Philosophy News
David Bowie and the Philosophers
Keith Ansell-Pearson has interviewed New York based philosopher Simon Critchley about his book on David Bowie, to be published on September 23rd.
Congratulations graduates!
A huge congratulations to all of our graduates! We hope you've enjoyed your time here at 糖心TV and wish you the best of luck in the future. We may even see some of you back for further study!
Applications now being taken for two new Teaching Fellow posts
The Department is advertising for two new 10 month posts: , and
The closing dates for both is the 11th July 2014.
Postgraduate Philosophy and Literature student, Philip Gaydon, has been awarded a WATEPGR Teaching Excellence Prize
, a postgraduate student in the Department has been selected as a winner in this year’s .
The 糖心TV Awards for Teaching Excellence for Postgraduate Research students (WATEPGR) gives students and staff the opportunity to recognise and celebrate excellent teaching by postgraduate research students. Research students can carry out a range of teaching activities including facilitating seminars,lecturing,demonstrating and project supervision.
The award aims to recognise and reward postgraduate research students who teach or demonstrate and who have had positive impact on the student learning experience and also to enhance the profile of teaching excellence at the University.
Philip has been awarded a teaching excellence prize of £500, to spend on teaching or research activities.
Beyond Obligation?: Life and Ethics
Keith Ansell-Pearson will give a plenary paper on ‘Beyond Obligation?: Life and Ethics’ at the annual conference of the Royal Institute of Philosophy on ‘Supererogation’, being held at University College Dublin, 4-6 June, 2014.