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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Brighton
Full Time
OCT-25
3 years
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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Brighton
Full Time
OCT-25
3 years
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The University of Brighton has a research culture in film and screen studies that has fostered national archives and given critical insight across practice, theory and history. It supports PhD research projects across many aspects of film, screen and popular culture.
Our approach incorporates text (in the widest sense), technology, industry and audience. Academic specialisms incorporate the study of early cinema, British television history, convergence culture, screen culture, digital media, political activism and identity politics.
Recent, successful Film, screen and popular culture PhD projects have covered a range of areas, including the relationships between food and heritage culture, structures in Hollywood scriptwriting, convergence across transnational children’s franchises, urban architecture and science-fiction cinema, documentary filmmaking and autobiography, and LGBTQ online cultures.
Based in the university's School of Media, multidisciplinary researchers interrogate contemporary developments in media cultures, drawing on critical approaches to literature, theatre, popular spectacle, photography, sociology and the public sphere.
Our PhD students have gone on to a variety of different roles following the successful completion of their research. These include academic posts as lecturers and postdoctoral research assistants at Brighton and elsewhere. Others have returned into media from taking their PhD mid-career - studying in either part and full-time modes - or have begun careers in the creative industries, for example in script consultancy for major film producers or in advertising.
The entry requirements for the PhD are: a recognised Master’s degree with a significant research component, for example MPhil from another university, or similar qualification which is regarded by the University of Brighton as being equivalent and relevant or substantial appropriate research or professional experience at postgraduate level which resulted in published work, written reports or other appropriate evidence of accomplishment. An application made by someone with this experience will be considered on its merits and will normally require independent academic references or, unless a School exercises their right to specify more stringent entry requirements, we may consider a first or upper second honours degree or other qualification which is regarded by the University of Brighton as being equivalent and relevant.
Students living in
Domestic
£4,796 per year
Students from Domestic
The fee for 2024/25 entry is: £4,796. There might be slight increase in fee for 2025/26 entry.
£15,900 per year
Students from EU
The fee for 2024/25 entry is: £15,900. There might be slight increase in fee for 2025/26 entry.
£15,900 per year
Students from International
The fee for 2024/25 entry is: £15,900. There might be slight increase in fee for 2025/26 entry.
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