Tag Archives: Research

Funding challenges in the arts

I think everyone in the Higher Education sector is aware that funding cuts will affect our research and teaching experience over the next few years. So how can we go about trying to protect our ability to research in the … Read More »

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Humanities research: pros and cons of online!

For the last four weeks I have been spending forty-plus hours per week sitting at my computer at home doing research for my second monograph. It has forced me to consider the benefits of being able to research online but … Read More »

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The importance of being organised!

As many academics turn their attention to marking, lecturers with full time or permanent departmental responsibilities also increasingly have to turn their attention to administrative tasks. As secretarial and admin teams are phased out across universities, lecturers and professors are … Read More »

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Research: the joy and the pain!

Currently I am away in the United States working at the South Caroliniana Library in Columbia, SC. I am truly immersed in the academic process, spending eight hours a day alone all but for the librarians pouring over historic documents. … Read More »

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Research during term time: is it possible?

We have just had our ‘reading week’  here at MMU which means that all the History students had an informal half-term break in which they don’t have to prepare for class and instead can devote themselves to their assessed essays … Read More »

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