Arts, Design & Media postgraduate researcher community
The PGR Studio facilitates a critical mass of activity and information about postgraduate research student (PGR) provision at the Faculty of Arts, Design and Media (ADM), Birmingham City University.
Jacqueline Taylor
Senior Lecturer in Research Practice
The PGR Studio is a creative, collaborative and practice-based space of doctoral training excellence that resonates across all academic Schools and disciplines in ADM. A studio can be an artists’ studio, a design studio, a recording studio, a rehearsal studio or a writing studio.
The PGR Studio aims to enhance the Arts, Design & Media PGR community and experience by supporting PGRs throughout their doctoral journey, as well as routes into and out of PhD study. We seek to promote generative spaces of new thinking and the cross-fertilisation of ideas through innovative professional and career development. Our workshops, training, social events and other activities are all run in partnership with our PGRs for our PGRs.
The PGR Studio is made up of a staff and PGR team
Anna Neale-Widdison
Media
Anna Neale-Widdison
Media PGR
The PGR Studio is made up of staff and PhD student team.
Our PGRs
Charlie Sarson
Media
The Brilliant Club
The Brilliant Club is an award-winning charity that recruits, trains and pays doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to deliver programmes of university-style teaching to small tutorial groups of state school students. Their mission is to mobilise the PhD community...
Inside//Out 2023: quick fire feedback and fun!
The 6th Inside//Out festival took place on the 25th January 2023 and included 10 speakers and 11 presentations. It was a fabulous opportunity to learn about the range of projects being carried out within the faculty. The festival included an exciting programme of...
Inside//Out online chaos, collaboration and conversation
Inside//Out 2022 Our fifth festival took place on the 26th January 2022 and was a huge success! Our fabulous headline acts included peach kulcha style talks and open mics from: . Salome Chitaia / Benjamin Cottrell / Laura Hind / Frederick Hubble / Niamh Seana Meehan /...
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Workshops, training, events and support for and in partnership with our PGRs.
Inside//Out PhD Festival
Inside//Out is our mid-year festival of PhD research that takes place every January. ADM postgraduate researchers at all stages are invited to join the festival line-up and present/discuss/exhibit/perform their research ... all in 5 minutes! . The festival offers a...
Research(er) Residencies
Our PGR Studio Research(er) Residencies enable Arts, Design & Media (ADM) doctoral researchers to work closely with us to lead on a focused project. This might be a particular activity, event or initiative but should all have the purpose of enhancing the the ADM...
PhD Mentoring
The ADM PhD Mentoring scheme facilitates interdisciplinary mentoring partnerships between PGRs at different stages of their doctoral journey and between current and completed PGRs with mutual concerns across Arts, Design & Media. It aims to ... Provide informal...
PGR Studio Conference
The PGR Studio's annual conference takes place every Summer and is an inclusive yet experimental space for our PGRs to present research in progress to peers. It also provides an opportunity for PGRs to be involved in different elements of the conference from...
Researcher Development Awards
The PGR Studio Researcher Development Fund enables Arts, Design & Media PhD students to apply for funding to organise and facilitate development initiatives. These initiatives could take the form of workshops, events, training or social activities. They should...
Pastoral & Academic Support
Undertaking a PhD is an extremely rewarding experience, however there are inevitably times in the PhD journey that are challenging and affect both the student experience and wellbeing. These might relate to pastoral issues such as mental health, disability, financial...
Faculty of Arts, Design & Media Birmingham City University, The Parkside Building, 5 Cardigan Street, Birmingham, B4 7BD
Enhancing the PGR community and experience