Angela Birchall

Director of Journalism and Communications

• MCUK 2nd floor staff area
• T: 0161 295 2663
• E: a.m.birchall@salford.ac.uk

Tuesday 1-4pm

Wednesday 2-4pm

Thursday 10-1pm

I am Director of Journalism and Communications at the University of Salford, having been a full-time journalist and newspaper editor for 13 years before moving into lecturing in journalism 14 years ago.

As Director of Journalism and Communications I am fortunate to head a terrific team of dedicated professionals offering a range of programmes including BA and MA in Journalism, BSc in Media Technology and Mobile and Internet TV, BSc in Professional Broadcast Techniques, MA International and Online Journalism, MA Social Media and Masters in Research programmes in Journalism, Creative Media, Music, Performance and Art and Design.

My main areas of teaching are theory and ethics in news reporting for print and online journalism; newspaper and magazine design; and photojournalism. I teach on both the undergraduate journalism programmes and the new MA International and Online Journalism programme.

My main research interests are in teaching and learning, especially in journalism, with two particular foci for my Doctorate in Education research:

a) the development of creative use of language that turns a wordsmith into a maestro wordsmith, and whether such creativity can be taught and assessed in HE;¿

b) teaching and learning within communities of practice and conflicts that can arise between the communities we teach the students in and the ones we are preparing them to enter.

Other interests are in different styles of learning and teaching and forms of communication, including the non-verbal communication skills I am developing in my study of various forms of natural horsemanship

Master of Education (Lifelong Learning)

Bachelor of Education Subject Specialist in Education Studies, Art and Design, and English

Member of Association for Journalism Education and Mensa International