MPhil/PhD in Cultural Policy Studies/Creative Industries/Media and Communication

at University of Warwick

Our Research degree routes encapsulate specialisms in the media and creative industries and cultural policy.

The Centre does not have a prescriptive approach to research methodology and advocates a subject-led approach with appropriate methods selected and adapted according to the objectives of the research. Research methods are likely to be diverse and individualised rather than following a collective 'best practice' model.

This is exemplified by our MPhil/PhD route in Media and Communication, which includes the option of joint supervision with colleagues from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM).

As a research student in CMPS you will be expected to make an original contribution to your field by critically reviewing existing knowledge and by challenging current assumptions and orthodoxies in cultural policy and the media and creative industries. Your research should be a personal journey which engages with issues and ideas you feel are significant and which are challenging and relevant to those working in and on the media and cultural sector.

Our research

• Management and Creativity
• Intellectual Property and the Creative Economy
• Digital Media and Digital Memory
• Cultural and Media Organisations
• Global Media Industries and Policies
• Creative Enterprise
• Arts, Media and Sustainable Development
• Implicit cultural policy research
• Cultural Policy
• The Value of Culture
• Cities, Spaces and National Identities
• Structure and Agency in the Museums and Galleries Sector
• Cultural Taste and the Sociology of Culture
• Cultural Work
• Transnational Screen Media
• Media, Gender, Emotion and Ageing
• Memory Studies, Archives and Popular Heritage
• Media Policy and the Environment
• Pedagogy, Creativity and Storytelling
   

Minimum requirements

2:i undergraduate degree and Master's degree (or equivalent) in a related subject.

English language requirements

• Band B
• IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.
   

The University carries out an initial fee status assessment based on information provided in the application and according to the guidance published by UKCISA. Students are classified as either Home or Overseas Fee status and this can determine the tuition fee and eligibility of certain scholarships and financial support.

If you receive an offer, your fee status will be stated with the tuition fee information, however we are awaiting guidance from the UK government regarding fee status for EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals and their family members living in the UK for academic year 2021/22 onwards. We are not able to confirm the fee status for these students until the relevant eligibility criteria have been confirmed. Once we have received further information from the UK government, we will provide you with an update on your fee status and let you know if any additional information is required. If you believe your fee status has been incorrectly classified you can complete a fee status assessment questionnaire (follow the instructions in your offer) and provide the required documentation for this to be reassessed.