Take a well-deserved break from your PhD as we come towards the end of the academic year and join us for an informal picnic in the (hopefully) sunny weather. Bring your lunch, kick back and relax with fellow ADM PhD students. We'll be in the park area outside the Parkside Building. Please bring friends or […]
You are invited to the fourth annual PGR Studio conference ... Research(er) Dialogues > Paradoxes and Possibilities in Arts & Humanities Research Research encompasses many different forms, methods and approaches. It is multifaceted, malleable and nebulous: what shapes it is the researcher. Arts and Humanities research is arguably more so: it is underpinned by established ways of working, yet at […]
We are pleased to invite you to the Business, Law and social Sciences (BLSS) Faculty Research Conference 2018 which will focus on the theme of public engagement. The conference provides the opportunity for staff and postgraduate researchers to meet, network, learn from each other, hear about the excellent research taking place across BLSS and explore […]
Geraldine Marshall, doctoral candidate, will lead discussions on the painful process of ‘writing up’. Many doctoral students are now in the final throes of writing their thesis, but turning years of research into a single, coherent piece of work can be tough, so Geraldine will share some tips from her recent, first-hand experience of ‘writing […]
hereWe are delighted to invite you to Place and Placelessness, organised by the Landscape, Space and Place research group at the University of Nottingham, with a keynote from Dr David Cooper (Manchester Metropolitan University). Marc Augé (1996) proposes that in its late-capitalist moment, our contemporary society is made up of ‘non-places’ which are defined as ‘formed […]
The spring of 2018 brought the launch of STEAMhouse (www.steamhouse.org.uk), a unique new space for innovation through interdisciplinary collaboration. STEAMhouse seeks to unite talented researchers, start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs from different backgrounds from within Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths – the STEAM disciplines – to bring amazing new ideas to life. We see huge benefit […]
What makes your research distinctive? How can you prepare for your postdoctoral career and beyond? In this workshop, Dr Oliver Carter talks about devising a research strategy, and planning a research career. Through a series of activities we reflect on what it means to have an intellectual project, and the benefits this can bring.
You are invited to the Conservatoire PAP presentations. Support your fellow researchers and find out more about the exciting PhD research taking place in Music and the Performing Arts! See a schedule overview below and full abstracts here. Schedule 10.00 Shi Ling Chin | Chaconne, Reimagined 10.30 Daniel Tong | On the Road to Heiligenstadt: […]
BCMCR Research Seminar – Screen Cultures – Marginal Groups and Screen Controversies 1600-1730 Wednesday 3 October 2018 C284, Curzon B, Birmingham City University Free registration at this link Professor Jason Lee (De Monfort University)-Transgression, Politics & Fear: Nazis and Neo-Nazis in Film and Media In this talk Jason Lee (CJP Lee) explores Nazism and neo-Nazism in […]
“There is no way I could take an hour out of my busy schedule to do something nice, for a free coffee, to have a space to chat with people from different departments at different points in their studies. I have absolutely no time to maybe learn something or maybe share my knowledge and no […]
