PhD in English and Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2013-2016
MA Creative Writing (Poetry), Manchester Metropolitan University, 2010-2012
PGCE, Primary with German, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2006 - 2007
BA Hons (1st) English Literature with German, University of Sussex, 1999-2003
After my PhD, I completed a Cultural Engagement Fellowship at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. I then worked on Manchester's successful bid to become a UNESCO City of Literature.
English (Fluent)
German (Fluent)
I was on the planning group for the first Annual Research Symposium in the Institute of Humanities and Social Science Research (2012). It is now in its fifth year.
I was a stream organiser (Jean-Luc Nancy in Fragments) for the London Conference in Critical Thought at Royal Holloway University of London (2013), which involved managing a conference stream, issuing a call for paper, evaluating abstracts, creating three separate panels and chairing duties.
AHRC Cultural Engagement Fund, 3-month postdoctoral fellowship, 2016, £12,038
AHRC Postgraduate Studentship, 2012, £52,494
2016 AHRC Cultural Engagement Project: Anthony Burgess, John Keats and Romantic Poetry
2014 Poetry inquisition with Jeffrey Wainwright
2014 The Manchester Writing School presents: Helen Mort and Martin Kratz
2012 KS3 Creative Writing Workshop Leader at Manchester Art Gallery with Manchester Metropolitan University
2012 KS3/ KS4 Bilingual Creative Writing Workshop Leader, Mother Tongue Other Tongue Competition, Manchester Metropolitan University
2011 Writer in Residence, Brrr Project, Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School
Rome in the Rain, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 2016
Radio
Podcast Poet, The Verb, BBC Radio 3, 2016
'Can a Computer Write Shakespeare?', BBC Radio 4, 2014
Podcasts
'Belli's Bible for Blasphemers', International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 2016
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The Rosamund Prize 2011 (with Leo Geyer)
Janet Beer Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the Life of the Manchester Writing School 2013
Philip Bates Prize for Composers and Songwriters 2013 (with Leo Geyer)
Shortlisted for BBC Next Generation Thinkers 2013
Highly Commended, Forward Prize 2015