PhD in Communication, Media and Culture

Program Overview

The Communication, Media, and Culture program at the School of Education, Humanities and Languages focuses on research and offers support to postgraduate students. As a research student, you will have access to research training, career guidance, funding for research activities, and opportunities to present your work and engage in intellectual discussions with experts in the field. Graduates have gone on to careers in various sectors, including education, business, law, and media.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The study of Communication, Media and Culture takes place within the School of Education, Humanities and Languages. The department prides itself on the quality of its research and the support it gives to its postgraduate research students. They are a vibrant and inclusive research community whose work is supported by a variety of research councils, charities and international agencies, among them the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust and the Wellcome Trust.

Assessment:

All students enrol as probationer research students. During the first year you will formally register your research proposal for one of the below routes. The degree for which you register will depend on your academic qualifications and research experience.

Teaching:

• All of our research students are members of the Faculty’s Doctoral Training Programme and the University’s Graduate College.
• You will be encouraged to become involved in our research activities and will have the opportunity to work alongside academics who are at the forefront of a number of world-leading research projects.
• You will also be encouraged to submit publications to leading research journals.
• You may have the opportunity to develop your teaching, mentoring and demonstrating skills by undertaking paid teaching activities for up to six hours a week.
You may also be required to attend the Associate Teachers course which is run by the University Oxford Centre for Academic Enhancement and Development.
• As a core part of the Faculty’s Doctoral Training Programme, the School offers also high quality research training and study facilities that can be accessed by both full-time and part-time students.
PhD students can also apply for reader access to the Bodleian Library.
• All our research students also become part of the University’s Graduate College, which runs a comprehensive programme of training sessions and workshops.

Careers:

We are passionate about fostering the careers of our researchers and ensure that they gain research skills training, leadership experience and teaching practice as part of the doctoral programmes we offer. Bespoke careers advice is also embedded into our programme as we think this is a key element of your personal and professional development during your time with us. As a graduate from the School of Education, Humanities and Languages, you will go on to a range of careers. Recent graduates have gone into professions including: IT, advertising, publishing, teaching, business, the civil and diplomatic services, public relations, law, sales and marketing, the heritage industry.

Other:

Staff in Communication, Media and Culture offer supervision across a range of subject areas, and have an excellent track record of supervising PhDs and MAs by Research. We comprise two internationally recognised research centres and several research groups. All support the work of our research students in an environment that encourages collaboration, critical dialogue and intellectual creativity. Each research student in the Faculty will be allocated £700 (£350 for MA by Research students) towards the costs associated with specific research activities during the research programme. Close supervision from experts in your chosen research area, including joint supervision across departments for interdisciplinary projects. Plentiful opportunities to present your work. Depending on your chosen subject you may have the opportunity to attend: research seminars with presentations from high profile external guest speakers, specialist seminars organised by individual research groups and clusters, methodology workshops.

2024 / 25 Home (UK) full time £4,886 Home (UK) part time £2,443 International full time £16,900 International part time £8,450 Fees quoted are for the first year only. If you are studying a course that lasts longer than one year, your fees will increase each year. For International fees the following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support. Home fees are set by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and are released approximately five months before the start of each academic year. How and when to pay Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable. Compulsory costs Additional costs Additional costs Amount (£) Continuation fee The continuation fee, where it is payable is compulsory, but not applicable to Masters by research or PhD by Published Work, detailed as follows: All MPhil/PhD full-time students are required to pay the full-time fee for three complete academic years before they are eligible to pay the continuation fee; All MPhil/PhD part-time students are required to pay the part-time fee for six complete academic years before they are eligible to pay the continuation fee. All PhD Direct full-time students are required to pay the full-time fee for two complete academic years before they are eligible to pay the continuation fee; All PhD Direct part-time students are required to pay the part-time fee for three complete academic years before they are eligible to pay the continuation fee. £1455 Optional costs Additional costs Additional costs Amount (£) It’s your responsibility to cover print / binding costs where coursework submission is required. Please note that a lot of the coursework is now submitted online. From £30 You may choose to purchase books to support your studies. £20-60 per book Accommodation fees in Brookes Letting (most do not include bills) £94-265 per week Accommodation fees in university halls (bills included, excluding laundry costs) £122-180 per week Graduation costs include tickets, gowning and photography. Gowns are not compulsory but typically students do hire robes, starting at £41. Typically £0-200 Students are responsible for their own travel to and from university for classes. BrookesBus travel is subsidised for full-time undergraduate students that are on a course with a fee of £9,250 or more, or living in an Oxford Brookes hall of residence. There is an administration fee for the production of a BrookesKey. From £10 Resubmission fees If following viva, examiners recommend that a student is required to revise and resubmit their thesis for re-examination, they must pay the resubmission fee for the duration of that period. £1455