By Thousands of students and lecturers braved sub-zero temperatures, heavy snow and blizzards yesterday to march through central London in protest against planned cuts to university pensions. The march follows a week of strikes from University and College Union (UCU) members, which have caused widespread disruption at universities across the country.
City lecturers continue to strike over pension cuts
Journalism lecturers at City are continuing to strike for the next fortnight in protest against proposed cuts to their pensions. The 14-day walkout, which started last Thursday and runs for four weeks until 16 March, is part of the nationwide University and College Union (UCU) strike. Lectures and workshops by
By Google funds news site ‘fact cards’ created by City alumnus
Google is funding an innovative scheme devised by a former City student to provide interactive “fact cards” on news stories. Jeremy Evans (Broadcast, 2013), along with cofounder Matt Morley, are using funding from Google’s Digital News Initiative – a grant of up to £50,000 – to launch Explaain, a plug-in
By City staff shed light on Africa’s media image
Two members of City’s journalism department played instrumental roles in co-editing the most comprehensive examination of Africa’s media landscape in nearly 20 years. Dr Mel Bunce and Professor Suzanne Franks, along with Dr Chris Paterson of the University of Leeds, collaborated with journalists, media experts and academics to publish Africa’s
By Video: City Journalism Department 40th Anniversary
About 400 City students, staff and alumni celebrated the 40th anniversary of City’s Department of Journalism at a sold-out party held at Drapers’ Hall in central London earlier this month. The party attracted high-profile City graduates, including Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan and BBC News economics editor Kamal Ahmed. Murnaghan
By City alumna’s company nominated for diversity award
A company started by a City alumna has been nominated for the National Diversity Award. Shine Media, founded by Joanna Abeyie (Magazine, 2009), was nominated for the Microsoft and PWC-sponsored award. The organisation has once again been recognised for promoting diversity and has been nominated for ‘Best Community Campaigner’. It has
By Podcast: The making of XCity episode 3 – News and Features
The XCity Podcast is a five-part series about the making of City’s annual magazine, XCity. Each episode gives a little teaser of what to expect from this year’s epic 40th anniversary publication, as well as anecdotes about the production process. We share the highs and the lows, the tears and
By Old News: 2003 predicts the future of lads mags
Bauer Media announced in November it would be suspending the publication of FHM and Zoo magazines, and Playboy revealed its first non-nude cover at the beginning of February. It’s almost as if Andy Morris, former online editor at GQ and now acting deputy editor at BA High Life, predicted the
Old News: XCity 1994’s thoughts on the internet
As XCity reaches the ripe old age of 30, we thought we would delve into the magazine archives and republish some of the magazine’s finest content. Warning: words and images may provoke severe nostalgia for the past. Here’s our first installment, where Andrew Johnson, now assistant news editor at The
