With a broad representation of scholars from the USA and the UK, the University of Birmingham welcomed a diverse audience on Saturday 18th November 2017 for the Identity and Vinyl […]
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On music in education: A current assessment
In this month’s blog post, Philip Robinson offers an assessment of current trends on the role of music in education, from school level up to higher education. Philip […]
Read moreOpen letter to UUK on the USS dispute from Presidents and Chairs of 29 British Subject Associations and Learned Societies in the Arts and Humanities
The Presidents and Chairs of 29 British Subject Associations and Learned Societies in the Arts and Humanities, including the RMA, have written an open letter to Mr Alistair Jarvis, Chief […]
Read morePart-time PhD-ing = a full time occupation
In this month’s feature, Debbie Rodgers and Ruth Currie share their experience of working on a PhD on a part-time basis. They reflect on the benefits of allowing their research […]
Read more15 Minutes with … the Jerome Roche Prize Winner (Interview the Katherine Hambridge)
Continuing our series of interviews with RMA Prize winners, at the BFE/RMA Students’ Conference we interviewed the 2016 recipient of the Jerome Roche Prize, Katherine Hambridge.[1] Dr Hambridge is […]
Read moreConference Review: Music Inside and Out, BFE/RMA Research Students’ Conference 2018
The 2018 BFE/RMA Research Students’ Conference took place at the University of Huddersfield on 4th-6th January 2018. Everyone involved in the running of the conference delivered a welcoming and most […]
Read moreConference Report: Gaiety, Glitz and Glamour: Reawakening the “Silver Age” of Twentieth-Century Operetta ( 14 October 2017, Senate House Library)
Gaiety, Glitz and Glamour: Reawakening the “Silver Age” of Twentieth-Century Operetta On Saturday 14 October 2017, the so-called ‘Silver Age’ of operetta was reawakened with an interdisciplinary study day at […]
Read moreConference Report: Music and the Cosmos, 3-4 June 2017, Cambridge
This conference on “Music and the Cosmos” took place from 3-4 July 2017 in the 15th Century Munro Room in Queens’ College Cambridge. The aim of the conference was to explore […]
Read moreShould Academic Societies Make Public Statements about Political Incidents? – An Interview with Katia Chornik
This month, Katia Chornik talks to the student representative Núria Bonet about her statement paper on the role of academic societies – such as the RMA – in making public […]
Read moreMusic and Space Study Day – Report
The Study Day on Music and Space took place on 28 October 2017 at the University of Manchester’s Martin Harris Centre. The packed programme was concerned with all aspects of […]
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