Next up on the Research Forum roster, it's film time: a gang of film-makers and academics (including our very own Dr Robert Gardiner) will share More than Music, a documentary about the work of the music education charity Olympias Music Foundation. Details below: www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

Our first Research Forum of the spring is tomorrow: Dr Anna Détári will be sharing a Participatory Action Research study of neurodivergence in musicians with us. As ever, it's open to anyone and free to attend, so please do join us! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

🚨Job alert! We are looking for a researcher to work across the RNCM to help evaluate and understand the impact of a variety of our projects and initiatives, including all philanthropically funded projects. More details and how to apply👇 #jobs #research #music www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQA335/i...

📆 Deadline reminder | Wednesday 14 January 📆 ▶️ For all applications for starting a PhD project at the RNCM in September 2026 ▶️ Including any applicants already shortlisted for the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College (CCDFC) awards 🔗 Guidelines and full information: www.rncm.ac.uk/research/pro...

Our Spring Term has just begun and we're kicking off 2026 with some exciting news! The RNCM has been authorised by the Office for Students (OfS) to grant Research awards, giving us Full Degree Awarding Powers up to and including Level 8. Read the full announcement: 🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/news/rncm-se...

Our final Research Forum of the year will be this Wednesday, 10 December. Dr Michelle Assay (King's College London and University of Toronto) will present 'When Puppets Sing in Tehran’: Reconfiguring Iran’s ‘National’ Opera. Join us for this great end to the series! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

Dr Winnie Huang is our guest speaker at this week's Research Forum, where she'll be presenting The Performing Body: The Site of Possibilities. Join us for this at 16:15 on Wednesday 26 November – it will be fascinating! As ever, it's open to everyone. Details below. www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

We're delighted to have Dr Kristl Kirk present our Research Forum this week: Instrumental Music Teaching with Dyslexic Students. As ever, this will be open to anyone, so do consider joining us at the RNCM at 16:15 on Wednesday 19 November. More details via the link! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

Huge congratulations to our colleagues at the RNCM Library for winning #THEAwards (aka 'the Oscars of higher education') Outstanding Library Team 2025! 🎉🍾🌟 @rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmresearch.bsky.social @wiebket.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social www.rncm.ac.uk/news/rncm-wi...

Royal Northern College of Music wins #THEAwards Outstanding Library Team 2025. The judges were impressed by RNCM library’s innovative and student-centric approach that placed collaboration, well-being and community engagement at its heart 🍾

Congratulations to the RNCM's Library team for last night's win of the THE Awards 2025 "Outstanding Library Team of the Year" - wonderful to see all your great work honoured in this way! @rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmresearch.bsky.social @rncmprism.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social

🎉 Many congratulations to the @rncmlive.bsky.social's Library staff, who last night won the @timeshighered.bsky.social Award for 'Outstanding Library Team of the Year'! 🎉👏

We’re excited to announce the launch of the RNCM Research Portal — showcasing the groundbreaking work of our researchers, performers, and composers. Explore the latest projects, publications, and creative outputs: research.rncm.ac.uk

Tearjerkers, a 3D music experience for spatial & headphones produced, recorded & mixed by RNCM doctoral researcher Hans-Martin Buff, is nominated for a 2026 GRAMMY Award Best Immersive Audio Album category. Buff previously won a 2025 GRAMMY Award for producing Peter Gabriel's 'i/o (In-Side Mix)'.

On Mon 24 Nov at King's College London, Prof Emily Howard (Director PRiSM & Head of Artistic Research) will join speakers from mathematical, engineering, performance & composition backgrounds to explore how creativity connects music & maths in new & inspiring ways: 🎟️ marc.kcl.ac.uk/2025/11/seei...

Our Director of Research @wiebkethormahlen.bsky.social and Head of Research Management @glatthorn.bsky.social presented about making research systems work for arts institutions at the @elsevierconnect.bsky.social impact conference.

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Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert! RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡 💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered 📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025 👉 rncm.ac.uk/news #DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch

Great to deliver this KTP50 talk today! Thanks Sinead (MMU), Clare (Uni of Manc Innovation Factory) & Paul (Uni of Salford) It’s been fab to work on our CCF RED TTO project funded by Research England on IP, commercialisation & consultancy @rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmresearch.bsky.social #KTP2025

Our Sir John Manduell Research Forum series is free and open to all. An opportunity to engage with academics, performers and composers in the exchange of ideas, sessions are just over an hour and are followed by chats in the bar. See👇for this term's remaining fora: www.rncm.ac.uk/series/resea...

New book release | Navigating Landscapes of Dalcroze Practice: Histories of Music and Movement Prof John Habron-James (RNCM Head of Music, Health & Wellbeing) co-edits the first collection of Dalcroze histories to focus on the diverse practices of music & movement: 🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/news/profess...

Echoing @michelle-phillips.bsky.social - wonderful talk from Prof Ian Cross & Dr David Duncan (Uni of Cambridge) at the RNCM Research Forum yesterday, sharing important findings on the interplay of music notation & sightreading accuracy as part of their ongoing Score Design for Music Reading project

What a wonderful talk this was - utterly stimulating, & so relevant & important to everything we do at @rncmlive.bsky.social. And a brill evening in great company, thanks Ian and David (you were with us in spirit, Katya!). Fab to round off with whiskey with Ian & Jason @canadianjason.bsky.social

Dr Michelle Phillips, RNCM Head of Enterprise & Senior Lecturer in Music Psychology, spoke on Times Radio yesterday about her research on music & Parkinson's, responding to the story of Denise Bacon, who played her clarinet during a 4-hour deep brain stimulation surgery to ease Parkinson's symptoms.

At 4.15pm today, Professor Ian Cross, Dr David Duncan, and Katya Ness will share their Leverhulme-funded Score Design for Music Reading project with us at the RNCM (@rncmlive.bsky.social) in our Research Forum. You can join us for this too – details in the link below. www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

Hello! @rncmresearch.bsky.social might be new to Bluesky, but we've been researching #music in the heart of Manchester @oxrdmcr.bsky.social for over fifty years. We look forward to being part of the Bluesky community. You can find out more about us here: www.rncm.ac.uk/research/