MPhil/PhD Media & Communications

Research degrees in this department have two elements: the research work that students carry out individually under supervision; a programme of taught courses, which brings them into contact with other students within Goldsmiths. Supervisors and their students form loose research teams, sometimes on a joint basis with another group. When they apply, please indicate their intended research area and any preference for a particular supervisor. The Department also offers a PhD programme partially by audio-visual practice. We encourage applications from Doctoral candidates who wish to submit, as part of their thesis, a portfolio of practical work alongside a reduced textual component. We aim to develop students who are able to express themselves creatively and self-critically in theoretical and/or practice work. Students will develop research skills, presentation skills, an understanding of the workings of the media and their broad cultural and social impacts and an understanding of the pleasures of media consumption.