[ecrea] PhD Studentships (AHRC) - Goldsmiths, Department of Media and Communications

Goldsmiths is a member of the AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership CHASE 
(Consortium for Humanities and the Arts South-East England) 
<http://www.chase.ac.uk/>‚ a partnership of 9 institutions (Sussex, 
Kent, Essex, East Anglia, the Courtauld Institute and the Open 
University with associate members SOAS and Birkbeck) formed to promote 
excellence in research, postgraduate research training and knowledge 
exchange in the arts and humanities

The Department of Media & Communications 
<http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/> at Goldsmiths, University 
of London will once again be entering outstanding applicants to our PhD 
programmes to a competition for AHRC studentships in the spring of 2017. 
Applications will be considered jointly by the CHASE partner 
universities and awarded on a competitive basis.

For UK students, these awards cover both fees and maintenance and for EU 
residents awards are on a fees only basis. The funding will cover, 
professional development opportunities, including the enhancement of 
media skills and placements overseas or with prestigious arts organisations.

If you want to be considered for one of these awards, please note that 
you need to have applied to our PhD programme before 11 January 2017. We 
advise you to have contacted the department about your proposal at least 
a month before this deadline.

For enquiries please contact the PhD admissions tutor, Dr Richard 
MacDonald ((r.macdonald /at/ gold.ac.uk) <mailto:(r.macdonald /at/ gold.ac.uk)>); and 
to see staff expertise 
<http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/> please consult 
http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/.

Topic areas covered in the CHASE consortium include

Digital Arts & Photography History, Theory and Practice
Popular Culture
Cultural Studies (Policy, Arts Management and Creative Industries)
Ethnography and Anthropology
Interpreting and Translation
Journalism and Publishing
Media and communication studies
Installation and Sound Art History, Theory and Practice;
Film-Based and Time-Based History, Theory and Practice
Media: New Media/Web-Based Studies
Media: Film History, Theory and Criticism
Music
Media: Television History, Theory and Criticism
Information and Communications Technologies

The criteria for selecting the scholarship awards are:
- quality of the research proposal
-academic achievement / equivalent professional experience (normally 
first class honours and a distinction at Masters level)
- excellent references (potential supervisors can provide one but not both)
- demonstrated preparedness for research - including whatever evidence 
can be provided that they will finish in 3 years
- benefit of the research environment to the candidate's research 
(written with the proposed supervisor)

The research proposal should contain the following elements:
okey areas/issues of the project, and why you wish to pursue this research;
othe research problems or questions you intend to address;
othe research context in which those problems or questions are located;
othe particular contribution to knowledge and understanding in this area 
that you hope to make, explaining why the work is important and noting 
relevance to non-academic beneficiaries, as appropriate;
othe methods and critical approaches that you plan to use, and the 
sources, if appropriate;
ohow the proposed work relates to what you have studied already;
oany ethical issues relating to the research project including how these 
will be identified and addressed.
ohow the project will develop over the period of the award.
ohow the doctoral research relates to your eventual career aims.


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