Title:

Developing and sharing innovative post-graduate teaching in Middle English and Older Scots language and literature

Project Outcomes:

Following the establishment of the Midlands 3Cities consortium, this project aimed to embed training in book history and interpreting manuscripts as a key professional skill for medieval literary studies. It also set out to develop innovative and efficient methods for delivering teaching across institutions. The Partnership benefits from an established body of staff experienced in postgraduate taught provision (3 late medieval specialists in each institution) and enabling those staff to share their expertise has enriched student learning and professionalisation.

Two manuscript training days were held, drawing on the materials and particular expertise in each institution. The project enabled staff to consider the development of additional supportive provision for postgraduate research and postgraduate taught students. While the initial project was completed in January 2016 without developing assessed shared provision, alternative modes of delivery have been suggested by the student participants, including a manuscript reading group and further introductory sessions. These will be developed at Nottingham, with a view to sharing the models devised with Birmingham.