PG Guide: Art and Design, Liberal and Performing Arts and Media

SCHOOL OF ARTS

SCHOOL OF MEDIA

Art & Design, Performing Arts and Media Postgraduate Guide 2020/21

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Contents Our expertise Connecting you How we support you Postgraduate degrees explained How to apply Location and the local area Our campuses Accommodation International students Fees Funding School of Arts Art and design Taught degrees Research degrees Performing arts & production Research degrees School of Media Media Taught degrees Research degrees

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Expertise Our expertise is the knowledge, research, facilities, services and partnerships that enrich your learning experience and enhance your career prospects.

Our lecturers bring real-world knowledge, experience and expertise into their teaching and research. You’ll study alongside professionals from different backgrounds and apply your learning to examine topics from a variety of perspectives.

Each of our academic schools contributes to our learning-led, research-informed environment.

We embed research in all our activities, ensuring students and staff benefit from and contribute to vibrant subject communities, engaged in fundamental and applied research.

Our research has been rated as world-leading in all of our submitted research areas. More than 25% of the work in all 6 of the university’s submissions to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) was recognised as internationally excellent or world leading.

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The university’s Research Priority Areas build on our strengths and recognise the opportunities to contribute to contemporary challenges.

These include: Applied Business & Technology Being Human: Past, Present and Future Creative Practice as Research Environmental Dynamics and Governance Learning & Professional Contexts Sport, Exercise, Health & Wellbeing

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Connected We’ll connect you to a community of experienced practitioners and industry professionals who will provide you with a rich learning experience, enhance your career prospects and help grow your professional network.

We challenge students to question their assumptions and we encourage collaboration to produce insightful innovators, creators and leaders. We apply real-world experience to our teaching, ensuring your learning is relevant to your career. Many of our lecturers and professors are active in their industry and bring the latest knowledge to their teaching. They’ll provide you with opportunities to connect and network with industry contacts.

A number of our postgraduate courses are accredited by professional bodies, meaning you can gain exemptions towards professional qualifications while studying for your degree.

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And based at our Oxstalls Campus is The Growth Hub – a partnership between the university and Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnership.

The Growth Hub offers a wealth of business resources and access to networks within the local community, and also hosts a series of free business workshops. Led by external speakers, these cover topics such as marketing planning, GDPR guidance and social media for SMEs.

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Support The support we provide involves a network of people and tools to empower individuals – providing them with the confidence and capacity to capitalise on opportunities.

You’ll be joining a vibrant and active community of lecturers, professors and students, here to challenge and support you to become a better practitioner, enhancing your learning and career prospects.

Our support is flexible, accommodating your lifestyle to facilitate your learning.

Our Helpzone staff are trained advisers who offer confidential advice and support on both academic and personal challenges.

We have dedicated staff who can advise on a range of areas, from studying with a learning or physical disability to managing your time and responsibilities around your studies. Our counsellors and trained mental health advisers offer free and confidential advice for all. Helpzones are open every weekday, and you can use the drop-in service or book an appointment.

For postgraduate students we recognise this may be your first experience of university and that you could be returning to study after a long period away.

From childcare advice to help with academic queries and academic writing skills, the Student Experience Team is here to support you throughout your time here, and to make sure you have access to and are aware of our support, opportunities and services.

We welcome students from all faiths, spirituality and none. We have dedicated faith spaces on campus and regular events such as weekly prayer breakfasts and the international cafĂŠ.

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Postgraduate degrees explained Taught degrees As a taught master’s degree student, you’ll study an intensive higher level academic qualification with a similar learning style to an undergraduate degree, including a significant dissertation or project. You’ll learn through lectures, workshops and tutorials, as well as essays and group project work.

Taught master’s degrees – Master of Arts (MA) – Master of Design (MDes) – Master of Science (MSc) – Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Awards Many taught master’s degrees can be taken as 1 qualification or split into 3 stand-alone awards: postgraduate certificate; postgraduate diploma; master’s stage award. The postgraduate certificate is the first stage and the postgraduate diploma is the first and second stages combined, after which you can top up to a full master’s degree with a master’s stage award.

Delivery and study modes – Full-time (1 year), part-time (2-3 years) – International students are required to study on a full-time basis; however, we do offer distance learning in some degrees, including part-time study options – Lectures and tutorials delivered in the daytime, evenings and at weekends – Enrolment is in September and January

Research degrees Research degrees support you to conduct a significant piece of research, contribute to knowledge and advancement in your chosen field, benefiting from professional and personal advancement. Our degrees are underpinned by

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research that has been rated in the Research Excellence Framework (REF, 2014) as world leading and internationally excellent and many of our programmes involve collaborations with and funding from industry partners.

Master’s by research degrees – Master of Arts by Research (MA by Research) – Master of Science by Research (MSc by Research) – Master of Research (MRes) – Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Doctorate degrees – Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD) – Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) – Doctorate of Design (DDes)* – Doctor of Education (EdD) – Doctorate in Sport and Exercise (DSE) Awards A master’s by research degree is the first level of postgraduate research. A step on from this, a doctorate qualification is the highest level of degree awarded by UK universities and is considered to be an international benchmark for university study.

Doctorate qualifications require significant research and contribution to knowledge. The work produced must be of a publishable standard, which requires rigorous commitment to academia.

Delivery and study modes – Full-time 3-4 years, part-time 5-6 years – UK and EU students may choose to study on either a full-time or a part-time basis, or away from the university, where appropriate to the subject of your research – International students studying in the UK on a student visa are required to study on a full-time basis – Enrolment takes place in October and February *Subject to validation

Applying We recognise that everyone’s journey is unique. Here is an outline of the key steps in applying for a postgraduate taught programme at the university. For more information on how to apply for a postgraduate research degree, visit glos.ac.uk/pgapply 1: Course research

2: Visit us

Begin your online search using glos.ac.uk

Take a look at our campuses and study environment, and meet the teaching and support team at an open event. Check glos.ac.uk/opendays for the next available date or email us to arrange a visit. If you’re unable to visit you can take a virtual tour of our campuses at virtualtours.glos.ac.uk

You can also email us on enquiries@glos.ac.uk to be put in touch directly with the Academic Course Leader.

4: Finances and funding

3: Try us

Find out if you’re eligible and apply for a postgraduate loan at gov.uk/postgraduateloan

Some courses give you the opportunity to take a module as a taster, before deciding if you want to apply. Email enquiries@glos.ac.uk for more information.

Need more information or guidance? Contact our Money Advice Team by email moneyadvice@glos.ac.uk or call 01242 714535.

5: Time to apply

6: Receive an offer

7: Enrolment

Apply direct* to us at glos.ac.uk/pgapply Depending on the course, you may be invited to an interview or asked to submit a creative portfolio.

If your application is successful you will receive an offer from us. You’ll need to accept your offer before enrolling. If you have any questions about your application or offer please contact admissions and enquiries on 03330 141414 or email admissions@glos.ac.uk

Congratulations – your offer has been accepted and you’re able to enrol on your degree with the University of Gloucestershire.

*PGCE applications should be made via UCAS.

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Location Gloucestershire is as vibrant and future-facing as it is historic and beautiful. We have 3 campuses across the Regency spa town of Cheltenham and the cathedral city of Gloucester, offering industrystandard facilities and connections with our vast professional network.

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Cheltenham and the surrounding area hosts over 45 festivals a year, including the internationally renowned Cheltenham Jazz and Literature festivals. Whether you prefer independent boutiques or high street brands, theatre productions or the Gold Cup races, there’s always something to entertain.

With its renovated historic docks offering a cinema, outlet shopping and quayside dining, Gloucester is the perfect place to live and work. Cheer on the ‘cherry and whites’ of Gloucester Rugby at Kingsholm, browse the latest brands at Gloucester Quays, or hit the slopes at the city’s very own ski and snowboard centre.

Cheltenham town centre

Cheltenham Promenade

Gloucester Quays

Gloucester Cathedral

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By coach Cheltenham and Gloucester can be reached by the National Express coach service.

By rail Cheltenham Spa and Gloucester train stations are both within walking distance of the campus and city centre, or a short bus or taxi ride.

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Cheltenham and Gloucester are within commutable reach of major cities such as Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham and Oxford.

Both locations are well connected and just a short distance off the M5 J10 (Cheltenham) or J11 (Gloucester).

By air The nearest airports are Birmingham International and Bristol airport, 90km from the university. London Heathrow is less than 150km away (approximately 2 hours by road) with easy connection links through National Express and national rail services.

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Our campuses Francis Close Hall

Park

With us from the very beginning, Francis Close Hall has been part of our heritage for over 150 years.

Its historic buildings are home to all-new facilities.

– Dedicated illustration and landscape architecture studios – Crime scene simulator and forensic interviewing suite – Electroencephalography lab and virtual reality suite – Fully equipped biological, geographical and environmental science labs – Innovative teaching spaces

Home to our design, media, engineering and computing courses. With its modern £1.5 million media centre and £1 million computing and technology suite, this creative campus is a design and technological hub just a few minutes’ walk from Cheltenham town centre.

Hardwick A thriving hub of creativity with its own photography and art studios and gallery.

