Course Overview
Prospective candidates submit a proposal for a research project. Following approval, you are allocated a supervision team of two or three appropriate members of staff led by a Director of Studies. With this team you embark on an extended investigation into your topic, producing a written thesis. There is also an option of practice-based research, which results in a shorter written thesis together with a substantial body of practical work. All research students have the opportunity to take part in research training events, and the University's Summer School.
The Faculty's areas of expertise include all aspects of the visual arts, design, photography, film and media. MPhil work will often lead to publication and may lead to a career in academia.
Key Features
Just how do the poetics of literary giant Marcel Proust impact on the cutting edge digital rendering of film At Swansea College of Art we offer a wide range of M.Phil./PhD study across the wide fields of Art & Design. We have an extensive list of academics holding doctorates and associated expertise that are able to supervise students engaged in research degree level work across all the major disciplines associated with a first class art school. Across the four schools that comprise Swansea College of Art - Fine Art & Photography, Visual Communication, Design & Applied Arts and Film & Digital Media - we are engaged in innovative pedagogy and research projects at the leading edge of knowledge across the arts and in design. We offer opportunity for would be researchers to join our teams in professional surroundings and develop exciting new fields of exploration across cultural disciplines. Academics are engaged in important work from collaborative art practices to health and well-being, from advertising strategies to event and situation, from service networks to art history, from environmental studies to Deleuze studies, with a strong emphaisis on trans-disciplinarity and of course the building of original perspectives such as our Proutian example above. We offer research degrees in both part-time and full-time mode and aim to attract a range of people from early career researchers across art and design to mid career teachers in need of inspiration and the chance to renew perspectives. We also welcome late career researchers who finally have the time to pursue that great idea they had. If you would like to hear more about the exciting opportunities available through our research degrees programme please contact Dr Paul Jeff to book an appointment.Course Tutor(s)
- Dr Paul Jeff
- Dr Catrin Webster
- Dr Susan Drake
- Prof Andy Penaluna
- Dr Anne Price-Owen
- Bella Kerr
Assessment
The MPhil is assessed by the submission of a written thesis together with a body of practical work where appropriate, which is scrutinised through an oral examination, or viva, by two examiners, one external to the University.
Career Opportunities
A research degree such as the MPhil is recognised internationally as a qualification for a range of academic posts in the Higher Education sector. Many research students pursue their studies for the pleasure of investigating a subject at this level but research degrees also provide opportunities for career development within many professions such as education, media and the arts.
Further Information
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