Professor Tom Harrison and Dr Shane McLoughlin delivered a presentation about the NewsWise in Primary Education research project alongside colleagues from the National literacy Trust and University of Liverpool. The online event, organised by Ofcom, explored approaches to evaluating news literacy and digital literacy educational programmes. Prof. Harrison and Dr. McLoughlin presented two new validated measures for news literacy and civic engagement for 9–11-year-olds that have been developed by the Jubilee Centre.
Former Director, James Arthur, Appointed Professor Emeritus
Professor Arthur has been appointed Professor Emeritus at the University of Birmingham by the Vice-Chancellor and will continue to work