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My Erasmus Experience by Bukola Ajala
The Erasmus exchange programme has impacted my life in very significant ways. I arrived at Birmingham City University on the 29th of January 2018 and left for my home country exactly at the expiration of the 3-month programme. I left both the institution and the...
About the experience (not the research) with Jerome Turner
These blogs are transcripts of interviews taken by former journalist, Simon Crisp, with research students at various stages of their PhDs. About the experience (not the research) with Jerome Turner In this series, we sit down with a current (or recent) PhD researcher...
Viva 60-second interview: Dr Sarah Raine
Hi Sarah, congratulations on passing your viva! What was your PhD title? ‘A Little Togetherness’: Making claims, negotiating boundaries, and forging meaning as a younger member of the British northern soul scene. Can you explain in a couple of sentences what your PhD...
My Erasmus Experience: Lade Atofojomo
MY BIRMINGHAM-ERASMUS EXPERIENCE: THE SEASON OF CONTRADICTIONS Lade Atofojomo I used to love travelling in and around Nigeria as a teen and young adult and did so within my limited budget as often as I could, but responsibility of career, home and children seem to...
Reflections on Post-completion Writing by Dr Dave Harte
Reflections on Post-completion Writing Dr Dave Harte About a year ago I received an email from Cardiff University (where I was studying for my PhD on a part-time basis) informing me that my access to library services was about to be cut off as I was no longer a...
Career Stories: Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd
Hi Amy, thank you for sharing your career story with us. When did you complete your PhD and what School or disciplinary area was it in? In 2013, in Fashion & Textiles. What is the title of your PhD and can you sum up in a couple of sentences what it was about?...
Being Together and Being Somewhere Else by Dr Greg Dunn
PGR Studio walk across the University of Birmingham Campus, Selly Oak. I had initially thought my plans for a walk across the University of Birmingham campus, taking in two museums, a historical house and its gardens along the way, had possibly been overly ambitious....
Career Stories: Dr Rebecca Struthers
Hi Rebecca, thank you for sharing your career story with us. When did you complete your PhD and what School or disciplinary area was it in? I completed in 2017, my supervision was based in Visual Communication at Parkside and my PhD is in horology. What is the title...
Viva 60-second interview: Dr Anastasia Nikologianni
Hi Anastasia, congratulations on passing your viva! How does it feel?! Awesome! What was your PhD title? The role of low carbon, spatial quality and drawings in landscape-based regional strategies. Can you explain in a couple of sentences what your PhD was about? My...
Balloons, wristbands, red cups and research by Julia Szivak
Have you ever felt that your brain is so full of research ideas that it is about to burst? Have you ever felt that your PhD thoughts are so disarranged and colourful that they resemble a bouquet of flowers? Have you ever felt that it would be a lot better if you could...
Our first Twitter conference (with lots of coffee)
Before Easter, we took part in ... PressED: a WordPress and Education, Pedagogy and Research Conference on Twitter. Armed with plenty of coffee at Yorks Bakery, we embarked on our first Twitter conference experience. It was a chaotic, fun, operationally complex...
Mental Health First Aid Training by Dr Greg Dunn
As part of my new role as PGR Studio Research Assistant, I attended the Mental Health First Aid Training run by MHFA England, a global organisation instructing people in the early recognition of mental health difficulties in others operating within the HE Sector. ...
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