This is the last session of the Library and Learning Resources’ Autumn Workshop for Researchers series. This session will introduce you to the opportunities for research at the University Archive & Special Collections Centre (UA&SCC). Please book via Moodle: Course: Working towards a Doctorate (bcu.ac.uk)
The seminar will explore perspectives on audiences in jazz and contemporary music from practice-led modes of enquiry to research into sustainable performance spaces post-covid. The speakers are: Tony Dudley Evans Nicholas Gebhardt Lee Griffiths Melinda Maxwell About the speakers: Tony Dudley-Evans is a promoter and jazz adviser to the Jazzlines programme at Town Hall/Symphony […]
The Progression Assessment Panel, or PAP, arrives at the end of the first full-time (or equivalent) year for all doctoral researchers. But what needs to be prepared? How long is it? Is it the same for everyone? Does it impact on the success or failure for the PhD? This informal workshop will explore all this […]
Research Ethics is just part of the broader focus on Research Integrity that all researchers are expected to adhere to, with applications for ethical review submitted before any primary research is carried out, usually in the first year of the PhD. If you have questions, issues that it would be helpful to explore or you would […]
Booking for next week's Inside//Out Festival is now open with a fabulous lineup of quick-fire talks, collaborative chaos and audience involvement. 10 speakers, 11 presentations - quick-fire feedback and fun! We'd be delighted if you can join us for an afternoon of research, collaboration and a chance to connect with other PGRs. Details of the […]
An opportunity to meet up with peers to chat, celebrate progress, share experiences and provide peer support. These online session complements the in-person events around campus. Do join us for either or both! (Please check your inbox for the meeting link)
In-person, informal meeting for PGRs to catch up. Do join us in-person, as it will be lovely to see you if you fancy a cup of coffee and a chance to catch up with other PGRs in the faculty.
Professor Scott Kiesling (University of Pittsburgh) will be leading a workshop on data analysis, drawing on his research on stance. Stance and stancetaking is a useful tool for all sorts of sociolinguistic analysis, but what is it and how do we find it? This workshop outlines a framework for analysis and then provides practical steps […]
Professor Scott Kiesling (University of Pittsburgh) talks about how toughness can help shed more light on sociolinguistic variation. Toughness has long been appealed to as a quality used to explain patterns of sociolinguistic variation, particularly in relation to gender (e.g., Trudgill 1974). This paper explores the role of this term and the qualities it describes […]
This is a thesis writing intensive, intended primarily for PGRs working on a first draft. The focus of the day is on churning out words, but it can also be useful for researchers at a later stage who are focused on editing. A Zoom link will be circulated to registered delegates a few days prior […]
