[Commlist] PhD Studentship at the University of Salford

PhD Studentship Available at the University of Salford

North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership
NWCDTP Funded PhD Studentship: Collaborative Doctoral Award 2019-2020
The University of Salford seeks applications for a PhD Studentship for a 
unique, industry-based collaborative program, the NWCDTP Collaborative 
Doctoral Award (CDA). The award will support PhD study commencing 
October 2019. CDA Studentships can be held on a +3 basis and may be 
either full-time or part-time.
A CDA Studentship provides an opportunity for a PhD student to gain 
first-hand experience of work outside an academic environment, with the 
student working on   a doctoral project supported by both academic 
supervisors and a supervisor from a non-HEI partner organisation. Our 
CDA non-HEI partner for this award is the Science and Industry Museum 
(SIM) in Manchester ( https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/ ), a 
member of the  UK Science Museum Group (SMG) ( 
https://group.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ ).
The Studentship will be awarded on the basis of the candidate’s 
application documents, curriculum vitae, and an interview with the 
selection committee. Successful CDA Candidate Profile The CDA program 
supports a practice-based PhD in the field of interactive multi-modal 
information display designed for public settings. Research activity will 
include design, implementation and assessment of interactive information 
displays. While SIM is our non-HEI partner, this study is not a 
traditional museology degree. The successful candidate is required to 
have education and experience related to digital design, documentary 
multimedia, ethnographic observation, and interactive technology. 
Preferred experience includes interface and interaction design, game 
design, coding and scripting, data analysis, digital user studies, and 
learning assessment methodologies. The candidate will develop their 
research while participating as member of an interdisciplinary team, 
based in the Studio for International Media and Technology at U. 
Salford’s MediaCityUK campus, and will work closely with staff from the 
Science and Industry Museum. The candidate will have access to tools and 
expertise in the collaborative team, and will work in both the 
MediaCityUK and SIM locations. CDA Research Theme: Play
The CDA Research Theme focusses on possible roles of play in the design 
of science museum exhibitions. Exploration and play create experiences 
that can enable discovery and enhance learning. The PhD research 
question will be developed around the function of play for exhibition 
participants and the related function of playability as a design 
criteria. The student will identify design methodology and develop 
analysis to guide the curation of digital interactive content, by using 
modes of play as a lens upon aesthetic experience, technical 
functionality, and informal learning. The candidate will have on-going 
regular access to engage with and have feedback from SIM’s Learning 
group, Digital group, and Audience group, as well as through SIM having 
access to SMG initiatives in digital strategy. The research process will 
begin by engaging SIM to survey their current public offer and analyse 
SIM plans for short-term new investment in exhibition experiences. 
Research activities will include prototyping aimed to influence the 
delivery of planned new public exhibitions. User experience observation 
will be conducted both in laboratory at the university’s MediaCityUK 
campus, and in situ at SIM.
Financial Basis of the Studentship
An NWCDTP Studentship consists of: -	Payment of academic fees, at the 
standard RCUK rate -	Maintenance Stipend (£14777, in 2018/19)
-	Access to a Research Training Support Grant (RTSG) fund for 
reimbursement of research related expenses including conference 
attendance and fieldwork expenses.
-	Access to a Student Development Fund (SDF) for supporting training 
specific to your research and not readily available at your institution 
or the DTP subject to successful application
-	Access to a Cohort Development Fund (CDF) to support the wider cohort, 
in organising events such as conference, workshops, and public 
engagements -	Opportunity to apply for additional funding towards: o 
Overseas Institutional Visits o	Placements

APPLICATION PROCESS
STEP ONE – EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Candidates will submit by email (1) an expression of interest describing 
their interests and qualifications, (2) a curriculum vitae, and (3) a 
single example of relevant original work. The work example may be 
scholarly, technical, or creative. Applications should be submitted to 
Professor Insook Choi at (i.choi /at/ salford.ac.uk).  Materials should be 
submitted by the evening of Monday 4 March 2019. Files sent by email 
should be combined into a single .pdf file. If the work example file 
size is greater than 10mb, please submit separately using a file 
exchange service of your choice. See below the Conditions of Residential 
Eligibility for this award.  STEP TWO - INTERVIEW
A selection of finalists will be contacted for interview by the 
committee. Candidates will be notified of their selection for interview 
by Friday 8 March. Interviews will take place 11-13 March 2019. 
Interviews will be conducted by online video conference, or in person at 
University of Salford, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Greater Manchester. 
(Travel for interview in person is at the candidate’s discretion. The 
university does not reimburse candidate travel costs.)
STEP THREE – APPLICATION TO PHD PROGRAM
Candidates who have been contacted for Interview must apply for 
admission to the U Salford PhD programme by Monday 15 March 2019. The 
application is submitted to the School of Arts and Media for the pathway 
Visual Arts: Arts and Design. Applications to the University of Salford 
can be made at the following link:
http://www.salford.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/applying/applying-for-research
NOTE: THE CAD CANDIDATE IS NOT REQUIRED TO COMPETE THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL 
section of the application.

Conditions of Residential Eligibility
Candidates for awards must have a relevant connection with the United 
Kingdom. A relevant connection may be established if, at the start of 
the course: -	The student has been ordinarily resident in the UK 
throughout the 3-year period preceding the date of application for an 
award, and -	Has not been resident in the UK, during any part of that 
3-year period wholly or mainly for the purposes of full-time education 
(EU students – see below) and
-	 Has settled status in the UK within the meaning of the Immigration 
Act 1971 (i.e. is not subject to any restriction on the period for which 
he/she may stay).  Candidates who meet all three of the above criteria 
may apply for a full award.
A relevant connection may be established for an EU student if the 
student has been resident in the UK throughout the 3-year period 
preceding the start of the course, even if for purposes of full-time 
education. EU students in this situation may apply for a full award. EU 
Students who have not been ordinarily resident in the UK for the last 
three years may apply for a fees-only award. Non-EU students who have 
not been ordinarily resident in the UK for the last three years are not 
eligible to apply.
About the School of Arts and Media
The School of Arts and Media at the University of Salford has an 
international reputation for research, both theoretical and 
practice-based. The Cultural, Communication and Media research group at 
Salford undertakes research in the conceptual, applied and 
practice-based aspects of cultural, film and media studies and 
traditional and new digital media. CCM research has been established 
formally at the University of Salford since 2005. In the 2014 Research 
Excellence Framework, a quarter of CCM research was judged to be world 
leading, with nearly two thirds judged as internationally excellent or 
world leading.
Our media and cultural studies research environment is based at the 
heart of MediaCityUK, Europe’s second largest urban concentration of 
digital and media production industries. The MediaCityUK campus is also 
home to the Studio for International Media and Technology and Salford’s 
Digital & Creative Industry Collaboration Zone. These initiatives 
provide an interdisciplinary team project environment that spans from 
traditional and emerging media production to software engineering, user 
experience and interaction design, and AI for media processing. The CDA 
research will be based at and supported by the Studio and the D&C ICZ.

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