Postgraduate Research

MADRE has full-time, part-time and overseas students studying for PhDs in a wide variety of subjects. These include fine arts, public engagement, digital technology, creative media, design issues, heritage and art education. The approaches range from theory driven enquiry, through case-studies and other techniques, to practice based research.

Research students are supported by a supervisory team, made up of a main supervisor and co-supervisor, and assisted by a personal tutor. Seminar and training programmes offered by the School, College and wider University enable students to develop a disciplinary understanding alongside more transferable research skills. They also have access to extensive digital, media, information and workshop facilities. We encourage prospective students to contact us so that we can put them in touch with specialist staff with whom they can explore their research ideas and the opportunities we offer.

How to Apply

The University has a long and distinguished tradition of supervising postgraduates who have since progressed to successful careers in academia and beyond. If you are a potential student looking for research opportunities you will find a friendly welcome from colleagues and students whose work is focused on new and innovative areas of research.

Applying for a research degree

Graduate Teaching Studentships Opportunities

Students applying for research degrees at Salford also have the opportunity to apply for a Graduate Teaching Studentship (GTS). The GTS scheme covers full tuition fees and the scholarship for three years, based on successful PhD progression. The scholarships are worth £13,590 per year (2013-2014) and are available to Home/European Union students. The Graduate Teaching Studentships scheme offers a valuable opportunity to study for a PhD while teaching in subjects broadly related to your PhD research.

The Graduate Teaching Studentships

Current Research Students

There are currently 20 Postgraduate Research Students in MADRE focused on a range of practice-based and theoretically led research topics encompassing the wide scope of research activity in the MADRE centre which include:

Antonio Benitez is one of six Graduate Teaching Assistants currently in MADRE. GTAs undertake PhD, receive a bursary and carry out some teaching duties. Antonio began a full-time PhD in October 2011 and is looking at the impact of museum policy on the aging population in the UK. Antonio is being supervised by Dr Anna Catalani and Dr Andrew Clark, from the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences and at the time of writing is about to submit work for his interim assessment.

David Hancock is currently undertaking a practice-based PhD and will shortly be submitting his Internal Evaluation. As a practice-based PhD student David’s final PhD submission will include a significant proportion of creative practice together with his thesis of approximately 40000 words. David is a painter whose work focuses on the subject of computer game players and cosplay subculture in his research question “The Manifestations of Romanticism in Virtual Reality and how the Romantic spirit prevails in the work of Contemporary Artists?” David is currently being supervised by Professor Paul Sermon and Dr Mathias Fuchs.

Angharad Thomas was a Lecturer in the School of Arts & Media, who started a part-time PhD in 2006, which she successfully completed in 2011. She investigated the role of design within sustainable development through a series of case studies of Welsh textile producers. Angharad was supervised by Professor Pat Sterry, Dr Chris Rivlin and Visiting Professor John Langrish.

For more information about Postgraduate Research in the Centre for Media, Art & Design Research and Engagement please contact:

Dr Qian Sun, MADRE Postgraduate Research Coordinator

T: +44 (0)161 295 6169
F: +44 (0)161 295 5678
q.sun@salford.ac.uk

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