Bangor University

Welsh Medium Postgraduate Scholarship: Film Studies

School of Creative Studies and Media

The School of Creative Studies and Media is offering a Welsh medium 
postgraduate scholarship in Film Studies, sponsored by the Higher 
Education Funding Council for Wales, to commence on 1st October 2008.
Funding is available for three years as a doctoral research student, 
with an additional introductory year as a Master’s student if required, 
and another final year as a teaching fellow. The postgraduate 
scholarship will cover the cost of university tuition fees (at the 
Home/EU rate of £3,300 for 2008/9) and will provide a maintenance grant 
of £12,600 per year (with a further increase pending).

Applications are invited from potential researchers in any field of Film 
Studies. The successful candidate will also be required to undertake 
some Welsh medium teaching for the School as a condition of the award.

The School of Creative Studies and Media is part of the University’s 
College of Arts and Humanities. It offers degrees across the whole 
spectrum of creative arts including film, media, creative writing, 
journalism and performance arts.

Set in the dramatic scenery between Snowdonia and the sea we offer 
students interested in the Creative Arts and Industries a wide range of 
courses, both practical and theoretical, that encourage students to 
learn, grown and explore the creative world.

Here at the School of Creative Studies and Media we aim to provide 
excellence in university education in all aspects of creative arts and 
industries. Our staff include acclaimed creative and critical 
practitioners, writers, dramatists, film makers, journalists and new 
media experts.

The successful applicant will:
•	Have achieved at least an upper second-class honours degree and/or a 
postgraduate qualification in a relevant field. The individual must be a 
graduate of a recognised institution of higher education or an 
undergraduate expecting to graduate before 31 July 2008. Other 
qualifications may be considered only exceptionally.
•	Be a fluent Welsh speaker, although the scholarship holder can 
undertake further training to improve their competence to teach through 
the medium of Welsh. The Scheme gives every support to the holder to 
undertake research and present a thesis through the medium of Welsh, but 
this is not a requirement at present.
•	Demonstrate the capability and diligence required to complete a PhD by 
research within the period of the award.
•	Provide a clear statement of the proposed research topic in the field 
of Film Studies; s/he will be expected to offer an outline of the 
questions or problems to be addressed and of the methods to be used in 
the thesis.
•	Be in a position to undertake Welsh medium teaching duties for the 
School from the second year onwards. During the additional year, which 
will take the form of a fellowship, the successful candidate will be 
required to develop new provision as well as continuing the minimum five 
hours of teaching expected after the first year.

Applicants should complete and return the following form to Dr. Nathan 
Abrams, Director of Graduate Studies, School of Creative Studies and 
Media, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG (email: 
[log in to unmask]): http://www.mantais.ac.uk/11640.file.dld.

The closing date for applications is 16 June 2008 and we aim to inform 
our selected candidate by the beginning of July. The School will 
interview candidates for this scholarship as part of its selection process.

For further information, please contact Nia Griffith (email: 
[log in to unmask]; tel. 01248 383215