The Documentary Media Research Centre, is located in the School of Image Arts. Its aim is to develop new scholarship and research/production methodologies in all forms of contemporary documentary practice. The DMRC focuses on documentary as the “creative treatment of actuality”, as John Grierson defined it, with an emphasis on the two terms: “creative” meaning current, multidisciplinary and multiplatform forms of representation and “actuality” as a reference to subject matter that is discovered in the situated conditions of the world. The term “creative” is also used to signify the importance of creative activity or research-creation methodologies for practitioners who are members of the DMRC. One of the unique aspects of the DMRC is the fostering of research and creative activity across a diverse range of media, including film, photography and new media.