Francis Close Hall, Cheltenham

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Oxstalls Home to our £18 million Business School and Growth Hub, giving students the chance to work with real businesses alongside their studies, while the nurses of tomorrow get hands-on experience in state-of-the-art clinical simulators. Sports students analyse elite athletes and develop coaching skills in their own international-standard sports arena and top-spec sport science labs – and our performing arts centre offers specialist studio spaces for actors, dancers and singers to rehearse.

Hardwick, Cheltenham

Book an open day

Park, Cheltenham

Our open events give you a chance to find out more about our courses and the flexible modes of study available to you, and you can meet your lecturers and hear from current students.

Visit glos.ac.uk/opendays for dates of subject-specific open events.

Oxstalls, Gloucester

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Accommodation If you’re enrolling as a full-time student and moving to the area, our accommodation includes dedicated postgraduate areas at Pittville Student Village in Cheltenham and Upper Quay halls in Gloucester.

Pittville Student Village, Cheltenham

Lodgings

Opened in 2017 and managed by Uliving, our student village has a refectory and shop, bar, gym, multi-use studio, faith space and 24/7 on-site security. We have almost 800 rooms, many en-suite, in villa-style flats, townhouses and studio apartments. Stagecoach’s subsidised university bus (the 94U) can take you from the village to all campuses and Cheltenham town centre, which is only a 20 minute walk or short cycle ride away.

These are rooms to rent in a landlord’s own home and offer flexibility, with no fixed tenancy agreement. You’ll have your own study bedroom and will share bathroom, lounge and kitchen facilities. The majority of landlords offer selfcatering, although some offer half board.

Upper Quay Upper Quay is situated in the Westgate quarter of Gloucester, around 20 minutes’ walk from Oxstalls Campus. It’s among the most historic and interesting areas in the city, with the magnificent Gloucester Cathedral on the doorstep. You can also enjoy the new shops, bars and restaurants on the waterfront.

Blackfriars, Gloucester In addition to accommodation at Pittville and Upper Quay, the Blackfriars Residences, run by our partners, Cityheart, offers city-centre living close to the vibrant Gloucester Quays with its designer outlet shopping centre, restaurants, bars and cinema. There are over 300 rooms split across flats, townhouses and studio apartments – all just a short walk from the bus station, offering easy access to Oxstalls Campus.

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University approved housing If you want to live with other postgraduate students in a house share, you’ll need to register on the StudentPad website. StudentPad gives you access to a list of approved housing, which is only available to our students. Not only can you look at available housing but you can also get in touch with other postgraduate students via the digital message board. Each property on the database has been inspected by our housing support team and meets the university’s mandatory registration criteria and safety standards.

Halls of residence for international students If you are a new international postgraduate student and you firmly accept your offer and complete the online halls of residence application process by Sunday 2 August 2020, you will be guaranteed accommodation in halls of residence or managed housing. glos.ac.uk/accommodation accommodation@glos.ac.uk +44 (0) 1242 714544

Pittville Student Village, Cheltenham

“I live in a Pittville townhouse with other postgraduate students.

It is a great way to meet friends and join a group of like-minded individuals.

Learning at postgraduate level means we’re at the same life stage, with a similar outlook, working incredibly hard whilst having the perfect balance between study and social.”

Christopher Thomas MSc Forensic Psychology

Pittville Student Village, Cheltenham

Blackfriars, Gloucester

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International Our vibrant and inclusive community welcomes students from around the globe. Industry contacts and expert staff will help you shape your future, ensuring that you are well placed to start your career.

The university attracts students from over 60 countries across more than 100 subjects. Our International Team, supported by a global network of agents and partners, is here to help you with every step of your journey.

Internationalisation is important to us. We work with our students, staff and partners towards improving international relations and solving some of the global challenges of the 21st Century. The University of Gloucestershire is committed to supporting international students and offer the following packages designed to make life here a little easier.

International bursaries

International Merit Scholarship

If you’re an international student living in one of our key priority countries (listed below), you may be eligible for an automatic fee waiver off your first year tuition fees.

We have a number of International Merit Scholarships available for postgraduate students who can demonstrate academic excellence. To qualify, students must have achieved a first-class undergraduate degree or equivalent. Scholarships are available across all full-time postgraduate taught programmes delivered at the University of Gloucestershire and are awarded as a 50% fee waiver, up to the value of £7,650.

Country of domicile Fee waiver amount Middle East, China, Taiwan, Korea, £2,000 Japan, USA, Non-EU Europe, Caribbean, Central Asia, Rest of World (if not listed below) Canada, Hong Kong, Latin America, £3,000 Macau, South Asia, UK domicile (international fee paying) Africa, South East Asia

£4,000

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Terms and conditions apply. Please visit glos.ac.uk/international to find out more.

“I started university a little late so had a few questions when I arrived. The university helped me a lot.

The staff eased my concerns and told me exactly what I needed to do. At the same time I had a personal tutor who was really supportive and helped me a lot with my professional practice and career guidance.�

Pearl Liu MA Landscape Architecture student

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Fees The annual tuition fee you pay will depend on whether you’re from the UK/EU or elsewhere. Find further details at glos.ac.uk/pgfees Home/EU students

Postgraduate taught degrees*

MA/MSc

MBA

PGCE

PG Certificate

£2,200 - £3,200

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PG Diploma

£4,500 - £6,400

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Master’s Stage Award

£2,800 - £4,000

£4,000

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Full Degree

£6,700 - £9,600

£9,600

£9,250

Research degrees – fees per year**

Full-time

Part-time

MPhil, PhD, MA/MSc by Research, PhD Direct, Doctor of Education (EdD)

£5,800***

£3,000***

Master’s of Research

£5,315

£2,660

Professional doctorates

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4+

Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)

£11,350

£9,800

£4,650

£2,885 £2,885

Split-site Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)

£6,600**

£4,750

£2,885

Doctorate in Sport and Exercise (DSE)

£3,610

£3,610

£3,000

£3,000

Doctor of Education

£5,160

£5,160

£4,125

£3,000

Doctorate in Design (DDes)

TBC

TBC

TBC

TBC

Postgraduate taught degrees*

MA/MSc

MBA

PGCE

PG Certificate

£4,900 - £5,100

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PG Diploma

£9,800 - £10,200

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Master’s Stage Award

£5,100

£5,100

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Full Degree

£14,700 - £15,300

£15,300

£14,700

Research degrees – fees per year

Full-time

Part-time

MPhil, PhD, MA/MSc by Research, PhD Direct, Doctor of Education (EdD)

£5,800***

£3,000***

Master’s of Research

£5,315

£2,660

Professional doctorates

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4+

Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)

£11,350

£9,800

£4,650

£2,885 £2,885

International students

Split-site Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)

£6,600**

£4,750

£2,885

Doctorate in Sport and Exercise (DSE)

£3,610

£3,610

£3,000

£3,000

Doctor of Education

£5,160

£5,160

£4,125

£3,000

Doctorate in Design (DDes)

TBC

TBC

TBC

TBC

*The Postgraduate Taught fees above are based on 2020/21 entry. **Please note that 2020/21 Postgraduate Research and Professional Doctorate fees are not available at time of print, though we have provided the 2019/20 fees as a guide (these are likely to be subject to inflationary uplifts). Please check glos.ac.uk/fees for the latest information or contact us before submitting your application. Please note that some courses offer an international field trip and costs are in addition to tuition fees. Please refer to the website for further information. ***Where the first year of PG Cert Research Methods is delivered outside of the UK there is a surcharge of £3,000 if delivered in the EU and £3,500 if delivered outside of the EU.

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Funding

Money Advice Team

Postgraduate doctoral loan

The university has a dedicated Money Advice Team to offer information and guidance on all aspects of postgraduate student finance. They also advise on the application process and offer a check and send service. The team provides a confidential service to prospective and current students and is always happy to help. E: moneyadvice@glos.ac.uk T: 01242 714535

A postgraduate doctoral loan up to the value of £25,700 (non-means tested) is available to help towards the payment of tuition fees and/or living costs. For more information and eligibility details, visit gov.uk/doctoral-loan

Alumni discount Students who have successfully completed a University of Gloucestershire undergraduate degree in 2019/20 and opt to study a postgraduate master’s degree or postgraduate diploma in the academic year 2020/21, will receive a 20% discount off the course tuition fee. Students who completed their undergraduate course in 2018/19 or earlier will receive a 10%* discount.

Postgraduate loan scheme For the academic year 2020/21, students applying for master’s degrees can benefit from a non-means tested loan of up to £10,906**. If you’re studying for 2, 3 or 4 academic years, the loan will be divided equally across each year of your degree. The loan will be a contribution towards the costs of study and paid directly into your bank account.

PGCE and teacher training PGCE students can receive the same financial support from the government as undergraduate students.

UK and EU students can apply to the government for a loan to cover the cost of tuition fees and a maintenance loan to assist with living costs. For more information on funding for PGCE programmes, visit getintoteaching.education.gov.uk Other funding sources There are many additional funding sources available; including studentships, bursaries, grants, loans and scholarships, and you may be able to get help from your employer. If you’d like to learn more about funding options, please contact the Money Advice Team on 01242 714535 or email moneyadvice@glos.ac.uk

*Note re exclusions: 20% discount refers to all postgraduate diploma or master’s (including master’s by research) programmes excluding graduate diplomas and professional courses. Figures are correct at time of print (August 2019), visit glos.ac.uk/fees for latest information. **Terms and conditions apply, see gov.uk/masters-loan for more details

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School of Arts

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We offer exciting opportunities for creative postgraduate study in fine art, graphic design, illustration, landscape architecture and photography.

