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Educating Ali

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...

Routes out from the PhD: plans and provocations

Routes out from the PhD: plans and provocations

The following is a plan and provocation for thinking about 'routes out' from the PhD in the Faculty of Arts, Design and Media.   ‘Routes out’ from the PhD might be interpreted as an instrumental and reductive term. Its utterance could very well make one want to...

The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers

The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers

See here for a recent review of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers. The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers (“the Concordat”) is an agreement between funders and employers of research staff to improve the employment...

Media Insight Training by Dan Thurley

Media Insight Training by Dan Thurley

As someone who works on the ‘other side’ of the media in a purely technical capacity coordinating live shots for TV news, I found some of Simons ‘war stories’ really, interesting and it opened my eyes to a journalistic side I hadn’t considered before and so I found...

Happy new (academic) year!

Happy new (academic) year!

A huge welcome to all our new and returning doctoral researchers! The PGR Studio team have been busy planning an exciting programme for the next year and are also excited to announce our PGR Studio booklet! The booklet includes our manifesto of researcher development,...

PGR Opera: Quilt Song by Susie Self

PGR Opera: Quilt Song by Susie Self

All PGRs are invited to the premiere of Susie Self's new opera, Quilt Song. The opera is part of Susie's PhD work at BCU and offers a challenge to traditional operatic forms and styles. The opera takes place at The Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham on Friday the 19th and...

Early Career Survival Guide

Early Career Survival Guide

In view of the mounting challenges facing early career academics after the PhD, Dr Derek Dunne (Cardiff University) and Dr Toria Johnson (University of Birmingham) have compiled this online survival guide. The guide includes a range of resources, useful for those who...

Vivid Stream by Susie Self

Vivid Stream by Susie Self

Here's PhD Student, Susie Self's, new Installation Opera VIVID STREAM, which was performed at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on the 27th June 2018 as part of The CODA Festival.   https://vimeo.com/277801188 The installation is designed to run independently and...

About the experience (not the research) with Angela English

About the experience (not the research) with Angela English

In this series, we sit down with a current (or recent) PhD researcher and actively try not to talk about their research. Instead, we chat about their experience of doing a PhD, how they cope with the pressures and workload, and hopefully, find out something...

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