In this post, Olga Panteleeva shares her experience of being an international student, exploring the advantages and disadvantages of such an experience and her transatlantic academic journey as a whole. […]
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15 Minutes with … the Dent Medallist (Interview with Alexander Rehding)
Continuing our series of interviews with RMA prize winners (see here and here), we interviewed the 2014 recipient of the Dent Medal, Professor Alexander Rehding (Harvard University), shortly before he gave he gave his […]
Read morePerspectives on Teaching, I – John Markey
In this post – the first in a series in which graduate students write about their experiences of teaching – John Markey discusses his passion for teaching and how, far more than just a CV-enhancing […]
Read moreThe JRF Interview Experience
In this post, an anonymous contributor discusses their recent experiences at two interviews for Junior Research Fellowships (JRFs), one of which they were turned down for, and the other of which […]
Read moreLost music histories: researching Scottish music in private and special collections
In this post Brianna Robertson-Kirkland and Elizabeth Ford discuss their experience of researching Scottish music in private and special collections before outlining their plans for the creation of a new digital resource […]
Read more‘Are You One of the Parents?’: Reflections on being a Mature Student
In this post, Kim Burton discusses life as a mature PhD student, considering the benefits of having a wealth of life experience to draw on and, at the same time, the […]
Read moreMusicology in the marketplace: the neoliberalization of higher education
With the UK general election now less than a week away, Rachel McCarthy offers her thoughts on the politics of higher education in the current academic climate, considering the impact that changes in […]
Read moreLife Post-PhD Roundtable Discussion from the RMA Research Students’ Conference, University of Bristol, Jan. 2015. Part VI
In the final part of our transcription of the ‘Life Post-PhD’ roundtable discussion that took place at the RMA Research Students’ Conference in January at the University of Bristol, Dr David Trippett (Lecturer at […]
Read moreFound in Translation: The ups and downs of research in another language
In this post, Ellen Anne Davies considers some of the issues involved in conducting research in a foreign language. She discusses her own experience of carrying out research in Paris, and […]
Read moreLife Post-PhD Roundtable Discussion from the RMA Research Students’ Conference, University of Bristol, Jan. 2015. Part V
In the fifth and penultimate part of our transcription of the ‘Life Post-PhD’ roundtable discussion that took place at the RMA Research Students’ Conference in January at the University of Bristol, Dr Katy […]
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