blog: PhD Studentships at CADRE

The Black Country Centre for Art and Design Research and Experimentation (CADRE) is offering 2 bursaries for full time PhD study. Bursaries are for three years, at £12,300 per year with full tuition remittance. Bursary students will be expected to be working ‘in residence’ within the CADRE facilities.

We are specifically interested in PhD studentship proposals within:

Art, Design and Creative Technology. Dr D Harrison [dew.harrison@wlv.ac.uk]

Proposals are encouraged in areas of intelligent interaction, participatory art practice and computer-mediated relational art works that facilitate social spaces for creative engagement.

Applicants should be highly motivated with a Masters degree or equivalent in a relevant subject. You can review the information about our research clusters and areas of expertise amongst our research staff prior to making your proposal.

Deadline for receipt of applications is 6 June, 2008.

Interviews will be scheduled the week of 30 June 2008, for admittance in September.

Applicants should send the following:
• A research proposal (including proposed title of project, research questions, historic and contemporary research context and planned methodology)
• An academic CV with letters of support from two academic referees
• Documentation of your work in CD, DVD or 35mm slides
• A stamped self-addressed envelope for the return of visual material.

Applications and questions should be addressed to:

Emma Angus, Research and Development Support
(44) 01902 32 2213, emma.angus@wlv.ac.uk
School of Art and Design, University of Wolverhampton,
Molineux Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1DT