[Commlist] Fully Funded PhD Opportunity - A level playing field? Understanding diversity in the British Sports Media

With the usual apologies for cross-posting. We are delighted to 
advertise a 3-year fully-funded PhD studentship in the Faculty of Arts, 
Design and Social Science at Northumbria University: _A level playing 
field? Understanding diversity in the British sports media 
<https://northernbridge.ac.uk/media/sites/teaching/northernbridge/DomeneghettiRoger_UNN_BCOMS.pdf>_.
A collaboration between Northumbria University and the Black Collective 
of Media in Sport, this project proposes the first detailed scholarly 
exploration of the amount of diversity at all levels within British 
sports journalism, the experience of members of the workforce from 
minority backgrounds, and the understandings of this issue among the 
industry’s senior management.
The PhD will bring new knowledge to /(1)/ academic researchers in the 
fields of media and cultural studies, the sociology of sport, and sports 
journalism; /(2)/ practitioners in the UK sports media, and; 
/(3)/ sports journalism educators.
Please do share with any students/alumni you think it would interest.
The PhD candidate will be supervised by _Dr Roger Domeneghetti 
<https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/d/roger-domeneghetti/>_ (Assistant 
Professor in Journalism, whose research focuses on history of the sports 
media and the sports media’s (re)presentation of identity.) and Dr Aarti 
Ratna 
<https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/r/aarti-ratna/> (Associate 
Professor of Sociology, whose scholarly expertise focuses upon sport, 
inequalities, and intersecting identities).

It includes a 36-month fully funded PhD Studentship (currently £17,668 
per annum) per year and a full-time fee scholarship for up to 3 
years available to both home and international students.
*_How to apply_*
You must first complete Northumbria's online postgraduate application 
form 
<https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/postgraduate-research-degrees/how-to-apply/> by 
the *_closing date of_*__*_1 December 2024_*. On the application form 
under 'Studentship / Partnership Reference' and 'Who is your sponsor / 
funding body?' please include the code “NBC24/DOMENEGHETTI”. The PhD 
will commence in March 2025.
More details are available here and interested candidates are encouraged 
to direct questions to or informally discuss the opportunity with Roger 
((roger.domeneghetti /at/ northumbria.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(roger.domeneghetti /at/ northumbria.ac.uk)>).

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