All courses have their own dedicated studio spaces in Cheltenham, either at our brand new design centre at Park Campus, at our historic Francis Close Hall Campus or in our fine art and photography suites at Hardwick.

Pushing boundaries

Space to express yourself

You’ll be joining an active community of practising artists, designers, photographers and landscape architects who will encourage you to push the boundaries of your creative practice. Benefit from our range of local, national and international partnerships by working on design briefs with top agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi, meeting new contacts through organisations including the Landscape Institute South West, creating photography projects with groups such as the African Community Foundation curating an exhibition in our Hardwick Gallery.

Students are given time and space to experiment and develop their own voice and style. Get creative in our inspiring spaces, which include dedicated studios for landscape architecture, graphic design, fine art painting, photography, printmaking and illustration. Make an impact externally with our continued commitment to the wider research environment in museums and galleries locally, nationally and internationally.

Showcasing your talent As well as exhibiting in our own gallery, our rapidly rising international profile gives you the opportunity to showcase your work on a world stage. Influences from diverse cultures are shaping how we build our community, including visiting students from Hong Kong, academics from China, and staff from Greece, Italy and beyond.

Our Cheltenham Illustration Awards has a large international base, and we’re forging new partnerships in Russia and the rest of the world as we share our expertise across subjects and disciplines without borders.

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Research Dr Julia Peck Academic Subject Lead: Photography

Julia is a photographer and writer, exploring the political effects of representing landscape, place and environment. Julia started her career as a landscape photographer, exhibiting and publishing disorientating images, before moving on to a more overtly political practice. Julia’s passions include nature and the links between social justice and the natural world.

Politically significant landscapes Julia’s research currently utilises notions of political ecologies as a means of interpreting and criticising the messages and effectiveness of art, photography and environmental messaging.

Julia’s practice is informed by ideas of ecology that value the non-human and the non-living with a view to deepening an understanding of human/nature relationships.

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Andrew Bick Reader in Fine Art and Research Lead in Art and Design

Dr Don Parker Academic Subject Lead: Design

Andrew’s research is practice based, in painting and curating, with a focus on the legacies of Modernism in Contemporary Art Practice. He has examined PhDs at the University of Oxford, Leeds University, the Royal College of Art CA and the Slade School of Fine Art (UCL), and has taught and externally examined widely, including in Switzerland and Ireland.

Don Parker is an advertising and graphic design creative and academic. He has created film campaigns for Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures and Sony Entertainment, and explored models of behaviour at the point of interface between the advertiser and consumer.

Gate/grid/tree (notes/on/concrete) Andrew has most recently exhibited his work at Galerie von Bartha, Basel, including a sculpture and wallpaper based on a public commission in the UK and his long-standing interest in concrete poetry. His 2017 solo exhibition at Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich will form the basis of a monograph with Hatje Cantz Publishers in 2019, and he is currently completing a major public commission for the Crown Estates in Piccadilly, London. His work is in numerous public collections, including the British Museum and the New York Public Library.

Real and virtual environments Don has wide-ranging research and design-practice experience in the areas of consumer behaviour, practice as research, applied graphic design, advertising, design thinking and advertising and marketing strategy. His current research focus is on mapping consumer behaviour in real and virtual environments (using AR and VR) to understand the impact of visual communication strategies in public and commercial spaces.

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ART & DESIGN

Creative Advertising MDes

TAUGHT DEGREE

The MDes Creative Advertising puts an emphasis on active learning and applied design based on underpinning research and skills.

You’ll explore, study, test, and evaluate design thinking methods and apply it to a range of professional environments.

The MDes Creative Advertising course has been shaped by our long standing collaborations with advertising agencies. Simulating the advertising industry, you’ll work on industry orientated assessments using creative briefs, within collaborative, creative teams formulated with art directors, copywriters and strategists, developing creative campaigns for real clients, in real-world scenarios.

Teamwork and communication skills are at the heart of the course.

The course focuses on vocational skills underpinned by research, theory and graduate skills. You’ll be encouraged to explore your individual role as a designer, as well as understand the ethical, economic and environmental impact of your work on consumers and citizens.

You’ll be supported to work as a professional advertiser and communicator from the outset, building skills, confidence, resilience and capability to undertake work across a range of platforms, scales and forms of advertising.

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Typical modules

Entry requirements

– Art Direction and Copy Explore the relationship between words and images to bring your creative concepts to life – The Creative Strategy Identify and create effective creative strategies – Creative Process Gain a holistic appreciation of the strategic dimensions of design – Studio Provides opportunities to apply skills within the context of real-world design agencies and clients – Masters Thesis or Design Project A substantial body of work that demonstrates design research and innovation

– At least a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject or professional practice – You may be required to attend an interview – A portfolio of work is essential – Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APL) is considered – EU and international students need IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent

See university website for full details and course map.

Teaching and assessment – Taught by lecturers (including guest lecturers), seminars and workshops

Study options Full-time (1 year) Part-time (2 years)

Career paths

Campus

– PhD-level study – Entrepreneur – Designer – Design strategist – Art director

Park, Cheltenham

Postgraduate Certificate/Postgraduate Diploma/MA

ART & DESIGN

Fine Art

This dynamic programme will support you by engaging with the challenges inherent in building your artistic practice. It provides you with a framework within which you’ll experiment, work through personal investigations, and be encouraged to work in the medium(s) most appropriate to your ideas. Applying critical reflection, and locating your work within a contemporary environment of ideas, you’ll develop your practice to produce a substantial body of work.

Through an interdisciplinary approach, you’ll be able to take advantage of our facilities and expertise in painting, drawing, digital media, photography, video, sculpture, installation and printmaking.

The course promotes intellectual enquiry, a high level of practical and technical ability, and the acquisition of a professional skill set. Its aim is for graduates to be fully prepared as competitive arts professionals.

Typical modules

Entry requirements

– Visual Enquiry and the Contemporary Extend your practice into a self-directed body of research – Research and Context Consider key concepts and research methodologies to situate your own practice in relation to contemporary discourses around creative production – Developing Professional Practice Explore the ways creative practitioners operate both commercially and noncommercially and develop your own career plan – Extended Visual Enquiry (PG Dip and MA) Explore new territories and conduct experimental practice off campus – Major Project (MA only) Undertake a significant, practice-led body of research into your creative specialism and develop your portfolio of work

– At least a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject – Applicants will be considered on an individual basis – You may be required to attend an interview – A portfolio of work is essential – EU and international students need IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent

TAUGHT DEGREE

A course that provides a stimulating and critical studio environment, supporting graduates who want to develop their creative practice, informed by contemporary art and culture.

Teaching and assessment – Mixture of lectures, subject-themed seminars and group critiques – 100% coursework

Study options Full-time (1 year) Part-time (2 years)

Campus Hardwick, Cheltenham

See university website for full details and course map.

Career paths – Practising artist – Curation – Arts management – PhD study and research – Art therapy

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ART & DESIGN

Graphic Design MDes

TAUGHT DEGREE

Extend your portfolio and move your creative work into new spaces and career directions. You’ll be challenged to build upon your communication and design research skills and apply these to successful problem solving at a master’s level.

Learning from experienced designers and industry professionals, you’ll explore contemporary issues in graphic design while gaining insights into global trends and dialogues by crossing genres and disciplines, as well as exploring new and emerging technologies for creation and communication.

Our course aims to help you realise your ambitions in a global context, allowing you the time to evaluate your career and set its direction with the insights and critical reflection now demanded of graphic design in the 21st century.

Whether you’re an undergraduate wanting to progress your studies or a professional designer looking to enhance your career, our approach to spatial, visual, kinaesthetic and active learning will help develop your approach to design and the world around you.

Make the most of our close network of local, national and international design agencies and institutions, including companies such as ASOS, Asha, Third Floor, Bulletproof, Taxi Studios, D&AD and Cannes Lions.

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Typical modules

Entry requirements

– Creative Process Gain a holistic appreciation of the strategic dimensions of design – Design Citizenship Develop a critical view of current socio-cultural and political debates relevant to design practice – Studio Provides opportunities to apply skills within the context of real-world design agencies and clients – Design Management Explore the management of a design agency in a contemporary, global setting – Master’s Thesis or Design Project A substantial body of work that demonstrates design research and innovation

– At least a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject or professional practice – You may be required to attend an interview – A portfolio of work is essential – Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APL) is considered – EU and international students need IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent

See university website for full details and course map.

Career paths – Creative director – Creative entrepreneur – Creative strategist – Design consultant – Educator – Research consultant – PhD researcher

Teaching and assessment – You will work through a range of project and research-based assignments

Study options Full-time (1 year) Part-time (2 years)

Campus Park, Cheltenham

ART & DESIGN

Illustration MA

A central element of the course and fundamental to the development of your skill is the application and testing of communicative drawing: drawing with focused intent and specific purpose. An intense and productive process of enquiry and investigation, focusing on the acquisition of fluency, clarity and coherence in expressing visual narrative, will form your core practice.

