This year, the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities are continuing to support their arts & humanities PhD students (based across 17 Scottish institutions) with residencies for creative practice, working with Cove Park to provide dedicated creative time, space, and freedom to develop their doctoral work within a supportive and inspiring context.

Matthew Floyd is a Yorkshire-born, Glasgow-based doctoral researcher with the Edinburgh Television Festival (ETVF) and the University of Glasgow, supported by the Sottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities. Matthew’s thesis studies the history of the ETVF (1976-present) as an annual opportunity for British broadcasting to reflect on and forecast its practices and contribution to culture, focusing on its keynote MacTaggart Lecture. Recent lecturers include James Graham, David Olusoga, and Michaela Coel. As the ETVF looks towards its 50th Anniversary in 2026, the project is designed to utilise a specific archive of festival materials to construct both a history of the festival and to position the ETVF within a broader history of television.