PhD

Originally I wasn’t going to apply for a Phd program but around the beginning on this year I had a change of heart and decided to apply. I believed that a PhD only had a research option, however I later discovered that I could still do practical work. I began to research different PhD programs to apply to and look into what kind of course I could do. After discussing with multiple people I settled on choosing VR as my subject. I spent roughly two months writing up my researching proposal and preparing everything for my applications. It was more time consuming than expected and I ended up falling a little behind my schedule for my film but I managed in the end. I applied to two universities, UAL and UCL, I also planed to apply for RCA, however their applications were closed and I also wanted to apply for Goldsmith, but I wasn’t able to find a supervisor in time—which was one of their application requirement. On top of that I became too busy with working on the film and preparing for our grad show I wasn’t able to pull it together.

I choose to continue with furthering my education for a multitude of reasons, the first reason is to do with wanting to give myself more opportunities in the future, a PhD degree can open more doors for me, especially when I inevitable return back home to Nigeria where higher education is heavily sought after. The second reason to give myself more time in this foreign country before retuning home, I have more chances to build my personal career (social media) here the way that I want to, whereas back home I’d have to follow my parents path and it’s too soon for that. Lastly, the animation and general art industry is still underdeveloped in Nigeria so taking home the knowledge and discovery from my PhD will help push us along, of course with the help of other creatives that are wanting to grow the animation and art industry in Nigeria too.

At the time of writing this, I haven’t received an answer yet on whether I’ve gotten accepted or not… so fingers crossed for good news.