[Commlist] Applications open for fully-funded PHD studentships, University of Brighton

The School of Media, University of Brighton is inviting applications for 
AHRC-funded techne Doctoral studentships for October 2020 entry.

We are looking for motivated and engaged individuals to study across our 
research strengths in media and communications, arts and humanities. 
Applicants will be educated to masters level, or equivalent, and meet 
AHRC eligibility criteria for funding.

Your application will go through a two-stage process, being considered 
first by the University of Brighton Doctoral College.


    AHRC-funded techne studentships

Techne <http://www.techne.ac.uk/> is a Doctoral Training Partnership 
funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to create a 
new model for collaborative research skills training for research 
students across nine higher education institutions in London and the 
South East (Royal Holloway; Brunel University; University of Brighton; 
Kingston University; Loughborough University, London; Roehampton 
University; University of Surrey; University of the Arts London; and 
University of Westminster). Techn?’s vision is to produce scholars who 
are highly motivated and prepared for academic, public or professional life.

Fully-funded studentships (stipend and fee waiver) will be awarded by 
/techn?/ to the best students put forward by its member universities. 
Successful applicants will benefit from a rich and diverse training 
programme with a focus on interdisciplinarity and developing career 
potential both in and beyond higher education; and will be able to draw 
on supervisory expertise from across the partnership. The techn? 
training programme is enhanced by input and placement opportunities 
provided by 13 partner organisations, including the Barbican, Natural 
History Museum, Museum of London, BFI and the Science Museum.

*The School of Media and Centres for Research Excellence*

The University of Brighton’s School of Media fosters a thriving 
community of theorists and practitioners in the development of new 
knowledge around media cultures, technologies and practices. Our 
research examines audiences and reception, television and screen 
studies, digital media, gender and communication, communication and 
democracy, as well as media history, policy and law. We are ideally 
placed to offer supervisory support in this diverse and complex area, 
drawing on the methodologies from both the research staff at the school 
and related disciplines university-wide.

Research is supported through specialist centres and groups. Doctoral 
supervisors are active in research in the Centre for Digital Media 
Cultures <https://www.brighton.ac.uk/digital-media-cultures/index.aspx>, 
the Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics 
<https://www.brighton.ac.uk/secp/index.aspx> the Centre for Transforming 
Sexuality and Gender; also the Cultural Informatics research group, 
Screen Studies Research and Enterprise Group 
<https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/organisations/screen-studies-research-and-enterprise-group> and 
Photography in Practice; Photography in Theory Research and Enterprise 
Group 
<https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/organisations/photography-in-practice-photography-in-theory-research-and-enterp>.

Creative media practice is another key focus of research in the School 
of Media. This includes both theoretical and practice-based research 
around Digital Transformation Design, Digital and Interactive 
Arts/Music/Sound, Photography, Immersive Media (AR/VR), Creative 
Industries, and many more.

The City of Brighton and Hove gives our PhD students access to one of 
the UK’s most lively media economies. We foster research that takes 
advantage of these relationships with a history of community-engagement 
and industry-based research projects.

For more information about the School of Media, please see: 
https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/contact-us/academic-departments/school-of-media.aspx

For more about the Techne  scheme, see here: http://www.techne.ac.uk/home

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*For more details and how to apply see here: *

*https://www.brighton.ac.uk/research-and-enterprise/postgraduate-research-degrees/funding-opportunities-and-studentships/dtp-ahrc-techne-general.aspx*

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*Important dates:*

*Deadline *(University of Brighton) Monday 06 January 2020, 16.00hr

*Interviews *Week beginning 27 January 2020

For further information please contact the Postgraduate Research 
Coordinator of the School of Media, Dr Aristea Fotopoulou 
((a.fotopoulou /at/ brighton.ac.uk) <mailto:(a.fotopoulou /at/ brighton.ac.uk)>)

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