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Full time | University of Gloucestershire | 2 years | 07-OCT-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

2 years

Start date

07-OCT-24

Key information
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Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Art

Course type

Research

Course Summary

What is Art?

An art research degree offers you the opportunity to explore your innovative practice as research through the production of an original body of work and to place your work in relation to the work of other practitioners in a contemporary and historical context. You’ll draw upon and extend existing knowledge and practices, and you’ll show that the research makes an original contribution to knowledge.

Typically, we’ll help you to focus and refine detailed aspects of your practice as a research process – aspects which may or may not have previously been associated with art practice or other exploratory and creative forms of research. We’ll encourage you to more critically examine the thoughts and actions of others, as well as your own imperatives as a practising artist and/or art researcher.

You’ll develop a thesis in parallel with practice-based research, and we’ll help you focus on appropriate developments of your practice for pursuing your as research and work with you to refine appropriate forms of discourse and dissemination.

Alternatively, a PhD in Art can be wholly historical or theoretical, conforming to the conventions of traditional written theses. For some candidates, PhD research enables them to progress their career by establishing their research capabilities and credentials in an academic context. For others, the opportunity to examine practices in depth, to make a rigorous and original contribution to knowledge, can be an end in itself. For all those who commit to the PhD process, it represents an opportunity to rigorously examine a passion or interest that is both personally meaningful, and results in a high-level qualification concluding through the viva process in detailed peer review.

Researchers have the opportunity to study, discuss or exhibit their work, engaging with colleagues from a range of areas via seminars, symposia and conferences both online and offline: or travelling to meet with key figures from the area you wish to immerse yourself in.

Research areas

You’ll be supported by staff whose specialisms include:

contemporary drawing practice and pedagogy

contemporary painting

concrete poetry

socially engaged practice

narrative illustration

curatorial practice

curation in a community context

International Modernism re-explored in contemporary fine art practice

agendas around art and wellbeing

art and biblical interpretation

Ethiopian artistic and architectural heritage

artists’ books and publishing

sculpture

the extended field in relation to performance and video.

This research contributes to the research priority area: Creative practice and theory.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£5,100

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£11,730

Entry requirements

MA or MSc by Research/MRes: at least a 2.1 honours degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject area.

University information

The University of Gloucestershire is a contemporary, progressive university that has three campuses in the western region of England. A research-driven institution, it has a wide range of options including a range of excellent postgraduate courses. There are around 1,000 postgraduate students at the university, offering a creative community that supports each other. This community extends to an alumni network of over 40,000, which includes...more

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