[Commlist] Fully-funded Techne PhD Studentships at the School of Media, University of Brighton

*Applications open for fully-funded PHD studentships, University of 
Brighton*

The School of Media, University of Brighton is inviting applications for 
AHRC-funded /technē/ Doctoral studentships for October 2021 entry.

We are looking for motivated and engaged individuals to study across our 
research strengths in Media & 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 technē Studentships

/Technē/ <http://www.techne.ac.uk/> is a Doctoral Training Partnership 
funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), aiming 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). /Technē/’s vision is to produce 
scholars who are highly motivated and prepared for academic, public or 
professional life.

Fully-funded studentships (stipends and fee waivers) will be awarded by 
/technē/ 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 career development both in 
and beyond higher education and they will be able to draw on supervisory 
expertise from across the partnership. The /technē/ 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 working on the development of 
new knowledge around media cultures, technologies and practices. Our 
research encompasses a broad range of media forms, from television and 
film to digital media, videogames, VR and AR and it focuses on different 
stages of media production, representation, distribution and reception. 
More specific areas include innovative research on the media and: 
identity politics (e.g. gender and sexuality); power and resistance 
(e.g. activism, democracy); memory and history; sustainability and 
environmentalism, among others

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 
<https://www.brighton.ac.uk/ctsg/index.aspx>and the Centre for Memory, 
Narrative and Histories 
<http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/centre-for-research-in-memory-narrative-and-histories>. 
Additional Research & Enterprise Groups that provide further 
opportunities for networking, collaboration and support are the ones on 
Screen Studies 
<https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/organisations/screen-studies-research-and-enterprise-group>, 
Photography in Practice; Photography in Theory 
<https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/organisations/photography-in-practice-photography-in-theory-research-and-enterp>, 
Creative Sound & Music 
<https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/organisations/creative-sound-and-music-research-and-enterprise-group>and 
Cultural Informatics 
<https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/organisations/cultural-informatics-research-and-enterprise-group>.

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 research culture, please visit the 
School of Media research website 
<https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/organisations/school-of-media/persons/>.

For more information about the scheme, please visit the Technē website 
<http://www.techne.ac.uk/home>.

**

For more details and how to apply, please visit the relevant University 
page on Funding Opportunities and Studentships 
<https://www.brighton.ac.uk/research-and-enterprise/postgraduate-research-degrees/funding-opportunities-and-studentships/dtp-ahrc-techne-general.aspx>*.*

*Important dates:*

*University of Brighton deadline:* Monday 4 January 2021.

*Interviews: *Week beginning 20 January 2021

For further information please contact the Postgraduate Research 
Coordinator Aris Mousoutzanis <mailto:(A.Mousoutzanis /at/ brighton.ac.uk)>

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