Dr Alex Street, Senior Research Fellow in Music Therapy, Anglia Ruskin University
From Job Shadowing HE by Susannah Marsden
April 14, 2026 · 39 min · Season 4 · Episode 6
About this episode
Dr Alex Street discusses the role of music therapy in neurorehabilitation and shares insights from his research career.
Dr Alex Street is a Senior Research Fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, part of Anglia Ruskin University. He is an applied researcher who specialises in the use of music therapy for patients undergoing neurorehabilitation following stroke and brain injury. In this episode, Alex shares more about how music therapy works, including case studies of patient benefit. We also explore what led him to train as a music therapist as well as progressing his career into research, and we hear more about what it’s like to be a senior research fellow in his field and more broadly in HE. This episode is kindly sponsored by GatenbySanderson, the UK’s leadership expert across public services, not for profit and education. We partner with universities to find and place exceptional HE leaders and develop their teams – improving leadership performance, inclusivity and accelerating change. The Association of Higher Education Professionals and the British Universities FInance Directors Group, BUFDG,are both proud to support Job Shadowing HE as a valuable source of professional insight.
People in this episode
Host: Susannah Marsden
Guest: Dr Alex Street
Topics covered
- music therapy
- neurorehabilitation
- stroke recovery
- brain injury
- higher education
- research career
Keywords
- music therapy
- neurorehabilitation
- stroke
- brain injury
- research
- higher education
- case studies
Sponsors
GatenbySanderson
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, Association of Higher Education Professionals, British Universities Finance Directors Group
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