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A rare opportunity for a funded PhD studentship with CRUMB. Previous applicants are very welcome to apply. Full details, see:
http://nuweb.northumbria.ac.uk/nebgp/curating.html

AHRC Postgraduate Studentship Opportunities

Northumbria and Sunderland Universities operate a collaborative AHRC
Block Grant Partnership to support quality research and professional
training in the Arts & Humanities. Studentships are available for
uptake from September/October 2011 including:

Doctoral Studentship, D4 Fine Art(Curating New Media Art)

Applications

Applications are invited electronically on the relevant form by no
later than 12.00 noon on Monday 18 April 2011. Applications received
after this date and time will be kept on file as reserves.

Awards cover stipend and fees subject to eligibility criteria including
UK residency, see the AHRC Guide to Student Funding
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Documents/
GuidetoStudentFunding.pdf

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is the UK funding body for
the arts and humanities. Each year the AHRC provides funding from the
Government to support research and postgraduate study in the arts and
humanities. Only applications of the highest quality and excellence are
funded. Research supported by this investment provides social and
cultural benefits and also contributes to the economic success of the
UK. For further information on the AHRC, please see
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk.

The AHRC Block Grant Partnership scheme provides funding at Master's
and doctoral level to Research Organisations that have shown strong
evidence of excellent strategic planning for, and delivery of, high
quality postgraduate research and training in the arts and humanities.
It enables long-term planning for the support of high quality
postgraduate research and training by allocating awards to five annual
cohorts of postgraduate students. Please see
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/News/Latest/Pages/pgpostsconfirmed.aspx

University of Sunderland (School of Arts, Design, Media & Culture) seeks to appoint a post doctoral level researcher to join the collaborative research team CRUMB supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The post will undertake a 12 month project on "Curating new media art: networks and connections". The position will involve contributing to the professional practice and research culture of curating new media art in the local region, nationally and internationally.

You will have a post graduate level qualification or equivalent in a relevant area, a strong record of conducting independent research with a track record of curating new media art with organisations to national and international standing. For an informal discussion about the post please contact Professor Beryl Graham, Principal Investigator, by email: beryl.graham -at- sunderland.ac.uk

Closing Date: 25 January 2008
Fixed term from May 2008 to April 2009
£27,466 - £32,796 per annum
Ref No: ADR020/1469

An application form and Role Profile can be obtained by contacting Human Resources on 0191 515 2057 or www.sunderland.ac.uk/jobs

CRUMB is supported by funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Dr Cook is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow.

University of Sunderland - School of Arts, Design, Media & Culture

Curating New Media Art

Since 1993 the School of Arts, Design, Media & Culture has had a special interest in issues for exhibiting new media art (including internet art, and interactive digital media). The CRUMB web resource for curators is now an internationally acclaimed site, which complements the postgraduate work in Fine Art, Curating and Informatics at the University. A recent AHRC Research Grant enables the continued expansion of this research, with research partners Eyebeam (New York) and Lancaster University.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Fixed-term 3 years
£20,119 - £23,187 pa
To undertake research outputs, and assist the research of the CRUMB team, and to undertake research outputs in the field of curating new media art. You will hold special responsibility for online/print research outputs, and collaborative networking.

Ref No: ADR017/1362
Closing date: 2 March 2007

An application form and Role Profile can be obtained by contacting Human Resources on 0191 515 2057 or http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/jobs

RESEARCH STUDENTSHIPS x 2 posts
Curating New Media Art, and New Media Art & Programming
Fixed-term 3 years
AHRC grant of - £12,300 pa
PhD proposals including practice-led artist/curator research are invited. Applicants should meet AHRC UK/EU residency regulations.

Closing date: 2 March 2007

Further details can be found on http://www.crumbweb.org An application form and further details on the Research Studentships can be obtained by contracting Valerie Cornell on 0191 515 3725 or email:
valerie.cornell -at- sunderland.ac.uk