Contact for queries relating to these funded studentships: Dr Victoria Horne, Fine Art and Visual and Material Culture (victoria.horne@northumbria.ac.uk) or Dr Jamie Sexton, Film, Media, Theatre and Performance (jamie.sexton@northumbria.ac.uk)
Our Department of Arts offers a rich research environment by cultivating dialogues between critical/historical/theoretical/empirical and practice-based research, and maintaining strong relationships with many national, local and regional organisations including BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, British Film Institute, Live Theatre, The National Trust, New Writing North, Tate and the V&A. We invite ambitious, cutting-edge proposals located within one or more of our research teams in Fine Art, Visual and Material Culture, Film and Media, and Theatre and Performance.
PhD proposals that lead to an 80,000-word thesis or practice research portfolio with complementary thesis (c. 40,000 words) are welcome. We invite PhD proposals for research that enriches understanding of issues within the arts, culture and society. We provide expert supervision by internationally leading researchers, who run these interdisciplinary research groups:
- Cultural Negotiation of Science
- Contemporary Arts Research Forum
- Curatorial and Collaborative Practices
- Horror Studies Research Group
- Moving Image, Popular Media and Culture
- Performance Cultures
- Visual and Material Cultures
We particularly welcome proposals in:
- Applied and Socially Engaged Theatre
- Art History and Visual Culture
- Art, Performance and Place
- British Film and Television
- Climate Justice and the Arts
- Cult Film and Television
- Cultural Management
- Curatorial Practices
- Design History
- Digital Cultures and Inequalities
- Disability and Performance
- Documentary Forms and Modes
- Film and Media Audiences
- Film Festivals
- Film and Television History and its Methods
- Fine Art Theory and Practice
- Heritage, Tourism and Conservation
- Horror Film and Television
- Independent and Experimental Film
- Indian Cinema
- Intersectional Identities and Culture
- LGBTQ representations and practices
- The materiality of the Moving Image
- Media and Film Censorship
- Museum Studies
- Political Cinema and the Global South
- Pornography and Sexualities
- Scenography
- Sound and Music in Film and Television
- Sport in Performance and the Media
These studentships are competitive, so we recommend contacting Victoria or Jamie significantly before the application deadline, so they can connect you with a supervisor:
Eligibility and How to Apply:
Eligibility Requirements:
- Academic excellence i.e. 2:1 (or equivalent GPA from non-UK universities with preference for 1st class honours); or a Masters (preference for Merit or above); or APEL evidence of substantial practitioner achievement.
- Appropriate IELTS score, if required.
- Applicants cannot apply if they are already a PhD holder or if currently engaged in Doctoral study at Northumbria or elsewhere.
To be classed as a Home student, candidates must:
- Be a UK National (meeting residency requirements), or
- have settled status, or
- have pre-settled status (meeting residency requirements), or
- have indefinite leave to remain or enter.
If a candidate does not meet the criteria above, they would be classed as an International student.
Applicants will need to be in the UK and fully enrolled before stipend payments can commence and be aware of these additional costs that may be incurred, as these are not covered by the studentship.
· Immigration Health Surcharge https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application
· If you need to apply for a Student Visa to enter the UK, please refer to https://www.gov.uk/student-visa. It is your responsibility to ensure that you hold the correct funds required for your visa application, otherwise your visa may be refused.
· Costs associated with English Language requirements which may be required for students not having completed a first degree in English, will not be paid by the University.
In your application, please include a research proposal of approximately 1,000 words and the advert reference RDF24/ADSS/ARTS.
Deadline for applications: 26 January 2024
Start date of course: 1 October 2024
Northumbria University is committed to creating an inclusive culture where we take pride in, and value, the diversity of our postgraduate research students. We encourage and welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds a bronze Athena Swan award in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, we are a Disability Confident Leader, a member of the Race Equality Charter and are participating in the Stonewall Diversity Champion Programme. We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the Euraxess initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers.
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