Celebrating Manchester Pride Through Poetry
In celebration of Manchester Pride 2023, Phil Harper – a research student based in our Graduate School – share’s poetry they’ve written based on their doctorate which currently looks at care staff’s understanding of the needs of non-binary individuals…
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Skink or Swim
Arriving in Bermuda and seeing my accommodation for the next three months, I began to wonder what I had let myself in for. I first felt trepidation; leaking roofs, a leaking boat, and unreliable amenities (for example, no running…
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Exploring the Concept of Izzat: Its Influence on the Lived Experiences and Psychological Wellbeing of South Asian Women in the UK
In celebration of South Asian Heritage Month (July 18 – August 17), Rabeya speaks of her research on the concept of izzat. My research is focused on the concept of izzat (which can be loosely translated to mean honour,…
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An Amazing Opportunity at Falmouth University’s Haunted Landscapes Conference
Thanks to the funding received from the Graduate School’s Research Support Award and the kind help from my supervisor Professor Toby Heys, I had the opportunity to attend and present at the conference ‘Haunted Landscapes: Nature, Super-Nature, and Global…
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Joining a Community of Co-creation and Engagement as a Researcher, Teacher and Student
I began my PhD in the midst of the pandemic. The world came to a halt, as though a foot had come down hard on the brake pedal of life, enforcing a global emergency stop. I was a mid-career…
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Is Photography Still Quintessentially Visual?
Every day we produce digital photographs – and engage with photographic media, whether still images or moving pictures – of various sorts of moments and things. Our digitally mediated day-to-day lives are inextricably linked to visual communication, most specifically…
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Sonic Rebels on tour
I used the funding received through the Research Support Award to attend the Music, Research and Activism conference at the University Helsinki in Finland. I presented as part of the Sonic Rebellions panel together with fellow researchers Baljit Kaur…
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The Writing Buddy Scheme Saved My Doctorate!
It’s no exaggeration to say that I would be extremely unlikely to be sitting here, waiting for my EdD viva, if it hadn’t been for the Writing Buddy Scheme! So, whilst I am not normally into marketing, I feel…
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‘A ninety-minute window’
It’s Saturday morning and I’m leaving after lunch to go to a wedding. I’ve painted my nails, gathered petals to use as confetti, and all that remains for me to do is dress for the occasion. It may be…
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Dream Weaving: A journey into natural sustainable textiles
I decided on this title for my blog because I am a dreamer, and I am in the Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University and doing weaving of sorts. Living in the utopia of my dream, Manchester Met…
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