Supported by experienced, professional illustrators, you’ll actively explore options such as varied drawing and painting media, printmaking and creative software.

The programme encourages enterprise and promotion alongside personal development.

You’ll have opportunities to print, publish and disseminate your work in collaborative and personal publications for our imprint ‘The Pittville Press’ (pittvillepress.co.uk), which is actively promoted at book fairs and publishing events in the UK and internationally. A series of intensive tutorials will direct you towards a creative portfolio strategy relevant to your personal aims.

Visit pittvillepress.co.uk to view student work and projects.

Typical modules

Entry requirements

– Narrative Drawing Initiate and develop a programme of practice-based research – Research and Context Consider key concepts and research methodologies to situate your own practice in relation to contemporary discourses around creative production – Developing Professional Practice Explore the ways creative practitioners operate both commercially and noncommercially and develop your own career plan – Mechanisms and Methodology Define and extend your practice by testing media and experimentation – Major Illustration Project Undertake a significant, practice-led body of research into your creative specialism and develop your portfolio of work

– At least a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject – You may be required to attend an interview – A portfolio of work is essential – EU and international students need IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent

TAUGHT DEGREE

The master’s in Illustration offers you a unique opportunity to develop and advance your illustration practice with a mature, insightful authorial voice.

Teaching and assessment – Studio practice, lectures, workshops and reflective study – 100% coursework

Study options Full-time (1 year) Part-time (2 years)

Campus Francis Close Hall, Cheltenham

See university website for full details and course map.

Career paths – Author/illustrator/graphic novelist – Roles in games art, character design, concept art, animation, storyboarding, production design – Education – teaching in FE and HE – Artist – Printmaker

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Landscape Architecture Postgraduate Diploma/MA

TAUGHT DEGREE

The world of landscape architecture encompasses many skills and environments. On this course, you’ll develop and refine vital skills and experience for a long-term career in an exciting profession.

Study on the longest-running landscape architecture programme in the UK, recognised by the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) and the Landscape Institute.

You’ll benefit from professional links to industry, an emphasis on sustainability, a wide range of client projects and proactive teaching staff with extensive professional practice experience.

Working on real-life projects and clients, you’ll acquire the high level of knowledge and professionalism required to build a rewarding career, skilfully tackling 21st-century issues such as sustainability and changes in government policy.

With proximity to cities and rich English landscapes, you’ll be exposed to the breadth of landscape practice. Landscape architecture is an alchemy of global topics and specific local conditions, and you’ll develop your skills in this context.

Typical modules – Landscape Professional Practice Examine ethical and employment issues in a professional context – Landscape Planning Studio Examine the national debate surrounding issues such as housing demand and current planning regulations

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– Landscape Design Studio Develop design proposals at masterplanning and detailed design scales, following the stages of a professional landscape project – Urban Futures Create a future vision for the landscape of cities – Research Methods in Design Challenge your understanding of academic and applied research within the design industries – Dissertation (MA only) Complete your master’s degree with an investigative design or landscape master’s dissertation

Entry requirements – At least a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent in landscape architecture or landscape design – You’ll be required to attend an interview – A portfolio of work is essential – EU and international students need IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent

Teaching and assessment

See university website for full details and course map.

– Learning takes place in a studio-based environment through lectures, tutorials, seminars and student-led research – All work is assessed via coursework

Career paths

Study options

This course equips you with the skills to take on a wide range of careers. Landscape architects play a role in shaping everything from urban areas to Olympic parks.

Career opportunities include working as a landscape architect in public and private practice, as well as in landscape planning, project management and garden design.

Full-time (1 year) Part-time (2 years)

Campus Francis Close Hall, Cheltenham

Professional accreditations

“I spent a couple of years working but the MA gave me the chance to continue on the pathway to full chartership.

However, more than just getting the qualification, the course gave me time and space to hone my style – it was a chance to show people ‘this is me, this is the landscape architect I want to be’. The staff put real effort into helping you develop, nurture and refine your style.

You also get critiqued by your peers – one of the best things was being surrounded by different people of all ages and backgrounds.”

Sidonie Travers Landscape Architecture graduate

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ART & DESIGN

Landscape Architecture (conversion) Postgraduate Diploma/MA

TAUGHT DEGREE

This route into the master’s in Landscape Architecture offers a path for students from alternative disciplines.

Build upon existing skills in a professional environment on a course recognised by the International Federation of Landscape Architects and the Landscape Institute.

Sustainable landscape design benefits from the creative contribution of people with a range of skills and backgrounds.

This course allows graduates from different backgrounds to gain the skills to build a rewarding career in landscape architecture. Through live projects, you’ll engage with keys areas such as masterplanning, environmental assessment, understanding materials and design.

You’ll actively acquire the practical skills and knowledge that underpin the landscape architecture industry in the 21st-century.

Studying philosophical aspects of the discipline, exploring influential landscapes and working on live private and public sector briefs will increase your confidence and expertise.

With a long-standing reputation and excellent links to industry and professional bodies, plus a strong emphasis on sustainability, this course provides an excellent foundation on which to build a dynamic career.

This course welcomes graduates from different backgrounds, such as architecture, environmental management and geography.

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Typical modules

Entry requirements

– Design Projects Introduction to the relationships and processes of landscape architecture projects – Professional Practice: Digital Communication 1 Develop skills in digital media, including AutoCAD, SketchUp Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign – Cultural Context: Historic and Contemporary Landscapes Focus on movements and trends throughout the 20th century – Environment and Legislation Introduction to current planning a legislative approaches to sustainable development and design – Sustainable Technology Apply plant, construction and ecological knowledge to landscape design projects

– At least a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent in any subject – You may be invited to attend an interview – A portfolio of work is desirable but not essential – EU and international students need IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent

See university website for full details and course map.

Career paths As a multi-skilled graduate, career opportunities include working as a landscape architect in private practice or in public and charity sectors, as well as working in landscape planning, environmental design and landscape management.

Teaching and assessment – All work is assessed via coursework, which is a mix of written and illustrated reports, essays and design-based projects

Study options Full-time (1 year) Part-time (2 years)

Campus Francis Close Hall, Cheltenham

Professional accreditations

“I am inspired by world-class landscape architects and academics such as Pietro Porcinai, Roberto Burle Marx and Ian McHarg.

My research passion is driven by the willingness to positively impact cities’ human health and well-being.

Dr Alessio Russo Academic Course Leader

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Photography MA

TAUGHT DEGREE

This highly vocational postgraduate course is aimed at supporting and challenging you in terms of ideas, creativity and ambitions, in order to build and expand your photographic (and moving image) portfolio.

We welcome photographers from a wide range of backgrounds as well as those who have studied photography at undergraduate level. We’re looking for passion and a commitment to exploring and questioning the medium of photography. We want you to produce high-quality work that will aid either your personal development or your career ambitions within the creative industries.

Our modules guide students towards recognising potential themes and exploring them using an extended range of approaches and techniques. Taught in our dedicated studios and spaces at our photography and fine art centre at Hardwick, our classes are delivered 1 day per week, allowing for work, travel and other commitments.

An extensive range of workshops will cover such disciplines as high-level digital studio work, moving image and video editing, book production, black and white darkroom work and alternative process techniques. You’ll be supported and inspired by our professional, expert staff and practitioners.

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Typical modules

Entry requirements

– Establishing Practice Challenge your existing knowledge and produce a coherent body of work – Research and Context Situate your own practice in relation to key concepts and research methodologies – Professional Development Explore how creative practitioners operate and develop your own career plan – Interrogating Practice Explore alternative avenues of expression and develop new skills – Major Project: Photography Produce a highly resolved portfolio of work using practice underpinned with sound research

– At least a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent industry experience – Applicants will be considered on an individual basis – You will be required to attend an advisory interview – A portfolio of work is essential – EU and international students need IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent

See university website for full details and course map.

Full-time (1 year) Part-time (2 years) Classes delivered 1 day a week

Career paths

Campus

– Photographer, including fine art, fashion, documentary, medical, forensic and portrait – Education, teaching in FE and HE – Videographer – Exhibition curator – Picture editor – Publishing

Teaching and assessment – Taught through lectures, group critiques, workshops, one-to-one tutorials, field trips and gallery visits – 100% coursework

Study options

Hardwick, Cheltenham

“The tutors were my favourite part of the course. They’re so knowledgeable and that really helped me develop my understanding of photographic narratives.

The course pushed me to go beyond what I was comfortable shooting and this enabled me to develop a much stronger portfolio, which ultimately helped me land the amazing job I have today. After I graduated, I moved to New York and joined a company called WeWork. I’ve been there for two years and I’ve just been promoted to Photo Editor for our Lifestyle and Editorial photography. The job has taken me all over the world – from LA to London.”

Katelyn Perry Photography graduate

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Art

MA by Research/MRes/PhD

RESEARCH DEGREE

An art research degree offers the opportunity to challenge your own practice and ideas in a community of practitioners and academics with a deep commitment to discourse and exchange around their subject and field(s) of knowledge.

An art research degree is not a continuation of studio practice or a residency, but instead asks you to place your work in relation to that of other practitioners in a contemporary and historical context. Originality can consist of different combinations of existing knowledge as a means of demonstrating original practice.

