The PhD in Creative & Critical Writing

In 1990 the Jordanian/British writer Fadia Faqir became UEA’s first "PhD in Creative and Critical Writing," since when a thriving research programme has grown up in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing. For more details please click here.

Literary resources and archives at UEA include the Doris Lessing Archive; the Lorna Sage Archive (author of Bad Blood); the Pevsner Art Catalogue Collection; and the papers of W.G.Sebald. For more details click here: www.uea.ac.uk/is/archives.

The PhD in Professional Practice at the School of Film, Television and Media Studies

A substantial part of this PhD by Professional Practice may be creative, or film archival / curatorial, or film educational in content. This will be represented in the thesis submission by a substantial dossier of practical film and / or video and / or transmedia work, presented in an appropriate, accessible and enduring format (see published guidelines for format details).

This will be analysed in and complemented by a written commentary, normally of between 40,000 and 50,000 words. The purpose of the commentary is to show a critical understanding of professional practice, to set the material in the dossier in a broader historical and theoretical framework, including the context of the film and TV industry and media marketplace, and draw attention to its originality and utility.

The substantial dossier of practical film and / or video and / or transmedia work may be either or both of the following:

1. a body of quality work built up through professional practice over many years, especially if such practice can be shown to be thematically coherent and / or show a consistent contribution to or original and creative departure from the body of work in that field or genre.

2. a new piece of creative work or works carried out during the PhD period and designed and created to be part of the research project to explore and test the stated research questions of the dissertation; in which case the new piece of work should be of sufficient quality and professional craft, and demonstrably an original contribution to the chosen field, in order to satisfy the examiners under the guidelines above. Note that the entire cost of production of original work (including development, production and post production) is the responsibility of the student and not the University.

For more information on the Film, TV and Media Studies PhD by Professional Practice please click here.
 

The PhD in Professional Practice at the School of World Art and Museology
 

In the case of the Professional Practice programme in the School of World Art Studies and Museology, a substantial part of the thesis may be curatorial, educational or creative in content.

This will be represented in the thesis submission by a substantial dossier of practical work presented in an appropriate, accessible and enduring format. This will be analysed in and complemented by a written commentary, normally of between 40,000 and 50,000 words. The purpose of the commentary is to show a critical understanding of professional practice, to set the material in the dossier in a broader historical and theoretical framework, and to draw attention to its originality and utility.

For more details on research at the School of World ArtStudies and Museology, please click here.