The OU offers research degrees in a range of music-related areas including musicology, ethnomusicology, social sciences, computing and acoustics, including support for interdisciplinary projects. PhD graduates recently completing include:
Postgraduate study at the OU can lead to academic careers and research opportunities: for instance, Nikki Moran (2008) is currently working as a Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, Mark Doffman (2008) was employed as a research associate on the AHRC-funded What is Black British Jazz? project at the OU and is now Research Fellow on the AHRC-funded project 'Creative Practice in Contemporary Concert Music' and Mark Nixon is an Associate Lecturer at the OU.
Former PhD students from the Music Computing Group are now in permanent posts in Computer Science Departments. David Vickers is co-editing a large reference book about Handel for Cambridge University Press, making a new performing edition of Handel's Semele for Novello, editing the opera Partenope for the Hallische Händel Ausgabe, and compiling an anthology of essays and articles on Handel for Ashgate.
Some former PhD students from the OU Acoustics Research Group have made direct use of the subject expertise gained during their studies by going on to take up post-doctoral positions working in areas related to their PhD research or permanent positions in acoustics research institutes. Other former students have made use of the transferable skills gained during their studies by going on to take up project management positions in industry.
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