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WHO: candidates meeting the AHRC's student eligibility criteria and intending to undertake a PhD in Digital Media at Newcastle University.  

WHAT: AHRC Doctoral Studentships (PhD) in Digital Media at Newcastle University

WHEN: starting in September 2012

PAYMENTS: home (UK) students and EU students who have been resident in the UK for a minimum of three years are eligible for a full award comprising fees and an annual, tax free stipend of £13,590 (2011/12 rates). Other EU students are eligible for a fees-only award.

DETAILS: to enable students to undertake and complete a doctoral degree (PhD) at Newcastle University. As part of the School of Arts and Cultures, we offer a broad spectrum of exciting postgraduate research opportunities, including interactive/generative art, digital performance, interaction design, digital film, imaging, and music.  The work of digital media students and researchers is situated at Newcastle University's Culture Lab - a unique interdisciplinary research facility in the heart of Newcastle. For 2012 entry, Digital Media is able to submit nominations to an open competition across all the University's BGP subjects for the award of an additional four AHRC doctoral studentships through the AHRC's Doctoral Awards scheme. The Digital Media department actively supports an approach to the development of creative work that is at once supportive of individual practice and engaged with the social, political and ecological repercussions and context of research. The department strongly encourage all research to have a manifestation 'out in the world', along with in-lab sketches and developmental tests.

www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/search/list/ahrc-doc-dm

Deadline: 1 March 2012 ** Deadline expired**

Organiser/employer: Newcastle University

[ Added on 15 January 2012 ]