Music industry studies

A quarter of a century worth of academic journals and magazines adorn Screen and Media Studies lecturer Geoff Lealand's office. But now he'll have to start packing up his mementoes - he's one of the staff members affected by Waikato University's proposed cuts. Lealand, who works in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), said the department's cuts were expected to be around 20 per cent, with 21 jobs set to go. Four positions have already been pulled, with 17 more on the chopping block. Read more: Students start petition to stop axing of Waikato University music staff Waikato University looks to cut 17 jobs in the humanities Strange logic — destroying the arts in order to save them Yet Lealand will continue lecturing until November this year. The Hamilton media mentor said staff received conflicting messages from vice chancellor Neil Quigley and believes there needs to be more transparency with the university's budget. Whether it's being told the … [Read more...] about Stagnant student numbers force reduction in media studies at University of Waikato

by BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM C. MENNINGER, USA MILITARY psychiatry differs from civilian psychiatry in that the Army must be totally responsible for a man — not only for his food and clothing, but especially for his ability to participate in his particular mission. Consequently, when a man did not fulfill his function, the Army had to find the cause and, if possible, remedy it. In many instances the cause lay in his personality and in his emotional difficulties. Since there is a human tendency to retreat into illness under stress, it was not surprising to find that many men became ill when they were unable to meet the demands of the new life. Military psychiatry differs also in quality from civilian psychiatry. In the Army much more effort and time are invested in a preventive psychiatryan attempt to keep men healthy and to seek out causes for poor morale. Until comparatively recently, the majority of civilian psychiatric patients had to be brought to the psychiatrist by relatives, … [Read more...] about Psychiatry and the War

Many in New Zealand's film and television industry and the academic world are mourning the death of Dr Geoff Lealand, one of the world’s foremost authorities on both the small and big screens. Lealand, who died suddenly on Saturday morning aged 75, was for many years a familiar figure in the screen and media department at Waikato University, which he joined in 1992. He became renowned through his research, much of which was focussed on how children view and understand television. “He thought children should not be patronised in terms of their understanding of the things they watch,” longtime colleague Ann Hardy said. READ MORE: Stagnant student numbers force reduction in media studies at University of Waikato Richard Swainson: Strange logic – destroying the arts in order to save them Jacinda Ardern pays tribute to 'trailblazer' Geoff Murphy “He was not in favour of censoring ideas and put forth the argument that children were intelligent enough to make their own … [Read more...] about University and film colleagues mourn death of leading film and television academic Geoff Lealand