AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship

This studentship offers an opportunity for an artist-educator to explore ways in which creative practice and pedagogy can produce catalysts for learning through The National Gallery's Collection, motivated by the new artists studio that is part of the Gallery’s redeveloped Centre for Creative Learning.

This project will be jointly supervised by Dr Esther Sayers and Dr Kimberley Foster at Goldsmiths, and Karen Eslea, Head of Learning and National Programmes at The National Gallery.

The student will be expected to spend time at both Goldsmiths and The National Gallery, as well as becoming part of the wider cohort of CDP funded students across the UK.

Value

Funding for a full-time studentship of four years or part-time equivalent up to a maximum of eight years, including payment of tuition fees and a maintance stipend.

Number available

1

Year of entry

2024

Eligibility criteria

• Applicants must apply to Mphil/PhD Art Practice & Learning
• Applicants should ideally have or expect to receive a relevant Masters-level qualification in a relevant subject (Art, Design, Education, Anthropology, Museum and Gallery Studies), or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience in a professional setting such as Museum and Gallery Learning, Art in Education, Teaching
• Applicants must demonstrate an interest in the Museum and Gallery Studies and Art Education sectors and potential and enthusiasm for developing skills more widely in related areas
• All applicants must meet UKRI terms and conditions for funding
• This studentship is open to both home and international applicants
• As a collaborative award, students will be expected to spend time at both the university and The National Gallery.
• We encourage the widest range of potential students to study for this CDP studentship and are committed to welcoming students from different backgrounds to apply. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds as they are currently underrepresented at this level in this area

Application deadlines

3 June 2024

How to apply

You must first apply to the PhD in Art Practice & Learning through the central Goldsmiths' admissions portal and mark the application as a CDP studentship.

Under the application field ‘Planned Basis for Funding’, you should include ‘AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship – A Practice Research Enquiry: The Materiality of Meaning Making in Art Gallery Learning’.

Research proposals

Along with your application and an academic reference, you should also upload a research proposal and up to 10 images of your practice.

This should be in the form of a statement of the proposed area of research and should include: 

• delineation of how you would approach the research topic - A Practice Research Enquiry: The Materiality of Meaning Making in Art Gallery Learning - with reference to both academic sources and art works from gallery collections
• your rationale for this proposal - why you are interested in researching this area
• how as an artist educator you would respond to the research questions and connect to the National Gallery's Collection through your creative practice, research and writing
• how practice with theory are appropriate to your inquiry and how they will complement and support each other in benefitting learners at the gallery
• references to academic sources including practice research
• up to 10 images/sound/film/workshop documentation etc of your practice as part of your application or your website URL. The images can be of present and/or past work/events/installation etc that are relevant to your research proposal and your artist educator practice

See our guidance on writing a research proposal. Please note that for this studentship you are expected to respond to the theme and research questions that have been set.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview on 25 June 2024.

If you have any questions on the application process please contact: esther.sayers (@gold.ac.uk).

Award provisions

• The award pays tuition fees up to the value of the full-time home UKRI rate for PhD degrees. Research Councils UK Indicative Fee Level for 2024/2025 is £4,786
• The award pays full maintenance for all students, both home and international. The UKRI National Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2024/2025 is £19,237, plus London Weighting of £2000 per year and a CDP maintenance payment of £600 per year
• International students are eligible to receive the same full award for maintenance as home students. For tuition fees, the value of the award will be equal to the value of home fees. Read UKRI’s guidance on home and international student classification for further information
• The student will be eligible to receive an additional travel and related expenses grant during the course of the project courtesy of The National Gallery worth up to £1000 per year for four years
• The successful candidate will be eligible to participate in events organised for all Collaborative Doctoral Partnership students who are registered with different universities and studying with cultural and heritage organisations across the UK