In this guest blog, Dr Gemma Harman reflects on 4 years - and 100 episodes - of her award-winning podcast, ResDance. Left: photo by Sean Harman. Right: live recording with Kate Prince at The Nest, Chichester. Photo by Georgia Humphries. At the end of January 2026, I closed a significant chapter of my professional life. After ten years at University of Chichester, I stepped away from a contracted role and found myself ready to embrace a focus on freelance life. Having worked f

New year, new blog series! I thought it would be nice to give some space for reflections on a range of topics and how they’ve changed over the last few years. There are some super guest blogs coming up in this series, but let’s start with an honest look at my freelancing journey so far. Clockwise left to right: presenting on TIRED's RED project at IADMS in Rimini, 2024; working from home, summer edition; speaking on an expert panel at IADMS in Limerick, 2022; a visit to Three

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