Being paid to read about the sex lives of aliens was one of the highlights of her summer, explains UG Researcher Anjali.
Tag: English Literature
Completing the Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
From tackling Oscar Wilde’s handwriting to delving into newspapers from the 1890s, there was plenty to keep UG researcher Hannah busy during her research scholarship!
Unhealthy addiction! Feminist liberation! …Or maybe just a cosy read? Mills & Boon and Mass Market Romance
A trip to the Mills & Boon archive offered English student Flora a rare glimpse into the life of one of their most successful writers, Violet Winspear.
The Realities of Research and the Joys of World War One Plays
Lydia Manley (BA English) shares what she learnt on her research quest to discover why one particular World War One play became such a global success.
A Journey Through the Ages: One Page at a Time
Amber Osborne (BA English) shares her experience of undertaking research to help develop a brand new final year English Literature module, ‘Histories of the Book’.
‘Writers and Their Libraries’ and My Research Journey
‘One of my proudest achievements’ – Ellie Rowe, who’s now studying a Masters in Literature and Culture, shares what she learnt from her UG Research Scholarship experience in 2016.
Art for English
To help enhance the study of English Literature at the University of Birmingham, Mary McGowan spent five weeks researching and cataloguing its amazing cultural collections and their links with Undergraduate modules, creating an innovative website for all UoB students of English Literature.
An account of student writing in literature and linguistics – a tale of two disciplines
During the summer of 2017, Daisy Collins conducted research on the differences in academic writing from English Literature and English Language undergraduates. Dry as it may sound, this was one of the best experiences of her time at university, and here’s why!
There is No Such Thing as ‘Enough Research’
Brooklyn Halladay blogs about her experiences working on the College of Arts and Law UG Research Scholarship project in the Department of English over the summer of 2017.