Creativity at the Heart of Research
The Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities is home to research staff with international reputations in a wide range of creative and scholarly fields, blending traditional disciplines of critical enquiry and analysis with practice-based research and creative work employing cutting-edge technology.
One of the key features of the faculty’s research culture is a commitment to the genuine integration of practice and theory in the arts. The faculty is structured into six schools: Architecture, Arts, Design, Fashion and Textiles, Media and Communication, and Humanities, each of which reflects that imperative.
The faculty has a number of specialised research institutes, centres and groups:
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Centre for Adaptations
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Cinema and Television History (CATH)
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Dance Research Group
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Design and New Product Development
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Digital Building Heritage
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Fine Art Practices Group
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History Research Group
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Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT)
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Intermediality and Performance Research Group
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International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC)
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Media Discourse Group
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Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre (MTIRC)
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Photographic History Research Centre (PHRC)
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Centre for Textual Studies
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Textile Engineering and Materials
Other significant research areas include:
Drama, English and Creative Writing, and Media.
MA/MPhil/PhD study
MA by Research student Annelie Nederberg introduces her latest work Dietro and talks about her research at DMU's Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre.
Scholarships 2013/14
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Research Ethics
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