Sound on Screen

Official Twitter page for the biennial Sound on Screen conference at Oxford Brookes University || 4th-6th July, 2023 #SoundonScreen2023 #SaveMusicatBrookes

[Sound on Screen @SoundonScreenOB]

We are devastated to share this news with you all. Please read (and share as wide as possible) the statement below from our Music team at Oxford Brookes @musicatbrookes

[Music at Brookes @musicatbrookes]

We are sad to share with you the news that Oxford Brookes University has decided to close its music department. Below a statement from the music team - we are all devastated.

[Sound on Screen @SoundonScreenOB]

Special thanks to all of our Speakers, those who attended in-person or online, Conference Assistants and our Conference Committee: Dr Jan Butler, Dr James Cateridge, Dr Matt Lawson & Dr Lindsay Steenberg.

Video and Music Edited by Katherine Lai

[Sound on Screen @SoundonScreenOB]

Looking back on SOUND ON SCREEN II 2023, a hybrid conference hosted by the Music and Film departments at @oxfordbrookes – 3 days. 91 scholars from around the world. Exploring the relationship between music and/or sound and the screen 🎧🎬

#SoundOnScreen2023

[Oxford Brookes UCU (@brookesucu.bsky.social) @BrookesUCU]

The branch has just published its analysis of the financial situation of the university https://t.co/p1O8UcnSXq We follow this by our strategy in response to ongoing cuts, redundancies and closures
HUMAN BEINGS BEFORE VANITY BUILDINGS!
https://t.co/XA9u9o6b3O

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

.@oxford_brookes confirms music and maths closures despite protests: university blames external factors for cutbacks as accounts show improving financial position. @TWilliamsTHE reports
https://t.co/w4nURRVRyd

[Music at Brookes @musicatbrookes]

"It is also vital that we do not lose the rich and transformative research coming out of university music departments. Music research helps us to understand our history and the development of language, culture and identity. It explores how music can change and improve lives".

[Music at Brookes @musicatbrookes]

"The urban myth that studying music does not lead to positive economic and career outcomes is not sustained by the hard data. A recent 20-year longitudinal survey ... by the University of Oxford demonstrated that music students go on to a very broad range of careers..."

[The Critic @TheCriticMag]

A low-value degree is not a degree in English or Art, argues @amwilson_opera. It is a degree not rooted in research https://t.co/ghgdyQVxCk

[Music at Brookes @musicatbrookes]

Prof Daniel Grimley: "Closing university music departments does not chime with common sense" https://t.co/YU7jMacrtL via @timeshighered

[Oxford Brookes Scholarly Communications @brookes_oa]

Some of Dr Lawson's research into film music is #openaccess in RADAR!

Musical catharsis and identity in Holocaust cinema: Der letzte Zug (2006)
https://t.co/fh8eq3UlJr

Soundtracks of the Holocaust in East and West German Cinema
https://t.co/0ZAee6dUAR

[Music at Brookes @musicatbrookes]

Despite the difficult situation, the music team continues its outreach work. Dr Matt Lawson was invited by Brookes alumna and music teacher Anya Blayney to give a film music guest lecture to 60 students at secondary school. #musicteacher #filmmusic #musiceducation

[Music at Brookes @musicatbrookes]

Spring has arrived on campus! Will there be another spring for music at Brookes?

[Oxford Clarion @OxfordClarion]

Redundancies for Music staff “will now progress”. Maths staff will be redeployed to teach maths in other departments. A voluntary severance scheme is to be expanded in an attempt to reduce compulsory redundancies in the humanities subjects.

[Oxford Clarion @OxfordClarion]

Oxford Brookes has confirmed the closure of its Music and Mathematics courses, and job losses in other departments. It says alternative suggestions from staff could not “achieve the level of savings required by the University in the necessary timeframe”. https://t.co/mfWtmXJd2V

[Oxford Brookes UCU (@brookesucu.bsky.social) @BrookesUCU]

Our statement in response to @ignatius_sancho - once the university’s decisions re the end of the consultation period are communicated to all staff by Monday 29 Jan, we will be able to provide more detail. #stoptheSHAMcuts

[Sound on Screen @SoundonScreenOB]

Thank you @ianpacemain

[Music at Brookes @musicatbrookes]

Fingers crossed for the music team and our colleagues in English, History, Anthropology, Film and Architecture!

[Music at Brookes @musicatbrookes]

Thank you to everybody who signed in support of Music at Brookes! The petition has now passed the 6,000 signatures milestone, but if you want to sign, it is still open.
https://t.co/lQ3DqhOjnB

[Complete Music Update @CMU]

A group of prominent academics has criticised Oxford Brookes decision to close its music department saying it's a mistake for the jobs and skills of the future.

@oxford_brookes @musicatbrookes

https://t.co/LQmIkdZLL6