[Fully and directly funded opportunities. Funding includes Home or International fees for 42 months and UKRI standard stipend which is currently £20,780 for 2025/26 academic year. Funded by Faculty of Arts, Business, and Social Sciences.] The University of Surrey’s School of Arts, Humanities, and Creative Industries is offering four fully funded PhD studentships for outstanding postgraduate researchers. These studentships are designed to support innovative and impactful research that aligns with...

This PhD project, titled 'Sensing the Machine: Generative AI and the Transformation of Musical Ensemble Practice (CreativeAI Studentship)', offers a unique opportunity to investigate how generative AI is reshaping creativity, collaboration, and trust within musical performance, production, and composition. As AI systems become increasingly integrated into creative workflows—from real-time improvisation tools to AI-assisted compositional platforms—musicians are beginning to treat algorithms not o...

This practice-based PhD at The University of Manchester offers a unique opportunity to explore the boundaries of vocal practice, extending into non-human and augmented vocal territories through Interactive Design Optimisation (IDO) algorithms. The project leverages well-established human-computer collaboration techniques, where human designers actively guide optimisation processes to refine solutions to complex problems, blending creativity with computational power. Building on successful doctor...

This PhD project, 'Heritage Beyond Borders: The Place of Band on the Wall in the Musical History and Socio-Cultural Life of Manchester,' is a unique partnership between The University of Manchester and Band on the Wall (BOTW), an iconic live music venue, promoter, and music learning centre in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. BOTW has played a pivotal role in the city’s cultural landscape for over two centuries, hosting a diverse range of live music events spanning folk, world, indie, jazz, reggae,...