Typically, we enable you to focus and refine aspects of your practice in a range of knowledge fields that may or may not previously have been associated with fine art. It encourages you to explore more critically and make connections between the thoughts and actions of others, and your own imperatives as a practising artist.

Through developing dialogues within your supervisory team, and external connections made as part of your research, you’ll be able to put forward your research project and take steps to expand your artistic and academic network.

You’ll write a thesis in parallel with your research, that should demonstrate an original contribution to knowledge. We’ll help you focus on the appropriate practice for your research, and refine appropriate forms of discourse and dissemination.

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Research areas

Entry requirements

Staff specialisms include: art and biblical interpretation; Ethiopian artistic and architectural heritage; curatorial practice; socially engaged practice; curation in a community context; contemporary painting; Modernism re-explored in contemporary fine art practice; agendas around art and wellbeing; concrete poetry; artists’ publishing; contemporary drawing practice and pedagogy; sculpture; and the extended field in relation to performance and video.

– MA by Research/MRes: at least a 2:1 honours degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject area – PhD: a master’s degree or equivalent in a subject area relevant to the proposed research topic – Candidates who don’t have a master’s degree that includes research methods training at an advanced level are required to complete research methods training – Applicants will be interviewed to ascertain experience, aptitude and current level of innovation, creativity and critical thinking.

– EU and international students need IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in any other component) or equivalent

Our current research community offers supervision in areas such as: ‘Painting the Bible: the Book of Ruth, forced migration and the ruptured status of “the object”.

Shelley Campbell Supervisors: Angus Pryor, Professor Phillip Esler, Dr Don Parker ‘Scribble and the structures of depiction: dividing the rectangle, the propagation of abstraction, and modes of concrete inscription’.

Jonathan Parsons Supervisors: Andrew Bick, Angus Pryor, Dr Don Parker ‘Mirroring the self: developing referential strategies for lens-based art’. Mandikini Devi Supervisors: Andrew Bick, Nat Goodden, Angus Pryor

Study options Full-time/part-time PhD (4 years full-time or 6 years part-time)

Campus Hardwick, Cheltenham

“My supervisors have provided invaluable leadership to carry me through my PhD, not with praise and cajoling remarks, but instead, through honest evaluation and their confidence that I have the wherewithal to carry out the work.

I feel completely supported and part of a community.�

Shelley Campbell Art & Design PhD student

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Design

MA by Research/MRes/PhD

RESEARCH DEGREE

A design research degree offers you the opportunity and time to explore innovative research practice through original, critical works.

You have the choice to work on your own design, or with staff on international and external projects in collaborative research in our ongoing practice-based projects.

We’re dedicated to PaR (practice as research) and design thinking principles that move the work of the designer from the 20th-century artisan who responds to stimulus into the 21st-century design creative where your actions are at the centre of cultural change.

The academic rigour required of you offers time and space to make research connections that allow you to explore new concepts and meanings in design. The need for design to offer experimentation within environmental, social and sustainable futures in the subject and your discipline is the key to doctoral study.

We understand that your research may change as you make new connections and as relevant modes of thought and action become important to you during your research. We work with you as you find the appropriate practice for pursuing your research and related form for consolidating and disseminating your findings.

You’ll be encouraged to take your work outside the immediate context of the school and university, to travel to interview or meet with key figures from the sector you wish to find employment in or to attend networking events relevant to your career aspirations.

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We hope that during your studies you’ll dedicate time and effort to developing your network of contacts and aim to present your work in public and academic spaces as your work evolves.

Research areas Staff specialisms include; sustainable technology; the relationship between music and landscape; alternative methods of representation; augmented aurality and digital tools for sound representation; biophilic design for improving health and wellbeing; digital and traditional; the theory and practice of illustration in advertising and design; representational drawing and painting techniques; the atelier system; and colour theory.

Our current research community offers supervision in areas such as: ‘Rooted in uncertainty: affective ambiguity in image and text’.

Yvonne Browne Supervisors: Nat Goodden, Dr Lucy Tyler, University of Reading ‘Memory, experience and sense of place in landscape analysis and design’. Melanie Clemmey Supervisors: Dr Hannah Grist, Dr David Buck, Professor Ros Jennings.

Entry requirements – MA by Research/MRes: at least a 2:1 honours degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject area – PhD: a master’s degree or equivalent in a subject area relevant to the proposed research topic – Candidates who don’t have a master’s degree that includes research methods training at an advanced level are required to complete research methods training – All applicants will be interviewed to ascertain experience, aptitude and current level of innovation, creativity and critical thinking.

The interview will also be an opportunity to identify an appropriate supervisory team – EU and international students need IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in any other component) or equivalent

Study options Full-time/part-time PhD (4 years full-time or 6 years part-time)

Campus Park, Cheltenham

ART & DESIGN

Doctorate in Design* DDes

From the exploration of consumer behaviours to the design of things as a development in modern culture, our Creative Research Lab offers you the space to immerse yourself in the research and development work that will take your career in new directions.

The DDes is a professional doctorate, equivalent and equal to a traditional PhD, that puts an emphasis on active learning and applied design based on underpinning research and skills.

This offers you the opportunity to explore, study, test and evaluate design thinking methods and apply them to a range of professional environments.

Professional pathways can lead to further academic research, entrepreneurship or employment as a designer, design strategist or art director, or employment in further or higher education.

You’ll have the opportunity to study in a multidisciplinary context and experience peer feedback from a range of seminars, symposia and conferences. Our staff work in transdisciplinary supervisory teams with external experts to ensure that your research is supported at the highest level.

You’ll be encouraged to take your work outside the immediate context of the university. During your studies you are expected to dedicate time and effort to developing your network of contacts and aim to present your work in public and academic spaces.

Research areas Staff specialisms include: sustainable technology; professional practice; consumer behaviour; applied graphic design; advertising; graphic theory and practice; design thinking; behaviour; applied graphic design; interior design; ergonomics and anthropometrics; and the specification of colour in the built environment.

Our current research community offers supervision in areas such as: ‘Exploring the aesthetic experience of typeface designs: an interpretative phenomenological approach to Gadamer’s aesthetics’. Ruffin Relja Supervisors: Dr Don Parker, Dr Phillipa Ward ‘The Adventures of “Una de Los Niño’s” – New Visual Narrative Methodologies in Illustration’.

Dolores Phelps Supervisors: Andrew Bick, Nat Goodden

Entry requirements – A master’s degree or equivalent in a subject area relevant to the proposed research topic – Candidates who do not possess a master’s degree that includes research methods training at an advanced level are required to complete research methods training – All applicants will be interviewed to ascertain experience, aptitude and current level of innovation, creativity and critical thinking.

The interview will also be an opportunity to identify an appropriate supervisory team – EU and international students need IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in any other component) or equivalent

RESEARCH DEGREE

Explore your own projects or become involved in community research projects through industry standard briefs. We research on an international platform that connects with our network of commercial, government and thirdsector partners. Our commitment to PaR (practice as research) and design thinking as transformative approaches to design is central to the way in which our staff and students co-create new knowledge.

Teaching and assessment – Studio practice, lectures, workshops and reflective study – 100% coursework

Study options Full-time/part-time PhD (4 years full-time or 6 years part-time)

Campus Park, Cheltenham

*Subject to validation

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Photography

MA by Research/MRes/PhD

RESEARCH DEGREE

A photography research degree offers you the opportunity to explore innovative practice as research through the production of an original body of work.

You’ll develop your practice from a coherent research process, demonstrate a critical appreciation of the context of production and siting, draw upon and extend existing literature and practices, and show that the research makes an original contribution to knowledge.

Researchers have the opportunity to study, discuss or exhibit their work, engaging with colleagues from a range of areas via seminars, symposia and conferences both online and offline, or to travel to meet with key figures from the area you wish to immerse yourself in.

Alternatively, a photography research degree can be wholly historical or theoretical, conforming to the conventions of a traditional written theses.

Our staff work in transdisciplinary supervisory teams with external experts to ensure your research is supported at the highest level.

For some candidates, research enables them to progress their career by enabling their research to develop, and by establishing their research capabilities and credentials. The final resulting work can be submitted for publication or exhibition to appropriate contexts. For others, the research degree represents an opportunity to commit to a passion or interest that is personally meaningful, and results in a high-level qualification.

Supervision offers opportunities for networking, discussing and resolving the siting of the new knowledge/body of work, and also results in the candidates achieving a set of higher skills which can be applied to a wide range of contexts.

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Research areas Our current research community offers supervision in areas such as: ‘Intuition, expertise and judgement in the capture and assessment of photographic images’. Bob Ryan Supervisors: Prof. Barry Davies, Dr Julia Peck ‘Indecisive moments: an exploration of the photograph in relation to the temporal dimension of liminality’.

Caroline Silverwood-Taylor Supervisors: Nat Goodden, Richard Salkeld

Entry requirements – MA by Research/MRes: at least a 2.1 honours degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject area – PhD: a master’s degree or equivalent in a subject area relevant to the proposed research topic – Candidates who do not possess a master’s degree that includes research methods training at an advanced level are required to complete research methods training – All applicants will be interviewed to ascertain experience, aptitude and current level of innovation, creativity and critical thinking.

