Digitising Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius
Edward Elgar’s, The Dream of Gerontius, is a setting of Cardinal John Henry Newman’s poem of the same name for voices and orchestra. It is an important work of Elgar which helped identify him...
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Recent articles from the British Journal of Special Education
Volume 47 Issue 3 (2020) Here are a couple of the articles in this issue. Tyrrell, Beverley, and Kevin Woods. “Gathering the Views of Children and Young People with ASD: A Systematic Literature Review.” British...
New Contemporaries 2020 goes online
Since 1949, New Contemporaries have highlighted the next generation of artists and art practices. It is an annual celebration of emerging artists, and can help artists transition from education to professional practice. The process...
International Journal of Cosmetic Science: new subscription
The University Library has recently taken out a new subscription to the International Journal of Cosmetic Science (IJCS). IJCS contains original peer reviewed articles presenting current scientific research in cosmetics, toiletries, perfumery and their associated...
Familiarise yourself with the Library Resources & Study Skills
Hospitality, Events, Aviation and Tourism "Critical appraisal of up-to-date and/or appropriate literature. Recognition of different perspectives. Very good use of source material. Uses a range of sources" The above statement is an example criterion...
Creative arts in education and therapy journal – latest issue now out
The journal ‘Creative Arts in Education and Therapy (CAET) – Eastern and Western Perspectives‘ is an international open access journal for artists, educators and therapists, who use and integrate creative arts in their work....
Celebrating Black History month through Art
Art UK will be celebrating Black History month throughout October by continuing to share artworks and stories including: Yinka Shonibare’s ‘Trumpet Boy‘ The story of the Black Madonnas A fantasy of the black and...
Transforming theatre from physical to digital
These are challenging times for live theatre – how do you perform to audiences with social distancing in place? Professer Aebischer and Dr Rachael Nicholas from the University of Exeter have produced a...
MA Degree show 2020 – Creativity in a time of Covid
Head over to Sunderland Creatives and explore work by students on our MA Photography, MA Photography, MA Design and MA Glass and Ceramics. Lockdown caused great challenges for these very practical subjects but our...
Online photography exhibition – Photo London 2020
This year’s Photo London exhibition is taking place online 7-18th October 2020. Using the description provided on their web site, “Photo London has established itself as a world-class international photography fair featuring exhibitors...
Live Wired…. digital programme from The Live Theatre, Newcastle
10 minutes to….call home is the first offering of the Live Theatre in Newcastle of their new digital programme, Live Wired. This innovative programme opens up the work of more artists and gives access...
Woodblock with Laura – Registration Japanese style
Laura Boswell is a printmaker who works with linocut and traditional Japanese woodblock painting. She has kindly given us permission to embed her new series of videos on this blog. This is her 6th...
To Recovery & Beyond: The Future of Travel &Tourism in the Wake of COVID-19
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has published a report ‘To Recovery & Beyond: The Future of Travel & Tourism in the Wake of COVID-19‘ which is available to download free of charge....
Ways to increase the proportion of electronic content on your reading lists for 20/21
This post is for our academic colleagues as you fine tune your modules. You may want to take this opportunity to review your reading lists or to add current topics to reflect teaching in...
Get started with legal research
All research involves a lot of searching and reading, and you should expect to have to read quite a lot before finding what you’re looking for. So don’t despair if you can’t immediately find...