[ecrea] PhD scholarships: Aberystwyth University, Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies

Doctoral Career Development PhD Studentships at Aberystwyth University – 
Application Deadline 30th January 2015

The Aberystwyth University doctoral (PhD) scholarship (DCDS) scheme 
offers a package of research, training and career development for 
full-time PhD students. These awards are tailored to enable students to 
develop the necessary skills required to meet their career choices and 
offer a breadth of development opportunities to enhance their research, 
teaching and transferable skills.

Competition for University DCDS Scholarships

The competition for these prestigious University DCDS scholarships is 
now open to students who wish to study for a full-time PhD commencing in 
September 2015:

To be eligible you must:

1. have or expect to obtain at least upper second class honours in your 
first degree
2. Have an MA or be currently studying for an MA (or have an equivalent 
level of professional experience)
3. apply and be offered a place for doctoral study at Aberystwyth
4. if English is not your first language: have achieved at least a 7.0 
in your IELTS examination, or equivalent (before the end of March 2015 
at the latest)
5. be commencing, or have commenced, your doctoral study in September 2015

Value of DCDS Scholarships

Successful candidates will receive a grant for up to three years which 
will cover their tuition fees (up to the UK/EU rate of approx. £3996) 
and also provide them with a maintenance allowance of approximately 
£13,863 per annum and access to a travel and conference fund (max. £500 
per annum). Scholarships commence from the main intake: September 2015. 
There will be approximately 8 new DCDS awards available for the 
September 2015 intake.

Non-EU students would have to cover the difference between UK/EU tuition 
fees and the non-EU tuition fees (approx. £8,350 to £8,600) from their 
scholarship. However, there will be 3 additional President's 
Scholarships, which cover this difference in tuition fees. These will be 
awarded to the three highest ranked non-EU candidates for the DCDS 
competition.

How to Apply

Deadlines: The application deadline (for the Department of Theatre, Film 
and Television Studies) is the 30th January 2015.

The application to study for a PhD must be received by the relevant 
closing date. There are no additional forms for applicants to complete 
for this competition. Decisions will be based on the standard 
application to Aberystwyth University to study for a PhD. Applications 
must include an application form, two academic references, academic 
transcripts and a research proposal (1000 to 1500 words). We encourage 
applicants to contact the Theatre, Film and Television Studies 
departmental postgraduate coordinator, Dr Kate Egan ((kte /at/ aber.ac.uk)) 
before constructing their research proposal.

Departments will interview all applicants before a decision is made to 
offer a place to study for a PhD and to nominate for a University DCDS 
Scholarship.

For application forms and further details please see 
http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/postgrad/howtoapply/

or contact the Postgraduate Admissions Office [(pg-admissions /at/ aber.ac.uk)]

N.B. All application materials (e.g. forms, research proposals, 
references, transcripts,...) must be submitted electronically.

N.B. Academic references must be received by the deadline.

N.B. Applicants who are applying separately for an AHRC award via the 
SWW DTP site, should use one of our off-line options if also applying 
for DCDS funding.



Subsequent to the submission of your application: if your application is 
shortlisted, we will then send you a DCDS form to complete and submit.



Information about the environment for doctoral study in the Department 
of Theatre, Film and Television Studies (TFTS) at Aberystwyth University:

The Department’s established reputation for conducting leading-edge, 
international quality research makes TFTS an ideal place to pursue 
doctoral study. We offer supervision and research training in both 
English and Welsh, with a focus on topics such as:



Aesthetics, politics and social engagement in theatre; site-specific 
performance; contemporary British and European drama and theatre; 
performance and gender; performance philosophy; documentary and verbatim 
theatre; performance and media historiography and archiving; national 
and transnational theatre and cinema; Welsh and minority-language 
theatre, film, television and online media; alternative, avant-garde and 
experimental theatre and film;



Russian cinema and theatre; landscape in film and performance; practice 
as research in relation to film, television, media, performance and 
theatre; film censorship and press and broadcasting regulation; 
television drama, genres and aesthetics; media fan studies and reception 
and audience studies; documentary film and television; horror, fantasy 
and cult film and television; film stardom and performance; British 
cinema; music and sound in film; children and the media.


Facilities include: Dedicated research student study suite with 
computers, desks, printer and wireless access; four fully equipped 
studio theatres; three rehearsal rooms; digital, high-definition 
television studio; thirty-six digital video-editing, recording and 
viewing rooms; computerised lighting systems; and digital sound studio 
with digital effects processing and multi-track recording facilities.

As well as the National Library of Wales, the department also has a 
strong working relationship with Aberystwyth Arts Centre, which is 
located on the main University campus.



See our staff pages for further details: 
http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/tfts/staff/ as well as our current PhD student 
projects page: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/tfts/study-with-us/phd/phd-students/



Dr Kate Egan

Lecturer in Film Studies and Departmental Postgraduate Co-ordinator

Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies

Institute of Literature, Languages and Creative Arts

Aberystwyth University, UK

Email: (kte /at/ aber.ac.uk)



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