City University currently has 18,000+ students from more than 160 countries. Five schools located in the City: Cass Business School, School of Arts & Social Sciences, School of Health Sciences, School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering and The City Law School. Dr Chris Greer and Professor Eugene McLaughlin submitted views on “Trial by Media” and on phone-hacking to the Inquiry.
Research Professor in Media and Politics at the University of Bedfordshire, Professor of Political Journalism at City, University of London and Emeritus Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London at time of giving evidence. Sought to address the question of the nature of media influence on public policy in areas such as criminal justice and immigration.
Professor of Media and Communications law and regulation at Manchester University at time of Inquiry. Founding editor of the Journal of Media Law and member of the editorial board of Communications Law. Offered evidence on ethical discussion within journalism. Advocated giving attention to editorial selection and choice, topics which, he thought, were not adequately covered in the current Editors' Code in relation to inaccuracies.
Founded in 1451. Glasgow University is the fourth oldest in the English-speaking world, and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Along with the University of Edinburgh, it was part of the Scottish Enlightenment during the 18th century. It is currently a member of Universitas 21, the international network of research universities and the Russell Group.
Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at the time of the Inquiry and visiting Cambridge University as a Senior Research Associate. Has published widely on Kant's philosophy and on moral, political and feminist philosophy. Well-known for her work on pornography and objectification. Offered her views on "Speech acts" and a free press.
Head of the Law School at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Has taught a wide range of subjects including Jurisprudence, Legal Ethics, Tort Law, Social Security Law, Employment Law, Privacy Law and Legal Systems. Submitted evidence to the Inquiry on the press treatment of Gaelic language issues – which ranged, he said from "good news" through "fair comment" to "outright abuse".
Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Centre for Media Research at Ulster University at the time of the Inquiry. Offered evidence on the benefit of introducing "ethics" into NCTJ courses. Told the Inquiry she thought more could be done to incorporate ethical training. Also noted that the increasing use of unpaid internships as a way of "learning" journalism is not helping to encourage ethical training.
Phillipson was Professor of Law at the University of Durham and a qualified solicitor at the time of giving evidence. His research interests were in public law, particularly areas of European and UK human rights law, he said. He offered evidence of the notion of "public interest" and noted that without adequate protection for privacy, there was the risk of a situation in which rights and freedoms of individuals were sacrificed to the commercial interests of the mass media and the idle curiosity of the majority.
Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge at time of giving evidence. Has written on aspects of the relation between politics and the media, including The Media and Modernity (1995) and Political Scandal (2000). Answered questions on the nature of a free press, which he said would be pluralistic, represent a diversity of views, inform citizens fairly and accurately on matters of public concern and hold power to account.
Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at All Souls College, Oxford, Professor at New York University Law School and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand at the time of the Inquiry. Submitted evidence on broad issues of political morality and the public interest in relation to a free press.
Public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Tony Harcup, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, gave evidence on the possibility of a "conscience clause", as proposed by the National Union of Journalists, as a way of improving journalistic standards and ethics.
Founded in 1885. Private, Catholic, liberal arts, and archdiocesan university located in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, named after Thomas Aquinas, the medieval Catholic theologian and philosopher who is the patron saint of students. St. Thomas currently enrolls more than 10,000 students, making it Minnesota's largest private, non-profit university.
