Journal for Artistic Research
Are you interested in researching art? Are you a researcher? Would you like to be a researcher? Then check out the Journal for Artistic Research – the 15th issue has just been published. This journal is...
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Social Science and Economic Data
Data is a researcher’s bread and butter so you’ll be interested in gesisDataSearch – a new search engine which holds data from across social sciences and economics. It’s now in beta mode and you can find...
Thinking Allowed
Did you know you can catch episodes of the BBC Radio 4 series Thinking Allowed on the BBC iPlayer? The series covers topics in sociology and many of the presenters are members of the...
Designer opens world into the ampersand
The ampersand is the most expressive and versatile of characters, evolved from the Latin it, meaning ‘and’ according to a North East academic. Donna Barkess, a graphic designer, University of Sunderland senior lecturer and...
Post-truth conference paper stems tide of cynicism
Professor Tim May’s conference paper Meaning, Validity, Expertise: Lessons for Social Research from the Era of Post-Truth delivered at the Social Research Association’s conference Research in a Sceptical Age on 6 December 2017 is...
Access to research beyond our Library
Do you want to explore resources beyond Sunderland University Library? Explore ‘Access to Research‘ which gives free, walk-in access to over 15 million academic journal articles in participating libraries across the UK – many...
Research funding opportunity in performing arts
The Creative Multilingualism project team is delighted to announce a new funding opportunity. Creative Multilingualism is a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research programme funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under its Open World...
Who’s researching what?… Drew Dalton
You might know Drew as the programme leader for BA/BSc (Hons Social Sciences, but he’s also module leader for a number of social sciences modules. He also supervises dissertations across a number of programmes....
AHRC funded PhD opportunity in Applied Arts Ceramics and Glass
Come and join us – apply for an AHRC funded PhD opportunity in Applied Art Ceramics and Glass. Check out the details online – deadline is 5th March 2018. Successful candidates will have access...
Who’s researching what… Donna Chambers
You might know Professor Donna Chambers from postgraduate programmes in tourism, hospitality and events, where she teaches ‘Critical theories and methods for tourism, hospitality and events’ and ‘Current practices in tourism, hospitality and events’. ...
National Galley Library – now online
The Catalogue of the Library at the National Gallery in London is now available online. It contains nearly 49,000 records, for approximately half of the Gallery’s Collection – this number will increase as more...
New Calligraphy Collection
The Library are very pleased to announce that we now have the Archive of the International Research Centre for Calligraphy. The collection belongs to the International Research Centre for Calligraphy, and is shelved on...
Thesis writing retreats
Enjoy some relaxation time over Christmas, knowing that you have a plan for tackling your thesis reading/writing in the new year! Queen Mary, University of London, have several retreats coming up in January and...
Studying a PhD Off Campus – Ways to obtain theses
Doing a PhD Off Campus, but don’t know where to go for information ? It can be really useful to refer to completed PhD theses when you’re doing your own research – not only...
How to get your work cited more
Cite Hacks are about what academics can do to improve their chances of getting cited by using blogs. This could be creating your own blog, writing a guest blog on someone’s blog, or posting...