Dear Sebastian,
Thank you for sending this through- this looks very interesting!
Quick question- is there an option to pursue the PHD part time? I currently work full time as an exhibitions curator at the Natural History Museum and wouldn't want to give that up.
Many thanks,
Poppy
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> On 31 Mar 2016, at 13:09, Sebastian Deterding <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> The Digital Creativity Hub invites applications for fully funded PhD
> studentships in digital creativity at the University of York.
>
> We are looking for applicants that
> - want to do cutting-edge research and practice in digital creativity,
> - are comfortable and eager to cross disciplinary boundaries,
> - have the creative and/or technical skills to create digital media
> with colleagues and industry (or the desire to acquire them),
> - want their work to have an impact in the world.
>
> The newly founded Digital Creativity Hub is a world centre of
> excellence for impact-driven research, focusing on digital games,
> interactive media and the rich space where they converge. With the
> main site in York and spoke sites at Cass Business School, Goldsmiths,
> and Falmouth University, the hub is a major (£18 million) investment
> by three UK research councils, four universities, and over 100 partner
> organisations across digital games, media, heritage, museums,
> galleries, education, healthcare and analytics. See
> digitalcreativity.ac.uk for more details.
>
> We are particularly interested in applicants in the following areas:
> - Believable AI characters
> - Interactive data visualization and explorable explanations for
> science learning, digital civics and citizen science
> - Playful, gameful, and game-based learning
> - Audio games
> - Design for engagement
> - Merging game and learning analytics
> - Adaptive and context-aware media experiences, particularly for
> Social TV
> - Creativity and digital approaches to craft practice
> - Authorship tools and workflows for augmented reality
> - Heritage/archaeology and community engagement
> - Access to creative expression amongst people with disabilities
>
> Exceptional candidates in other areas of digital creativity are also
> welcome. Depending on topic and supervisor, degrees can be conferred
> in computer science; theatre, film, television, and interactive media;
> or archaeology.
>
> A studentship includes:
> - supervision and training by two researchers at the hub
> - a stipend that covers tuition and living allowance for 3.5 years
> - collaboration opportunities with some of our 50+ world-leading
> researchers and dozens of PhD students at the hub universities
> - the possibility of working with some of our 100+ industry and social
> institutions such as Sony, BBC, BT, Codemasters, IBM, Philips, Science
> Museum, Supermassive, or the Imaginarium
>
> Application requirements are outstanding academic ability and fluency
> in the English language. Eligibility for the full stipend (tuition and
> living allowance) normally requires the applicant to be settled and
> ordinarily resident in the UK for three years prior to the grant, and
> EU citizenship and residency for a fee-only stipend. See
> http://digitalcreativity.ac.uk/phds for full details.
>
> To be considered for a DC Hub studentship, apply no later than 23:59
> GMT on Friday, April 29, 2016.
>
> For a list of potential supervisors, detailed requirements and how to
> apply, see http://digitalcreativity.ac.uk/phds. For further questions,
> contact us at [log in to unmask]
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Sebastian
>
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