New Subject Benchmark Statement for Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies
Our former chair of the AJE Dr Margaret Hughes was part of the team working on the new QAA subject benchmark statement. She shares this with members below:
“I am pleased to confirm that the updated Subject Benchmark Statement for Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies was launched at the QAA’s ENQUIRE Conference 2024.
The revised Subject Benchmark Statement for our field can be accessed online via the QAA website:
Alongside the main SBS document, we have also published a summary designed to provide a short and accessible overview of the main Statement for students, employers and academics.
Courses in Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies have a history of responding in agile ways to rapidly evolving forms and practices, and graduates in these disciplines are important in how society responds to such advances. This latest Subject Benchmark Statement reflects this dynamic nature, by bringing it up-to-date with the latest advances that characterise the curricula, teaching, learning and assessment in our courses.
New for this Statement are dedicated sections that foreground how our courses reflect and embed equality, diversity and inclusion; accessibility; sustainability; and employability. Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies have a longstanding tradition for challenging and critiquing inherited hierarchies of power, sustainability, organisation and representation, and are particularly well placed to respond to such global challenges.
We hope this revised Subject Benchmark Statement will be a valuable resource and reference point for a range of audiences, and will support future enhancement and innovation in courses across all of our fields.”