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The Cello Suites and Mrs Bach

PhD researcher Nadya Markovska reflects on controversies of authorship and what this says about our attitudes to performance and composition: Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello (BWV 1007-1012) are among the most famous pieces in the canon of Western music. Recent claims by the Australian researcher Martin Jarvis about their authorship have become a media sensation, causing heated scholarly debates in normally restrained musicological circles. Continue reading →

Share the Sound some more

A few more pictures from Share the Sound: The Overnight Angels Richard Fisher Quartet Quortl Pedro Pedro The post Share the Sound some more appeared first on Music at Southampton. Continue reading →

Students do better with overseas placements

According to a new report published by the UK Higher Education International Unit, a far greater proportion of students who spend part of their degree programme overseas achieve a first or 2:1 in their degree compared to those who remain in the uK throughout their course. To read more, see the full article from the Times Higher Education website. Continue reading →

Put your phones away

This video came out a couple of years ago. It’s wordless, but it says a lot. Of course, its nothing we haven’t heard before: people spend a lot of time in social situations looking at their smartphones. But they don’t really want to. Lets cut to the chase. There are a LOT of companies out there selling (or trying to sell) smartphone based apps for visitors on site. But none of them are worth it. Continue reading →

The Invisible Hand Revealed!

Back in the days of yore (last year) I attended a workshop run by the digital art collective, Blast Theory. This week they released their report, which fills in all the gaps from my two posts worth of notes taken at the event. Seriously, they took better notes that I did – the document even reminds me of stuff I said. Continue reading →

A Day at the BBC

BA Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Kate Guthrie talks about her recent experience at the New Generation Thinkers 2015 Finalists’ Workshop: One of the major challenges facing academics today is to work out how their research can impact the world. In part, this matters because impact is now one of the criteria on which universities are assessed – and in my opinion rightly so. It makes sense that state-funded institutions should be accountable for their public benefit. Continue reading →

Junto March Madness Round 2 Results

Your Round 2 Results for Junto March Madness are... Continue reading →

Report on current climate for language teaching

The BBC has reported on findings from a report by the CfBT Education Trust and the British Council, which highlights the current “difficult climate” in England’s schools for language teaching. In particular, the report notes the low uptake of language GCSEs and A-levels as areas for concern. Continue reading →

New ‘CLIL’ MOOC launched

The Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has launched a four-week MOOC running from 4 May to 8 June 2015 for anyone interested in learning to create content-rich lessons using Clilstore, a dedicated CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) authoring tool. For further details about the MOOC, including a description of its content, and information on how to sign up, visit the UPV website. Continue reading →

Seminar today: ‘Transnational political consultancy and nation-making in Latin America: The case of the Spaniard José Joaquín de Mora’

Modern Languages students and staff may be interested in attending today’s History Seminar Series seminar, at 1pm in Room 2115, Building 65, Avenue Campus. The seminar is entitled ‘Transnational political consultancy and nation-making in Latin America: The case of the Spaniard José Joaquín de Mora’ and will be led by Dr Graciela Iglesias Rogers from the University of Winchester. Continue reading →

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