As an expert in the field, Dr Lisa Sainsbury says that “children’s literature is far more complex than a lot of people give it credit for”. In this week’s podcast, Dr Sainsbury talks about her passion for her subject and her roles in the university – as Research Programme Leader for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Associate Professor of English Literature. She offers some advice to post-graduate students on managing their supervisory relationships and talks about Roehampton’s unique approach to children’s literature.  

Links mentioned 

National Year of Reading 

MA in Children’s Literature at Roehampton 

Chapters 

1.00 The job of Research Programme Leader 

2.07 Contacts before arriving at Roehampton 

3.32 The advantage of ‘milestones’ (RDComms) in post-graduate studies 

5.23 How students have changed over the years at Roehampton 

6.58 From Masters to PhD studies 

8.08 Importance of community in academic life 

9.11 Lisa’s PhD in children’s literature 

10.44 History of Roehampton’s approach to children’s literature  

12.04 Children’s literature today 

14.51 Influence of Watership Down 

16.30 What makes a good supervisory relationship? 

19.02 Research students should make use of the wider university network 

The Roey Grad Podcast is a presentation of the University of Roehampton’s Graduate School.  

Our theme music is by DiamondTunes 
 
Our hosts are two PhD students at Roehampton, Charles Miller and Will Berard, who also edits and mixes the podcast. It was produced by Aaliyah Hassan. 

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