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RIFA 2018 – Social Media Short Award

The Social Media Award recognises the growing importance of socially shared video and showcases the best short films made with social media platforms in mind.

RIFA 2018 - People on the Move Award: Stories of New Beginnings

This is a brand new film category for 2018, designed to showcase the stories and impact of human migration at a transnational, national and/or local community level.

Rebecca Lawton on 'Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War'

We asked AHRC funded PhD student Becky Lawton to tell us about her involvement with the major new exhibition at the British Library on the Anglo-Saxon.

Headphones and the supporting role in they play in our lives

Jacob Downs is researching the popularity of headphones for his AHRC-funded PhD in the Department of Music at the University of Sheffield.

RIFA 2018 - Doctoral Award or Early Career Film category

This week we’re starting with the Doctoral Award or Early Career Film, which showcases the rich and diverse research produced as a result of AHRC funding.

Travelling back in time to 18th century travel writing

Collaboration is key to designing research projects with real impact, as an AHRC-funded project is demonstrating. The four-year Curious Travellers project has been looking into travel into Wales and Scotland in the eighteenth century, focusing on the writer Thomas Pennant.

Becoming a broadcaster: Interview with New Generation Thinker Dr Joanne Paul

At about this time two years ago, Dr Joanne Paul was doing the same thing many early career researchers are doing now: putting the finishing touches to an application for the AHRC/BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers Scheme in the hope of combining her background in academia with new skills and experiences, working in radio and TV.