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[ecrea] PhD Scholarships in Media, Film and Music at Sussex

Tue Nov 01 22:34:47 GMT 2016






*PhD Scholarships in Media, Film & Music at Sussex*

Dear colleagues,

I’d be very grateful if you could pass this on to any potential applicants:

The School of Media, Film and Music <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/mfm/>(MFM) at the University of Sussex is pleased to invite applications to study for a PhD.

We offer expert supervision in the following areas:

ØCreative and Critical Practice PhD <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/2017/media-film-and-music/creative-and-critical-practice-phd>

ØCultural Studies PhD <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/2017/media-film-and-music/cultural-studies-phd>

ØDigital Media PhD <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/2017/media-film-and-music/digital-media-phd>

ØFilm Studies PhD <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/2017/media-film-and-music/film-studies-phd>

ØGender Studies (Humanities) PhD <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/2017/media-film-and-music/gender-studies-humanities-phd>

ØJournalism Studies PhD <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/2017/media-film-and-music/journalism-studies-phd>

ØMedia and Communications PhD <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/2017/media-film-and-music/media-and-communications-phd>

ØMedia, Film and Music by Published Works PhD <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/2017/media-film-and-music/media-film-and-music-by-published-works-phd>

ØMusic PhD <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/2017/media-film-and-music/music-phd>

ØMusic Theatre PhD <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/2017/media-film-and-music/music-theatre-phd>

ØMusical Composition PhD <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/2017/media-film-and-music/musical-composition-phd>

Applicants who receive an offer of a place will be eligible to apply for either a Chancellor's International Research Scholarship (2017) <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/fees-and-scholarships/scholarships/view/661>(for overseas students) or an AHRC award (for Home and EU students) through our membership of the CHASE <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/fees-and-scholarships/scholarships/view/662>consortium.

*Apply online *at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd

Once you have secured a place you will be invited to apply for a studentship on a competitive basis, and you will be guided through the rest of the application process from that point on:

  * For the Chancellor’s International Research Scholarship, your Sussex
    application must be completed by*5^th January 2017*
  * For a CHASE scholarship, your Sussex application must be completed
    by *11^th January 2017*

You are encouraged to start the application process as soon as possible. If you would like to visit the campus and talk to faculty, please come to our *Postgraduate Open Evening* <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/visit-us/postgraduate/phd-evenings>*on 16^th November.*

Or get in touch with the School’s Director of Doctoral Studies, Prof. Kate Lacey, who is happy to answer any questions about our doctoral programmes and the application process: (k.lacey /at/ sussex.ac.uk) <https://exchange.sussex.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=0c0e78f31b5c4b9c91323f2b2524>. 



*Why MFM? *Media, Film & Music is an exciting School that combines rigorous critical and historical studies of media, film, music, digital and culture with opportunities for creative practice in a range of musical forms and the media of photography, film, radio, and interactive digital imaging. MFM has an outstanding record in research, and is currently home to over 90 research students who take an active part in our lively interdisciplinary research culture. For more information about the School, its Research Centres, our faculty and their research interests, please visit: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/mfm/

*Why Sussex? **Sussex hosts one of the AHRC’s prestigious Doctoral Training Centres, which brings together doctoral researchers from across the Arts and Humanities. Sussex is renowned for its path-breaking creative and interdisciplinary work whilst also achieving excellence in discipline-based research. Gaining doctoral funding at Sussex gives you access to professional training in research and public engagement. It also means joining***a lively community of innovative thinkers and researchers as well as creative practitioners such as writers, filmmakers, and musicians, all of whom are engaged in producing exciting new work that means to make change in the world we all share. You can find more information about doctoral research at Sussex via our Doctoral School website: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/doctoralschool/

*What does CHASE at Sussex have to offer? *If you are successful in attracting a CHASE studentship, you will:

· have your fees paid and receive a stipend to cover your living expenses (subject to residential eligibility in the UK; EU residents will have only their fees paid)

· be eligible to apply for further financial support for training and research expenses, such as archival visits, conference trips, and learning a language or other skill integral to your research project

· benefit from a vibrant research environment with lots of opportunity to develop yourself as well as your research, through specialist research seminars, reading groups, lectures by world class visiting speakers, the Library’s Researcher Development Programme and CHASE student cohort meetings

· have the opportunity to undertake a placement to gain professional experience of applying your research in a work environment with one of our `partner organisations’, such as the BBC Archives, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the British Film and Video Council, the South Downs National Park, The Victoria and Albert Museum—and many more

· from your Sussex base also benefit from research and practical expertise available across all the other CHASE institutions, via existing research networks, joint or additional supervision and Encounters conferences, where all CHASE-funded students come together twice a year


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