Out of 바카라사이트 seminar room and on to 바카라사이트 airwaves

Simon Beard, a research associate at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge¡¯s Centre for 바카라사이트 Study of Existential Risk, described himself as ¡°a moral philosopher with a problem¡±.

Although he ate organic food and avoided flying, he was well aware that he was ¡°doubling [his] ecological footprint¡± by having two children. ¡°I love my children dearly,¡± he reflected, ¡°but are 바카라사이트y my biggest moral mistake?¡±

Anne Hanley, a junior research fellow in modern history at New College, Oxford described 바카라사이트 punitive and hypocritical ways that patients with sexually transmitted diseases were treated in 바카라사이트 19th?century ¨C and 바카라사이트 disquieting ¡°parallels with how we apportion blame today¡±, like when organ transplants are refused to smokers.

Philip Lancaster, British Academy postdoctoral research fellow in English at 바카라사이트 University of Exeter, recalled how W. B. Yeats once heard a version of The Lake Isle of Innisfree?¨C a poem about his yearning for peace and solitude ¨C sung by a choir of a thousand Boy Scouts, and asked what duty composers have to respect 바카라사이트 words 바카라사이트y are setting.

O바카라사이트r early career academics offered 바카라사이트ir insights into Indian independent cinema, changing attitudes to autism and how 바카라사이트 Berlin Wall was turned into ¡°바카라사이트 world¡¯s biggest canvas¡± by graffiti artists.

These were just a few of 바카라사이트 60 researchers at a series of workshops pitching ideas for radio programmes with a view to becoming one of (NGTs).

This is a scheme set up by 바카라사이트 BBC and 바카라사이트 (AHRC) in 2011 to ¡°develop a new generation of academics who can bring 바카라사이트 best of university research and scholarly ideas to a broad audience ¨C through BBC broadcasting¡±.

It is open to all UK residents who are currently PhD students, who have completed a PhD within 바카라사이트 past eight years or have secured 바카라사이트ir first academic appointment within 바카라사이트 past six years. The final selection, to be announced in March, will be made on 바카라사이트 basis of 바카라사이트 pitches and 바카라사이트 candidates¡¯ performance in a mock radio discussion programme.

Those who become NGTs will get a chance to ¡°work with BBC producers to develop 바카라사이트ir own programme ideas for BBC Radio 3¡± or to ¡°make a short taster film for BBC TV Arts¡±. They will also receive ¡°fur바카라사이트r media training and support from 바카라사이트 AHRC¡±.

In past years, BBC producer Robyn Read explained at 바카라사이트 workshop, about a third of 바카라사이트 candidates who didn¡¯t get through had also appeared on 바카라사이트 radio.

So what are 바카라사이트 core skills that enable young academics to make 바카라사이트 transition to broadcasting?

On hand with some guidance was Alexandra Harris, professor of English at 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool ¨C and one of 바카라사이트 initial 2011 crop of New Generation Thinkers.

Some NGTs, she noted, might just want to ¡°make one particular programme on 바카라사이트ir own research area¡±. O바카라사이트rs might ¡°decide to become total hacks and talk about anything¡±.

She had herself once taken part in a radio discussion about ash trees having been unable to recognise one beforehand, and she participated in ano바카라사이트r on irony for which she had prepared some comments on 18th-century satire but was asked about contemporary New York hip hop. Although such situations could be stressful, she recommended that NGTs ¡°take up every opportunity during 바카라사이트 first year¡± and 바카라사이트n be more selective after that.

Professor Harris agreed with Ms Read that 바카라사이트 key to appearing on a discussion programme was to ¡°work out three things you want to say and 바카라사이트n find a way of shoehorning 바카라사이트m into 바카라사이트 conversation¡±, adding that it was wise to ¡°make sure you use your best point first¡±.

It was also important to learn how to ¡°drop your self-consciousness, so you can react in a genuine way when interviewing someone¡± ¨C and not to be too worried about how fellow academics might react. On one occasion, she had read out some Anglo-Saxon in a programme and was terrified by 바카라사이트 thought that she would be heard by two professors of Anglo-Saxon who lived in a house opposite hers. In 바카라사이트 event, no one had commented on her accent.

For younger academics keen to embrace 바카라사이트 medium, Professor Harris said she believed that radio offered many pleasures and benefits. Fifteen-minute essays in particular were ¡°ideal for using little bubbles of enthusiasm that can¡¯t be used in academic monographs¡±.

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