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Performance Practice – (M.Phil.)
The University of Exeter
School of Arts, Languages and Literatures
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,226 - ≈ € 13,594 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Exeter / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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This research programme is designed for students wishing to take their performance practice beyond an MA.
The area of study is entirely dependent on the student, and can be taken in Theatrical Practice, Drama or Music. The variety of possible subjects of research through practice is large (e.g. playwriting, acting, directing, physical theatre, dance theatre, masks, music theatre, music performance etc).
Supervision
Candidates will be assigned appropriate supervisors, under whose guidance the programme of research through practice will be advanced. Some proven expertise in the candidate's chosen area of research will be a prerequisite for admission to the degree programme.
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Practice
The College will seek to facilitate the progress of the student's practice, either in-house or in collaboration with local and national organisations with which we have established connections.
Any practice designed to contribute to the degree will be formally assessed, where possible by the external examiner(s) as well as the internal examiner(s). Any project designed to interrogate the research objectives of the chosen practice should be accompanied by an associated critical commentary. Appropriate records (aural, visual etc.) of the practice, together with commentaries, will then comprise the main body of the portfolio submitted (in lieu of dissertation) for examination. Candidates for the MPhil/PhD in Performance Practice may furnish the portfolio with appropriate introductory and summative material, provided that such material does not carry the whole portfolio above the word-limit currently prescribed by the Regulations Governing Programmes for Higher Degrees in the Arts and Humanities.
It is recognised that different practices will result in different outcomes, but each portfolio should display evidence of:
* a distinctive practice
* research objectives
* the originality of the thinking that has informed the practice
* the candidate's ability to place the particular practice in its appropriate creative/cultural context.
It will be a further requirement that the portfolio be capable of interpretation independently of the practice that has informed it, and that its presentation be satisfactory. If the examiners consider that the portfolio does not reach the satisfactory standard required for the award of a PhD, they may make one of the recommendations listed in the Regulations Governing Programmes for Higher Degrees.
Students will be given technical guidance, where appropriate, on editing video recordings of their work to accompany the portfolio using Final Cut Pro software in the digital media suite in Drama's Alexander Building. For those students who expect that their final portfolio will contain a number of projects, there is a maximum of 10,000 words for each accompanying commentary. The overall maximum word-count remains, as for all PhDs in the College, 100,000 words.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Applicants are discouraged from submitting during the two summer months, since the applications then come too late to be processed satisfactorily in time for registration in October.
Our recommended procedure is that you make an initial enquiry by e-mail, in relation to any of the research degrees (MPhil or PhD in Drama, MPhil or PhD in Performance Practice) using the email link below. It will be extremely helpful in these initial enquiries if you would address the following issues by writing a 500-1500 work narrative outlining:
* the research question(s)/topic(s) you wish to explore
* the research methods you would use to explore the question
* required resources or sources for the proposed research
* an explanation of your practice, and how it is central to addressing the research questions (for MPhil & PhD in Performance Practice only)
* an indicative bibliography, with comments on its value to your research
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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