[ecrea] PhD Scholarships (AHRC) Goldsmiths, Media and Communications

The following scholarship awarded on a competitive basis to PhD 
candidates in the department of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, 
University of London may be of interest:

Goldsmiths is a member of the AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership CHASE 
(Consortium for Humanities and the Arts South-East 
England)<http://www.chase.ac.uk/>‚ a partnership of seven institutions 
(Sussex, Kent, Essex, East Anglia, the Courtauld Institute and the Open 
University) formed to promote excellence in research, postgraduate 
research training and knowledge exchange in the arts and humanities

The Department of Media & 
Communications<http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/> at 
Goldsmiths, University of London will once again be entering outstanding 
applicants to our PhD programmes to a competition for AHRC studentships 
in the spring of 2016. Applications will be considered jointly by the 
CHASE partner universities and awarded on a competitive basis.

For UK students, these awards cover both fees and maintenance and for EU 
residents awards are on a fees only basis. The funding will cover, 
professional development opportunities, including the enhancement of 
media skills and placements overseas or with prestigious arts organisations.

If you want to be considered for one of these awards, please note that 
you need to have applied to our PhD programme before 13 January 2016. We 
advise you to contact the department about your proposal before the 
Christmas vacation.

Topic areas covered in the CHASE consortium include

Digital Arts & Photography History, Theory and Practice
Popular Culture
Cultural Studies (Policy, Arts Management and Creative Industries)
Ethnography and Anthropology
Interpreting and Translation
Journalism and Publishing
Media and communication studies
Installation and Sound Art History, Theory and Practice;
Film-Based and Time-Based History, Theory and Practice
Media: New Media/Web-Based Studies
Media: Film History, Theory and Criticism
Music
Media: Television History, Theory and Criticism
Information and Communications Technologies

The criteria for selecting the scholarship awards are:
- quality of the research proposal
-academic achievement / equivalent professional experience (normally 
first class honours and a distinction at Masters level)
- excellent references (potential supervisors can provide one but not both)
- demonstrated preparedness for research - including whatever evidence 
can be provided that they will finish in 3 years
- benefit of the research environment to the candidate's research 
(written with the proposed supervisor)

The research proposal should contain the following elements:
o key areas/issues of the project, and why you wish to pursue this research;
o the research problems or questions you intend to address;
o the research context in which those problems or questions are located;
o the particular contribution to knowledge and understanding in this 
area that you hope to make, explaining why the work is important and 
noting relevance to non-academic beneficiaries, as appropriate;
o the methods and critical approaches that you plan to use, and the 
sources, if appropriate;
o how the proposed work relates to what you have studied already;
o any ethical issues relating to the research project including how 
these will be identified and addressed.
o how the project will develop over the period of the award.
o how the doctoral research relates to your eventual career aims.


For enquiries please contact the PhD admissions tutor, Dr Richard 
MacDonald ((r.macdonald /at/ gold.ac.uk)<mailto:(r.macdonald /at/ gold.ac.uk)>); and 
to see staff 
expertise<http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/> please 
consult http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/.

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R L MacDonald
Department of Media and Communications
Goldsmiths, University of London
(r.macdonald /at/ gold.ac.uk)<mailto:(r.macdonald /at/ gold.ac.uk)>

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