Postgraduate Study in The School of ECPS

The School of English, Communications and Performance Studies contains one of the largest groups of postgraduates in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University. There are postgraduates working at PhD and MA level in all of the major disciplines with which the School is concerned: Cultural Studies, Drama & Theatre Studies, English, Film & TV, Literary Studies, Performance, Film & Television Studies, Writing, etc. For additional information refer to the postgraduate sections of each of the schools disciplines/centres.

Much of our communication with postgraduates is through e-mail and current postgraduates should ensure that they stay in regular contact with the School and supply a current e-mail address. There are two crucial members of staff both current and prospective students need to be able to contact. One is the postgraduate administrative officer and the other is the Postgraduate Co-ordinator of the School, who is currently Dr Brett Hutchins. The Postgraduate Co-ordinator has been deputed to sign all forms where the Head of School or Department is mentioned.

The School of ECPS has set up a Research Training Fund to provide financial assistance to its postgraduate students, to help meet small expenses entailed in research actiities, such as conference attendance, travel for research purposes, and publications. While research candidates should still apply firstly for the centrally-funded Travel Grants and Research Grants, the School Research Fund may be able to provide limited supplementary financial assistance. Requests for financial assistance should be made in the first instance to the School Office. All requests will have be required to include full documentation (conference details, travel tickets, book confirmation, receipts, etc).

The School has a Postgraduate Student Rep who is a member of the School's Postgraduate Committee and who may attend School Staff Meetings.

Links

• The school offer many events and seminars suitable for furthering postgraduate education and involvement. A list of this year’s programme may be downloaded here (PDF), or may be found listed in the school’s news and events pages.
• The School co-sponsors with the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies a refereed, Web-based postgraduate journal called Colloquy . Run by a small editorial team with support from the Schools of ECPS and LCL and an editorial board, this journal offers students interested in writing papers, editing a journal and getting involved in academic activity of the School a chance to participate.
• The Monash Graduate Research School web site lists the key University contact pages for students interested in applying for PhD candidature, scholarships, or for overseas students interested in coming to Monash and the School of ECPS. It also has up-to-date versions of the University's Doctoral Handbook and downloadable forms for PhD students. It also lists grants and awards for which doctoral students can apply.
• The Arts Research Graduate School is responsible for MA programs and should be consulted by prospective and current MA students.