First deadline for applications and UCL/AHRC scholarships:
2 November 2015
Slade School of Fine Art
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
The Slade School of Fine Art is currently welcoming MPhil/PhD applications for 2016 entry.
The Slade is a vibrant, world leading, international art school at the forefront of art education and with an established history of excellence in research. Ranked in the top ten of research universities in the world, we are unique in offering the opportunity for interdisciplinary research across a range of subjects, from Anthropology to Zoology; at the centre, our Doctoral programme offers a specialist doctorate in Fine Art.
Current Slade interdisciplinary research projects include Cities Methodologies; Transnational Slade; Land Art and the Culture of Landscape; Bronze Lab; the Materials Research Project; and Pain and the Image. Slade staff specialisms include painting, sculpture, and fine art media (including film, video, electronic media, photography, print, publishing, performance, sound and the written word).
We are seeking applications from those who aspire to contribute to the Slade’s research culture and extend the boundaries of their research through questioning, interrogating, and exploring the limits of their imagination. Our Doctoral programme is designed to enable students to develop their research through the making of art, practices of writing and scholarly investigation.
The programme includes individual supervision, a bi-weekly forum of research presentations, and an annual event and public exhibition at the Slade Research Centre, Woburn Square. We encourage creative approaches to exhibiting and writing as a practice for artists through our innovative Creative Thesis course. We also support the development of conference presentations, provide opportunities for BA/BFA level teaching experience, and offer teacher training through the UCL Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching.
Our Slade workshops, which include print, bookbinding, electronic media, sculpture, photography, film, video and sound, are augmented by other research facilities within UCL, including its libraries; museums, including the UCL Art Museum; and Research Centres, such as the Institute of Making. All MPhil/PhD students have access to bookable space at the Slade Research Centre, Woburn Square to test their research.
We offer a choice between the following three MPhil/PhD options:
Practice-led: a thesis of studio practice plus a written report of 15,000–40,000 words (10,000–20,000 words, MPhil).
Practice-related: a written thesis of 60,000–80,000 words with studio practice (35,000–45,000 words, MPhil).
Written thesis only: a written thesis of 80,000–100,000 words (50,000–60,000 words, MPhil).
MPhil/PhD students at the Slade are supervised by a team headed by a Primary Supervisor within the Slade; second supervisors may be drawn from other departments within UCL.
The Slade is part of the AHRC-funded London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP), which brings together three leading UK research organisations: King’s College, London (KCL), the School of Advanced Study (SAS), and University College London (UCL). The LAHP AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership will fund and train up to 400 postgraduate students over five annual cohorts from 2014. Along with providing funding for studentships and shared Doctoral training, this will open up additional opportunities for interdisciplinary supervision for Slade students across these three leading research institutions.
Application deadline and procedures
The first deadline for applications and the deadline for UCL/AHRC scholarships is 2 November 2015. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be on 8, 9 and 10 December.
The second application deadline is 29 February 2016, with interviews on 26 April 2016. Both application deadlines are for entry in September 2016. Further details on the application procedures, including entrance requirements, funding and portfolio submission can be found online here.
We welcome applicants with a wide range of backgrounds, UK and international.
Enquiries: [email protected]