PhD profiles
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Emma Bryden
Doctoral researcher
Emma is a part-time doctoral student under the supervision of Dr Adam Whittaker, Professor Deborah Mawer and Professor Martin Fautley and her research focuses upon the role of the school song in creating identity through shared musical experience within UK independent schools
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Richard Burn
Doctoral researcher
Richard proposes the creation of a new musical interface that will combine haptic and visual forms of feedback to create a more inclusive experience for deaf people. Alongside vibrations, visual indictors will appear on a digital display that collectively form a ‘sonic fingerprint’ when an instrument is played, highlighting...
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Gwydion Calder
Doctoral researcher
Gwydion has been a character both onstage and off for his entire life, and has always delighted in bringing the thrill of the stage to others. He worked professionally in Atlanta for a time whilst completing his undergraduate degree and then relocated to Birmingham to complete his MFA.
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Harriet Carter
Doctoral researcher
In 2018, Harriet was awarded AHRC/Midlands4Cities funding to undertake her practice-based PhD. Situated between the School of Art and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire at Birmingham City University, her research examines the relationship between the auditory and the visual. The focus of Harriet's research has been fostered...
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Marina Cervera
Doctoral researcher
Maria is Adjunct professor for Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Barcelona Tech. ETSAB, DUOT. Her professional practice has been developed through Ateliers Jean Nouvel (Paris), the Centre for Research and Projectes Landscape (CRPP, UPC) and since 2003 through her own Barcelona-based professional practice involving planning...
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Lorraine Chambers
Doctoral Researcher
Lorraine is designing systems to inspect deep neural networks to detect data discrepancies in a streaming environment.
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Andrew Chatora
Doctoral researcher
Andrew is a seasoned English and Media Teacher, and manages The Media Department at The Bicester School in Oxfordshire county. Media remains an oversubscribed subject at our school, a feat Andrew is immensely proud of. Many of his students have done brilliantly following dabbling in media.
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Ugochukwu Chibuisi
Doctoral researcher
Ugo's passion to become a researcher was awakened after he had completed his undergraduate degree programme with the University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom, where he studied a BEng (Hons) degree in Marine Engineering.
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Shi Ling Chin
Doctoral researcher
Shi Ling Chin was born in Malaysia and started playing the violin at the age of 11. At 17, she was awarded a bursary to further her musical studies at the Birmingham Conservatoire, where she started lessons with Nathaniel Vallois.
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Stephanie Chua
Doctoral researcher
Stephanie's research on cross-cultural differences in perceptual learning aims to adds to our knowledge of cultural diversity - reducing the misconceptions we may have of learning abilities across cultures.