Why study a research degree at London College of Communication?
As a postgraduate researcher at LCC, you will join a dynamic and rich research culture. We attract a diverse range of UK and International students with a wide scope of interests and perspectives.
With world-leading academics at the cutting-edge of new thinking in Design, Media and Screen, you will be supervised by practitioners and theorists specialising in key areas including the current practices and histories of photography, film, communication studies, sound arts, and graphics, as well as areas such as experimentation and innovation within the context of a post-digital culture and spatial design.
With over 25 years of experience, we are the internationally renowned leaders in practice-based research.
Developing research careers
There are a number of ways we help students to develop their careers as researchers:
- Graduate Teaching Assistant Scheme: this offers PhD students at London College of Communication the opportunity to teach on selected undergraduate and postgraduate courses across the 3 colleges.
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: these offer early career researchers the opportunity to progress their careers and to acquire new skills, such as bid development and working as a co-investigator.
How to apply
Find out more about PhD and MPhil degrees at UAL and how to apply.
Research stories
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Image of Yassin, 17, who escaped Libya as a child refugee Refugee Journalism Project new report shows 64% of news broadcasts about refugees do not feature refugee voice
New research from the Refugee Journalism Project, based at London College of Communication, shows how the British broadcast media misrepresent refugees, migrants and asylum seekers by failing to adequately feature their voices in news
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Video still from For Leopold, 2021. An installation of 10 videos. © Sara Davidmann Sara Davidmann's exhibition 'My Name is Sara' highlights Holocaust trauma through generations
A new London exhibition of photography and video from award-winning artist Sara Davidmann reveals a personal story of trauma passed down through generations that began with the Holocaust.
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Elsa M’bala, performance in the field, photograph by Simone Gilges, 2017 London College of Communication researchers Professor Cathy Lane and Professor Angus Carlyle publish ‘Sound arts now’
‘Sound arts now’, published through Uniform books, is an exploration of contemporary artistic practices and theories with a conscious shift of reference away from the “white men from the global north”.
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Work by Manuel Francisco Prazeres Coelho de Sousa. Visual identity by Jens Wolter. Unfolding Narratives 2: Manuel Francisco Sousa
To celebrate LCC's second doctoral work-in-progress show, we chat to PhD student Manuel Sousa about the power of documentary photography.
Student exhibition
Unfolding Narratives 2020
PhD work-in-progress exhibition
Research degree students at LCC have the opportunity to lead and take part in an annual exhibition to showcase their work.
Unfolding Narratives 2 is a work-in-progress exhibition for PhD students at London College of Communication, and demonstrates a range of concepts, methods and forms across various stages of the doctoral academic journey.
Exploring areas as diverse as film, design, sculpture, illustration, photography and performance, the 2021 exhibition highlights the work and experiences of 7 PhD students at the College.
