Fully-funded PhD Studentships in Media and Creative Industries

Institute for Media and Creative Industries

Loughborough University

Reference: LDN-IMCI-001 (Please quote this in any correspondence)
The Institute for Media and Creative Industries at Loughborough University London is committed to discovering, interpreting and critically assessing the inner workings and infrastructures of the media and the creative industries, whilst developing a deeper understanding of the composition and conduct of an audience, particularly in the wake of cultural composition.
Research is a crucial part of our work and it underpins our ability to deliver a teaching experience at the forefront of our discipline. Our students will have the opportunity to work with top researchers and industry leaders, and gain first-hand experience of real-life problem solving. Presentation of research findings at key national and international conferences will be an important part of your training. You will be actively encouraged to engage with research communities across the globe and to be part of a talented research community across the wider University.
The housing of our six institutes within a single building will provide a unique opportunity to conduct inter and multidisciplinary research. Organisations from London, the UK and around the world will work in close partnership with our researchers, allowing for the sharing of new knowledge and discoveries to all sectors.
Loughborough University London is offering over 5 studentships within the Institute for Media and Creative Industries to fund research projects in:
• Political economy
• Ethnography
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Social-movement engagement
• Textual and content analysis
• Production
• Cultural Policy
• Environmentalism
The studentships include the full cost of tuition fees for the duration of your 3-year programme, as well as a tax-free stipend of £16,296 (inclusive of London weighting) for UK, EU and International students. The stipend will be paid in monthly instalments for the duration of your PhD.
The Institute for Media and Creative Industries will allocate 3 studentships to UK/EU applicants and 2 studentships to international applicants.
Research
Loughborough University London offers a passionate and creative research community, with unrivalled access to organisations across a broad range of industries and sectors, to ensure your research is informed by real-life challenges and driven by true industry pressures.
Loughborough University is one of the country’s leading institutions for research excellence and productivity. In the latest Research Excellence Framework, Loughborough was ranked 14th in the UK for research intensity, and has been awarded seven Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for the quality of its research.
Location
Loughborough University London is located on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, within a new innovation quarter known as Here East. Overlooking the Lee Navigation Canal in the north west of the Olympic Park and surrounded by unrivalled green space, Here East was developed from the former Press and Broadcast Centers hosting the world’s media during the London 2012 Games. Now the site is a hub for the UK’s thriving creative and digital industries.
Loughborough University London is ideally located, with easy and affordable transport connections to and from central London, the UK and various European destinations

Funding information

Funding applies to:

Open to applicants from a range of countries

Contacts and how to apply

Academic contact:

For informal enquiries, please contact Bryony Stewart-Seume on B.Stewart-Seume@lboro.ac.uk

Administrative contact and how to apply:

If you are interested in research and would like to join a passionate and forward-thinking research community on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, please visit our website for details on how to apply http://www.lborolondon.ac.uk/research/phd-studentships/
Applications will be reviewed periodically until positions are filled. Early application is therefore strongly encouraged.

Application deadline:

10 June 2016