EMC CPD Online: AL Media Studies NEA Group Planning Event 2026 [EMC_Free]
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Availability -
Places available
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Price - £0 per place
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Location - Online
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Duration - 90 mins
The English and Media Centre is hosting an online group planning and support event for the Media Studies NEA – A Level.
If you are struggling to get your head around the different briefs available or want to see how other people are planning to approach the NEA at A Level (for examination in 2027) this is a chance to come together with other teachers to discuss approaches to the tasks and begin planning.
We’re aware that many media teachers work alone or in small departments so this is a great opportunity to collaborate and share good practice over Zoom. Questions will be put to exam board representatives at the end of the session.
We are running a separate GCSE session from 10-11.30am on Saturday 21 March. Reserve your place for the GCSE event here.
Online, via Zoom. Details of how to join will be sent before the session.
Claire Pollard
Claire Pollard is the advisory teacher for Media Studies at the English and Media Centre. She is the editor of MediaMagazine and the programme leader for the Goldsmiths Media and English PGCE working with trainees in schools all across London. Prior to working at the centre she taught English and Media Studies for 15 years in inner London schools, most of the time at Stepney All Saints in Tower Hamlets where she established Media as a new curriculum subject. She has been an examiner for GCSE English literature and a moderator for A Level Media Studies and has delivered CPD for OCR, the MEA and the BFI. Claire also contributed a chapter to Doing Text: Media After the Subject and she co-authored the second edition of Media Studies the Basics.
April McCarthy
April is a Media Consultant at the English and Media Centre and Head of Media and Film Studies at Hampstead School.
Christian Cottingham
Christian is Head of Media, Film and Politics at a secondary school in Crawley. A teacher for twenty years, he holds an MA in Multimedia Journalism and has also worked as an arts writer and in various roles for AQA and WJEC. He is committed to developing students’ media literacy and fascinated by the ongoing impact of new technologies.
- Bookings for this course will close at 8am (London, UK) on Thursday 19th March, or when capacity is reached, whichever is the sooner.
- This course is free but must be booked online in advance.
- To book this course you must be signed into one of the following accounts:
- UK Trust/Academy – Head Office (purchasing)
- UK Educator Admin (purchasing)
- UK Educator Standard (non-purchasing)
- UK Teacher – Home Address Only
- UK Private Individual
- Overseas
- Click 'Book now’ (right-hand column).
- Add the number of places you need.
- Fill in the names and email addresses of the people attending. To secure your place, please make sure you add the attendee details immediately and checkout within 9 minutes. Otherwise the booking will expire and you will have to begin the process again. The joining information and post-course email will be emailed to both the person booking the course and the attendee.
- Click submit and then Go to basket.
- Checkout.
- Once you have booked your place, you will see a screen indicating your order has been successful. You may want to make a note of your order number. The person making the booking and the attendee will also receive an automatic acknowledgement of your booking.
- Your email with all the information you need to join the session will be sent out on Friday 20th March. You will be sent a reminder on xxx xxx. Please check your junk or promotions folder. Still no luck? Email [email protected].