New Appointment
Dr Paul Fleet has recently been appointed as Lecturer in Music to the CETL and the International Centre of Music Studies (ICMuS) at Newcastle University. His role will be not only to contribute to the teaching and learning activities within the department but also to research and develop new approaches to the teaching and learning of core ‘music skills’. His vision for the Music Skills Project is to create a practical and inclusive approach to this often problematic area of learning. Paul was born and educated in the North East of England and has knowledge from ‘both sides of the desk’ with respect to this appointment. As a student in Further Education he undertook A Levels and then a BTEC HND in Performing Arts, which are the two most typical entry routes for students who enrol upon an undergraduate music degree. As a lecturer in Higher Education and as a self-employed music teacher he has written, delivered and marked a wide variety of ‘music skills’ based courses for students of various ages and abilities who are on privately funded courses, access courses, foundation degrees, and undergraduate degrees in both Classical and Popular Music. In 2008 he delivered a research document to the CETL for Music and Inclusivity on ‘The provision in ‘Music Skills’ for degree students on Popular Music Programmes across selected North Eastern and National Institutions’.