:
    • Mandy has worked as an examiner for the Scottish Qualifications Authority, as a specialist adviser on Media Studies to the General Teaching Council for Scotland and has been a member of the Education Committee of Scottish Screen. She has also been an advisor to the Wellcome Trust at its Performing Arts and Media Advisory Group.
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Buckingham, D, Burn, A, Parry, B & Powell, M (2010) Developing Media Literacy: Towards a Model of Learning Progression: Media Literacy Conference, QE2 Conference Centre, London
      Powell, M (2010) Developing Media Literacy: Towards a Model of Progression: National Association For the Teaching of English (NATE) Conference, Leicestershire
      Powell, M (2005) Desperately Seeking Citizenship: paper given by invitation to a colloquium on citizenship and organised by the Applied Educational Research Scheme at the University of Strathclyde
      Powell, M (2004) Media Education in Scotland: paper given at the History of Education Conference, Trinity College, Dublin
      Powell, M (2002) Whatever Happened to Media Education? in Education in the North, 10, pp62-68
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • UK: Media Education and Media Studies
 

Contact details

Contact details

  • Email:

  • Address:
  • Culture, Communications and Media
    Institute of Education
    University of London
    23-29 Emerald Street
    London WC1H 3QS

  • Office Location:
  • 2nd Floor
    23-29 Emerald Street, WC1H 3QS

Publications

  • Burn, A, Buckingham, D, Parry, B & Powell, M (2010) 'Minding the gaps: teachers' cultures, students' cultures ' D E Alvermann, Adolescents' online literacies: connecting classrooms, digital media and popular culture. Oxford; P Lang.
  • Rodrigues, S, Airnes, J & Powell, M (2005) Ideas for using television fiction in science classrooms. Edinburgh: Wellcome trust.
  • Powell, M (2005) 'Media studies in Scotland: the end of history?', The media education journal 37, 3-6.
  • Powell, M (2003) 'Media education: the bigger picture', The media education journal 33, 31-34.
  • Powell, M (2002) 'Whatever happened to media education?', Education in the north 10, 62-68.