A major new consortium of 6 Midlands Universities has secured funding from the AHRC to support UK/EU doctoral students, within which NTU Fine Art invites applications from suitably qualified/experienced candidates to conduct research in and through practice.
Art research at NTU reflects the breadth of practices within the research area of interdisciplinary Fine Art, where individual and collaborative research activities are currently grouped under four interconnected thematics: the trans-decorative, open curriculum, spatial practices and still unresolved. Identifying research in and through art practice as a central methodology, this research area investigates concerns integral to art, as well as to art's relationship to the challenges that face culture and society. Professional relationships with local, national and international art institutions demonstrate this area's commitment to extending the reach of research beyond the borders of academia, alongside the cultivation of innovative research-informed pedagogy within the courses we teach. A strong collegiate research culture has been nurtured through the development of pioneering models of practice (e.g. The Summer Lodge and Winter Lodge). This aims to create a generative and discursive space where researchers can present, discuss and test their enquiry, and where the dialogic or communal is valued at the heart of artistic research.
http://www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/research/groups/22/home.aspx/group/142175#overview
This year’s final submission deadline is 9 January 2014 - candidates will need to complete all aspects all aspects of the NTU application process, including preparing a research proposal, applying to, being interviewed by, and receiving an offer from, NTU, as well as contacting referees, and completing the M3C application form. Graduate School Office staff availability over the coming break means that we wish to complete the NTU part of this process by 20 December.
Further details about Consortium can be found on the M3C website
http://www.midlands3cities.ac.uk/midlands-3-cities/index.aspx
This site provides details about how to apply, as well as guidance notes for applicants, and the forms that will need to be completed by applicants and referees. The Consortium agreement allows us to provide support and guidance in advance of the deadline, including help with completing application forms.
The scheme is open to EU, as well as UK, applicants, and to p/t as well as f/t applicants.
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