The interview will also be an opportunity to identify an appropriate supervisory team – EU and international students need IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in any other component) or equivalent

Study options Full-time/part-time PhD (4 years full-time or 6 years part-time)

Campus Hardwick, Cheltenham

Professor Richard Billingham shot to fame soon after he finished at art school, with his iconic photographs in the book ‘Ray’s a Laugh’.

In 1997, he won the prestigious City Bank (later Deutsche Börse) Photography Prize. He was part of the Sensations exhibition, which launched the work of the Young British Artists.

In 2001, Richard was nominated for the Turner Prize, for his solo show at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham.

His work is held in many public collections, including The Met, SFMOMA, V&A and Tate Galleries.

Richard recently completed a feature film, Liz and Ray, which opened to excellent reviews and went on to win numerous major national and international awards, as well as a BAFTA nomination for ‘Best New Director’.

Professor Richard Billingham Professor of Fine Art

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Performing arts & production

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Our Performing Arts & Production subject community harnesses both academic and professional perspectives to make research relevant to sector needs. A stimulating and supporting environment is provided for students who join a faculty with a large community and a vibrant research culture. We encourage students to present their research findings at national and international conferences and internal events.

Close connections

Research

Our students benefit from partnerships with arts organisations, professional dance and theatre companies and close links with professional theatres, companies and organisations such as the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury, Strike a Light Festivals, Create Gloucestershire, Hailes Abbey, the Wilson Gallery and Gloucester Cathedral. We also have strong links with professional practitioners and theatre makers in all our performing areas.

We have expertise in a range of research approaches, including social, environmental and economic impact assessments, surveying techniques and other participatory and visual methodologies. Examples of our research projects include a five-partner European Research Project called ARTPAD (Achieving Resilience Through Play And Drama), practices and artefacts on an adventure playground, immersive theatre and multimedia performance.

Space to express yourself Our Performing Arts Centre at Oxstalls Campus in Gloucester offers dedicated spaces for our actors, dancers and singers to rehearse. Students present performance work in new studio facilities which include a multimedia theatre studio, dance studio with a harlequin-sprung floor, drama studio with a full lighting rig and black and white box spaces.

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Children’s Play

MA by Research/MRes/PhD

Engage in postgraduate research that’s both cutting-edge and creative. Make the most of academic and professional perspectives to develop research and scholarship relevant to sector and practitioner needs.

RESEARCH DEGREE

Research areas Our research areas include: play; playwork; children and childhood; philosophy; policy and ethics; play sufficiency; children’s rights; places and spaces; nature and value of children’s play; playful production of time/space; playfulness; play, wellbeing and resilience; and drama and play as interventions.

We have research interests and expertise across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Draw on our experience of a variety of research epistemologies and methodologies, including creative approaches and practice as research. Attend national and international conferences. Present your work and ideas in the latter stages of your research. Gain support to submit your work for publication.

We have a diverse range of noteworthy current and recent research. For example: ARTPAD (Achieving Resilience Through Play and Drama), Sharing Memories of Adventure Playgrounds, co-producing a play space: reading playwork stories, practices and artefacts on an adventure playground, The Art of Wellbeing: a participatory study with playworkers and children at play, and The Play Sufficiency Duty in Wales.

Entry requirements – MA by Research/MRes: at least a 2:1 honours degree from a UK university or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject area – PhD: a master’s degree or equivalent in a subject area relevant to the proposed research topic – In exceptional circumstances, we will consider applications from non-graduates with experience of undertaking research or graduates who wish to work in a new subject area – Registration is usually for MA

by Research with the possibility of transfer to PhD – EU and international students need IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in any other component) or equivalent

Study options Full-time/part-time PhD (4 years full-time or 6 years part-time)

Subject community Performing Arts & Production

Campus Oxstalls, Gloucester

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MA by Research/MRes/PhD

Our university has a well-established research reputation, and has developed links and partnerships with arts organisations, professional dance companies, dance practitioners and publishing houses in the UK and internationally.

We welcome students studying dance, somatics and philosophy; dance, spirituality and religious studies; dance science; performance praxis; community dance and education; and inter-cultural and cross-cultural dance cultures. We’re interested in research topics that innovatively cross disciplinary boundaries – as well as pioneering approaches to embodied scholarship and immersive practice as research.

Our supervisory teams are specialists in dance science, somatic movement, dance education and therapy, philosophy, religious studies, feminism, community dance and performance studies. Our system of supervising allows for a supervisory team that makes this mode of study particularly appropriate for interdisciplinary research degrees in dance and other performance areas. You’ll have the opportunity to work with external stakeholders, staff and students.

The aim is to produce a thesis that contains original research.

If focused on practice, the thesis might comprise a ground breaking performance (of a publishable/ performance standard), or make a significant contribution to the production of new knowledge in professional practice.

Training in Research Methods Research students who have not already completed a relevant master’s degree, or other appropriate postgraduate research methods training, are required to complete the university’s Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods.

Benefits – Access to professional dancers and dance companies – Opportunities to publish – Opportunities to create work with external stakeholders, staff and students – Opportunities for work to be performed publically

Entry requirements – MA by Research/MRes: at least a 2:1 honours degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject area – PhD: a master’s degree or equivalent in a subject area relevant to your proposed research topic – We actively encourage applications from students from different backgrounds who demonstrate appropriate research experience and achievement – EU and international students need IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in any other component) or equivalent

RESEARCH DEGREE

Research areas

PERFORMING ARTS & PRODUCTION

Dance

Study options Full-time/part-time PhD (4 years full-time or 6 years part-time)

Subject community Performing Arts & Production

Campus Oxstalls, Gloucester

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Our purpose-built Performing Arts Centre at Oxstalls includes a dance studio with harlequin-sprung floor, full lighting rig and sound, an acoustically designed music and singing room, drama studio with a full lighting rig and multimedia studio.

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Our growing drama community offers opportunities to engage in a rich programme of talks and workshops from visiting lecturers/companies and you will benefit from our close links with local professional theatres and festivals.

Research areas

Benefits

Entry requirements

Postgraduate research in drama enables you to benefit from the expertise of research-active staff with a wide range of knowledge, in areas including: devising; writing for performance; acting; immersive and participatory theatre; theatrical adaptation; multimedia performance; classical theatre; site-related performance; theatre and education; and applied theatre.

– Staff members have a wide range of research interests and professional experience – Research students are part of a growing drama community providing opportunities for collaborating with other drama students at all levels – Close links with local professional theatres and festivals, including: the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, and the Strike a Light and Gloucester History Festivals – Opportunities to engage with a rich programme of talks and workshops by visiting lecturers and companies – Join in with the drama subject area’s regular national and international study visits

– MA by Research/MRes: at least a 2:1 honours degree from a UK university or equivalent – PhD: a master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant gsubject area – In exceptional circumstances, we will consider applications from non-graduates with experience of undertaking research or graduates who wish to work in a new subject area – Registration is usually for MA

by Research, with the possibility of transfer to PhD – Candidates with a master’s degree in a relevant subject that contains appropriate research methods training may register for PhD directly – EU and international students need IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in any other component) or equivalent

As a postgraduate researcher in the drama subject area, you’ll draw on our experience of a variety of research epistemologies and methodologies, including creative approaches and practice as research. You’ll have the opportunity to attend national and international conferences and to present your work and ideas as your research develops. You’ll gain support to submit your work for publication.

If you’re interested in practice as research, you’ll be able to present your performance work in our new studio facilities at the Oxstalls Campus, which include a multimedia theatre studio, and black box and white box spaces.

You’ll also have the opportunity to stage your performance work at our partner professional venues.

PERFORMING ARTS & PRODUCTION

MA by Research/MRes/PhD

RESEARCH DEGREE

Drama

Study options Full-time/part-time PhD (4 years full-time or 6 years part-time)

Subject community Performing Arts & Production

Campus Oxstalls, Gloucester

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PERFORMING ARTS & PRODUCTION RESEARCH DEGREE

Performing Arts

MA by Research/MRes/PhD

Postgraduate study in performing arts covers a wide range of topics, where students may focus on specific or interdisciplinary work. Members of the performing arts team have a particular interest in Practice as Research.

Research areas

Research environments

Entry requirements

Areas of research interest/ experience include: musical theatre; devising; writing for performance; immersive and participatory theatre; theatrical adaptation; live and mediated performance; theatre and interactivity; classical theatre; site-specific performance; applied theatre; health, wellbeing and resilience.

We offer extensive links with partners in Gloucestershire and beyond, and opportunities for interdisciplinary research within both the performing arts and the wider university.

– MA by Research/MRes: at least a 2:1 honours degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject area – PhD: a master’s degree or equivalent in a subject area relevant to your proposed research topic – We actively encourage applications from students from different backgrounds who demonstrate appropriate research experience and achievement – EU and international students need IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in any other component) or equivalent

Training in Research Methods All students are required to take and complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods to support the development of their project and their education as researchers.

We have expertise in a wide range of research approaches, including social, environmental and economic impact assessments, surveying techniques and other participatory and visual methodologies. We also have research interests across the private, public, not-for-profit and NGO sectors.

