LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES UK’S FIRST POPULAR THEATRE MASTERS DEGREE
Liverpool Hope University is to be the UK’s first university to offer a
masters degree in Contemporary Popular Theatres. The first of its kind
in the UK, the degree course will focus on the study of British and
Irish popular theatre from the late 1950’s to the present day.
Course
coordinators say that it will offer an important alternative to the
majority of postgraduate theatre studies degree programmes. These have
often denied popular theatre the rigorous academic analysis enjoyed by
more ‘traditional’ theatre works. Beginning in September 2008, the
degree course will be based at Liverpool Hope’s Cornerstone Campus near
Liverpool City Centre and will draw on the expertise of resident staff
at the University’s Dance, Drama and Performance Studies Department as
well as guest lecturers and practitioners.
Liverpool Hope University will be offering the degree from September
2008 and is accepting applications now. Anyone interested in finding
out more about this programme and how to apply should contact
Postgraduate Admissions on postgraduate@hope.ac.uk or by telephone on
0151 291 3389.
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School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University
The School of Languages and Social Sciences has an established
reputation for excellence in the areas of English and European
Languages, Translation Studies, Politics, Sociology and the History,
Culture, Society and Institutions of Europe. Language programmes at
Aston focus on practical language competence and develop research
skills, which enable in-depth exploration of the contemporary
political, social, cultural and economic contexts in which those
languages are used. Social Sciences programmes offer theoretical
frameworks within which to apply different approaches to the subject in
national and international contexts.
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