The research degree programme in the area of Dance, Theatre and Fine Art aims to provide students with an outstanding learning experience in a supportive community of learning. The departments of Dance, Theatre and Fine Art are known nationally and internationally for excellence in both practice-based and theoretical research. Research students can be supervised either within or between our constituent departments, and can take practice-based or theoretical routes as appropriate to their
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The research degree programme in the area of Dance, Theatre and Fine Art aims to provide students with an outstanding learning experience in a supportive community of learning. The departments of Dance, Theatre and Fine Art are known nationally and internationally for excellence in both practice-based and theoretical research. Research students can be supervised either within or between our constituent departments, and can take practice-based or theoretical routes as appropriate to their research.
The Dance Department is a leading provider of excellence in dance education. Research supervision is offered by a strong, research-active team with a wide range of expertise, and includes academics and practitionerscholars with international reputations. We lead a vibrant research culture across the arts departments based on interdisciplinary dialogue and performative exploration.
According to the REF2014 the Theatre Department is increasingly defined by the international repute enjoyed by the world-leading research and practices of our team. The range of contemporary professional practices within the staff profiles evidences a wealth of recognition that the department has received for award-winning performance work matched by generative critical paradigms. Our culture of creative exchange celebrates diversity in the processes of research inquiry. The vitality of challenging practices in theatre, drama and live arts is driven by individual accomplishments contributing to collective successes in a warmly close-knit, arts-active research community.
Aims of the Programme
The main aims of the programme are: a) the creation and interpretation of new knowledge through original research or other advanced scholarship, or of a quality to satisfy peer review, extend the forefront of the discipline and merit publication; b) a systematic acquisition and understanding of a substantial body of knowledge which is at the forefront of the academic discipline; c) the general ability to conceptualise, design and implement a project for the generation of new knowledge, applications or understanding at the forefront of the discipline, and to adjust the project design in the light of unforeseen problems; d) a detailed understanding of applicable techniques for research and advanced academic enquiry appropriate to the discipline.
Assessment methods
The award of MPhil or PhD is assessed through submission of a written thesis or equivalent for practice-based disciplines and an oral examination with a panel of examiners (viva voce). The viva is compulsory for PhD and for MPhil.
