Introducing Arts & Minds – A Podcast by SWWDTP Researchers
April 3, 2025We’re excited to launch Arts & Minds, a limited podcast series produced by SWWDTP students, exploring the arts and humanities...
Latest SWWDTP Posts
Presenting practice based therapies : Walking with and beyond spells of illness
October 15, 2024Sarah Scaife is a PhD Researcher in the Department of Communications, Drama, and Film at the University of Exeter. Her...
Unearthing Falerii Novi: insights from the 2024 excavation
August 22, 2024Medi Jones-Williams is a PhD Researcher in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol. The third...
QAA Subject Benchmark in Creative Writing
May 7, 2024Joanna Nissel explains her contributions to the National Creative Writing Subject Benchmark. For those of us still studying, we might...
Colonial connections in Britain’s built heritage
February 15, 2024Lauren Cochrane reports on her SWWDTP-funded placement: an investigation into colonial activities of the Woodley family in the 18th century....
Museums, Poetry, Art: An Intermedial Creative Journey
December 4, 2023Final year PhD student Rachel Carney reflects on her most recent placement with Museum Wales, and the unexpected creative outcomes...
Community Economies Institute Summer School
October 27, 2023Alice Quigley reports on the course I’m a second year PhD student exploring the role of theory and grassroots education...
New resource aims to enable international repatriation from European museums
October 10, 2023Amy Shakespeare writes about her brand-new website focused on international repatriation. Routes to Return aims to open up global networks,...
Reflections on ‘Remembering’, the third SWWDTP Summer Research Festival
October 9, 2023Held in a hybrid format in Aberystwyth and online, the SWWDTP celebrated its third iteration of the student-led Summer Research...
From PhD to parliamentary research: reflections on twelve-week placement with Senedd Research
September 21, 2023Fourth-year SWWDTP student Nyle Bevan-Clark reports on his recent placement with Senedd Research From May to July this year I...
Notes on the International Summer School in Forced Migration
July 13, 2023Alisha Mathers reports on her participation in the International Summer School in Forced Migration in July 2022. Situated at the...
Príncipe Past and Present
March 1, 2023Bastiaan van Dalen, final-year SWW DTP PhD student in Environmental Archaeology and Sustainability at the University of Exeter, is currently...
Venturing Canada: Notes on my UKRI Placement at Lakehead University
January 9, 2023PhD Student Erica Capecchi investigates far-right groups and their use of social media. One year ago, in this period, I...
The Mysterious Case of Lowbury Hill
November 24, 2022SWWDTP student Summer Courts (University of Reading and Cranfield University) talks about her work on Lowbury Hill, Oxfordshire. My PhD...
Turning research into a course for Key Stage 4 students
November 2, 2022Alisha Mathers tells of her placements on the Brilliant Club’s Scholars Programme. One of the most challenging yet vital aspects...
When Everything Goes Wrong: Adapting to the Unpredictability of Fieldwork
September 5, 2022Chessie Baldwin, SWWDTP student at University of Reading and University of Exeter, talks about adapting to changes when it’s impossible...
Sublime Stupidity – clowning around in Italy, a workshop on the art of the red nose clown
April 7, 2022James Oldham, SWWDTP student at University of Southampton and Bath Spa University, talks about the art of the red nose...
Skulls and Teeth in Vienna – Felix Sadebeck shares his recent field trip experience with us.
April 5, 2022Skulls and Teeth in Vienna SWWDTP student Felix Sadebeck (University of Exeter and University of Bristol) talks about his recent...
Celebrating Ethel Carnie Holdworth on International Women’s Day – Collaborative Doctoral Award student Jenny Harper takes to the road
March 31, 2022Jenny Harper is a SWWDTP Collaborative Doctoral Award first-year PhD student based at the University of Reading and the University...
Vexed history of wax anatomical models stirs artist Sarah Scaife’s practice-based PhD research
February 22, 2022When Performing Medicine’s virtual class ‘Drawing in the Anatomical Zoom Room’ caught SWW DTP PhD researcher Sarah Scaife’s eye, she...
On the trails of Batavians in Northern England
February 8, 2022SWW DTP PhD student Cristina Crizbasan, University of Reading and University of Exeter, shares her Vindolanda Roman Fort placement experience...
