The following Bath Spa GALA Outreach awards were made during 2018–19: Addis Ababa University Cecilia Quaintrell (Visiting Research Fellow, Music Research Centre): to explore research collaborations MA student in Transnational Writing: to do research for a collection focusing on migration and exile Beijing Foreign Studies University Three undergraduate students (1, CoLA; 2, BSAD) : to attend...
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GALA overview: by William Davis, Bath Spa University When my time at Bath Spa University began in 2017 I believed that I would be predominantly specialising in Film and TV and although this is still a big part of my degree, the skills that I have developed over the last two years stretch far wider than this. As a student, I have taken on board every creative opportunity offered to me, both interna...
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Dylan Moore, Bath Spa University postgraduate student in Transnational Writing, reports from Addis Ababa, where his trip became more literal than anticipated As a writer, sometimes you have to work hard to discover your opening line, but at other times they are gifted to you in a flash. For my latest short story, ‘A Baptism of Dust’, the first sentence quite literally hits me hard in the face: ‘Wh...
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My name is Yara Gawrieh and I’m a third year student at Stockholm University – Sweden, studying English literature and linguistics. Going on an exchange study to the UK at Bath Spa University in Bath was so far one of the best choices I have made in my entire 23 years life. First of all, the Creative Writing program offered at Bath Spa University was not offered for undergraduate level...
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By Savannah-Rae Squair Monday 11th March, I’m up early this morning to catch my flight to Sweden for a research visit to Stockholm University. I’m going there to collect research towards my dissertation project which is to create a marketing and communications package of recommendations to GALA’s promotive and communication practices. I’m excited to visit the country and University independently a...
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The GALA Outreach Fund The GALA Outreach Fund is intended to support Bath Spa University staff and student engagement with GALA partners by providing support for international travel or other activities related to research or teaching collaboration, staff or student mobility, public engagement activities, or projects relating to the liberal arts. It can also be used to support visits by representa...
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Above (from left to right): Lizzie Watts, Ian Gadd, Stacey Robertson, John Strachan, Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus Newly appointed Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs at SUNY Geneseo, Stacey Robertson, visited Bath Spa University to discuss ways of expanding our student exchange programme, teaching and research collaborations. Geneseo were a founding partner of GALA. The key contact then wa...
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Professor James Kennedy, Dean of University College, Utrecht, visited Bath Spa University to discuss liberal arts provision and to explore opportunities for collaboration in research and teaching across the GALA network. Photo above (left to right): Dr Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus, Professor Neil Sammels, Professor James Kennedy, Professor Ian Gadd, and Professor Charles Wiffen. https://www.uu.nl/staf...
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By Laura Denning, Bath Spa University It was a great honour to be invited to take part in the Anda VI international conference at University of Udine,19-21 april 2017: Living together on this earth – eco-sustainable narratives and environmental concerns in english literature/s. As a PhD student in Environmental Humanities at Bath Spa University, in my first year of study, it wa...
Read More »The Bath Spa University GALA outreach fund was launched in December with aim of supporting academic and professional staff and student engagement with GALA partners by providing funds for international travel or other activities related to teaching, research, or public engagement. It can also be used to support visits by representatives from GALA partners to Bath Spa. So far, 8 proposals have been...
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