[ecrea] PhD studentships in Media, Film & Music at Sussex

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:

Creative and Critical Practice
<http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/pg/2014/research/4237>, Film Studies
<http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/pg/2014/research/4234>, Gender Studies
<http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/pg/2014/research/1614>, Media and
Cultural Studies <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/pg/2014/research/4237>
(including Journalism), and Music
<http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/pg/2014/research/1666>

Applicants who receive an offer of a place will be eligible to apply for
either an MFM International Research Scholarship
<http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/money/scholarships/pgr2016/view/566> (for
overseas students) or an AHRC award (for Home and EU students) through
our membership of the CHASE <http://www.chase.ac.uk/> consortium.

*Apply online *athttp://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/pg/2016/research. 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 a CHASE scholarship, your Sussex application must be completed
    by *13^th January 2016*
  * For the MFM International Research Scholarship, your Sussex
    application must be completed by*4^th April 2016*

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/visitus/pg/phdevenings> on 25^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/

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*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


We look forward to hearing from you,


Prof.Kate Lacey

Director of Doctoral Studies

School of Media, Film and Music

Silverstone Building 337

University of Sussex

BN1 9RH

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