Reflections form an Experimental Practice Residency
February 8, 2022Milo Newman SWW DTP PhD researcher at University of Bristol and Bath Spa University talks about his experimental practice residency in...
Swedish Research Institute placement in Istanbul
January 25, 2022Ewan Short, SWWDTP PhD research student at the Universities of Cardiff and Reading, talks about his placement with the Swedish...
Collaborative writing retreat at Buckfast Abbey
December 9, 2021The Understanding Change Research Cluster talks about their recent collaborative writing retreat at Buckfast Abbey. As PhD researchers in the...
Working in the Office for Civil Society (DCMS)
December 2, 2021Laura Cox, SWWDTP PhD research at the University of Exeter and the University of Southampton talks about her internship with...
‘Academic Confidence – No Impostors Here’ with trainer Jamie McDonald
December 2, 2021Trainer Jamie McDonald talks about the recent academic confidence workshops he held with SWWDTP students. Here’s an interesting thought:...
A Weekend with the King: The Porthcawl Elvis Festival 2021
November 11, 2021Nyle Bevan-Clark, University of Southampton (Music) and University of Bristol (Sociology), talks about his ethnographic research at Porthcawl Elvis...
A NIght in the Life of a Dubstep DJ: An Unexpected Ethnography (Part 2)
November 11, 2021Marko Higgins, Year 3 PhD, University of Bristol and University of Southampton writes his 2nd installment on his placement with...
SWWDTP researcher Amy Smith merges digital communication with documenting the restoration of a sacred site
October 28, 2021SWWDTP post graduate researcher Amy Smith recently completed a placement with Falmouth Town Council Cultural Services at Ponsharden Cemeteries....
Emma Hills talks about her placement at Royal Cornwall Museum
October 5, 2021Hello, my name is Emma Hills, and I am an SWWDTP-funded third-year English PhD student at the University of...
A NIght in the Life of a Dubstep DJ: An Unexpected Ethnography (Part 1)
September 28, 2021Marko Higgins, Year 3 PhD, University of Bristol and University of Southampton writes about his placement with Artikal Music UK....
SWWDTP student Alisha Mathers talks about the benefits of her funded training
September 9, 2021I chose to apply for funding to attend an ‘improvers’ French language course and summer school hosted virtually by...
SWW DTP student Rob Harris talks about his placement experience at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
August 31, 2021I wanted to organise a placement at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery for two reasons. The first was...
Question Journal editorial team change – thank you, goodbye and welcome!
July 13, 2021The editorial team behind the SWW DTP PGR-led journal Question has changed. General editor Sam Young and submissions editor Rachel...
SWWDTP Student Martha O’Brien talks about embarking on her exciting placement with Creative Cardiff
July 8, 2021I am excited to be beginning my 12-week placement with Creative Cardiff in August (2021). I will be working...
Memory, Accountability and Representations of the Past
July 8, 2021A symposium, held on 21st and 22nd April 2021, was organised by the Sebastian Bustamente-Brauning and Erica Capecchi from the...
SWWDTP student Isabel Wiltshire talks about her placement with the Museum of the Royal Navy
July 6, 2021When I saw that the Museum of the Royal Navy were offering a student placement through the SWW DTP...
The SWW DTP Summer Research Festival celebrates its first year
June 29, 2021Our first ever student-led SWW DTP summer research festival was a resounding success, celebrating and showcasing the research being undertaken...
Screening the Child: The Child’s Gaze in Spanish Language Cinema
June 29, 2021The Screening the Child, Spanish Film Club virtual film festival took place between February andMarch 2021. The festival features a...
Exhibition exploring bipolarity in different spaces
June 15, 2021SWWDTP PhD student Cerys Knighton has created an exhibition exploring bipolarity in different spaces – threading between the medical, the...
SWW DTP PhD researcher Issy Sawkins talks about her joint exhibition, with fellow PhD researcher Hannah Wilson, on Sobibór on the Screen.
June 1, 2021Sobibór on the Screen is an exhibition that gives a background understanding to the history and memory of the...
SWW DTP PhD student Emily Peirson-Webber talks about the award nomination for her research on British mineworkers
June 1, 2021I am delighted to be research theme winner for Heritage and Creativity in the University of Reading’s PhD Researcher...
