Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Digital Humanities, Archival Studies, and Computer Vision for the BT Film Collection University College London in United Kingdom

University College London (UCL) and BT Group Archives are advertising a fully funded PhD studentship under the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP) scheme.

The project title is “Moving the Frame: New Computational Practices for the Description and Organisation of the BT Film Collection”. It is based at UCL’s Department of Information Studies and the BT Group Archives, with supervision from Professor Andrew Flinn and Dr Daniel Wilson at UCL, alongside James Elder and Elspeth Millar at BTGA.

This is a practice-based doctoral project focused on digital humanities, archival studies, library and information science, computer science, computer vision, multimodal AI, machine learning, knowledge organisation, and cultural analytics. The student will explore new computational methods for describing, organising, and improving access to a UNESCO-accredited moving image archive, with possible outputs including new metadata, code, documentation, workshops, and a research paper.

The studentship is open to both Home and International applicants. Funding includes tuition coverage, an international fee waiver for overseas students, a tax-free annual stipend, London weighting, a maintenance payment, and travel-related support. The project starts on 1 October 2026.

Applicants should have, or expect to receive, a Master’s-level qualification in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience in a cultural heritage or related setting. The deadline is 24 April 2026, and interviews are scheduled for 21/22 May 2026 in London.