Program Overview

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The School of Social Sciences supports a growing and vibrant community of PhD students. The PhD is an advanced postgraduate qualification, involving three or more years in which you work through the issues associated with solving a particular problem. Each research student is supported by a team of supervisors appointed for the particular study.

The School welcomes enquiries relating to the fields of psychology, criminology and sociology.

This course is

open

to

International

students.

What's covered in this course?

In the School of Social Sciences, staff have recognised standing, nationally and internationally, in the following broad areas:

understanding crime and punishment;

the study of all aspects of psychology;

the exploration of social structures and change.

Our PhD students benefit from regular supervision meetings with academics who are experts in their field. They have the opportunity to become members of our proactive research community made up of academics, postgraduate researchers and external partners.

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Why Choose Us?

The School of Social Sciences has a developing, thriving and vibrant research community of which its PhD students are an essential part.

Our PhD students benefit from regular supervision meetings with academics who are experts in their field

Students can make use of library, ICT and social-learning space facilities at our new City Centre Campus;

Students can, where available

, undertake teaching opportunities, collaborate with academics, and contribute to research dissemination events taking place in the School.

The

Centre for Applied Criminology

is led by one of the UK’s leading Criminologists, Professor David Wilson.

You will be encouraged to publish in collaboration with your supervisors and to take part in research conferences.

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Studying with us during the Covid-19 pandemic

The University has put in place

measures in response to Covid-19

to allow us to safely deliver our courses. Should the impact of the pandemic continue in future years, any additional or alternative arrangements put in place by the University will be in accordance with the latest government public health advice, health and safety legislation, and the terms and conditions of the

student contract

.