Study options Full-time/part-time PhD (4 years full-time or 6 years part-time)

Subject community Performing Arts & Production

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Dr Elizabeth Swift is a UK writer and director of multimedia performance work. She is a Senior Lecturer in Drama and Performance Practice and studied at Lancaster and Exeter universities. Liz has her own theatre company, VOID, which presents work in the UK and abroad. She recently directed a digital chamber opera called The Two Sided Boy, which was selected for presentation at a conference at Glyndebourne Opera House.

It was then nominated, by producer ‘Nonclassical’, for an international digital performance event which involved simultaneous performances in 5 countries by performers who interacted via a live-link video channel.

Dr Elizabeth Swift Senior Lecturer in Drama and Performance Practice

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Using the industry-standard Media Centre at our Park Campus in Cheltenham, you’ll build new skills, develop your knowledge and make new contacts and connections, while being supported by active media professionals and researchers.

Professional facilities

Award winning

Our professional-standard facilities have been praised by accrediting bodies and visiting media, journalism and music professionals alike. You’ll develop and extend your skills in dedicated music, TV and film studios; newsrooms and journalism suites; VFX and green screen labs; and rehearsal suites, all with the latest software, equipment and data infrastructure used by industry. Our brand new dubbing theatre, 22.2 speaker immersive sound lab and creative music production and film editing suites will allow you to create advanced projects and work in a top-quality, forward-thinking environment.

You’ll learn from and work with published, industry-connected lecturers and active researchers who are currently engaged in their practice and embedded in professional networks. Our staff include BAFTA award winners, Oscar nominees, and practitioners and researchers who have extensive publication records, in both academic and commercial publishing and broadcast.

Connected From working with organisations such as Sony, Sundance, Cannes, Midem, the BBC and Sky, to performing at festivals including Glastonbury, Green Man, Primavera, Latitude and Bestival, our lecturers will use their extensive experience and contacts to help you make your own connections.

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Research Dr Abigail Gardner Reader in Music and Media

Abigail writes on music and ageing, music video and music documentary, and produces community film and media.

Publications include PJ Harvey and Music Video Performance and Rock On: Women, Ageing and Popular Music. Her current research is for a book on ageing and contemporary female musicians for Routledge.

Women and ageing in music Abigail’s research centres on the idea of marginality and her written, film and media work interrogates that idea in various ways. Abigail is currently interested in ageing and temporality, particularly in relation to women and ageing across popular music. She is Principal Investigator on two Erasmus + European projects, one on diversity and digital storytelling (mysty.eu), the other on media literacy for refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant women. She has also co-produced In My Own Right, a documentary short on the women who run the Cheltenham Synagogue.

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Dr Jonathan Cable Lecturer in Sports Journalism

Dr Matthew Lovett Academic Course Leader Creative Music Practice

Lindsey Dryden Lecturer in Film Production

Jonathan is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and his research interests lie in football culture, protest, sport media and journalism. Jonathan also sits on the editorial board of the Football Collective, whose aim is to bring critical debate to football.

Previously he has been a part of an ESRC-funded media analysis postEdward Snowden, which exposed government mass-surveillance.

Matthew’s writing explores the common ground between creative processes in music, speculative and new materialist philosophies, technology and economics. His creative musical practice, which is frequently collaborative, engages with improvisation, site-specific performance, and audiovisual installation, and composition for film. His current research includes two chapters published

by Routledge; ‘Disruption as Contingency: Music, Blockchain, Wtf?’ and ‘Disruptive Blockworks: blockchains and networks/ acceleration and collision’.

As well as tutoring and lecturing, Lindsey is an award-winning director and producer. After beginning her career working on documentaries for the likes of the BBC and Channel 4, Lindsey’s films have been selected for festivals across the world, such as Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca and Sheffield Doc/Fest, released in cinemas and broadcast on Netflix and PBS. She is the founder of Little by Little Films.

Sport and society The fundamental premise at the heart of his research is to use sport as a way of explaining the major issues impacting society.

In January 2018 he published a journal article on the use of clickbait by major sports news outlets on Twitter. He has delivered conference papers on football protest, nationalism in football punditry, and the impact of gambling sponsorship on football.

His first book, Protest Campaigns, Media and Political Opportunities was published by Rowman & Littlefield International in 2016.

Creative Disruption By drawing on the economist Joseph Schumpeter’s term ‘Creative Destruction’, which he uses to frame capitalism’s inherent instability, along with current trends in ‘Promethean’ thought, which allow us to understand the extent to which contemporary disruptive technology has enabled humans to radically transform our environment, Matthew’s work currently explores the challenges of human-technology interaction as creative disruption, so as to think through what this might mean for an expended notion of creativity.

Unrest Produced by Lindsey, the film Unrest won the Special Jury Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and was subsequently shortlisted for an Oscar nomination for Best Feature Documentary at the 2018 Academy Awards. It was released alongside Unrest VR, an award-winning virtual reality experience also co-produced by Lindsey. An intimate portrayal of director Jennifer Brea’s fight to live with a mysterious illness, Unrest was released in US and UK cinemas and went on to global broadcast before winning the 2018 PBS Audience Award.

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MEDIA

Animation MA

TAUGHT DEGREE

This course is designed to enable animators to produce pilot work for their dream project. You’ll develop an animated film or series pilot and be prepared, by the end of the course, to take that production to market.

You’ll learn to write story and scripts, to bring life to your creations. Working with staff and professional guests taken directly from the animation industry, you will be guided through the animation pipeline using our state-of-the-art production facilities. You’ll learn the art of self-promotion, and how to pitch yourself and your work to funding bodies using an electronic press kit and series bible created during the course. Through research and discussion you will become skilled in the contextualisation of your own work, and be able to apply a range of cultural critique to it – vital for communicating ideas confidently. Ultimately, you’ll deliver your pitch proposal to a panel of industry professionals.

Typical modules

Entry requirements

– Practice and Research Exchange Through a series of taught workshops and independent study, you will research and analyse a relevant area of industry – The Animator’s Story Work on ideas, action storyboards and produce scripts with the accent on story and character – The Project Generator Produce the necessary practical materials and animated footage for animated film or series pitch – The Project Incubator Create the documentation to be used for a pitch, and deliver it to industry representatives – Greenlight: Pitch Ready Through pitch simulation, workshops and tutorials, produce a finely tuned, animated series pitch document, ready for industry

– At least a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent, in a relevant field – Animation/relevant industry experience – All students must submit a visual portfolio with their application, which could include sketchbooks (containing drawings and photographs), or short animations – finished or work in progress – EU and international students need IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent

See university website for full details and course map.

Career paths – Animation director/producer – Production designer – Concept artist – Storyboard artist – Layout artist – 2D animator/3D animator

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Teaching and assessment – This hands on, practical course will be delivered through lectures, specialist workshops, critiques, masterclasses, guest panels and one-to-one tutorials – Assessment is both practical and written

Study options Full-time (1 year) Part-time (2 years)

Campus Park, Cheltenham

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Communications, PR and the Media MA

TAUGHT DEGREE

Gain the extra qualifications and knowledge to get ahead in the UK PR and communications sector and discover what it takes to create award-winning communications campaigns.

Learning from lecturers who have worked with the likes of WWF and Blue Rubicon (who created #ThisGirlCan), you’ll develop the expertise you need to create communications campaigns across digital, social, TV and print media.

Video-making, copywriting and more are taught alongside the strategic planning skills that are needed to succeed in the modern workplace, a combination that makes this course ideally suited to ambitious young professionals keen to get ahead in their chosen career.

You’ll have access to facilities described by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council as among the very best in the country – our Media Centre includes professional-standard film, TV, music and news studios as well as editing suites, Mac equipment and production galleries.

As well as benefiting from our lecturers’ professional experience and contacts, you can gain insight from our large network of alumni, with former students returning for guest lectures covering many subjects, including celebrity, sport, agency and NGOs.

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Typical modules

Entry requirements

– Strategic Communications Develop rigorous project management skills and explore the role of intuitive versus analytical approaches to decision-making – Content Creation Acquire the practical skills required to create content which engages and inspires action – Stunts, Campaigns and Crises Critically reflect on the success, implementation and ethics of these mediums – Sports and Celebrity Communications Analyse the evolution and growth of social media influencers – Major Project Undertake a public relations and/or academic project exploring an area of personal interest

– At least a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject – We will consider a comparable professional or postgraduate qualification – Applicants without a bachelor’s degree but with significant industry experience in areas including, but not limited to, journalism, marketing and teaching are encouraged to apply – EU and international students need IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in each component) or equivalent

See university website for full details and course map.

Career paths – PR executive – Communications executive – Copywriter – Social media executive – Account manager

Teaching and assessment – This degree is very hands-on, including a lot of practical learning supported by a strong spine of academic theory

Study options Full-time (1 year) Part-time (2 years)

Campus Park, Cheltenham

“Communication has never been easier but neither has it been more challenging.

Knowing what to say, when to say it and how to make yourself heard is vital and forms the core of this course. I am passionate about combining strategic, critical thinking with creative practice and have worked as a journalist and comms professional for more than two decades.�

Malcolm Bradbrook Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Communications

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MEDIA

Creative Music Practice MA

TAUGHT DEGREE

This hybrid degree enables both recent graduates and established creatives and professionals to advance their skills, knowledge and understanding of a rapidly evolving global music ecosystem.