Futures: A Summer Research Festival
May 13, 2021Futures: A Summer Research Festival, 14-16 June 2021 This year the SWW DTP is putting on its first ever...
Plan B – Pressing Ahead During The Pandemic
February 23, 2021How it is possible to carry on with fieldwork, data collection, participant interviews and practice-led research during a time...
‘Hidden Landscapes’, a Twitter symposium organised by the Figures in the Landscape research cluster. By Nikki Vousden
December 17, 2020The event was originally planned for March 2020, as a one-day symposium consisting of a series of 20-minute presentations,...
Creating ‘mini theatre’ sensory cards for care home residents living with dementia. Chloe Bradwell.
December 17, 2020Creating ‘mini theatre’ sensory cards for care home residents living with dementia, by Chloe Bradwell. Since March 2020, I...
Sue Greaney looks back over her year as AHRC BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker and looks forward to the future
July 10, 2020As my previous blog posts have described, I’m a part-time PhD student at Cardiff University, undertaking research into Neolithic monuments....
We spoke to SWWDTP researcher Matteo Zicchetti about his recent placement at the Philosophy Department of New York University.
July 9, 20201. What did you do on your placement? During my placement at the Philosophy Department of New York University, I...
Exploring the city in lockdown – Sam Young
July 9, 2020On the morning of 24 March, each of us woke to find that our worlds had suddenly shrunk. Laws passed...
A Virtual Museum Residency – Rachel Carney
July 9, 2020I’m just coming to the end of my first year as a funded PhD student, working on a Creative and...
Getting The Job Done: Overcoming Procrastination
June 9, 2020The Priorities, Time and Self-management training was swiftly followed by a second day that complemented and followed on from the...
Online training days
June 9, 2020Priorities, time and self-management At the end of May we held an online training day for our SWWDTP researchers hosted...
Moving our PGR training online: Writing Quality Papers with ThinkWrite
May 14, 2020Strange times call for new ways of doing things. The SWW DTP team is keen to ensure that our PhD...
Cristina Crizbasan – Processing pottery: same but different?
April 1, 2020Over the past two years, SWW DTP has offered me the opportunity to strengthen my professional skills and gain insights...
Chloe Bradwell – A training trip in the USA
April 1, 2020In the Spring of 2018 I was awarded a grant from the SWW DTP’s SDF fund which allowed me to...
SWWDTP Induction Day & Cluster Research Day
January 22, 2020We enjoyed a busy two days in and around Bath earlier this academic year as we welcomed the first cohort...
SWW DTP PGR Catherine Cartwright (Exeter/UWE Bristol) talks about embarking on her research journey
January 21, 2020I am a visual artist and this autumn [2019] I became a PhD student. In this blog I share my...
Sue Greaney talks about her experience as one of the AHRC BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers and where it has taken her.
December 12, 2019In my last blog post, I introduced myself and gave a bit of background to my archaeological career and PhD...
SWWDTP PGR Rachel Beaney Brings Spanish and Latin American Cinema to Local Film Festival
December 12, 2019In order to disseminate my research outside of the university setting, I curated a day of film screenings at Chagford...
Beautiful setting for Writers’ Retreat
September 10, 2019Writers’ Retreat, The Botanic Gardens, Bristol Our ever-popular Writers’ Retreat took place in July. It offered students the opportunity to...
SWW DTP Cohort Day 2019
July 23, 2019It was a delight to see everyone at the Cohort Day on 3rd June. With students based across such a...
SWWDTP Post Graduate Researcher Susan Greaney talks about her research
June 6, 2019I’m an archaeologist with a specialist interest in the Neolithic and early Bronze Age of the British Isles. Although I...
DTP Embodiment Cluster Conference – Tweet Highlights!
February 21, 2019It was a real pleasure to see so many of you at our first Work-in-Progress conference – thanks to everyone...
Gathering STEAM
February 20, 2019On in September 2018, the STEAM cluster ran an afternoon of research talks at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific...
The studentship competition has closed!
December 3, 2018The SWW2 studentship competition for September 2019 entry has closed. Find out more here.
Welcome from the Embodiment cluster
October 21, 2018Read our Embodiment cluster’s welcome to the new SWW1 cohort: https://embodiment.wordpress.com/blog/