Ted Vallance: Roehampton Dean and Charles I expert

On this first episode of the Roey Grad Podcast, our host Charles speaks to Prof. Ted Vallance, Dean of Research and Doctoral Study at the University of Roehampton. Ted is also an historian, expert on Charles I and the English Civil War, although as we find out, these days he does this on his spare time. Ted’s PURE profile The Roehampton Graduate School The Grad School and Research Office LinkedIn The Inclusive Histories Project Ted’s Podcast: Charles I – The road to execution Chapters: 00:05 Introduction 00:40 What is a Dean? 01:20 Research and Doctoral Studies 03:15 Grad school Vs Academic supervisors 03:54 Grad school and Academic Judgement 05:20 Finding the time for academic work 06:48 Finding satisfaction in the role 08:10 Opportunities for grad students 12:32 Conferences and seminars 14:31 The etiquette of Academia 16:26 Role of grad students in a university 17:46 Role of research 19:04 What makes Roehampton different? 20:22 Academic specialisations 22:29 A word on Charles I The Roey Grad Podcast is a presentation of the University of Roehampton’s Graduate School. https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/study/academic-areas/graduate-school Our theme music is by DiamondTunes. https://pixabay.com/users/diamond_tunes-25553362 Our hosts are two PhDs of Roehampton, Charles Miller and Will Berard, who also edits and mixes the podcast. It was produced by Aaliyah Hassan.