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100% of our research is of international standing (Research Excellence Framework 2021, combining 4*, 3* and 2* submissions – Music, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies).
We'll support you to develop your teaching skills and gain experience to prepare you for an academic career. We offer opportunities to teach on undergraduate modules and supervise undergraduate projects in the Department.
As a doctoral student at Reading, you can also attend the Doctoral and Researcher College's Preparing to Teach programme at no extra cost.
Mark Player, self-funded, part-time PhD researcher and PhD Researcher of the Year Theme Winner
We have a number of postgraduate research groups in the Department where students and staff can discuss performances or explore texts in an informal setting.
The longest-running of these is the Sewing Circle, the Department’s film and television analysis seminar for postgraduate students and staff.
Sewing Circle meetings involve detailed analysis of a single film or television programme and are an opportunity to think collectively about material relevant to the participants’ individual research.
It has been running for more than 20 years, and a growing list of books, articles and theses carry acknowledgements to the formative role of Sewing Circle discussions.
Dr Albert Elduque Busquets, film scholar and former staff member
