MPhil/PhD Advanced Practices

Program Overview

MPhil/PhD Advanced Practices

Overview

This programme provides an opportunity for your own work to engage with the widening horizons of new practices. It will also enable you to invent methodologies, reframe urgencies, and reimagine the contexts for work.

Programme Details

• Length: 3-4 years full-time or 4-6 years part-time
• Department: Visual Cultures
• Fees:
  • Home - full-time: £TBC
  • Home - part-time: £TBC
  • International - full-time: £19000

Programme Structure

• Seminars: Taught six times a year, encouraging those working in the field to be able to maintain their work.
• Research Project: Oral presentation of a research project, participation in department pre-upgrade panel, and a dissertation (practice-based and written submission).
• Practice Laboratory: Collaborative laboratory focused on an annual thematic, investigated collaboratively through weekly online meetings, seminars, and guest lectures.

Assessment

• Visual Cultures Assessments: 100% coursework, consisting of essays, creative projects, group projects, multi-media projects, presentations, symposia, reviews, and studio work.

Guest Lecturers

• Recent guest lecturers include:
  • Adam Bencard, Chief Curator, Museum of Medicine, Copenhagen
  • Christine Shaw, “The Work of Wind”, Chief Curator, Toronto University Museum
  • Manuela Moscoso (Liverpool Biennial “The Stomach and The Port”)
  • CAMP, Arts and Research Collective, Mumbai
  • Coco Fusco, Performance Artist, Filmmaker and writer, Florida
  • Nora Sternfeld ,Curator and Educator, Hamburg and Vienna
  • Elvira Dyangani Ose, The Showroom, London
  • Michael Neuman, Medicin San Frontieres
  • Michel Feher
  • Michael Taussig
  • Naeem Mohaiemen
  • Stefano Harney

Staff

• Dr Emily Rosamond: Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture, co-Leader PhD in Advanced Practices
• Dr Adnan Madani: Lecturer in Visual Culture, Programme Leader MRes in Advanced Practices, co-Leader PhD in Advanced Practices

Fees and Funding

• Annual Tuition Fees:
  • Home - full-time: £TBC
  • Home - part-time: £TBC
  • International - full-time: £19000
• Funding Opportunities:
  • AHRC studentships
  • ESRC studentships
  • Asymmetry PhD scholarships for candidates working within or identifying with Greater Chinese and Sinophone cultures
• Goldsmiths Scholarships and Studentships: Explore the Goldsmiths scholarships finder to find out what funding you may be eligible for.

Entry Requirements

• Qualifications: Normally a taught Masters in a relevant subject area.
• International Qualifications: We accept a wide range of international qualifications.
• English Language: IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0.

How to Apply

• Application Process: Apply directly to Goldsmiths using our online application system.
• Required Documents:
  • Completed research proposal
  • Details of education history
  • Email address of referee
  • Contact details of a second referee
  • Personal statement
  • Electronic copy of educational transcript (if available)
• Selection Process: Admission to many programmes is by interview, unless you live outside the UK. Occasionally we'll make candidates an offer of a place on the basis of their application and qualifications alone.