Postgraduate Community
PGR students in CAMC are supported by expert and engaged supervisors, as well as a larger scholarly community within the Centre that provides opportunities for exchanges of research and ideas between students and staff.
A calendar of events in CAMC is complemented by an active programme of lectures, workshops and masterclasses within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Our co-sponsored PhD studentships allow students to work with partners in the arts and creative industries beyond the university, and to gain valuable experience in cultural and practical research. CAMC’s uniquely transdisciplinary focus promotes a vital sharing of methods, approaches and viewpoints that enrich every student’s experience, while within specialised disciplines they develop expertise within an environment of collegiality.
CAMC Postgraduate Team
A dedicated PGR Director within CAMC is a first point of contact for potential students, offering support in the application process and in aligning students’ interests with a supervisory team who can guide the project to completion. Our PGR Tutor within CAMC provides sustained support and information throughout the PhD course, encouraging students to participate in Centre and Faculty research events and helping to arrange for students to present their work nationally and to collaborate with external arts and cultural partners during their studies.
Professor Sheena Gardner
Professor
Professor Sheena Gardner is Midlands 4 Cities (M4C) site director for Coventry University and Postgraduate Research Director for the Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities. Sheena can advise on applications for AHRC funding through the Midland 4 Cities Doctoral Training Partnership. As PGR Director for CAMC, she can advise applicants on the PGR+ admissions process at Coventry. Please contact her if you are applying to study in CAMC for a research degree. Visit Sheena's Pure ProfileCAMC success stories
Our alumni are working as university lecturers, curators, artists and in the creatve industries.
- Daniel Pryde-Jarman, who since gaining his doctorate in 2013, has continued as an artist, writer, setting up artist spaces, and has lectured widely, now being Course Leader for the BA and MA Fine Art at Hereford College of Arts.
- Zahrah Algamdi gained her PhD in 2014 in Fine Art, and now lectures at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, exhibits widely, and represented Saudi Arabia at the Venice Biennale in 2019.
- Siân Alsop gained her PhD in 2015. She developed a visualization tool for Engineering lectures as part of her PhD project and is now a full time Research Fellow in GLEA, the Centre for Global Learning at Coventry University.
- Helen Gørrill gained her PhD on contemporary British Painting in 2017, co-supervised with the RCA, and has since published widely, including a monograph based on her PhD with I.B. Tauris/Bloomsbury. She curates, is active as an artist, and lectures at a number of universities.
- Xiaoyu Xu joined us with a degree in Sociology, completed a PhD (2017) on evaluation in research articles, and is now a lecturer in English at City University in Hong Kong.
- Lauren Walden gained her PhD in 2019 in Art History, has had articles published and has been a lecturer at the University of Leicester, and is a post-doc at Birmingham City University.
