National Gallery
About the Project
Goldsmiths and The National Gallery are pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship – A Practice Research Enquiry: The Materiality of Meaning Making in Art Gallery Learning.
Job Description
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 Gallery’s redeveloped Centre for Creative Learning, due to open in Spring 2025.
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.
Job Requirements
- Applicants must apply to https://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/mphil-phd-art-practice-learning/ – 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 https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/UKRI-030221-Guidance-International-Eligibility-Implementation-training-grant-holders-V2.pdf – 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.
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Job Overview
- Job Title: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship
- Salary: £20k-£25k
- Hours: Full time
- Role: Research
- Contract: Contract
- Closing date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024
- Location: London
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’.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview on 25 June 2024.
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