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Academic Background
MA in Higher Education Practice (2017)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2015)
PhD in History of Art, UEA (2009)
MA in History of Art, University of York (2003)
BA in History of Art, University of Warwick (2001)
Biography
Dr Matthew Sillence is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE). He received his doctorate from the University of East Anglia in the History of Art in 2009, following his BA (Warwick, 2001) and MA (York, 2003) and completed a Masters degree in Higher Education Practice in 2017. He is currently Associate Professor in Humanities for Postgraduate Education and Training, providing academic development modules for postgraduate researchers and their supervisors. His current interests are in doctoral education policy and practice, the integration of digital technologies into higher education research and teaching, and the enhancement of digital literacies in the arts and humanities.
Areas of Expertise
Quantitative analysis of antiquarian networks; image analysis; digital humanities pedagogy.
Key Responsibilities
- Assistant to the Director of Postgraduate Research and Training, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Developer of the Virtual Graduate School in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Liaison for the Consortium for Humanities and the Arts, South-East England (CHASE)
- Host of the PGR Matters Podcast
Teaching Interests
Personal and professional skills development: doctoral supervision, academic networking, presentations, image handling and digital humanities.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Projects
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Cards Set
Sillence, M., Jarvis, J., Doan, H., Clark, A., Dickerson, C. & Cooper, J., 17 Jan 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Artefact
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'Those Tasteless Topographers': A Historiography of the Monumental Brasses in the Church of Saint Margaret, King'S Lynn. Paul Cockerham. 2022. Privately printed. £12.00.
Sillence, M., 1 Jul 2024, In: The Ricardian. The Journal of the Richard III Society. XXXIV, p. 151-152 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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Equality, diversity and inclusion: learning from laying our cards on the table
Sillence, M., Jarvis, J., Clark, A., Dickerson, C. & Doan, H., 28 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. 26Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Understanding doctoral progress assessment in the arts and humanities
Sillence, M., Feb 2023, In: Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. 22, 1, p. 45-59 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Applying for Senior Fellowship as a Researcher Developer
Sillence, M., 21 Apr 2022Research output: Other contribution
Datasets
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PhD Data relating to seal designs for cardinals 1378-1533
Sillence, M. (Creator), GitHub, 23 May 2019
https://github.com/matthewsillence/PhD_data
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Data extraction from digitized antiquarian texts
Sillence, M. (Creator), GitHub, 22 Feb 2019
https://github.com/matthewsillence/antiquarian_texts
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CHASE Arts and Humanities in the Digital Age
Sillence, M. (Creator), GitHub, 21 Feb 2019
https://github.com/matthewsillence/chase_ahda
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Data extraction for analysis of Antiquarian Networks
Sillence, M. (Creator), GitHub, 28 Jun 2019
https://github.com/matthewsillence/antiquarian_networks
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Antiquarian correspondence (Charles George Roberts Birch, 1839-1903)
Sillence, M. (Creator), GitHub, 7 Jan 2019
https://github.com/matthewsillence/antiquarian_correspondence
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Prizes
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Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
Sillence, Matthew (Recipient), 29 Oct 2020
Prize: Election to learned society
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Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
Sillence, Matthew (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Election to learned society
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Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE)
Sillence, Matthew (Recipient), 16 Feb 2022
Prize: Election to learned society
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Winner of the Transforming Education Awards: Advocate for PhD Students
Sillence, Matthew (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Postgraduate Research Directors' Conference
Matthew Sillence (Speaker)
11 Sep 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Association for Learning Development in Higher Education Conference
Amanda Clark (Speaker), Hanh Doan (Speaker) & Matthew Sillence (Speaker)
13 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Doctoral Education as If People Matter Book Launch
Matthew Sillence (Speaker)
24 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop or seminar
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2022
Matthew Sillence (Speaker)
16 Mar 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Monumental Brass Society Annual General Meeting
Matthew Sillence (Speaker)
10 Jul 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Invited talk