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Flowers & Shoes: Why I’ve Always Got Two Projects On The Go (Pete Kalu)
While researching literary approaches to consciousness and time, I came across an article by Burkhard Bilger on David Eagleman, the neuroscientist interested in the nature of time.* Eagleman, a modern-day horologist, has been interested in how time slows in moments...
The Art of Islamic Pattern: Study trip to Istanbul – Supported by the NWCDTP Student Development Fund
Lesley Halliwell (PhD student at MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University)My PhD research is a practice based enquiry that investigates the interplay between the outer public layer of an artwork and its inward facing components; in fact, some of you may already have...
Clinging To Cliffs: NWCDTP Conference 2015 Sketch (Pete Kalu)
You are hanging on to the cliff face by your fingertips. What to do? Luckily you were at the NWCDTP Conference 2015 and so you know you have options. You recall the sessions and they influence you in ways both oblique and direct:Feel with your feet, perhaps there are...
What To Pack For Conferences: A Guide For Poor Post-Grads (Pete Kalu)
Are you a broke Post-Grad planning to travel to the 12th/13th October 2015 NWCDTP Conference? https://artsandhumanitiespgconference.wordpress.com/conference-programme-and-registration/Here’s some helpful tips on what to packA plug for the baths at bargain-basement...
Conference Anticipation- Shelley Farrar
As you probably already know, registration is up and running for the Arts and Humanities Postgraduate Conference: https://artsandhumanitiespgconference.wordpress.com/conference-programme-and-registration/As part of the student committee organising the event, I have...
Everything About The 1st Year Of My PhD, Reduced To 500 Words (Pete Kalu)
You ever see those Formula One cars on their warm up lap, how they waggle their tyres, zipping sideways across the track, warming up to make sure they don't crash and burn? That’s how it felt starting my practice-based research PhD in Creative Writing: I found myself...
The Joy of Collections and a Small Ethical Quandary- Shelley Farrar
I am currently finalising the logistics of my next data collection session and I have been musing on the distinct privilege we have as postgraduate researchers in our ability to access many incredible collections and archives. Getting to see the behind-the-scenes work...
The Visual And The Verbal by Alison Clarke
Click here to go to the films of the students’ presentations'Interdisciplinarity' seems to be somewhat of a buzzword in academia at the moment, appearing prominently as part of collaborative projects and research proposals. But to what extent can we actually apply...
The Visual and the Verbal by Kimberley Braxton
Click here to go to the films of the students’ presentationsAs an old Lancaster student any excuse to return is grabbed with both hands. Furthermore, I require manuscript training as part of my thesis so the day sounded ideal. We were all instantly made to feel...
The Visual And The Verbal by Anna Burton
Click here to go to the films of the students’ presentations'The Visual and the Verbal’: Ruskin and Chateau Blonay.Anna BurtonUniversity of LiverpoolChateau Blonay, near Vevay, Switzerland, 12th August 1846. This drawing was placed in front of me at ‘The Visual and...