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Digital Media PhD

Our digital media research is committed to transdisciplinarity, creative digital practice, the intersection of art and sciences, social technologies and public engagement.

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Start date(s):

  • September 2025
  • January 2026
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Overview

The Digital Media PhD is part of the Fine Art programme of study. We offer PhD supervision in two main areas of digital media.

Digital arts practice is led by Dr Tom Schofield. It includes topics such as:

  • emerging technologies and experimental practice
  • art and science practice
  • transdisciplinary practice
  • interactivity and human-computer interaction in arts practice
  • data visualisation and creative practice
  • affective computing and creative practice
  • applied philosophy
  • philosophy of cognition
  • contemporary art and media theory
  • new production environments and living labs
  • open source culture and creativity
  • crowdsourcing and creativity

 

Digital media in museum, gallery and heritage settings is led by Dr Areti Galani. It includes topics such as:

  • online museum, gallery and heritage experiences
  • social software and its implications for the cultural sector
  • design and use of mobile, personal and ubiquitous technologies in cultural settings
  • study and understanding of social museum experiences
  • theory and practice of visitor studies
  • ethnographic and ethnomethodological approaches in the study of museum experiences

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Your development

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) researcher development programme 

Each faculty offers a researcher development programme for its postgraduate research students. We have designed your programme to help you:

  • perform better as a researcher
  • boost your career prospects
  • broaden your impact

Through workshops and activities, it will build your transferable skills and increase your confidence.

You’ll cover:

  • techniques for effective research
  • methods for better collaborative working
  • essential professional standards and requirements

Your researcher development programme is flexible. You can adapt it to meet your changing needs as you progress through your doctorate.

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All professional accreditations are reviewed regularly by their professional body

Facilities

You have access to top quality facilities at the University's Culture Lab. Culture Lab’s facilities include a stock of film cameras and editing suites, as well as motion-capture, animation and sound-mixing technology.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees for 2025 entry (per year)

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Tuition fees include the costs of:

  • matriculation
  • registration
  • tuition (or supervision)
  • library access
  • examination
  • re-examination
  • graduation

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Entry requirements

The entrance requirements below apply to 2025 entry.

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English Language requirements

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School of Arts and Cultures
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3509
Please e-mail Karen Robb (SACS.PGR.Admin@newcastle.ac.uk) and Tom Schofield (Tom.Schofield@newcastle.ac.uk)

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