Storytelling Academy – Interdisciplinary Research at Loughborough University
Come Study With Us! We are delighted to announce that applications for our new round of PhD studentships are now open! We have four fully-funded studentships available for starting in October 2026, one is associated with the programme of the UNESCO Chair in Storytelling Education for Sustainability and three are part of EM-SLAM (East Midlands Sustainable Living and Mental Well-Being),
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The Drawing Research Group, Loughborough University, is convening a Drawing as Storytelling series of online events. Deadline for submission: 31st of January 2026. This series of online events aims to explore the relationship between Drawing and Storytelling. Drawing begins where words cannot reach, and storytelling begins when images ask to be read. In an era where visual culture and narrative structures are
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For many academics and practitioners, storytelling is more than a means of communication; it is a body of lived experience that reveals how we come to understand the world and how we position ourselves within it. When these stories are shared, they also shape the lived experiences of others. In this sense, storytelling becomes a powerful force for shaping our
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For the next academic year, the Storytelling Academy will be hosting an online reading group. The group will run fortnightly on Wednesdays for one and a half hours during the Autumn and Spring terms. For each meeting the group will read in advance a piece of writing relating to some aspect of storytelling theory and/or practice, which will then form
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It has been a busy few weeks on the UNESCO front. Following the highly successful week at the beginning of the month, when we welcomed our visitors from India and South Africa and held a whole day of events celebrating Loughborough’s growing relationship with UNESCO, and in particular the new UNESCO Chair in Storytelling Education for Sustainability, Professor Mike Wilson,
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