The course aims to provide all students with the skills they need to be professional researchers and academics. There is an organised programme of courses for first-year PhD students, which has three major components:
- Basic academic and research skills, designed to provide the essential tools of academic work;
- The core training programme, which covers issues of social science research in general;
- Issues of research specific to particular disciplines or areas of interest, and research design, including the integration of methodological, theoretical and substantive issues.
You will be expected to participate fully in the core training programme, and in the departmental seminar series. At the beginning of your third term, your progress is examined on the basis of a 10,000-word piece of written work to determine whether you can proceed to a full programme of PhD research.
Part-time PhD studies are possible for home/EU students only. Part-time applicants must contact a potential supervisor before applying.
