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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
OCT
3 Years
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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
OCT
3 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
JAN-25
3 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
JAN-26
3 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
MAR-25
3 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
OCT-25
3 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Lancaster University
Full Time
OCT-25
3 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
APR-26
3 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
OCT-26
3 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
MAR-26
3 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
JAN-27
3 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Main Campus
Full Time
MAR-27
3 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Lancaster University
Part Time
OCT-25
4 years
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The Media and Cultural Studies PhD programme at Lancaster offers a chance to develop your own knowledge and research in the ever changing world of media. Our staff have studied how things such as television, digital platforms, film, journalism and fan communities intersect with key themes of power, class, surveillance, gender, inequality, and visions of the future.
You will join an international and interdisciplinary community with students working on PhDs in Sociology, Gender and Women’s Studies, Science Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, and Applied Social Science. You will be assigned PhD supervisors (usually two), and consideration will be taken to match you with supervisor(s) whose current active research interests and expertise are relevant to your chosen topic. Close working relations are enjoyed with other departments at Lancaster, and in some cases there is cross-departmental supervision.
A programme of skills and dissertation workshops designed specifically for postgraduate students within the Sociology Department runs throughout the year.
In addition, you are encouraged to attend any relevant MA taught modules, but are not required to take any for credit as part of your degree.
The University will use all reasonable effort to deliver the courses as described, but the University reserves the right to make changes to advertised courses. In exceptional circumstances that are beyond the University’s reasonable control (Force Majeure Events), we may need to amend the programmes and provision advertised. In this event, the University will take reasonable steps to minimise the disruption to your studies. If a course is withdrawn or if there are any fundamental changes to your course, we will give you reasonable notice and you will be entitled to request that you are considered for an alternative course or withdraw your application. You are advised to revisit our website for up-to-date course information before you submit your application.
Students need to have: Bachelor's degree: 2:1 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in in a relevant subject, including Sociology, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Geography, Philosophy, Politics, Linguistics and Anthropology; Master's degree: a good Master's degree in the same subjects. We may also consider non-standard applicants.
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