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News Archive 2013

Justice Minister David Ford has congratulated Creative Arts student Alison Metoudi on winning third prize in a photography competition

Alison Metoudi, a Creative Arts student has been congratulated by Justice Minister David Ford for winning third prize in a cross border Justice and Equality photography competition, aimed at raising awareness of human trafficking.

“I would like to pay particular tribute to Alison Metoudi who is studying for a Masters degree in Film and Visual Studies at Queen’s who won third prize in the photography competition. Alison’s photograph is a powerful illustration of the suffering and distress associated with human trafficking.”

 

Full details on this story can be read by clicking the link below:

http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/ford-congratulates-qub-student-on-photography-award?WT.mc_id=rss-news

 


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DEL Studentship available for PhD in Distributed Impact Simulation for Sound Design | 21-1-13

 

The University seeks applicants for a DEL-funded interdisciplinary PhD project in the area of numerical methods for sound synthesis and sound design. Details regarding the studentship can be found at:

http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/eeecs/PhD/PostgraduateResearchScholarships/

Deadline for Submission of Applications: 15 February 2013

For any further enquiries please contact Dr Maarten van Walstijn (m.vanwalstijn@qub.ac.uk)


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Creative Arts PhD Studentships Announced 14-1-2013

The School is pleased to announce a total of FIVE studentships in 2013. This includes one award for an international student, one strategic scholarship and three DEL studentships which are available to national and EU applicants for the 2013-2014 academic year.


International Award:

This will be allocated to the strongest candidate applying for postgraduate study in any area within the School

Strategic Scholarship Award: 

Interactive Documentary Design - the Prisons Memory Archive. Contact c.mclaughlin@qub.ac.uk for further information see (www.prisonsmemoryarchive.com)


DEL Studentships:

In addition, there will be up to three additional studentships available for research in any of the following areas:

Sonic Arts (including creative practice in performance and composition)

Drama (including practice-based research)

Film (including practice-based research) 

Musicology and Instrumental Composition

 

Applications

Anyone wishing to be considered for one of these awards should submit their PhD application so that it reaches us by 4pm, 21st February 2013.   Applications should be made on line, via the Queen's Postgraduate Applications Portal (https://dap.qub.ac.uk/portal/user/u_login.php)

Contacts for PhD Study:

Sonic Arts: Dr Simon Waters s.waters@qub.ac.uk
Drama:  Dr Paul Murphy p.murphy@qub.ac.uk
Film: Professor Cahal McLaughlin c.mclaughlin@qub.ac.uk
Music: Professor Jan Smaczny j.smaczny@qub.ac.uk

Click here to go to the School Funding Pages


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SoCA Masters Student Wins Overall Vocal Championship

Susan  Graham, a Masters student from the School of Creative Arts, has won the Northern Ireland Singer award and the Overall Vocal Championship at Ballymena music featival this year.  Susan had this to say to us:

"It was a great honour for me to win the Northern Ireland Singer and Overall Vocal Champion awards at Ballymena Festival this year.  There are always many very accomplished singers competing at Ballymena and although it is ultimately a competition, the atmosphere is always friendly and supportive. I owe many thanks to my teacher Jenny Bourke and my accompanist Emma Gibbins, whose guidance and support have played a significant role in my recent success."


http://www.ballymenafestival.org.uk/


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Paid Internships in the Arts in NI - applications open
A core aim of Arts & Business Northern Ireland is to support the cultural sector to diversify income and engage with the private sector. We believe that both strategic leadership and strong fundraising capabilities are vital to a thriving and energised cultural sector.
 
A&B Northern Ireland has secured funding for a pilot project which will focus on developing the next generation of arts fundraisers by giving 4 recent arts graduates the fantastic opportunity of paid internships with not-for-profit arts & cultural organisations in NI to undertake a specific, measurable fundraising project.
 
Please, would you circulate the attached leaflet and application form to graduates/individuals you think may be interested in the prospect of becoming an arts fundraiser/manager.
 
The Intern application deadline is 12.00pm Monday 17 June 2013.
 
For more information and online application form please go to: http://www.artsandbusinessni.org.uk/
 

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The Thomas Devlin Fund Bursaries 2013

The Thomas Devlin Fund Bursaries scheme for 2013 is now open.

This year’s theme is music and will offer awards of up to £1500 to young people between the age of 15 and 19, in order to enhance their talent.

Applicants should demonstrate:

· Need for genuine financial assistance
· Prospect for development of their potential
· How the award will make a difference to the individual and to others in their community.


Application forms can be downloaded from: http://www.communityfoundationni.org/Grants/Thomas-Devlin-Fund 
Closing date for completed applications is 5pm on 17th June 2013

For more information, please contact Barbara Woods on bwoods@communityfoundationni.org


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Book launch for Music, Sound and Space

Dr Gascia Ouzounian, Lecturer in the School of Creative Arts, will speak at Oxford University on 14 March in support of the publication of Music Sound and Space: Transformations of Private and Public Experience (Cambridge University Press, 2013). The collection is edited by Georgina Born, Professor of Music and Anthropology at the University of Oxford, and chair of the international research programme 'Music, Digitisation, Mediation: Towards Interdisciplinary Music Studies'. 

