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Brilliant Club Interview: Tom Graeme-Drury
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...
Inside Thoughts Out There! Reflections on Inside//Out Festival by Harriet Carter
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...
Bringing opera to the masses by Susie Self
Susie Self reflects on her research in the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and her mission to bring opera to the masses.
Viva 60-second interview: Dr Daniel Galbreath
Hi Daniel, congratulations on passing your viva! How does it feel?! Thanks! Above all else I feel distracted by the next things on my plate, but it certainly feels good to be done, and I feel like the viva process etc. really made me earn the award. What was your PhD...
Life as a PhD student rep by Sally Bailey
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.
Viva 60-second interview: Dr John Grayson
Hi John, congratulations on passing your viva! How does it feel?! Without wanting to sound too Bill and Ted…’totally awesome dude!’ (S. Hereck. 1989)…sorry I’m referencing everything out of habit now. What was your PhD title? South Staffordshire Enamels: The lost...
TAKEOVER Research Lab and the practices of making sense by Jakub Ceglarz
This blog post emerged from the reflection on the event that took place in Birmingham School of Art from an end of June until early July 2018. The event itself allowed artists, who are conducting their PhD research at the school, to take over (hence the name) one of...
Viva 60-second interview: Dr Khulod Albugami
Hi Khulod, congratulations on passing your viva! How does it feel?! Thank you so much. It took me some days to realise that I have passed my viva. Finally I am at the end of my PhD journey and a new chapter in my life begins. I did it! I passed my PhD viva!...
Quilt Song by Susie Self
https://vimeo.com/300601588 Susie Self’s brilliant new opera, Quilt Song, premiered on Friday, October 19, 2018, at the Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham, 100 years since the premiere there of Abraham Lincoln, the play by John Drinkwater from which much of the...
Exhibition of Creative Practice: John Grayson
Enamel | Substrate Enamel | Substrate –Revaluing lost craftsmanship Monday 26th November 2018 – Friday 18th January 2019 Closing Celebration with Artist Talk | Thursday 17th January 2019 6pm – 8pm Book your free ticket HERE We are delighted to...
Applying for academic jobs
Applying for academic jobs: Seven choices to make by Sophie Coulombeau, Lecturer in English Literature, Cardiff University This post first appeared in on Sophie Coulombeau’s blog on September 24, 2014. Yesterday I had a chat with postgraduate students in my new...
Educating Ali
Educating Ali The following blog is by Dr Ali Haggett. Ali writes about her experiences of academia and her transition out of academic life and work. You can follow Ali's blog here. The 21st September 2018 was my last day working as an academic at one of the UK’s top...
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