PhD studentships available in: Creative and Cultural Industries, Media, and Arts Practice (EDI in Practice); Identity, Representation, and Social Justice (EDI in Theory and Experience); Humanities, Philosophy, and Literature (EDI in Knowledge and Method). More details in link below.

This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.

Milne is in the spotlight thanks to some amazing reporting from The Sheffield Tribune: buff.ly/8ZTPmDL

Job alert! 12-week paid research placement supervised by me & colleagues at NTU and Nottingham Castle. The researcher will investigate the provenance, cultural meanings, and history of display of African instruments in Nottingham Castle's collection. collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk/echoes-of-em...

📢 We're hiring a Research Coordinator! This new full-time position based in either Newcastle or London will support the delivery of Creative PEC’s high-profile research programme and our championing of the UK’s creative industries. Find out more and apply: pec.ac.uk/job_entries/...

Our next RITMO Seminar Series is Tuesday next week!🥳 Professor of Music Psychology at the University of Sheffield, Renee Timmers, will give a talk titled "Multimodality and Embodiment of Timing and Tempo". Read more here: www.uio.no/ritmo/englis...

Please take a look at our new 🗝️open access🗝️ article based on @sparcsheffield.bsky.social research at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, Peterborough Sings! and funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1177/0255...

A one-day event confronting the socio-economic deficit in the classical music industry. www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...

Excited to be part of this new journal, now welcoming original research on all aspects of live music, across genres, locations, methods and disciplines. Take a look, share with colleagues, and send us your brilliant research! www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-l...

Hearing about the diverse collaborative dissertations our MA students in Psychology of Music have completed in the last few years and some of the new collaborations and research problems students can engage in this academic year. Come join our MA Psychology of Music sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge. The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education. Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...

Nice to see two excellent academic collections on audiences, data and policy [including my only (!) academic article] in new (more affordable) editions: www.routledge.com/A-Reader-on-... www.routledge.com/Audience-Dat... Credit to @sdjhadley.bsky.social for editing/making them happen…

funded quants x cultural policy x sociology PhDs don’t come up very often. this looks great! please circulate!

We’re hiring 💡 We’re looking for a Project Manager (Families) to develop and manage events for families at Wigmore Hall ✨ Find out more and apply here: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/about-us/jobs/project-manager-families Deadline: 9.00am on Tuesday 21 October

The ISM is deeply concerned about government's decision to scrap the music Initial Teacher Training bursary. Bursaries are a lifeline for aspiring music teachers. If DfE are serious about hitting its recruitment targets, this is a huge step backwards ⬇️ www.ism.org/news/governm...

Apply to be a University Teacher in Music Technology! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT479/u...

Who do you know that would be excellent at this job. Please nudge them to apply, everyone needs a cheerleader! Policy Engagement Lead @uniofbath.bsky.social PART TIME - 0.6 FTE starting from £47,389 pro rata #SciPol www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

If you write professionally in the UK, make sure to sign up to ALCS for your fair share of royalties

Job opp - full-time Project Officer at U of Huddersfield. Support the admin needs of research staff and PGRs on the Amplification Project. Grade 6 (£32,363 - £39,132 per annum), fixed-term ending Jan 2030. Apply by 1st Oct here: vacancies.hud.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

🗣️ SEMPRE Student Study Day: sempre.org.uk/conference/s... Wednesday, 26 November 2025 11.00am-2.00pm GMT Room 938, Institute of Education, UCL and online Proposals due Wed, 1 Oct 2025 Contact: Proposals to Eunice Tang ([email protected]), cc Professor Graham F Welch ([email protected])

Applications for grants of £500 for folk artists to support anything that will help their professional career development. Apply before midnight on 19 October. bit.ly/4nm60RD Image shows previous awardee Suntou Susso

I am delighted to announce that we are recruiting to three new roles in the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk’s senior team. Take a look if you want to help us grow our impact & develop our brilliant research (details of the Academy Director role will be up next week) 👇 micro.green-park.co.uk/ifg/

✨ Remember the first person who encouraged you when you were starting out? You can be that person for a young person struggling to get access to opportunities that will help them pursue their creative ambitions. Sign up to mentor in 2026 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department! #neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

🚨JOB KLAXON🚨 @kingsmusic.bsky.social is delighted to offer a permanent Lectureship/Senior Lectureship, starting ASAP, in the history of opera and/or music theatre (any timeframe) OR historically European music c. 1780 to1900. SHORT DEADLINE – 31 AUGUST APPLY HERE: tinyurl.com/2t34j665 SHARE!!!

