Overview
The University of Glamorgan wishes to award a full time doctoral studentship to examine BBC television drama in the regions and nations. The particular focus will be upon Wales and comparable national and regional contexts in the UK, although there may be opportunities to examine wider international parallels where appropriate.
The research will explore the relationship between television drama production developments in Wales and the wider policy context, in which the BBC is committed to sourcing 50% of all network TV programming from beyond the M25 by 2016. The research will, indicatively:
- Analyse the degree to which the success of long-running series (e.g. Dr Who, Torchwood, Merlin, The Sarah Jane Adventures) have enabled the development of a ‘craft base’ of production skills in Wales.
- Detail and analyse the relationships between BBC Wales Cymru and the independent production sector, in Wales and the UK generally
- Consider parallel developments in drama production elsewhere in the ecology of broadcasting e.g. Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C).
- Look beyond the immediate context to the ways in which strategic planning for the new developments is taking shape.
- Interview a wide range of production personnel in key areas.
Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries
In the 2008 RAE Glamorgan submitted very strong entries in both Media and Communications and Drama, Dance and Performing Arts. The School has a particular strength in the study of national and regional identity, which is core to the activities of the Centre for the Study of Media and Culture in Small Nations. As director and members of this Centre, the proposed supervisory team, together with Professor Stephen Lacey, have just completed a major report for the BBC Trust and BBC Cymru Wales Audience Council entitled Screening the Nation: Wales and Landmark Television. This studentship represents an opportunity to build upon this work and extend it into wider contexts.
Eligible candidates
Candidates for the studentship must have a good first degree in a relevant subject (e.g. drama, media studies, cultural studies). It is highly desirable that candidates hold, or expect to hold, a MA/MSc in a relevant subject. Candidates should be able to demonstrate the potential to develop and sustain relationships with informants in the research field, and have the requisite presentation skills to produce and deliver collaborative conference papers and journal articles. This award is open to UK and EU students only. Overseas candidates may however wish to explore other postgraduate opportunities within the university at http://postgrad.glam.ac.uk/.
Award
This award covers UK/EU fees £3390 for 2009/10 and £13290, an annual, tax-free stipend. Award holders will be expected to undertake up to a maximum of 6 hours teaching per week during term time as a condition of the award.
Deadline
The deadline for applications is April 30th, 2010. It is anticipated that the award will be taken up no later than September 30th, 2010.
Further Information
Candidates need to complete a
n application form for admission to a Postgraduate Degree at the University of Glamorgan in which they should detail how they envisage undertaking this project, paying particular regard to their anticipated theoretical and methodological approach.
For an informal discussion about the studentship, please contact one of the proposed supervision team:
Professor Steve Blandford, email: sblandfo@glam.ac.uk
Dr Ruth McElroy, email: rmcelroy@glam.ac.uk
Dr Rebecca Williams, email: rwillia3@glam.ac.uk
For further information on the The Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries please visit: http://cci.glam.ac.uk/
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
The University of Glamorgan wishes to award a full time doctoral studentship to examine BBC television drama in the regions and nations. The particular focus will be upon Wales and comparable national and regional contexts in the UK, although there may be opportunities to examine wider international parallels where appropriate.
The research will explore the relationship between television drama production developments in Wales and the wider policy context, in which the BBC is committed to sourcing 50% of all network TV programming from beyond the M25 by 2016. The research will, indicatively:
- Analyse the degree to which the success of long-running series (e.g. Dr Who, Torchwood, Merlin, The Sarah Jane Adventures) have enabled the development of a ‘craft base’ of production skills in Wales.
- Detail and analyse the relationships between BBC Wales Cymru and the independent production sector, in Wales and the UK generally
- Consider parallel developments in drama production elsewhere in the ecology of broadcasting e.g. Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C).
- Look beyond the immediate context to the ways in which strategic planning for the new developments is taking shape.
- Interview a wide range of production personnel in key areas.
Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries
In the 2008 RAE Glamorgan submitted very strong entries in both Media and Communications and Drama, Dance and Performing Arts. The School has a particular strength in the study of national and regional identity, which is core to the activities of the Centre for the Study of Media and Culture in Small Nations. As director and members of this Centre, the proposed supervisory team, together with Professor Stephen Lacey, have just completed a major report for the BBC Trust and BBC Cymru Wales Audience Council entitled Screening the Nation: Wales and Landmark Television. This studentship represents an opportunity to build upon this work and extend it into wider contexts.
Eligible candidates
Candidates for the studentship must have a good first degree in a relevant subject (e.g. drama, media studies, cultural studies). It is highly desirable that candidates hold, or expect to hold, a MA/MSc in a relevant subject. Candidates should be able to demonstrate the potential to develop and sustain relationships with informants in the research field, and have the requisite presentation skills to produce and deliver collaborative conference papers and journal articles. This award is open to UK and EU students only. Overseas candidates may however wish to explore other postgraduate opportunities within the university at http://postgrad.glam.ac.uk/.
Award
This award covers UK/EU fees £3390 for 2009/10 and £13290, an annual, tax-free stipend. Award holders will be expected to undertake up to a maximum of 6 hours teaching per week during term time as a condition of the award.
Deadline
The deadline for applications is April 30th, 2010. It is anticipated that the award will be taken up no later than September 30th, 2010.
Further Information
Candidates need to complete a
n application form for admission to a Postgraduate Degree at the University of Glamorgan in which they should detail how they envisage undertaking this project, paying particular regard to their anticipated theoretical and methodological approach.
For an informal discussion about the studentship, please contact one of the proposed supervision team:
Professor Steve Blandford, email: sblandfo@glam.ac.uk
Dr Ruth McElroy, email: rmcelroy@glam.ac.uk
Dr Rebecca Williams, email: rwillia3@glam.ac.uk
For further information on the The Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries please visit: http://cci.glam.ac.uk/
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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