Political Communication, Advocacy and Campaigning MSc

Who teaches this course?

Find out more here about the Faculty or School where you will be taught and about some of the key teaching staff for this course.


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The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences teaches this course. Students benefit from a lively study environment, thanks to the wide range of postgraduate courses on offer in the Faculty. Programmes cover everything from English literature and music to human rights and politics.

The Faculty provides a vibrant and forward-thinking environment for study with:

  • courses designed in collaboration with industry professionals – keeping you up to date with the latest developments
  • established connections with the London arts and media scene – with a range of guest speakers, professors and lecturers visiting the University
  • committed and enthusiastic staff – many of whom are expert practitioners as well as leading academics and researchers

The Faculty’s combination of academics and practitioners makes it a unique environment in which to further your studies and your career.

Where is the Faculty based? Most students in the Faculty are based at the University’s Penrhyn Road campus, with our music and education courses taught at the Kingston Hill campus. Our extensive facilities include:

  • state-of-the-art psychology and film/media labs
  • specialist archives and libraries
  • two theatres, plus music recording and post-production facilities

Staff profiles

Staff in the Politics and Media departments within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences teach this course. Dedicated teaching staff include: 

 

Name: Anita Howarth

Title: Senior lecturer and course director

Specialist subjects: Anita worked for over ten years as a journalist on national and professional publications before entering academia. She has a masters degree in politics from Birkbeck College (University of London) and is currently completing a PhD in the intersections of media and public policy in the area of GM food at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

 

Anita's research interests include the role of the media in public policy especially in areas of food policy, environmental policy and foreign policy. She is also developing a research expertise in political communication in South Africa. Read more.

Email: a.howarth@kingston.ac.uk

 

 

Name: Robin Pettitt

Title: Senior lecturer

Specialist interests: Robin did his undergraduate degree in politics and international relations and his masters degree in international relations and strategic studies at Lancaster University. His PhD is in party politics. Robin is also developing a specialist research interest in the political marketing of parties. Read more.

Email: r.pettitt@kingston.ac.uk

 

 

 

Name: Philip Spencer

Title: Associate Dean

Specialist subjects:

  • Nationalism
  • Politics in Eastern Europe
  • The Holocaust
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Recent publications:

  • ‘Marxism and the Shoah: Behind and Beyond Silence' in Re-presenting The Shoah for the 21st century, R. Lentin (ed.), (Berghahn Books, 2003)
  • Nationalism: A Critical Introduction, ed. with Howard Wollman (Sage, 2002)
  • 'Civic Nations, Civic Nationalism and the Problem of Migration' in Migration and Mobility: The European Context, A. Showstack Sassoon and S. Ghatak (eds.), (Palgrave, 2001)

Email: p.spencer@kingston.ac.uk

 

 

Name: Professor Brian Brivati

Title: Director of graduate studies

Specialist subjects:

  • History of human rights especially genocide in the 20th century
  • Contemporary history
  • British political history from 1867
  • Political biography
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Recent publications:

  • John Smith's Legacy (Progress, 2004)
  • ‘Internationalism’ in The Struggle for Labour's Soul: Understanding Labour's Political Thoughts Since 1945, ed. R. Plant (et al), (Routledge, 2004)
  • The End of Decline (Fabian Review, 2003)

Email: b.brivati@kingston.ac.uk

 

 

Name: Brian Cathcart

Title: Senior lecturer

Professional experience: Author and former foreign editor of The Independent. Read more.

Recent publications:

  • Jill Dando: Her Life and Death (Penguin, 2000)
  • The Case of Stephen Lawrence (Viking, 1999)
  • Were You Still Up For Portillo (Penguin, 1997)

Email: b.cathcart@kingston.ac.uk