Postgraduate Study Guide 2012 - University College Falmouth

Our intimate approach to learning
and teaching encourages individual
creativity, ensuring that you’re
supported in your specialisation whilst
encouraging you to experiment freely,
explore and push boundaries armed
with a consummate knowledge of
creative and critical frameworks.
Practice-based and supported by
theoretical and professional studies,
every course is led by staff at the top
of their field; excellent creative
practitioners and academics attracted
to Falmouth because of its outstanding
reputation. Critically, they understand
the implications and nuances of the
rapidly evolving creative industries
landscape and will help arm you with
the skills and vision to succeed.
Continuing Professional Development
If you’re looking to develop your
professional edge with the option of
gaining an accreditation at MA level,
please turn to p44 to find out more
about our CPD courses.
MPhil/PhD
Research in the School of Media
& Performance draws upon social
engagement, cultural observation and
state-of-the-art practice. The School
brings in to sharp focus research
questions across a range of creative
practice from photography, film and
creative writing to theatre, music
and dance. Research activities are
led by professors recognised both
academically and by the industry. The
diversity of artistic practice across
the School provides a broad scope
for research and many opportunities
for enquiry across disciplines. Digital
media, creative writing and
performance converge in the
emerging field of performance writing
to explore new genres, techniques and
interactions that will underpin the
development of electronic literature.
Working at the confluence of the
performing arts and the digital
economy, research groups are
exploring the creative boundaries of
performance as well as the potential
for digital technology to extend its form
and reach. In the last academic year
the School has attracted over £1m of
European and UK research funding.
Research degrees are an important
element of advanced practice within the
School and research degree students
are welcomed as full members of the
research community (please see p40
for more information).
At your disposal…
Falmouth’s exceptional Media Centre
(p16), equipped with cutting-edge digital
recording and editing technology, and
the new multi-million-pound
Performance Centre (p16) – one of the
best facilities of its kind to be found
anywhere in the country – are at your
disposal. Add to this our links to regional
and national broadcasters, theatres and
publishers, internships with renowned
companies and the up-to-the-minute
contacts that our staff can offer you, and
whatever your direction, your future looks
very bright indeed.
Skillset Media Academy
Falmouth is a member of the
Skillset Media Academy network –
an elite UK-wide group of institutions
identified as centres of excellence in
the design and delivery of practicebased
media education and training.
It celebrates innovation and creativity
through close collaboration between
education and business, building
on strong partnerships that the
University College already has with
broadcasters, training organisations
and media production companies.
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