36 monthsProgramme duration
24,400 GBPTuition Fee/year
Jan, SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Our Film Practice PhD provides you with a unique opportunity to develop your film as a practice-led research project.
Newcastle University is a leading centre for the growth of Film Practice PhDs in the UK.
Building on the ambitious development of film practice, we work under the banner of Film@CultureLab.
Led by award-winning documentary filmmaker Dr Ian McDonald, we've established a distinctive approach to non-fiction film education practice and research.
This is grounded in an understanding of documentary film as a cinematic medium, and filmmaking as a mode of expression, critique, and social and historical intervention.
Film@CultureLab PhD scholars are based in Culture Lab.
You’ll have access to the superb facilities in Culture Lab and join a vibrant community of practice-led PhD scholars in film practice.
PhD students are encouraged to regularly present their work to each other as part of the PhD student-led Research Roundtable ‘Work-in-Progress’ events held throughout the year.
You will be part of Media, Culture, Heritage in the School of Arts and Cultures; a dynamic group of experienced academic researchers, heritage practitioners, doctoral researchers and fellow students from around the world.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Our Film Practice PhD provides you with a unique opportunity to develop your film as a practice-led research project.
Newcastle University is a leading centre for the growth of Film Practice PhDs in the UK.
Building on the ambitious development of film practice, we work under the banner of Film@CultureLab.
Led by award-winning documentary filmmaker Dr Ian McDonald, we've established a distinctive approach to non-fiction film education practice and research.
This is grounded in an understanding of documentary film as a cinematic medium, and filmmaking as a mode of expression, critique, and social and historical intervention.
Film@CultureLab PhD scholars are based in Culture Lab.
You’ll have access to the superb facilities in Culture Lab and join a vibrant community of practice-led PhD scholars in film practice.
PhD students are encouraged to regularly present their work to each other as part of the PhD student-led Research Roundtable ‘Work-in-Progress’ events held throughout the year.
You will be part of Media, Culture, Heritage in the School of Arts and Cultures; a dynamic group of experienced academic researchers, heritage practitioners, doctoral researchers and fellow students from around the world.
Admission Requirements
A 2:1 honours degree and preferably a merit master's degree, or an international equivalent, in a related subject, such as:
- film studies
- English
- cultural studies
- modern languages
- history
- sociology
- art
- psychology
You may need to attend an interview, which can be via Skype if necessary.
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