We welcome applicants wishing to explore visual culture understood as a meeting ground between creative practices, the philosophical and the political.We usually accept research students into the Department of Visual Cultures on the basis of a match between your proposed research and the current research interests of the department, as well as an assessment of your qualifications and suitability to undertake a research degree.Research in the department is organised around thematic clusters and we welcome proposals from applicants wishing to explore visual culture within the context of one of these clusters.The MPhil/PhD programme will be structured around the following elements:PhD seminar:In addition to regular tutorials with your supervisor, you will attend the MPhil/PhD Visual Culture seminar in your first and second years of study. This is a weekly seminar dedicated to research questions and theoretical problems of study at MPhil/PhD level. It has the additional aim of fostering a supportive and participatory postgraduate research culture in the department.