Begun in September 2005 AVPhD was an AHRC funded training and support network for all those doing, supervising and examining audio-visual practice based doctorates. The practice research projects covered focussed on audio-visual time based media, inclusive but not restricted to documentary, fiction, narrative/non-narrative film, and non-linear/new media. Following symposiums in Dublin, Edinburgh, London, Manchester, Newport, Sunderland and Sussex, the steering group curated Viva Viva, the first UK exhibition of AVPhDs.