 

Music, Sound and Space is described as 'the first collection to integrate research from musicology and sound studies on music and sound as they mediate everyday life'. Dr Ouzounian's chapter, 'Sound Installation Art: From Spatial Poetics to Politics, Aesthetics to Ethics', examines the emergence and development of sound installation art since the 1950s, specifically looking at how sonic art works have changed in relation to evolving concepts of space and spatiality.

 

For more about Music, Sound and Space please visit: http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521764247#contributors


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Teaching Assistants required for 2013-14

The School of Creative Arts wishes to engage the services of a number of Teaching Assistants to help in the delivery of modules on the BA Film, BA Drama, BMus and BSc Music Technology and Sonic Arts pathways during the academic year 2013-14.

The minimum requirement for someone wishing to act as a Teaching Assistant is a second-class undergraduate degree in the relevant subject (or equivalent) and previous experience of undergraduate teaching in that subject is desirable. If you wish to be considered for this opportunity then please complete the application form and return it to the School of Creative Arts by 5.00pm on 07 July 2013. Late applications will not be accepted. Those who have previously acted as Teaching Assistants in the School must also complete and return the form if they wish to be considered for opportunities in the academic year 2013-14.

The School will contact successful applicants with details of module teaching being offered. Those who are not selected for teaching assistance in 2013-14, but who meet the minimum requirement, will have their forms retained should future opportunities arise. Those who do not meet the minimum requirement will be informed that they cannot be considered for any opportunities. Please note that in the allocation of teaching assistance duties, priority may be given to full-time PhD students in the School who are entering the second year of their studies.

Teaching Assistants will be paid at the rate of £34 per hour: this hourly rate includes marking support, where required. Those who are offered teaching opportunities will be expected to undertake a short training course in October 2013.

Modules for which teaching assistance may be required include:

 

BSc Music Technology and Sonic Arts

MTE1001      Sound Synthesis

MTE1015      Virtual Studio

MTE1007      Data-Flow Programming for Music

MTE1009      Studio Techniques

MTE1022      Composition (Sonic Arts)

MTE2003      Advanced Sound Synthesis

MTE2004      Electroacoustic Composition I

MTE2005      Acoustics

MTE2007      Text-Based Programming for Music

MTE2009      Recording Techniques 1

MTE2012      Interactive Sensing Systems

MTE2015      Sound Design

MTE3003      Electroacoustic Composition II

MTE3005      Psychoacoustics

MTE3009      Recording Technologies

MTE3013      Designing Musical Interactions

 

BMus

MUS1001     Musics of the World

MUS1013     Fundamental Harmony 1

MUS1014     Fundamental Harmony 2

MUS1041     Repertory A: (Classical and Romantic)

MUS1042     Repertory B: (Western Music 1890-2000)

MUS2015     Classical Analysis

MUS2028/

MUS3028     Opera in England

MUS2041     Repertory C: (Western Music Medieval to 1750)

MUS2065/

MUS3065     Orchestral Studies

MUS3054     Experimental Music

MUS7070     Performance

 

BA Film Studies

FLM1001      Introduction to Film Studies 1

FLM1002      Introduction to Film Studies 2

FLM2001      Hollywood Cinema 1

FLM2013      World Cinemas

FLM2014      Film & Sound: History and Theory

FLM2026      British Cinema: Nation, Identity & Industry

FLM3010      Dissertation

FLM3024      Film and Music: Theory and Criticism

FLM3027      Postcolonial Cinemas

 

BA Drama Studies

DRA1001      Drama 1 – Performance Analysis

DRA1002      Drama 2 – Classical Theatre

DRA1003      Introduction to Practical Theatre 1

DRA1004      Making Theatre 1

DRA2001      Drama 3 – Renaissance to Romanticism

DRA2002      Drama 4 – Modernist Theatre

DRA2003      Theatre Skills

DRA2004      Making Theatre 2

DRA3001      Drama 5 – Post-Modern Performance

DRA3005      Advanced Theatre Practice

DRA3006      Advanced Theatre Practice II

DRA3013      Shakespeare in Performance

 

Other Modules

SCA1001      Transitional Study Skills

SCA2043      Writing about the Creative Arts

 

Application:

To apply, please complete the application form below . The completed form, together with a recent CV should be returned in electronic or hard copy to:

Mr Kirk Shilliday
School Manager
School of Creative Arts
Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queen’s University Belfast
BT7 1NN

Application form:

 

Further Information: For further information, please email Kirk Shilliday k.shilliday@qub.ac.uk or telephone on 028 9097 4843.


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Convocation Studentship 2013

This Studentship was established in 2010 by Convocation, Queen's University Belfast to promote the involvement of Convocation in the University and to strengthen ties between the graduate body and Convocation. One studentship, tenable for one year, will be awarded to a maximum value of £2,000 and will normally be awarded annually to one student. The award is not automatically renewable however a student may reapply in consecutive years.

Click here for more information and how to apply


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