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This Ph.D. provides you with the opportunity to interrogate a research topic of interest and develop your knowledge and research skills that can help you in a career in or beyond academia. You will receive training in the theoretical aspects of research. The overall focus is on acquiring the knowledge and skills to design, conduct, evaluate, disseminate and defend your own individual research. You will also acquire a range of transferable skills that are highly sought after by employers, including the capacity for critical thought.
The Ph.D. will suit candidates from a range of backgrounds and disciplines. It is particularly suitable if you aspire to a research-based career.
You should have a degree equivalent to UK first-class or upper second-class honors (2:1 or above) and ideally also a master’s degree. No specific subjects are required.
20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.
Compulsory research training sessions will cover aspects of research design, research data management, and research project management. These sessions will enable you to identify, evaluate and construct arguments, design research questions, and make an original contribution to knowledge. Ethics, values, and equality in research will also be considered.
Alongside this, you will devise and complete a program of related studies, tailored to your own learning and skills needs, with the additional option of attending further training sessions focusing on methodological considerations in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
International students require IELTS 7.0, with a score no lower than 6.5 in each individual component, or an equivalent English language qualification, at the point of application.
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