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Loughborough University

　　5.拉夫堡大学（Loughborough  University）

　　拉夫堡大学是一所研究型高校，校内所有学科都进行着高质量的研究。多年来，学校的研究成果在学科建设、公共政策、职业、商业和工业方面影响显著。我们的教职员工广泛的参与着各项研究活动，这保证了学生能够在充满活力的研究氛围中成长，并得到他们所在学科最顶尖学者的辅导与支持。拉夫堡大学有着英国最大的独立校园，占地437英亩，校园风光优美如画。这里交通便捷，快速列车连接着拉夫堡大学和伦敦，到诺丁汉、德比和莱切斯特也不到30分钟的车程，东米兰国际机场也近在咫尺。拉夫堡大学连续六年获得由其学生评选的"全英最佳学生体验院校奖"。这一荣誉肯定了拉夫堡大学在学术和课外活动方面为其学生提供的全方位体验。

　　社会科学系（The Department of Social Sciences）

　　社会科学系是一个充满活力的院系，为媒体与传播学、社会学、社会心理学和社会政策学等专业的学生提供了跨学科奖学金。我们的目标是进行高质量的基础性和应用性研究，并且在归纳和定性研究方法的应用方面享有极高的国际声誉。社会科学系的教职员工们负责编辑好几种国际期刊，其中包括欧洲传媒、文化和社会期刊，同时我们的教职员工也在很多全国性和国际组织中担任顾问，包括：联合国科教文组织、联合国组织、英国通信管理局（Ofcom），儿童、学校和家庭部（the Department for Children, Schools and Families）以及公共政策研究所（the Institute for Public Policy Research）。我们在社会科学领域的创新性研究得到了国际认可，其中包括我们具有国际水准的出色研究成果——2005年获得的"女皇年度奖"。最近，我们的一名教授被任命为英国议会上议院议员。社会科学院也为媒体和通讯研究提供顶尖的设备。拉夫堡大学的定性数字研究实验室（液体实验室）有一整套房间，由于定性研究的发展需要使用到数字、视听方法和媒体，这些房间里都配备了最顶尖的设备。

　　传播研究中心（The Communication Research Centre ）

　　拉夫堡大学的传播研究中心隶属于社会科学系。中心汇集了具有不同学科背景的国际领军型的研究人员。我们的研究涵盖了传播研究的各个方面，从文化与传媒到话语和社会互动。传播研究中心是一系列广泛研究项目的所在地，研究的课题从政治沟通到媒体和宗教。其中包括了由工程和物理科学研究委员会支持的为期3年的IMPRINTS项目。这个项目探讨的是新型的身份管理实践和技术的影响，如生物识别、智能身份证以及智能手机等。在2011年，这个项目被研究委员会和英国的高校选为"未来大创意"——"对英国的未来产生深远影响"的研究项目之一。传播研究中心在评估国际政治新闻本质方面也颇为有名。

　　例如，在2012年初，我们受英国广播公司信托基金会的委托来调查"阿拉伯之春"的相关新闻报道。传播研究中心分析了英国广播公司、半岛电视台以及其他媒体关于在埃及、利比亚、巴林和该地区其他地方起义的报道，分析的聚焦点是新闻的公正性。

　　传播研究中心由两个核心研究小组构成：文化和媒体分析研究小组(CaMARG)以及话语修辞小组(DARG)。文化和媒体分析研究小组汇集了社会科学系的教职员工和学生来学习、研究和论述媒体和文化生活的各个方面。这些研究是跨学科的，来自社会科学和人文科学的见解被用来探索制度的形成、表达的形式和日常的实践。话语修辞小组则聚集了来自不同研究领域但却对语言有着共同兴趣的学者、研究生和访问学者，他们一起研究语言在社会中的使用以及语言在互动和文本中具有的效果。这个小组也吸引着来自英国和国外才华横溢的研究生和博士后们。

　　媒体、传播和文化项目

　　传播研究中心提供三种不同的硕士学位，欢迎来自不同学科的学生们申请。这一项目自2002年以来一直进行得非常成功。媒体及文化分析硕士学位（MA in Media and Cultural Analysis）专注于理解和解释媒体代表世界的方式、这些方式在公共和私人生活方面的作用，以及媒体和通讯在现代身份塑造中扮演的角色。全球媒体和文化产业硕士学位（MA in Global Media and Cultural Industries）从一个不同的角度来看待媒体，它专注于理解和解释与媒体制作相关的行业以及国家和其他机构对相关媒体产业的干预方式。数字媒体和社会硕士学位（MA in Digital Media and Society）专注于互联网和智能手机等新技术改变我们的社交世界的方式以及它们如何为新形势的社会互动创造机遇。

