One week left to apply to this PhD studentship! Fully funded, covers fees and stipend; UK home student applicants only (due to funder rules).

Our final newsletter of 2025 is out now, and you won’t want to miss our YSWN Rewired commission opportunities inside, nor how you can support and spread the word about our accompanying crowdfunder! 🧵1/2

Support this crowdfunding appeal from the wonderful @yswn.bsky.social - they do amazing work!

Suspending music courses will have a devastating impact on musical life at the University, as well as future courses, job, and career opportunities across Nottingham and the wider East Midlands 👇 Read our open letter to the University

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...

Nineteen UK universities and colleges have been announced as winners of the newly renamed Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Higher and Further Education https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/queen-elizabeth-prizes-offer-inspiring-snapshot-sector

Registration is still open (and free!) for my "Multilingualism in Art Song" study day on 9th December.

✨Want to join us?✨ The RMA Student Committee is looking for postgraduate research student candidates for TWO positions starting in January 2026! To find out more about what we do and how to apply, follow the link below or in our bio🔗 www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/12/s...

RMA statement on the proposed suspension of recruitment to all UG music programmes at the University of Nottingham: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/17/s...

Richard Morrison has reported on the suspension of our Music courses in yesterday’s The Times. Please keep sharing the petition www.change.org/p/stop-the-s.... @thetimes.com @adlington.bsky.social @royalmusical.bsky.social @nottinghampost.co.uk @nottinghamlive.bsky.social

Some thoughts on the University of Nottingham’s suspension of all courses in the Department of Music (my workplace for over 17 years) www.linkedin.com/pulse/suspen...

Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended. Please do contact us on [email protected] if you would like to support us.

My career in music would not have happened without the knowledge and sheer enthusiasm fostered by my time at Nottingham. It is devastating to imagine such a proud university without a music department to its name. Please consider signing: c.org/zTyqyVDgKs

University of Nottingham says financial uncertainties continue as government’s proposed student levy will ‘wipe out any benefits’ from rising tuition fees #AcademicSky #highered

Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx 'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.' Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.

How to kill British growth... All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham. bbc.in/47roVFF

Just one month left to apply for the Young Double Reed Programme, an exciting opportunity to meet fellow enthusiasts and learn from RCM professors! Open to: 11–18 year olds Standard: Grade 6+ Dates: Selected Sundays Jan-March 2026 Learn more and apply by 28 November: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...

After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

Join us next Wednesday for an exciting collaborative concert celebrating the centenary of legendary French composer, Pierre Boulez. Musicians from the RCM and Conservatoire de Paris are busy rehearsing for this special project in Paris! 🇫🇷 Learn more and book: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...

Farage’s plans to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain would ruin lives and tear families apart. Rather than dismissing Reform’s xenophobic proposals as 'unrealistic' or 'unaffordable', our government should be clear that they are cruel and unjust. We must stand up for migrants' rights.

‼️ DEADLINE EXTENDED ‼️ Following a request from the Musici Trust, the deadline for proposals for the 2026 BFE/RMA Research Students' Conference has been extended by one week to next Thursday, 25th September.

Tra le fiamme, the latest recording on Channel Classics, brings together the RCM's innovative new 3D printed instruments with rare originals from the RCM Collection, performed by alumni and leading professors from our Historical Performance Faculty! Discover the recording: bit.ly/RCM-Tralefia...

✨CALL FOR PROPOSALS✨ The British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) and the Royal Musical Association (RMA) are seeking proposals for their Research Students’ Conference hosted by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on 6th-8th January 2026. See the link in our bio for submission guidelines and event info.

We’re delighted to announce that Dr Sarah K Whitfield (@sarahinthepark.bsky.social) has been appointed Reader in Musical Theatre at the Royal College of Music and has also been appointed Head of Doctoral Programmes. Read more about Sarah’s achievements: bit.ly/RCM-Sarah-Wh...

A fascinating few days hosting the inaugural Music and Parental Wellbeing Symposium at the RCM, where over 75 international speakers came together to explore music’s vital role in supporting parents’ wellbeing. Find out more about the RCM’s research: bit.ly/RCM-Symposium

On 22–23 July, the RCM will host the inaugural Music and Parental Wellbeing Symposium, bringing together over 75 international speakers to explore how music can support parents’ wellbeing. Find out how the RCM’s work has already made a difference: bit.ly/RCM-Musicand...

