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Our PhD programme enables you to integrate formal training in research methods with your research objectives.
The PhD induction programme
Whether full-time or part-time, you take an intensive week of seminars, exercises and social activities designed to familiarise you with the research process, to help you to meet other doctoral students and to foster a supportive research environment. The programme introduces you to our research facilities, including library and computer resources. During this week, you also begin to examine the nature of research, define your research problem and structure a research proposal.
The Diploma in Research Methods (Business and Management) training programme
During your first year (or first two years for part-time students) the Diploma in Research Methods (Business and Management) trains you in the skills and competencies you will need to undertake a sustained, original research project leading to the completion of a doctoral degree. It helps you to initiate your research, both conceptually and operationally, and to manage your project effectively.
The diploma consists of six modules:
Module 1: Research and Scholarship Skills
Module 2: Data Collection Skills and Techniques
Module 3: Philosophy of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
Module 4: Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis
Module 5: Specialist Training within Specific Areas of Business and Management
Module 6: Development and Practice in Management and Business Research
You must complete the diploma in order to transfer to PhD registration. If you are studying part-time, you can attain the diploma by attending one-week on-site blocks for the modules, facilitated by distance learning materials.
As a full-time or part-time student, you may, if you wish, additionally complete a dissertation of between 15,000 and 20,000 words, and be awarded the MRes. If the Economic and Social Research Council is funding your PhD studies, you must complete the MRes dissertation.
The summer school
As a full-time student you take the week-long summer school at the end of your first year. As a part-timer you take it after two years.
You attend lectures presented by experts in quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques. Key sessions are supported by workshops where, using our computing facilities, you gain practical experience of the taught techniques.
The summer school also provides you with a valuable and timely opportunity to reflect on your chosen research approach and to evaluate the suitability of the available techniques.
The research project
By the end of your first year (if you are a full-time student) or second year (if you are a part-timer), you should have:
You now work for between two years (if you are a full-time student) and five years (if you are a part-timer) on your research project. This typically involves:
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