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Techne AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership
Techne supports outstanding students pursuing the ‘craft’ of research through innovative, interdisciplinary and creative approaches across the range of the arts and humanities through the following universities:
Brunel University, London | Kingston University | Loughborough University, London | Royal Holloway, University of London | University of Brighton | University of Roehampton | University of the Arts London | University of Surrey | University of Westminster
Techne DTP has now run its final studentship competition and the students starting in October 2025 will be the final cohort.
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Forthcoming events for December 2025
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01DEC2025Stories from The Archives: Inspiring Creative Responses through CollectionsMon, 09:30 - 16:00The National Archives, Bessant Drive, Kew TW9 4DUUsing the expertise of The National Archives specialists as knowledge curators, and with a session facilitated by author and creative practitioner Joanna Brown, this all-day workshop will allow attendees to build skills in extracting inspiring content from historical records.Read more
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02DEC2025Sound Editing and Podcasting Course02 December 2025, 11:00 - 03 December 2025, 16:00Have you been thinking of making a podcast of your research but are unsure of how to get started? Or do you have an idea which you are looking to develop further? This is a four part course run over two days. Attendees will need to attend all four parts.Read more
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04DEC2025CDP Webinar: Dealing with Career AnxietyThu, 13:00 - 14:00Online (Zoom)In this 60-minute webinar, we will explore career related anxiety especially to understand why it’s natural, why it’s useful, and how to put it to work as a positive force in your career management. We will look at strategies to enhance your confidence in managing your career, including making use of your expertise as researchers and reflective practitioners.Read more
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09DEC2025Winter Writing Clinic: one-to-one appointmentsTue, 09:00 - 16:00Online (Zoom)This writing clinic offers six 40-minute one-to-one appointments with Anne Wilson, the co-lead of the Techne Writing Development Programme. You have the opportunity to discuss any aspect of your writing, from challenges with writer's block and time management to structural difficulties and problems with expressing your argument. Alternatively, you can use the time to discuss in detail a particular section of text-in-progress (which you can send in advance).Read more
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09DEC2025Uneven Ground 1: Speaking ClassTue, 10:00 - 11:30OnlineJoin us for the first session of this Techne student-led event series exploring the interplay of class, place and identity. This seminar will explore how class shapes voice(s) and language(s) within community, art and media.In this session, we will hear from three speakers on this topic, followed by a Q&A.Read more
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10DEC2025BIPOC Speaker Series 2: Bringing Research to the Public and Community as a BIPOC ResearcherWed, 13:00 - 16:00Room 1-03, 11 Bedford Square, LondonThis workshop is created to serve as both a creative space and a BIPOC support group, inviting participants to bridge their academic work with community engagement. It encouraged reflection on personal and collective journeys asking not only “Where did you come from?” but also “Where are you going?”Read more
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11DEC2025Theatreworks: Personal ImpactThu, 09:30 - 13:00Clore Learning Centre, National Theatre, London SE1 9PXIncrease your confidence when presenting to an audience and learn how to control your nerves. In this half day course, hosted at the National Theatre, you’ll build skills taken from the world of theatre – including use of the voice and breath – to maximise your impact at work.Read more
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16DEC2025Research as Resistance 1: Allyship as a ResearcherTue, 11:00 - 12:00Online (Zoom)In this session, we will look at how each of us is impacted by systemic oppression, especially how we don't know what we don't know. By using anti-oppressive, difference-centred paradigms, students can reflect on how people make sense of the world and how it might contradict other interpretations of experience. The session will also consider the practical impacts of conducting primary research with marginalised communities.Read more
Featured Techne students
Su Smith
Kingston University London
Complexity Theory’s Potential For Creative Writing: Open Systems, Nonlinearity, Chaos And Emergence In The Twenty-First Century Trauma Novel
Jessie Akambadi
Loughborough University London
They Still Call it Africa: interrogating corruption using theatre archives and participatory filmmaking
Amelia Crouch
University of the Arts London
Episodic self-display and shifting modes of address: Performing identity in artists' moving image in a neoliberal era of post-truth