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For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 42/ 43 Faculty of Ar ts and S ocial Sciences The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences prides itself on Departments/Centres 46 Lancaster Institute for the research excellence, putting high quality research provision Contemporary Arts (LICA) at the centre of its culture. The Times Higher Education 52 Educational Research 56 English and Creative World University (2012) ranks Lancaster University 46th Writing globally for Arts and Humanities and the Faculty bene fits 62 European Languages and Cultures from its position in the top tier of universities receiving 64 Gender and Women’s research grants from funding agencie s. Studies 68 History We are home to many internationally Our success is highlighted in Dean of faculty 72 Law renowned scholars and to a number international rankings, and in the Professor Tony McEnery 82 Linguistics and English of major research centres including: funding available. In the 2008 RAE at Language the Centre for Corpus Approaches to least 85% of research activity in most Deputy Dean and Associate Dean for Postgraduate Studies 92 Politics, Philosophy Social Science; Dynamics of Energy, of the Faculty’s departments was of and Religion Mobility and Demand Research an international standard. Sociology Professor Emma Rose 106 The Ruskin Library and Centre, the Literacy Research Centre, was ranked fifth in the UK for research Associate Dean for Research Research Centre the Centre for Gender and Women’s quality, while the Lancaster Institute Professor Chakravarthi 108 Centre for Science Studies Studies, the Centre for Mobilities for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) Ram-Prasad Research, the Centre for Science was ranked in the UK’s top three. 110 Social Work Studies, the Centre for the Study of Associate Dean for Enterprise The Faculty generates more than 114 Sociology Environmental Change, the Ruskin Professor Chris May £6m annually in externally funded Centre, and the Wordsworth Centre. income including grants from: the Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities Research Undergraduate Studies Council (AHRC), Economics and Professor Colin Rogers Social Research Council (ESRC), Number of postgraduate Engineering and Physical Sciences students Research Council (EPSRC), United 645 Research Nations, European Union, British 575 Taught Academy, Leverhulme Trust, British Council, Royal Society, Nuffield Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Local Authorities, and various commercial sponsors. We also Key fact have AHRC Masters and Doctoral The Fac ulty of Arts and studentships available through a So cial S ciences o ffers Block Grant Partnership and many £2m pe r annum to fund departments offer ESRC and EPSRC postgr aduate studentships studentships – both in conjunction and awards. with outside organisations and through our role in the North West Doctoral Training Centre. For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 44 /45 As you might expect from a research Our support for research students Postgraduate study need not focused faculty, all departments is exemplary. We offer a research be firmly tied to the field of your offer supervision at PhD level. training programme that offers free undergraduate degree. You may As well as traditional style PhDs access to modules varying from want to explore a new discipline we offer practice based research introductory to advanced levels, or an interdisciplinary area at the programmes within Creative Writing and from single sessions to full interface of several disciplines; you and LICA, which comprises Film, courses. The modules are designed may wish to sharpen your research New Media, Music, Music Technology to support students’ development skills before tackling an ambitious and Theatre Studies, and Art and of research skills. Specific courses PhD topic; or you may be seeking a Design. Our Educational Research may vary from year to year, but they professional course that deepens and Linguistics Departments also typically address research, research your understanding of your field of offer professional doctorates, which methodologies (quantitative and work by engaging in advanced study. focus on coursework, assessment, qualitative), writing, publishing, Whatever your reasons for studying and a shorter thesis/research communication skills, and more for a higher degree, we hope that element than the traditional PhD. general guidance on how to you will find a course in the Faculty undertake postgraduate work. of Arts and Social Sciences that Many students will want to embark meets your expectations. on an MA before launching into On a purely practical level, research further research, most departments students will normally have access therefore offer one or more Masters to a range of shared facilities Programmes, including both including office space, photocopying, research focused MRes schemes and telephones. Some will be offered and vocationally orientated MA teaching experience with training programmes such as Applied through the University’s Associate Research and Consultancy, Adult Teacher Programme. The FASS Literacy and Numeracy, Creative Enterprise Centre also offers Writing, and Social Work. Many contacts and guidance for students programmes also offer part-time interested in the application of options for study, and some are research to business sectors within available via distance learning. the local community and region. For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Lancaster Institute 46 /47 for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) Lancaster Institute for the Con tempor ary Arts ( LICA) Res earch degrees Research degrees PhD PhD Applications are accepted for any area of study in the Contemporary HighWire PhD The Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts Director of Research Studies Arts provided that supervision (LICA) houses pos tgraduate research opportunities in Frank Dawes. is available from an appropriate Integrated degrees (1+3) Entry requirements member of staff. LICA offers you the MA Art by Research Computer Music, Dance, Design, Design Management, An upper second class honours opportunity to undertake research MA Design by Research integrating creative practice with Digital A rts, Film and Media, Fine A rt, Live A rt, Music, degree, or its equivalent, and a MA Film Studies by Research research orientated Masters degree theoretical or historical work, as well MA Music by Research and Theatre and Pe rformance. in an appropriate discipline plus a as offering more traditional research viable research proposal. Practice programmes assessed by thesis MA Theatre and Performance based applicants also require only. The relationship between theory by Research The disciplines can be studied The Playroom; a sprung floor significant professional experience. and practice, whilst approached in individually, or combined in any black box studio different ways by different students, Taught programmes permutation. We encourage practice IELTS Several small rehearsal rooms Key fact forms the central theme that links MA in Contemporary based research leading to exhibition, 6.5 (minimum of 6.0 in each element) and shapes the Institute’s research A G5 Music Technology lab Arts Consultancy performance, DVDs, and websites Client o rganisations or equivalent. priorities and orientation. as much as academic thesis Tie lined recording spaces for the Contempo rary MA in Contemporary Assessment Your research training will be Arts Practice development. A 900 seat concert hall, Arts Cons ultancy Original research and thesis and/or supported both by LICA and by featuring a fine organ, used for programme have included, MA in Design Management LICA is committed to contemporary creative practice. Research Training Programmes an International Concert Series Futur eEve rything fes tiv al, practice and critical thinking in the offered by the Faculty. Our research MA Art by Research featuring innovative artists Grundy Art G alle ry, Horse further information arts and has a thriving interdisciplinary and B amboo The atre, is outward looking, involving the MA Design by Research Labs featuring Adobe CS and www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/lica research culture and outstanding The N ation al T rust, D ukes wider public, professionals, and MA Film Studies by Research creative industry connections. We Apple Final Cut Studio running policy makers in the development Thea tre, Nuff ield Th eatre, MA Music by Research foster both traditional modes of on dual boot IMacs and other loc al and and benefits of research. New scholarship, which theorise and The TV unit housing a range of reg io nal community research initiatives have flourished MA Theatre and Performance engage with twentieth, and twenty- digital, Internet and video facilities arts org an is ation s. and we take a proactive approach to by Research first century art and culture and together with professional increasing funding, linking research innovative approaches to the study production support to Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Number of postgraduate of the more distant past. students Fine art studios dedicated to and exploiting European and international opportunities. LICA is unique in its commitment individual use (accessible 24/7) 90 to the informed practitioner: the Key fact Fabrication workshops, Postgraduate enquiries contemporary artist working both photography lab and life room Lancaster In stitute for independently and collaboratively, Director of Institute: Equipment including casting the Cont empora ry Arts