Researcher is ‘BBC New thinker’

27 May 2014 A PhD drama student is one of ten academics nationwide announced today (27 May) as a BBC New Thinker. Naomi Paxton, who is researching the Suffrage campaign and the Actresses' Franchise League, says she's delighted to receive the award. After a nationwide search, BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) unveiled the names for 2014. The partnership between BBC Radio 3 and the AHRC aims to find the academic broadcasters of the future; the brightest minds who have the potential to turn ground-breaking ideas into fascinating programmes. The 10 winners will spend a year working with Radio 3 presenters and producers to develop their research and ideas into broadcasts. They will make their debut appearance on Radio 3's arts and ideas programme, Free Thinking, on successive editions beginning Tuesday 10 June and will be invited to make regular contributions to the network throughout the year. They will deliver talks at Radio 3's annual Free Thinking Festival of Ideas at Sage, Gateshead in November 2014.