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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Warwick
Full Time
SEP-25
3 years
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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Warwick
Full Time
SEP-25
3 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Warwick
Part Time
SEP-25
7 years
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On our Phd in Cultural Policy Studies you will examine real world problems in the media cultural and creative industries. With a distinctive research approach Warwick's Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies will allow you to excel.
Course Overview
Our Research degree routes encapsulate specialisms in the media and creative industries and cultural policy.
The Centre does not have a prescriptive approach to research methodology and advocates a subject-led approach with appropriate methods selected and adapted according to the objectives of the research. Research methods are likely to be diverse and individualised rather than following a collective 'best practice' model.
As a research student in CMPS you will be expected to make an original contribution to your field by critically reviewing existing knowledge and by challenging current assumptions and orthodoxies in cultural policy and the media and creative industries. Your research should be a personal journey which engages with issues and ideas you feel are significant and which are challenging and relevant to those working in and on the media and cultural sector.
Areas for PhD supervision
Management and Creativity; Intellectual Property and the Creative Economy; Digital Media and Digital Memory; Cultural and Media Organisations; Global Media Industries and Policies; Creative Enterprise; Arts Media and Sustainable Development; Implicit cultural policy research; Cultural Policy; The Value of Culture; Cities Spaces and National Identities; Structure and Agency in the Museums and Galleries Sector; Cultural Taste and the Sociology of Culture; Cultural Work; Transnational Screen Media; Media Gender Emotion and Ageing; Memory Studies Archives and Popular Heritage; Media Policy and the Environment; Pedagogy Creativity and Storytelling.
Teaching and Learning
Our PhD students are supervised by experienced researchers and specialists in the fields of cultural policy media and creative industries.
You will join a vibrant and growing community of PhD researchers supported by regular one-to-one supervision work-in-progress and research seminars as well as having the opportunity to organise and contribute to research events focussed on your interests. Centre students have full access to the PhD training provided by the Centre for Arts Doctoral Research Excellence and Warwick Careers & Skills to augment your research and enhance your professional development.
Entry requirements 2:1 undergraduate degree and Master's degree (or equivalent) in a related subject.
Students living in
Domestic
£11,600 per year
Students from Domestic
Our tuition fee rate for UK postgraduate research students (Home) will be aligned to the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) fees which have not yet been confirmed for the 2024/25 academic year. The figure we have in the table above is an illustrative estim
£23,070 per year
Students from EU
Our tuition fee rate for UK postgraduate research students (Home) will be aligned to the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) fees which have not yet been confirmed for the 2024/25 academic year. The figure we have in the table above is an illustrative estimate only and is subject to change once RCUK agree and publish the UKRI fee rate
£23,070 per year
Students from International
Our tuition fee rate for UK postgraduate research students (Home) will be aligned to the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) fees which have not yet been confirmed for the 2024/25 academic year. The figure we have in the table above is an illustrative estimate only and is subject to change once RCUK agree and publish the UKRI fee rate
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