Spotted our exhibition in Time Out London? We’re thrilled to announce more dates for Kurt Cobain Unplugged. We are now booking until 18 November. Don’t miss this chance to explore the legacy of Kurt Cobain! 🎫 bit.ly/Cobain_newda... #KurtCobain #Nirvana #Rock #Grunge

We're hiring! The Faculty of Music is looking for a part-time New Music Co-ordinator to help support our programme of contemporary and newly composed music, working on concerts, workshops, and lectures. Please share widely! #MusicJobs #NewMusic my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

❗Doctoral students: want to experience first-hand how research feeds into policy? The latest round of the UKRI Policy Internships scheme is open for applications. Apply by 8 September 2025➡️ www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...

Cardiff University has announced that it intends to save its music and languages courses from closure, in a further move to scale back on its savings plans. @julietterowsell.bsky.social reports #AcademicSky #highered

👀 We're #hiring! 👀 The Campaign for the Arts is looking for a new Research & Analysis Lead to help us produce robust evidence, timely insights and a more informed public debate 🗣️ Find out more → www.campaignforthearts.org/about/jobs/

Wrote a piece about Avril Coleridge-Taylor, her dad, and the @royalalberthall.bsky.social -- sarahwhitfield.com/2025/05/12/a...

I have a chapter in this I'm very proud of, about bisexual fan communities relationship to Hamilton, and the work that queer fan communities do to see themselves in the room where it happens 💙💜🩷

Booking is now open for Kurt Cobain Unplugged! This brand-new exhibition reunites Kurt Cobain’s iconic Martin D-18E guitar with his unforgettable olive-green mohair cardigan from MTV Unplugged. 🎟️ Secure your ticket for just £5. 👉 Book now: bit.ly/RCM_Kurt_Cob...

Job at @uofglasgow.bsky.social @music-in-the-uni.bsky.social. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/music-ar...

Very interesting to explore @harvard.edu 's new home page www.harvard.edu

Do join us for this inaugural Music and Parental Wellbeing Symposium (MPWS 2025). We’ll be talking all things music, parents, policy, and health. All most welcome, registration free ⬇️

Published this week: new SBS for Music - the product of a lot of work by a great group of people. I am proud to have been the deputy chair of the advisory group. www.qaa.ac.uk/the-quality-...

The unintended consequences of decoupling outputs from their authors - portability, fairness and diversity. wonkhe.com/blogs/portab...

www.instagram.com/p/DH4FeECshE... My friend, Lydia Ballam, is doing amazing work on conservatoire students’ experience with dyslexia. Consider sharing this or participating!

Registration is open for the inaugural Music and Parental Wellbeing Symposium. 📅 22-23 July 2025 📍 RCM London and online Register to join the discussion on how music can support parents through pregnancy, childbirth, postnatally and beyond: bit.ly/RCM-MPWS

📣 Announcing Kurt Cobain Unplugged! Kurt Cobain’s legendary Unplugged guitar takes centre stage in a new exhibition in the RCM Museum celebrating the enduring influence of Nirvana. 🗓️ 3 June – 18 November Join the waitlist to be among the first to know when booking opens: bit.ly/RCM-Kurt-Cob...

Sacked academics face an unjustifiable “restraint of trade” if they are prevented from entering outputs for a new employer into the next Research Excellence Framework, senior researchers in the creative arts industries have argued #AcademicSky #highered

Was so delighted to have been part of this event led by Croydon Music and Arts! @tomedney.bsky.social @musicmarkuk.bsky.social www.musicmark.org.uk/news/researc...

Last chance to register for our SEMPRE conference 9-10 April at our RNCM! sempre.org.uk/conference/s... You can join us in person if you book by the end of tomorrow (Tue 25th March), or bookings will remain open for online attendance (£50 for the whole two days - bargain!).

Call for late breaking work at the OHMI Conference on music and disability (Birmingham, UK, 15-16 March). Submit an abstract here by 5 March: forms.office.com/e/fnu6M2HWTp Meanwhile, the programme for the rest of the conference is published: www.ohmirp.org.uk/ohmiconferen...

PhD opportunity: I'm recruiting a PhD student in digital musical instrument design at Imperial College London. Applications now, start date in the autumn. Funding is limited to UK home students. More topic details to follow. Interested? Email me with a CV! [email protected]

Fancy a Saturday morning concert? The JACK Quartet is visiting London from New York to play string quartets by composers born in the 1930s @wigmore-hall.org.uk. £5 tickets available for Under 35s.

We're living in a world where diversification is quickly being devalued. If you're asking, what can I do as a #musicscience researcher to show my commitment to diversifying research, check out our article, out today in Music & Science, identifying key gaps & promising trends: doi.org/10.1177/2059...