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PhD opportunity in music psychology
I had an email today from my friend Dr Alex Aksentijevic who co-ordinates the Applied Music Psychology course at Roehampton . He tells me that there is currently an opportunity for a PhD in music psychology at Roehampton, supervised by him. The details are below. Alex is a member of the CRICEI centre (Cognition, Emotion and Interaction), but he says you can chose another centre – the key for working with him, of course, is MUSIC! Category: Full-time Posted: 26 September 2011 Closing date for applications: 24 October 2011 Department of Psychology: PhD Research Bursaries (x4): The Department of Psychology intends to award, for October 2011, four, 3-year research bursaries. £15,590 per annum…
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Music in baby/child development
Today I have had the pleasure of visiting a parent-child music activity session in London. I was invited by Caroline, the UK general manager of Jo Jingles, to come and supervise three classes in one morning (for different age groups all under 5 years) to see what kind of activities go on and to see the reactions and interactions between the parents and the children. I am not one to turn down such an interesting invitation! In the past couple of years I have become more and more interested in how music is used in the real world for positive benefits: As such, as I have been involved in projects…
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