Building on the strength and diversity of the university’s undergraduate portfolio in music, this course enables students with a range of musical disciplines (including business, production, sound, events, education, community practice and social enterprise) to develop and launch ambitious and sustainable projects.

Structured around your ambitions, the degree allows practitioners with diverse musical backgrounds and experience to work and develop alongside each other. Practical modules will help you progress a core set of production skills, while modules will allow project work to be embedded within commercial and critical frameworks. This developmental and explorative work then feeds into the Creative Music Project, where you’ll negotiate and construct a significant creative and commercially viable music-related business project that’s both market-ready and underpinned by critical analysis.

We have a wide range of creative partnerships. Our music team works closely with festivals and organisations, including Cheltenham Festivals, BBC Introducing and 2000Trees, as well as a diverse range of composers, producers, songwriters, technologists, and leading start-ups: resulting in an extensive network of contacts and high-profile guest speakers.

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Typical modules

Entry requirements

– Groundwork for Creativity Refine your creative direction and develop skills and techniques within your chosen area of practice – Fieldwork for Creative Practice Implement a music project with an external partner, location, venue or organisation – Creativity in Context Apply your creativity in a range of professional contexts (includes support for securing appropriate work experience) – Critical Contexts Engage with a range of current debates, including discourses relating to gender, age, place, hybridity, disruptive technology, and economics – Creative Music Project Produce a major creative and/ or commercial music project that draws on your expertise

– At least a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject – We will consider a comparable professional or postgraduate qualification – Applicants without a bachelor’s degree but with significant industry experience in areas including, but not limited to, music performance, composition, music and sound production, business and teaching are encouraged to apply – You will be required to attend an interview – A portfolio of work is essential – EU and international students need IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent

See university website for full details and course map.

Career paths – Producer/composer/songwriter – Studio creative/engineer – Sound design/composition – Live events – Producer/promoter – Music start-up – Label or artist management

Teaching and assessment – Assessments are portfolio based, enabling students to develop a range of practical and research projects and thereby focus their development in their chosen specialist environments

Study options Full-time (1 year)

Campus Park, Cheltenham

“It’s an incredible time for anyone wanting to build a career in music. Evolving production and distribution technologies have hugely increased the opportunities for creative practice and business development, and this course enables you to create a vibrant and sustainable future working in a globally networked, digital music economy. As a musician and theorist with over 20 years of experience in practice and academic research, I work with students to develop creative projects that are designed with both a critical and a practical focus.�

Dr Matthew Lovett Academic Course Leader

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MEDIA

Film Making* MA

TAUGHT DEGREE

The MA in film making offers postgraduate students the opportunity to explore their own voice and vision, creating sophisticated, professionally produced, expertly crafted films. Award-winning film makers will advance your practical and theoretical understanding of film-making.

Taught by internationally renowned lecturers, this degree is geared towards developing committed film makers. You’ll have access to industry-standard equipment, including high-end cameras, a professional on-campus film studio and edit suites with post-production software.

You’ll be encouraged to experiment creatively, and explore the art of film making through the craft of script-writing and expand your technical expertise. You may explore methods of working with actors, directing styles and the rehearsal process, as well as evolve your engagement with contributors and documentary subjects. Critical and theoretical perspectives will underpin your experience, and you’ll be encouraged to think of your film-production portfolio in terms of both career advancement and personal exploration. There will also be opportunities for international/European field trips to major film festivals to see works by established and emerging film makers.

As your final major project, you’ll produce a festival-ready short, enabling you to present your film making credentials to industry professionals and the wider market alike. *Subject to validation

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Typical modules

Entry requirements

– Creative Screen Production 1 Make a short form film in a genre of your choosing – Practice and Research Exchange Through a series of taught workshops and independent study, students will research and analyse a relevant area of their industry – Story for Screen Write a treatment and an original long-form feature duration script – Creative Screen Production 2 Advance your skills and creativity by making a second great short – Final Major Project Make a ‘calling card’ film in a genre of your choosing, fit for festivals and beyond

– At least a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject – We will consider a comparable professional or postgraduate qualification – You will be required to attend an interview – All applicants must submit a visual portfolio, which can include a short film or a show-reel (both a maximum of 10 minutes in length) – EU and international students need IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent

See university website for full details and course map.

Teaching and assessment – Delivered through lectures, workshops, masterclasses, critiques and one-to-one tutorials – Assessment is both practical and written

Career paths

Study options

– Director – Producer – Cinematographer – Editor – Scriptwriter – Sound designer – Independent film maker

Full-time (1 year) Part-time (2 years)

Campus Park, Cheltenham

“Story is the essence of film-making. All of our students will acquire the skills of film making, but we start with the script, and bring our own experience and empathy to the bones of our characters, whoever they are, be they fact or fiction.�

Vito Rocco Academic Course Leader

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Sports Communications and Digital Media* MA

TAUGHT DEGREE

With sports media rapidly evolving and the growth of digital media providing career opportunities outside of traditional journalism, this course will equip you with the knowledge, skills and contacts to prosper in sports media.

You’ll learn how to produce top-quality media content and develop sophisticated strategic communications plans for sports brands. The course will also cover reputation management of players, clubs and sports brands, crisis communications, and player endorsements, preparing you for both in-house and agency roles.

You’ll be taught by staff with experience in managing communication departments of sports clubs and overseeing agency-run media campaigns.

Graduates from the Media School have gone on to work for Premier League football clubs, Premiership rugby teams, the Football Association, public relations consultancies and creative sports communications agencies.

You’ll be taught in our state-of-the-art Media Centre, using industry-standard studios and technology to hone your production skills.

Typical modules

Entry requirements

– Strategic Communications This introductory module provides detailed insight into the role of communications in society, sport and business

– Minimum requirements of 2:2 at undergraduate level or comparable professional or postgraduate qualification – Applicants without a bachelor’s degree but with significant industry experience in areas including (but not limited to) journalism, marketing and teaching are encouraged to apply – EU and international students need IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6 in each component) or equivalent

– Content Creation This module will equip you with the practical skills needed to produce high-level content – Professional Sports Communications Learn about the role of the communications professional in different areas of the sports media industry – Advanced Digital Production Skills Build on knowledge developed in content creation and learn key skills such as photography and advanced filming and editing – Major Practical Project/ Dissertation Produce either a conventional thesis or a major sports communications project

Career paths – Club media relations officer – Social media manager – PR executive – Multimedia content creator

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Teaching and assessment – You’ll be taught in lectures, seminars and workshops.

Students progressing on to the Major Practical Project/ Dissertation module will be taught in group workshops and will also receive one-to-one supervision.

– Assessment will primarily take the form of essays and portfolios.

Study options Full-time (1 year) Part-time (2 years)

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Communications and Journalism Film and Television Music and Media MA by Research/MRes/PhD

RESEARCH DEGREE

Research a topic of your choice or work on an extended creative project. Boost your professional practice and develop high-level skills and knowledge to progress your career.

The School of Media has an experienced team of researchactive scholars and industry practitioners who can offer supervision across a range of topics within 3 subject communities: Communications and Journalism, Film and TV, and Music and Media.

As a researcher within this school, you’ll benefit from opportunities such as annual research events including the Equal Platforms Symposium and the Women, Ageing and Media Summer School.

In addition, there are regular seminars and lectures throughout the academic year, which are open to postgraduate students from across the university. These events allow you to present and develop your research and creative practice in a vibrant and supportive atmosphere.

We’ll also support you with opportunities to present your work at international conferences and festivals.

Research areas

Entry requirements

Communications and Journalism Staff specialisms include: ethics in sports journalism; communications-management for NGOs; protest campaigns; magazine journalism; broadcast journalism; live reporting; and digital media in live sporting events.

– MA by Research/MRes: you’ll need at least a 2:1 honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject area. Option to upgrade to a PhD – PhD: a master’s degree or equivalent in a subject area relevant to the proposed research topic – We actively encourage applications from students who demonstrate appropriate research experience and achievement – EU and international students need IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and 5.5 in any other component) or equivalent

Film and Television Staff specialisms include: gender and ageing in screen media; US and European film history; ‘heritage’ culture in film and TV; cult film and TV; the contemporary Western; sci-fi TV, animation and VFX; community media; documentary film; and screenwriting.

Music and Media Staff specialisms include: gender and ageing in popular music; music and screen media; the cultural history of popular music; music and literature; music and memory; music and philosophy; music and political economy; music and disruptive technologies; community music practice; composition for film, TV, dance, and theatre; and spatial sound practices.

Assessment – Choose between a researchbased or practice-based project – Students who have not already completed a relevant master’s degree are normally required to complete two researchmethods modules: Philosophy and Approaches to Research, and Methodologies and Methods

Study options Full-time/pull-time PhD (4 years full-time or 6 years part-time)

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“I researched the ways in which popular music contributes to the interpretation of a film’s narrative, characters and mood.

The university’s strength in film studies and musicology fitted well with the multidisciplinary requirements of my work. My supervisors gave me a consistently high level of support – they offered constructive criticism when necessary and were always on-hand when I needed them.”

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