Fellowship from Bloomsbury for early career academics who are Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...

I'd really recommend the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network (www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/early-career... ) - you don't need an affiliation to join, but you get access to free workshops & events (the network pays for travel to its own events), & to funding and grants!

#JobFairy University of Birmingham is looking for a Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement - senior hire at Grade 10 edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Big news. The Royal Albert Hall has just become the first 5,000+ capacity arena to permanently adopt the £1 grassroots levy on all commercial rock and pop shows from October 2025 - a move that could raise £300,000 a year to support the foundations of the UK’s live music scene.

I’m hiring a lab manager for my new music cognition lab at Cornell. I’m also looking to recruit PhD students and postdocs next year. I’ll be at #ICMPC_SaoPaulo and #CogSci2025—feel free to reach out or spread the word for relevant candidates.

MUSIC TEACHERS 🎶 The end of the school year is just around the corner. How has your year been? Take our 2025 survey and tell us about music education in your setting. Your voice goes a long way in supporting our leading advocacy work 👇 https://loom.ly/5V6wtsM

🎶🎧 Call for young participants aged 5-11 for short online listening expt describing anything music makes them feel or imagine. Thank you for participating/sharing! #musicscience #musiceducation Info/access (adult consent required): york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

JOIN THE MUSIC IN THE ROUND TEAM! We are recruiting for a new MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR ⏰ Full-time, 5 days/week (35hrs) 📈 £24,150 📍 Sheffield Interested?More info and link below #Wearehiring #Artsjobs #Charityjobs

FANS CALLED TO PROTECT THE FUTURE OF LIVE MUSIC For the first time, Parliament has launched a fan-led review into live music, placing the voices of fans at the centre of efforts to protect the UK’s grassroots music venues.

Interesting afternoon with colleagues from @sheffielduni.bsky.social with a 'Creative Industries Engaging with Parliament and Policy Makers' training session. Let's make our voices and @musicintheround.bsky.social's heard in London!

Are you an early career researcher looking to get published? Don’t miss out on financial support and mentorship with the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with Writers & Artists. Find out how you can apply here: bit.ly/4mHlgcn

Bravo and good luck to our School Manager and all the other intrepid colleagues tackling the @sheffielduni.bsky.social #BigWalk25 tomorrow. May you have excellent snacks and just the right amount of sunshine! 😎🥾 www.justgiving.com/page/david-w...

Given the need for more interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research, we are offering up to £200k awards for research on the boundary between social science/humanities and science or engineering www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/apex...

Congratulations on both your successes - and a real pleasure to be in print with you! 📖📚

An eclectic selection of music jobs, with more being gradually added this week 👇 www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs

🌟JOB OPP!!!🌟 Greater Manchester Mentoring Officer Permanent | 3.5 days | £30,500 p/a pro rata We're looking for a passionate and driven individual in Greater Manchester to join our mentoring team! Find out more 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/jobs Deadline 30 June 2025

JOB OFFER: 4-year PostDoc position in the field of music psychology. Join us at the University of Innsbruck, in the heart of Austrian Alps! lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/karri...

Happy #MakeMusicDay! We’re proud to support Make Music Day UK, which celebrates the joy that music brings to millions across the globe. Want to get involved? Find an event near you 👇 https://loom.ly/jmPoMpA

Thrilled to share my paper on ethical considerations in international service-learning in music therapy, now published! 🙏Grateful to Sanna & Taru for editing this special issue. Let's keep striving to be the most ethical versions of ourselves. doi.org/10.56883/aij...

Free delivery is GO on ALL books site-wide this weekend 🎉 We hope you can get down to a real life bookshop, but if not - you can support them right here. Bag a book from Bookshop.org and keep indie bookshops thriving! uk.bookshop.org/lists/indepe...

Well it’s a bit tight - we still need 66 more signatures by 8:45am on Saturday..surely we can do that?! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Calling all musicians in Wales aged 18 - 35! Apply to The Birthplace Fund for a grant of up to £2,500 for your music project, funded by @novoamor.bsky.social and delivered by Beacons Cymru Apply by 10 July at 11:59pm 🔗 www.beacons.cymru/birthplace

📢Job Alert White Rose Libraries is looking for an Admin Assistant to support collaborative work across the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, and York. This role is perfect for someone with strong organisational skills who enjoys coordinating activity in a dynamic, cross-institutional environment.

It's Independent Bookshop Week. Ways you can support them: -Don't browse a little bookshop, make a mental note of titles, then get them on Amazon. Buy the books then and there! Dare you! -Get them to order books in, they almost always can. -Just march in and present them with a huge bag of money.