Latest News: Grant Received From RTIF

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Dear Everyone,

We are pleased to announce that Creative Cuppa has been awarded a £2000 grant by RTIF (Roberts Funding) through the University of Leicester Graduate Office. This will serve as an operating budget, under the supervision of the Department of Media and Communication and overseen by Dr. Gillian Youngs and Mr. Jin Shang. Dr. Gillian Youngs has been nominated as Chairing Director and Mr. Jin Shang as Operating Director. Other staff on the Board of Management are Mr. Tony O'Tierney (Internal Coordinator), Ms. Shani Lee (External Coordinator), and Miss. Xingfang Chen (Management Assistant).

Creative Cuppa is a recently-launched long-term student/staff research seminar series in association with the Department of Media and Communication. The project, based in the University of Leicester, aims to bring together researchers and other interested people from different disciplines or knowledge backgrounds, both inside and outside the University, to generate, discuss, and criticize any issues related to their experience or understanding of new media technologies.

The discussion topics are varied and relate to both theory and practice. For example, two of the recent discussion topics have been focused on 'Online journalism' and 'Virtual Community'. We do also invite guest speakers to give informal talks, usually followed by Q&A sessions as well as time for broader discussion. Follow-up discussions could be well linked with Gillian's 'Digital Economy Research Group'.

Creative Cuppa holds meet-ups every month. A different theme is chosen for each meet-up, but always focused on the discussion of themes within new media and communication technologies. A newsletter is usually produced after each meet-up and sent to those who have subscribed to the service. Through the activities, participants are expected to better understand the modern world from a socio-technical perspective, which will be relevant to their research and career development in the future.

Creative Cuppa has also created an online community on Facebook. This is designed to keep the participants connected and updated at all times. In that sense, Creative Cuppa is more like an ongoing process that cross over the boundaries of time and space. So please join us. Everyone is welcome, no matter what background or discipline you are from. You can join in and drop out anytime you want. The most important thing is that you have fun, feel relaxed, and are ready to refresh your minds with loads of new creative ideas.

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Thanks for supporting us,

Jin Shang
Operating Director
Creative Cuppa Organizing Committee