Activities

JAFFNA PRIDE organized a workshop for students of Media Studies. The workshop was facilitated by Kasro Ponnuthurai, Thisa Thiruchelvam, Angel Queentus, and Gowthaman Ranganathan. Students worked in groups to understand terms like gender, sex, sexuality, LGBTIQ+.They also critically analyzed media reports on LGBTIQ+ issues and discussed best practices to report about LGBTIQ+ persons including the need to take active consent, maintain…

As per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Department of Media Studies, University of Jaffna, the Alcohol and Drugs Information Center (ADIC) launched the Short Film Competition on Alcohol and Drug Awareness at the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna on 23rd of June 2022.The event of launching the competition chaired by Dr.S.Raguram, Head, Media Studies and Professor K.…

The third-year students visited the studio of the International Broadcasting Corporation - Tamil (IBC Tamil) in Jaffna during the first and second weeks of the month of June as a way to earn professional exposure relevant to the course unit 'Film Studies'. The students visited IBC Tamil in groups and were guided by Mr. Rajan, Chief Executive Officer, and other senior…

'Noolaham' Foundation is a non-profit, charitable organization founded to provide enhanced access to information sources and foster knowledge-based development in Sri Lanka. It maintains an online digital library, facilitates information preservation programmes, provides financial assistance and technical guidance for digitization initiatives, and actively participates in awareness-raising campaigns. It also coordinates a range of fund-raising activities and collaborates with other organizations and…

As a part of the Inspire Programme series which comes under the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed between the Helvetas Intercooperation gGmbH and the University of Jaffna, the Annual Forum was organized in Colombo by Helvetas and supported by Sri Lanka Development Journalists Forum (SDJF) on 28th of May 2022.The theme of the Forum was 'LEARN. SHARE. CONNECT – Diversifying Learning…

The Memorandum of Understanding on Joint Education and Advocacy Programmes on Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drug Prevention and Awareness Collaboration was signed between the Alcohol and Drug Information Center (ADIC) and the University of Jaffna on the 25th of May 2022 at the University of Jaffna.Prof. S.Srisatkunarajah, Vice-Chancellor, University of Jaffna and Mr. Pubudu Sumanasekara, Executive Director, Alcohol and Drug Information…

The Going Down Farewell Party for the 8th and 9th batches of Media Studies organized by the 10th batch of students on the 28th of April 2022 under the title of ‘நினைவழியா நாட்கள்’. The pass-out students recall the unforgettable memories they have gathered throughout their university life at the function. The mementos were presented by the junior students to their seniors.

Mr. Mohammedu Aswer, Mobile Journalism (MoJo) Trainer conducted the workshop with the collaboration of Sri Lanka Development Journalists Forum (SDJF) for the second and third-year students relevant to the ‘Contemporary Media Technology’ and ‘Film Studies’ course units respectively, on 31st of March and 01st of April 2022. The workshop contains a theoretical foundation in film grammar, practical sessions, application of learned…

The InSPIRE project conducted a series of the practical training programmes for the Media Studies students of the University of Jaffna, as individual sessions and collaborative sessions with the University of Peradeniya, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and South Eastern University under the theme, 'An Exploration of Creative Minds for Future Media'.The training programmes were organized by the Sri Lanka Development Journalists…