[ecrea] NWC PhD studentships at the University of Salford in Media and Cultural Studies

Please find below information about applying for 2015-2016 NWC DTP PhD
Studentships at the University of Salford.


We warmly invite expressions of interest further to applications for PhD
studentships (full and part-time) from the Arts and Humanities Research
Council’s North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership, in the
Media and Communications and Cultural Studies Pathways.

The Studentship covers all PhD fees, provides an annual stipend for the
duration of your study (£14,057 for the coming academic year for
full-time students), and access to addition funding for field research
and further training.

Deadline for Expression of Interest: Friday 4th December 2015

The University of Salford is a member of the North West Consortium
Doctoral Training Partnership (NWC DTP), which includes non-HE
institutions such as the BBC, Home/Cornerhouse, Tate Liverpool, Opera
North, FutureEverything, and FACT (Liverpool). In 2014, the Partnership
was awarded £14 million of funding from the Arts and Humanities Research
Council (AHRC) to deliver postgraduate supervision, training and skills
development.

The School of Arts and Media at the University of Salford has an
international reputation for cutting edge research, both theoretical and
practice-based, and is especially strong in the area of Media and
Communications, as demonstrated by its performance in the 2008 RAE and
2014 REF in the Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and
Information Management area of assessment (ranked 21^st  nationally,
according to the power ranking).

Our media research environment is based at the heart of MediaCityUK,
allowing for a unique access and engagement with media institutions like
the BBC and ITV, reinforced by a rich programme of research events with
both an industry and academic focus. NWC PhD students will be invited to
work with our non-HE partners, so as to engage in research, placements
and internships. We particularly welcome applications that seek to
engage with our non-HEI partners in research / industry / showcase /
training capacities (see http://www.nwcdtp.ac.uk <http://www.nwcdtp.ac.uk/>)

Media research within the School of Arts and Media is diverse,
interdisciplinary and collaborative and has seen numerous
internationally recognised outputs from academics as well as successful
PhD completions and publication outputs.

Areas of expertise of our academic staff include: Film practice; Film
history and theory; Media policy; Journalism studies; Celebrity studies;
Media theory; Digital culture; Social media; Radical and alternative
media; Internet regulation and governance; Television studies; Media
politics; Transnational media; Urban cultures; Creative industries;
noise; Celebrity studies; Cultural studies; Popular culture; Popular
music and media; Cultural theory.

Notable Salford media academics include: Prof Seamus Simpson, Professor
Garry Crawford, Dr Michael Goddard, Dr Andy Willis, Dr Kirsty
Fairclough-Isaacs, Dr Lloyd Peters, Dr Carole O’Reilly, Dr Sharon Coen,
Dr Steve Ward, Dr Anthony Smith and Dr Richard Hewett.



How to Apply:

Prospective applicants who are interested in applying ­and eligible for
funding ­will need to submit a draft PhD proposal by Friday the 4th
December, 2014. Please send this directly to the Salford NWC media
pathway rep Dr Michael Goddard ((m.n.goddard /at/ salford.ac.uk)
<mailto:(m.n.goddard /at/ salford.ac.uk)>) and (toPGR-SupportSAM /at/ salford.ac.uk)
<mailto:(PGR-SupportSAM /at/ salford.ac.uk)>

We would expect you to have a first degree, and a completed or current
MA, or equivalent professional experience.

Following that it will be necessary to complete a formal application for
PhD study at the University of Salford by the 22^nd  of January, 2016,
which is available
here:http://www.salford.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/applying/applying-for-research 
and
ultimately an application to the Northwest Consortium before 5PM, on the
12^th  of February.

For further information, please see our AHRC funding
page:http://www.salford.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/fees-and-funding/research-degree-fees-and-funding

and further information is available, including eligibility criteria and
scholarship stipend rates, at NWC DTP site: http://www.nwcdtp.ac.uk/


If you have further queries about the research specialisms in media or
cultural studies in the School of Arts and Media, and the potentials for
working with our non-HE partners, please contact the media pathway
leader Dr Michael Goddard: (m.n.goddard /at/ salford.ac.uk)
<mailto:(m.n.goddard /at/ salford.ac.uk)>

If you have any questions regarding the formal application procedure
please contact (PGR-SupportSAM /at/ salford.ac.uk)
<mailto:(PGR-SupportSAM /at/ salford.ac.uk)>


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