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Fostering Research Communities
By Matt Tibble on behalf of Inciting Sparks @IncitingSparks ‘Public engagement’ and ‘research communities’ – these are the new buzzwords from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, one of the largest funding bodies for historical research in the UK. Their message is that the gulf between the ivory tower of academic research in higher education institutions and…
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Gowns for ‘Sweet Girl Graduates’: The Evolution of Academic Dress
By Georgia Oman While academic dress has been around for a long time, it is only more recently that the wearing of it in Britain has been permissible for more than a small but powerful elite. Until the 1830s, there were only two universities in England, Oxford and Cambridge, and academic dress was a part…
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Bored Bluestockings and Frivolous Flirts: The Necessary Adaptations of Early Female University Students in Ireland
By Aoife O’Leary McNeice (@aolmcn) Female students were admitted to Queen’s College Cork (QCC) – now University College Cork – Ireland in 1886. One might imagine that these women were innovative and progressive, as they challenged the boundaries placed upon their gender by entering the predominantly male space of the University. But despite their pursuit of higher…
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