Cathy Boardman had been working as a freelance lecturer in cultural studies at BIMM Institute's Manchester campus for five years. In October 2021 she was employed as head of third year: ‘They phoned up the day after the interview,’ Boardman tells me. ‘They said, we're not going to do more interviews, you were the outstanding candidate.’
After studying social anthropology as a mature student and working for years in the music and events industries, Boardman had found BIMM a perfect fit. ‘I absolutely loved it,’ she says. ‘I love music, I love cultural theory, I love looking at the nerdy meanings of music.’
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