Stephanie Pitts

A Grantham Scholar presenting in front of an audience at the Methods@Sheffield event

A Grantham Scholar presenting in front of an audience at the Methods@Sheffield event

A Grantham Scholar presenting in front of an audience at the Methods@Sheffield event

Richard Sulley from the Grantham Centre speaking to the audience at the Methods@Sheffield event

Our Grantham Scholars have been presenting research at our Methods@Sheffield event this week!

The twist - they have to present the work of another scholar from an entirely different discipline!

Well done to all our scholars who did a great job 👏

Read about the event here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/j3xpa6nz

Emerging Technologies in Music: Implications for Musicians and Audiences at Royal Holloway, University of London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Emerging Technologies in Music: Implications for Musicians and Audiences at Royal Holloway, University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com

Exciting funded PhD opportunity at RHUL on Emerging Technologies in Music: Implications for Musicians and Audiences www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Lovely to join the Grantham Scholars for their interdisciplinary methods exchange today. Forgot to take a photo so am recycling this one, which feels very on-brand ♻️ Exciting ideas emerging with my PhD student @jennmac42.bsky.social and her newfound collaborators, so watch this space! 🎶👂🌎

Artificial Inequality? AI and its impact on the UK Creative Industries (CreativeAI Studentship) at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Artificial Inequality? AI and its impact on the UK Creative Industries (CreativeAI Studentship) at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

Come at do a PhD with Sam Hind, Riza Batista-Navarro and me! "Artificial Inequality? AI and its impact on the UK Creative Industries" Deadline 30th March www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Rethinking Relevance: Breaking the Classical Frame - Home

Looking forward to my next visit to Maastricht in April, to join the wonderful MCICM team for their conference on 'Rethinking Relevance' in classical music. Registration now open if you'd like to come too! www.aanmelder.nl/170913

Considering psychology of music? Have a look at Sheffield.

"Behind the Scenes" is a new online seminar series on how research papers actually get made: from early ideas and methods to revisions and publication.

Next up: Nihar Shah on peer review (Wed 4 Feb).

More info: www.bts-seminar.net

Dr Emma Risley holds up her newly bound thesis to show her apparently attentive dog!

Huge congratulations to our new Dr @emrisley.bsky.social shown here impressing her cute dog Sky with her thesis on the psychological cost of a musical theatre performance career! 🥰I've loved being Emma's supervisor and learned a lot - all supervisions should include recent theatre debriefs!! 🎵👏🍾

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.

The Good Old Days   Pity the poor children of today, with their calendars stuffed with chocolates,   never to know the thrill of opening a small cardboard door and discovering behind it   a picture of a bell. Brian Bilston

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

A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says

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

Yay - congratulations!! 🎉🎉🎉

Echoes of Empire: Engaging communities with diverse cultural histories through the Histories of African Instruments at Nottingham Castle - Collaboratory Research Hub Collaboratory 2026 Research Placement Project Download PDF Key Details Project Title: Echoes of Empire: Engaging communities with diverse cultural histories through the Histories of African Instrument...

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 - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre Creative PEC is hiring a Research Coordinator based either in Newcastle or London. Closing date: 23/11/2025

📢 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/...

Multimodality and Embodiment of Timing and Tempo - RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion Professor of Music Psychology at the University of Sheffield, Renee Timmers, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.

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...

Investigating Amateur Choirs in the United Kingdom as Sites of Musical Learning and Ambition - Stephanie E. Pitts, Elizabeth H. MacGregor, 2025 Singing in an amateur choir is widely recognised as a source of enjoyment, social connection, and wellbeing. Choir membership in the United Kingdom, however, is...

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...

Class Ceiling: Classical Music Conference ~ Barbican, London — Alternative Classical Tackling the socio-economic deficit in the classical music industry.

A one-day event confronting the socio-economic deficit in the classical music industry.

www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/concerts-cal...

Journal of Live Music Studies Journal of Live Music Studies; The Journal of Live Music Studies (JLMS) is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to advancing knowledge of live music practices, performances, business, infrastructure ...

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...

2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference – Sempre The 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will take place on Thursday, 16 April 2026, at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, with online participation avail

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!

Quite right too - congratulations!

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

ISM labels music bursary decision ‘damaging’   - Independent Society of Musicians Government has scrapped its financial support for trainee teachers in music and the arts

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...

University Teacher in Music Technology - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool Discover an exciting academic career path as a University Teacher in Music Technology - Grade 7 at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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

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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

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www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

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