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My name is Jess and I have just finished my first year studying BA English with Shakespeare Studies. As a collaborative research intern, I have been keen to explore how recent productions of Shakespeare plays have made the texts relevant and interesting to modern audiences, working on a project called ‘design, contemporaneity and relevance on … Continue reading “Shakespeare for the 21st Century: Relevance, Accessibility and Female Empowerment – by Jessica Towers”

Firstly a bit about myself. My name is Jessica and I am studying the BMus with honours music course. I am absolutely loving it! Over the 6-week Collaborative Research Internship programme, myself and two other interns had the pleasure of assisting Professor Chen Zhu with his Music Copyright investigations in the Project “Transposing Music Copyright … Continue reading “What is Sonic Pi? and How does it work? – by Jessica Duckworth”

My name is Grace, and I am currently in my third year studying English Literature and I was one of three interns in the Collaborative Research Internship on the Project “From Mosaics to Pixels: Eduardo Paolozzi in the Midlands” led by Dr Dorothy Butchard. When I began working as an intern on the research project … Continue reading ““From Mosaics to Pixels: Eduardo Paolozzi in the Midlands” – by Grace Bailey”

My name is Itai Riftin- I’m a Philosophy student who worked as an intern in the Collaborative Research Internship on the Project “Collected Letters of Ford Madox Ford”. I didn’t really know what to expect when I signed up for the project if I’m honest. I had never heard of Ford and definitely had no … Continue reading “Transcribing and Sorting Ford’s Collected Letters – by Itai Riftin”

My name is James. I worked as an intern in Dr Chris Nunn’s project “Untold Histories of “The Wicker Man”” as part of the Collaborative Research Internship. During my first semester of second year, in between talking about politics, film, and ghastly economic students, one of my lecturers detailed his project of a feature documentary … Continue reading “An appointment with The Wicker Man – by James Gordon”

I’m Rosie, I’m a first going-into-second year English Literature and History student. Despite my degree, I somehow ended up on the Collaborative Research Internship, “Untold Histories of The Wicker Man”. My first exposure to The Wicker Man was people joking about it. I went to a pretty alternative school, and when I was there, a … Continue reading “First exposure to The Wicker Man – by Rosie Jones”

  About me My name is Hope Aquilina and I’m currently a second-year English Language and Linguistics student at the University of Birmingham. In May 2023, I was offered the opportunity to work with the National Literacy Trust and Birmingham Stories as part of the CAL Collaborative Research Internship Scheme. My job was to attend, … Continue reading “Collaborative Research Internship Experience – National Literacy Trust & Birmingham Stories – by Hope Aquilina”

I’m Jodie-Leigh Bowater, a BA Social Anthropology and Archaeology student who worked on Paul Garwood’s “Stonehenge Landscape EMI Project: Artefacts Processing, Analysis, and Archiving Programme.” Firstly, let’s begin with a background of my internship; my role this summer has been to work on the material recovered from the Stonehenge Landscape EMI project (SLE), specifically artefacts … Continue reading “Unlocking Stonehenge: A glimpse into the past – by Jodie-Leigh Bowater”

I’m Olivia, a third year English and Creative Writing student. Over summer, I took part in the Collaborative Research Internship “From Mosaics to Pixels: Eduardo Paolozzi in the Midlands” with project lead Dorothy Butchard, PHD student Niall Gallen, and two other interns, Grace, and Jen. As a team, our goal was to research and produce content … Continue reading “Mosaics to Pixels: Eduardo Paolozzi in the Midlands – by Olivia Brass”

My name is Keren Simpkins, and I am a 2nd year music student who took part in the Collaborative Research Internship project ‘Transposing Music Copyright with Sonic Pi: An Exploratory Analysis of Litigated Music Works Using a Programmatic Approach’ led by Dr Chen Zhu, Birmingham Law School. As a music student with an interest in … Continue reading “Investigating and analysing Ed Sheeran’s music with the coding software Sonic Pi by Keren Simpkins”