Arts, Design & Media postgraduate researcher community
The PGR Studio facilitates a critical mass of activity and information about postgraduate research student (PGR) provision at the Faculty of Arts, Design and Media (ADM), Birmingham City University.
Jacqueline Taylor
Senior Lecturer in Research Practice
The PGR Studio is a creative, collaborative and practice-based space of doctoral training excellence that resonates across all academic Schools and disciplines in ADM. A studio can be an artists’ studio, a design studio, a recording studio, a rehearsal studio or a writing studio.
The PGR Studio aims to enhance the Arts, Design & Media PGR community and experience by supporting PGRs throughout their doctoral journey, as well as routes into and out of PhD study. We seek to promote generative spaces of new thinking and the cross-fertilisation of ideas through innovative professional and career development. Our workshops, training, social events and other activities are all run in partnership with our PGRs for our PGRs.
The PGR Studio is made up of a staff and PGR team
Anna Neale-Widdison
Media
Anna Neale-Widdison
Media PGR
The PGR Studio is made up of staff and PhD student team.
Our PGRs
Charlie Sarson
Media
Critical reflections on the keynote address of the 2022 PGR Studio conference by Jacob Koster
By Jacob Koster This year’s PGR Studio conference was a great success. For the first time, the conference was open to contributions from outside ADM, giving postgraduate students across BCU the opportunity to engage in fruitful academic exchange. Topics ranged from...
The PGR Studio 2022 Conference – Borders, Cultures, Communities by Vincent Obia
By Vincent Obia The last time we had an in-person PGR Studio conference was 2019. Ever since then, we have had online conferences, which though useful, were not as fun as seeing people face-to-face. Once restrictions were lifted, we knew this was our chance to...
New issue of Makings journal is out!
We are excited to announce the release of the new issue of Makings journal. The contributions to this issue address the theme of ‘Disruption’. The issue consists of eight peer-reviewed articles, which explore wide-ranging disruptions faced by various stakeholders in...
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Workshops, training, events and support for and in partnership with our PGRs.
Pastoral & Academic Support
Undertaking a PhD is an extremely rewarding experience, however there are inevitably times in the PhD journey that are challenging and affect both the student experience and wellbeing. These might relate to pastoral issues such as mental health, disability, financial...
Workshops
We facilitate a number of workshops, training events and social activities to support ADM PGRs across a range of issues, help them make useful contacts and enable them to take away useful and helpful hints, tips and insights. Use the resources on this site to find the...
Riffs: Experimental writing on popular music
Riffs: Experimental writing on popular music is an emerging and exciting postgraduate journal at Birmingham City University. This new journal offers postgraduates at BCU and beyond a creative and experimental space for writing and thinking about popular music, in...
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Enhancing the PGR community and experience