PhD programme offered by UAL in partnership with The Place LCDS

You are invited to join an online information session to find out more about the PhD programme offered by UAL in partnership with London Contemporary Dance School at The Place: https://theplace.org.uk/lcds-courses/phd-programme

The PhD programme enables researchers to benefit from the interdisciplinary arts research of UAL and the professional environment, advanced training and artistic research culture of London Contemporary Dance School and The Place.We aim to promote dance, choreography, performance and movement research and to provide student-researchers with a distinctive sense of community. We welcome proposals that place dance, movement and choreography at the centre of their enquiry, while opening out to other research areas, arts practices and disciplines.

We are especially interested in projects with a close relationship to practice and we anticipate that proposals will seek to navigate some of the challenges of contemporary life, such as environmental sustainability, social justice, health and wellbeing, and the use of new and old technologies in art and life, as a way of generating wider evidence of the societal value of dance, movement and embodied practice.

This online information session will be led by Professor Vida L Midgelow, Dean of UAL’s Doctoral School, and Dr Efrosini Protopapa, Director of Research at The Place. There will also be an opportunity for you to ask questions about the application process and the programme.

You may also be interested in attending the online UAL Open Event

10 March 2026

12noon - 2pm

Online Zoom Webinar Event

RSVP: https://www.arts.ac.uk/whats-on/ual-research-degree-and-studentships,-open-event-online?fbclid=IwY2xjawPm_IJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETB4SHA0bW5keHZWVWlxNHd3c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiy21HCvW-8bxKKlyzjOhUq11zID3uPRupJqJaTEUZTw1asKyoOAa0q_VYLg_aem_d2kVeDCWwLrlH6u_3XtFbA

We are also offering a workshop for applicants:

How to write a PhD proposal: for applicants to UAL Research degrees and studentship

This workshop aims to support you in developing your research proposal for applying for a Research Degree at University of the Arts London. Through conversation and discussion we’ll look together at proposal-writing and mapping your project onto the UAL template. To focus on the needs of the attendees, we ask that everyone watch this presentation in advance (48 minutes) UAL Research Degree Proposal Information Session pre recorded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjzYtehO3us

The workshop is timed with the deadline: 30 April 2026 for a September 2026 start.

Workshops will be delivered online via Zoom.

Tuesday 24 March 2026, 14:00- 15.30

Registration: https://arts-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Sx2nYz-aR2KIlj2hGlV_Fw

Image Credit: LCDS MA Student Lalaissa Jousson, photo by Rocio Chacon