Full-time PhD Studentship

[Aaron Gerow]

Full-time PhD Studentship

Goldsmiths Media Research Programme: Spaces, Connections, Control
Bursary of ?14,600 per annum plus fees

We are offering a full-time, three-year studentships for MPhil/PhDs  
in the Department of Media
and Communications.

The studentship, starting September 2008, is attached to a project  
within the Goldsmiths
Media Research Programme: Spaces, Connections, Control. This  
programme is led by Professor James Curran and funded by the  
Leverhulme Trust. The five-year programme of research is designed to  
illuminate how future changes in the technologies for communication  
will impact both positively and negatively upon society in all its  
aspects.
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Project 5: Tracking the Moving Image, Mapping the Screen
This PhD candidate, based in the Screen School of the Department of  
Media and
Communications, will develop a project that examines the changing  
location and use of screen-based media and arts under current  
conditions of globalization and technological convergence.
The PhD may combine theory and practice and include the production of  
screen-based texts. The candidate should have an appropriate academic  
background, and, if applicable, the practical skills needed to  
execute any practical component.

How to apply
Applicants must complete the application form which can be downloaded  
from the web site at:
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/apply/ Please quote: Leverhulme Studentship.
Each studentship has particular applicant requirements. Please ensure  
you read the further
information about the application requirements at  
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-researchprogramme/studentships.php/ before  
completing your application.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications is 28 April 2008.
Further information about Goldsmiths and postgraduate study
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk
admissions at gold.ac.uk
020 7919 7766
Further information about the programme and the studentships is at:  
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/mediaresearch-programme/index.php or e-mail  
Guinevere Narraway, g.narraway at gold.ac.uk