Dr. Anna Bull is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Social Justice and Co-director of The 1752 Group. We return to Zoom to speak with her about class and socioeconomic issues in the classical music industry, and pick her brains about what, if anything, can be done. She also tells us about her work on sexual harassment in music conservatoires, and why the master-apprentice model has created a particularly risky environment.

Anna is speaking at the Class Ceiling conference on 9th December 2025. Free and discounted tickets are available.

Read more of Anna's work:

Bull, A., & Prince, K. (2025). Addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by postgraduate researchers. The 1752 Group.https://1752group.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/harassment_pgrs.pdf

Read an interview about the toolkit for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct among postgraduate researchers, and read Anna's comment piece in Nature about the toolkit.

Bull, Anna. 2025. ‘Gender Inequalities in UK Music Higher Education: The Role of Institutional Stratification’. British Journal of Sociology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2025.2502802.

Bull, A., & Bradley, A. (2025). Losing Confidence and Networks as an Impact of Staff/Faculty-Student Sexual Harassment: Quantitative Findings From the UK. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251322814

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