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Research in the School of The Arts
The School of the Arts has a thriving internationally recognised research community and a substantial body of students currently studying for and successfully completing MPhil/PhDs in English Literature, Performance Studies, Fine Art, Design and Media Studies. At present we have particular clusters of students attached to our research centres - The Centre of Contemporary Fiction & Narrative and The Centre for Practice-Led Research in the Arts, incorporating The Choreographic Lab.
As a School we encourage innovative, critical and creative research. Postgraduate Research students are able to take advantage of the rich and varied research culture within the School and the wider University. Students are offered a comprehensive programme of generic, discipline and project based training. There is also the opportunity to gain teaching experiences, follow the HEd teaching qualification, undertake research assistant / journal editing roles and join research groupings. Such training is an essential part of the postgraduate research experience, both for successful completion of the degree course, and for personal and careers-related development.
Supervision is offered by an energetic research-active team with a broad range of expertise, and includes scholars, practitioners and established researchers with international reputations. You can look-up our specialist areas for research supervision and read staff profile in our Skills and Expertise Directory.
School Research Centres
- The Centre for Contemporary Fiction and Narrative
- The Centre for Practice-led Research in the Arts, including:
- The Choreographic Lab
- Landscape and Contemporary Arts Practice Research Group
- Psyche in the Arts Research Network
- The Media Research Group
We encourage enquiries from potential applicants and encourage interdisciplinary work within and across subjects.
There are many opportunities at The University of Northampton for PhD research particularly in practice-led routes of study, see the Research Degrees Brochure. For further information see the Graduate School.
Further information contact, Dr Vida L Midgelow (Reader of Dance and Performance and Director of Postgraduate Research in School of the Arts): vida.midgelow@northampton.ac.uk.
Latest School of The Arts output added to the University's institutional repository, NECTAR
Re-Moved Langford, A. (2011) Re-Moved. Symposium presented to: Land2 National Symposium, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, 09 December 2011. Teaching the Victorians Bennett, P. (2011) Teaching the Victorians. Workshop presented to: Midlands Interdisciplinary Victorian Studies Seminar (MIVSS): Interdisciplinarity: Methods and Frameworks for Teaching the Nineteenth Century, Birmingham City University, 24 June 2011. [No title] Love, J. (2011) [No title]. Exhibit at: Viewfinder. Artspace H Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 22 June – 05 July 2011. Sensualities: experiencing/dancing/writing Midgelow, V. (2011) Sensualities: experiencing/dancing/writing. Paper presented to: TAPRA (Theatre and Performance Research Association) 2011 Conference, Kingston University, London, 07-09 September 2011. Footwear and workwear - Am I bovvered? Mills, J. (2007) Footwear and workwear - Am I bovvered? Paper presented to: Director-e Footwear and Clothing in the Workplace Conference, Jury's Inn, Milton Keynes, 16 October 2007. Design and local development: case studies from the UK Schaber, F. and Turner, R. (2010) Design and local development: case studies from the UK. 1r Congres Internacional de Disseny i Innovacio de Catalunya, Fira de Sabadell, Barcelona, 18-19 March 2010. Terrassa, Barcelona: FUNDIT Sabadell. 9788493616519.
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