　　在全球背景下，这些学位提供了对各种不同媒体和文化产业的全面了解，其中包括公共关系、新闻和数字通信。这保证了我们的毕业生在完成硕士学位之后的就业面会非常广泛，很多毕业生就职于媒体行业：我们有毕业生目前从事报纸和电视新闻、纪录片制作以及公共关系等方面的工作。也有硕士毕业生就职于如出版和电信等其他文化产业行业。硕士学位教育为学生在媒体、传播和文化方面提供了全面的理论基础，我们有大量的毕业生在毕业后展开了后续的研究，以便在英国和国外继续其学术研究生涯。

　　Loughborough  University　　

　　Loughborough University is a research intensive institution which undertakes high quality research across all its subjects. Over the years the University has produced work which has influenced academic disciplines, public policy, the professions, business and industry. The widespread involvement of our staff in research activity ensures that our students are part of a vibrant research culture in which they are taught and supported by academics at the forefront of their disciplines. Loughborough is the largest single-site campus in the UK, consisting of 437 attractively landscaped acres. It is easily accessible by rail with a fast rail link to London. It is within 30 minutes of Nottingham, Leicester and Derby and is close to East Midlands International Airport. Loughborough University has been voted England’s Best Student Experience six years in a row by its students. This accolade is testament to the rounded experience that Loughborough provides its students, both academically and from an extra-curricular perspective.　

　　The Department of Social Sciences

　　The Department of Social Sciences is a vibrant home for interdisciplinary scholarship bringing together media and communications, sociology, social psychology and social policy. Our aim is to produce both fundamental and applied research of exceptional quality and we have a particularly strong international reputation for the application of inductive and qualitative research methods. Several international journals are edited by members of the department including the European Journal of Communication and Media, Culture and Society and members have acted as consultants for a wide range of national and international bodies including UNESCO, the United Nations, Ofcom, the Department for Children, Schools and Families, and the Institute for Public Policy Research. Our innovative research has received international recognition within the social sciences, including the award of the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2005 for outstanding work at world-class level. One of our professors was recently appointed a member of the House of Lords in the UK Parliament. The Department of Social Sciences also houses state-of-the-art facilities for media and communications research. The Loughborough Qualitative Digital Research Lab (LiQUiD Lab) consists of a suite of rooms containing state-of-the-art equipment for the development of qualitative research involving the use of digital and audiovisual methods and media.　

　　The Communication Research Centre

　　Loughborough University's Communication Research Centre (CRC) is located within the Department of Social Sciences and brings together internationally leading researchers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds. Our interests span the range of communication studies from culture and media to discourse and social interaction. The centre is a home to a wide range of research projects on topics from political communication to media and religion. This includes the three-year IMPRINTS project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. This project explores the impact of new identity management practices and technology, such as biometric identification, smart ID cards, and smartphone developments   In 2011, the project was selected by the Research Councils and the Universities of the UK as one of their ‘Big Ideas for the Future’ – research that will 'have a profound effect on the UK’s future'.

　　TheCRChas also been prominent in assessing the nature of international political news. In early 2012, for example we were commissioned by theBBCTrust to investigate news coverage of the 'Arab Spring'.  The Centre analysedBBC, Al Jazeera and other broadcasters' reports of the uprisings in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and elsewhere in the region, focussing in particular on the issue of journalistic impartiality. 

　　The CRCis comprised of two core research groups; the Culture and Media Analysis Research Group (CaMARG) and the Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG). CaMARG brings together staff and students in the Department engaged in studying, researching, and writing about all aspects of both media and cultural life. It is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from across the social sciences and humanities to explore institutional formations, expressive forms, and everyday practices. DARG is home to a community of academics, postgraduate students and visitors who pursue research into a broad range of topics but share an interest in language, how it is used socially, and what effects it has in interaction and in text. The groups also attract highly talented postgraduate and postdoctoral students from the UK and abroad.

　　The Media, Communications and Culture Programme

　　The CRC offers three different MA degrees in this programme which welcomes students from a wide range of academic disciplines. The programme has been running successfully since 2002. The MA in Media and Cultural Analysis focuses on understanding and explaining the ways in which the media represent the world, how they are used in public and private life, and the role of media and communications in shaping contemporary identities. The MA in Global Media and Cultural Industries takes a different perspective on the media which focuses on understanding and explaining the industries involved in media production and the ways in which states and other institutions intervene in them. The MA in Digital Media and Society concentrates on the ways in which the Internet and new technologies such as smartphones are changing our social world and creating opportunities for new forms of social interaction.

　　The degrees provide a comprehensive understanding of a variety of media and cultural industries in a global context, including public relations, journalism and digital communications. This has led our graduates into a range of careers after completing their MA. Many pursue careers in the media industries: we have past students who are now working in print and television journalism, documentary production and public relations. Graduates of the MAs have also gone on to work in other cultural industries such as publishing and telecommunications. The degrees provide a comprehensive theoretical grounding in media, communications and culture and a significant number of our graduates subsequently undertake research degrees in order to pursue academic careers in the UK and abroad.