I went to a Professors and Readers lunch yesterday (and no I’m not putting any apostrophes in there). It was a small gathering in the (acting) Dean’s office in order to meet up, chat about things professorial and generally get a cross-faculty sense of who’s who and who does what. You’d be surprised how rarely [...]
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Tagged: academia, introductions, professors
I’m in Manchester for an academic conference about jazz. It’s the final major event of Rhythm Changes, the three-year European jazz research project I’ve been working on, and it is, by all accounts, the largest academic jazz conference EVER (in Europe). There must be literally tens of people here. One of the great things about [...]
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Tagged: Conference, jazz, research
I’ve had several interesting lunchtime meetings today (though only one lunch). For my first meeting, I sat down with my teaching colleagues Sam Coley (left) and Andy Martindale to talk about the direction of our Music Programming undergraduate module. It’s part of the radio degree, but it’s also something other Media students can choose as [...]
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I’m back – suitably rested and refreshed. I’m in Birmingham and I start back at work today. Things may resume. I’m realistic enough not to aim for normality, but I’m ready for a bit of routine again. As of today, my research sabbatical is over. I’ve been away from work, and I’ve been travelling a [...]
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