The school hosts and participates in a wide range of interdisciplinary research and reading groups, which facilitate everything from specialised cross-disciplinary exchange to relaxed and informal staff-student discussion.
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We are an active group of researchers from the Schools of English and Psychology who meet weekly to discuss research and develop research projects across the disciplines of psycholinguistics and first and second language processing. Staff, postdocs, and PhD students are all welcome.
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We meet once a month to discuss a chosen work of contemporary fiction in a relaxed and informal environment. The reading list is varied and recommendations are always welcome. The group is hosted in the School of English and open to all staff and postgraduate students.
We sit within the CRLC in the School of English and are one of the country's leading centres for Lawrence studies. We aim to celebrate the work of Lawrence and promote understanding of his life and literary legacy both within and outside academia. Staff and students of all levels are welcome to get in touch.
We are a dynamic research group dedicated to the production and study of performance and creative practice. We have a strong track record of collaboration with regional creative and cultural industry partners. Both staff and students are central to the work that we do.
We are one of the UK’s largest initiatives in multi-modal research into health care communication. We bring together leading researchers from medicine, pharmacy, community health, nursing, sociology, and linguistics to advance the quality of communication in the NHS.
We are one of the UK's leading centres for medieval research and teaching. We link Nottingham researchers with shared interests in medieval cultures, and foster collaboration with international scholars. The Institute works closely with the CSVA and INS in the School of English.
We are a research and business unit based in CRAL in the School of English. We specialise in enhancing workplace communication, leadership and teamwork strategy. Our unit is made up of academic staff, ECRs, and doctoral researchers.
Supported by the School of English, we are a poetry collective of staff, students, and creative practitioners. We run a monthly programme of seminars, performance evenings, and reading group sessions, along with our student-led 'Lunch Poems' initiative. All welcome!
We're a mixed group of staff and students, mainly based in the CSVA and INS in the School of English. In our fortnightly sessions, we work cooperatively to read through Old English texts. Everyone is welcome, regardless of previous experience or language ability.
Based in the CRLC in the School of English, we bring together PGRs and academics from the arts and social sciences to explore the cultures of space, place, and landscape. We run a monthly reading group and host an annual symposium.
Run by PhD students from the School of English, our reading group meets once a month, bringing together staff and students from across the arts and humanities to discuss writers, texts, and ideas from Romantic-era Britain. Everyone is welcome, whether BA, MA, PhD, ECR, or staff.
Snotrur is the reading group for Old Norse enthusiasts! Led by PhD students from the CSVA in the School of English, we meet twice a month to discuss all things Old Norse. All staff, postgraduates and CSVA members are welcome!
Based in the School of English, we aim to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion and networking opportunities among doctoral students in stylistics and discourse analysis. We meet every fortnight to discuss selected papers from the field.
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