Intro The PGR Studio Mentoring scheme can be a great way to learn from others. But what is it like to meet your mentor or mentee, and what can you get out of it? Here we look at the experience of Edmund Hunt and Simon Crisp who have regularly been meeting since being paired at a […]
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The following three poems are part of a larger commission by Adrian B. Earle (Writer/Poet/Storyteller) for the recent Spice up your write! workshop. Through poetry, Adrian played with the form and content of the doctoral thesis to ask questions about value, knowledge production and the act of writing. Adrian B. Earle is a Poet, Media Maker, […]
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PhD student Tom Graeme-Drury speaks to the PGR Studio about his Brilliant Club experience and the challenges of teaching a course entitled ‘Pain, the brain, and a good excuse to electrocute people’ to secondary school pupils. How long have you worked as a PhD Tutor with The Brilliant Club? I’m on my 4th placement, technically! […]
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Ever felt like your PhD brain is made of fluff? Or perhaps it has taken the form of an interconnected, entangled giant rabbit warren, where ideas get lost as soon as they emerge? Ideas that you know are there or could be there, but there seems to be too much white noise in the way? […]
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Susie Self reflects on her research in the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and her mission to bring opera to the masses.
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Sally Bailey, doctoral researcher, reflects on her research in the School of Art and her role as a student rep, supporting students and making their voices heard.
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