StudyQA — Master: Art and Design — Liverpool John Moores University

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The Liverpool School of Art and Design offers a rewarding research opportunity for you to develop your art and design research ideas, methods and skills under the tutelage of expert practitioners in one of the oldest schools of its kind outside of London.

Course offered full time (1 year)
Develop yourresearch and creative outputin state-of-the-art workspaces and facilities within the modern, purpose-built and RIBA award-winning John Lennon Art and Design Building, in the heart of Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter on Mount Pleasant
Direct links with Liverpool’s most significant arts organisations, such as TATE Liverpool, Biennial, FACT and design agencies Uniform, Smiling Wolf and Non-Conform
A valuable foundation for progression to PhD study
Enhanced career opportunities through working with arts organisations, networking and collaboration

Why study this course at LJMU?

The Liverpool School of Art and Design provides the freedom of a truly cross-disciplinary environment, fully equipped with the experts and facilities that will enable you to take a project from conception to its final, intended outcome.

Building a foundation

The programme provides you with a valuable foundation for progressing to PhD, while helping you develop skillsin research, analysis, conceptualisation and argumentwhich are highly prized in many areas of employment. The course also offers the full range of research training demanded by the AHRC for doctoral research grants.

National research and relationships

Our dynamic, professional and experienced staff excel in innovative and exciting research which, in turn, contributes to the course's contemporary teaching and learning methods. Our working relationships with Merseyside arts organisations and employers also frequently benefit academic, personal and career development.

This programme allows the exploration and critical appraisal of individually negotiated Art and Design research projects. You will explore subject-specific research practices, with an ultimate view to interpreting these concepts, methodologies and debates in your own final art and design project.

Applying a range of historical, contemporary and critical processes, you will produce a rich and original piece of work using a specialist, descriptive and interpretative vocabulary.

You will also acquire skills in scholarly presentation, organisation communication, documentation and evaluation.

Under the guidance of specialist supervision, and amongst a diverse community of fellow researchers, your work will include the opportunity to present a Symposium at Tate Liverpool and will culminate in the MRes thesis. This final assessment and celebration, will provide you with experience of real-world research processes. This will include an academic Q&A and new opportunities to connect with professionals in this heavily networked arts sector.

Research methods for arts, professional and social studies
Professional development for researchers in arts, professional and social studies
Research proposition and development
Research project

Requirements

You will normally be expected to have a good first degree in a visual arts related subject, although applications from students with other degrees will be considered.
An IELTS 6.5 score demonstrating your proficiency in English
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The application fee is £13 if you’re applying to just one course, or £24 for multiple courses
All academic transcripts
Copies of degree/diploma certificates or work reference (if employed)
Applicants must complete the online application and provide evidence of previous qualifications.
One academic reference
We also require a personal statement and a clearly written research proposal. The Research proposal should be approximately 1,000 words.
Copy of your valid passport (with a minimum of 6 months left before expiration)
In addition to normal entry requirements, you will be expected to demonstrate a very good level of English language competence, for example an IELTS score of 6.0-6.5 or equivalent. Please note: specific courses may require higher levels of English language competence. If you have applied to study a full-time taught Masters, MRes, MPhil or PhD at LJMU, you should check if you require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme or ATAS certificate. It can take four to six weeks to receive an ATAS certificate, so please make sure you apply as early as possible. You can find out more on theBritish Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)website. Alternatively, contact LJMU’sInternational Admissions Teamfor guidance. Please note: international students entering on a Tier 4 visa cannot study part time. Students entering the UK on alternate types of visa may be in a position to study part time. Please contact LJMU’sInternational Admissions Teamfor further details before making your application. In order to obtain a visa you will also need to show evidence that the money required to cover your tuition fees and living expenses has been in your bank account for at least 28 days prior to submitting your visa application. So please make sure that your finances are in place before applying.