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Welcome to grant-holders from Spain
The School of Arts welcomes Aurora Aguilella, Irene León, Yolanda Macías and Andrés Torres, four of the nine Spanish grant-holders who will be based in different departments of the School during the course of this semester. More ...
Stand-up Comedy award for English Department
Kevin McCarron, Reader in American Literature, and Tim Miles, a Visiting Lecturer for the past two years, have been awarded a Palatine development award. Palatine, the Performing Arts Learning and Teaching Innovation Network, have provided £7,500 to fund research into the teaching of stand-up comedy in Higher Education. More...
Award Winning Publication
Putney and Roehampton in 1665: A Street Directory and Guide by Dorian Gerhold, recently published by Roehampton University London and the Wandsworth Historical Society, has won the 2008 London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS) Local History Publications Award. More...
Classical Civilisation team awarded for their work on Classics and Employability
The Classical Civilisation team have been awarded the Roehampton Teaching Fellowship in recognition of their innovative teaching methods. More...
Student receives prestigious literary prize
Research student Louise Lee has won the prestigious Journal of Victorian Culture’s Graduate Student Essay Prize for her work on the Victorian novelist Charles Kingsley. More …
Roehampton Writes: University launches online magazine
MA Creative and Professional Writing students are experiencing the real-life pressure of having their work published in a new online magazine called Roehampton Writes. More…
University team expands prison reading group research
Roehampton University staff are working to promote the spread of reading groups in prisons. Sarah Turvey and Professor Jenny Hartley, lecturers from the English Literature programme, are researching these groups and what they offer to participants. More…
Hearth Tax Project awarded AHRC grant
Roehampton University’s Hearth Tax Project has been awarded £87,000 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) over the next three years to complete research on London before the Great Fire. More…
The future of screen heritage in the UK: a symposium on strategy
Roehampton University hosted a symposium on the future of screen heritage, an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss what needs to be done to ensure the long-term future of our moving image and screen heritage. More…