PGR highlights from the 2024/25 academic year.
Annual PGR Conferences
The annual SotA PGR conferences continue to be an important and very positive part of the SotA PGR experience across all Departments. Organised largely by the PGR representatives for each Department, the conferences are an opportunity for the cohorts to come together to share their research.
Three-Minute Thesis Winner
Stephanie Thomson won the University of Liverpool ‘Three Minute Thesis’ (3MT®) competition for her presentation ‘Femtech fertility ads: selling the illusion of reproductive control’.
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) 2025 winners announced - News - University of Liverpool
Oram Award Success
Lola de la Mata, current PGR in the Department of Music has been awarded the prestigious Oram Award.
The Oram Awards recognise women and gender diverse artists who are innovators in the fields of music, sound and related technologies in honour of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Daphne Oram"
https://www.oramawards.com/about
FACT Cinema Collaboration
Current PGR student and LADA scholarship holder, Stella Sideli, was a curator-in-residence at FACT Cinema in Liverpool. Their yearlong post included curating artists (including Stella) to run workshops for the board and her residence ended with audience facing event titled "Rehearsing Governance":
"Grounded in ideas of listening, attunement, and shared or embodied resonance, this conversation considers how creative methodologies—spanning sound, voice, philosophy, computation, and performance—can support re-thinking governance, decision-making, and collaboration.”
https://www.fact.co.uk/event/rehearsing-governance
Current Research in Speculative Fiction Conference 2025
Organised by PGRs, this impressive and wide-reaching conference saw many current PGRs, academic, and authors attend and present.
Webpage: Current Research in Speculative Fiction Conference 2025 – University of Liverpool, 2024
Current Research in Speculative Fiction Conference 2025 – University of Liverpool, 2024
Northern England Postgraduate Philosophy Conference 2025
Developed and ran by PGRs in the Department of Philosophy, the inaugural conference turned out extremely successful and we hope its success will continue in future years.
Inaugural Northern England Postgraduate Philosophy Conference | Stories | Department of Philosophy | University of Liverpool
Outreach and Engagement and External Events
All Departments have been extremely well represented with high levels of SotA participation in many prestigious conferences.
Some other examples include PGRs in Communications and Media collaborating with the Tate, and a PGR in Music working with London Symphony Orchestra Soundhub.