Information for postgraduate research students

The College has its own Research Support for the Arts and Social Sciences Faculty webpage.

The department runs this grant scheme to provide financial support when you are invited to give a conference paper closely related to the subject of your research. The grant is not available to merely attend a conference or cover travel expenses in general.

The grant is available to all PhD students but it is recommended that students apply for this fund in their 2nd or 3rd year. No more than £300 may be awarded over the course of your study.

You will need approval from your supervisor in writing previous to your request. You must then submit your request to the Director of Graduate Studies via the Senior Faculty Administrator. Once this is approved – you may then make a claim for reimbursement of any expenses retrospectively.

When submitting your claim you need to provide original receipts. The expense claim  and instructions are  and more than one claim form could be submitted but not exceeding the maximum amount. (If your receipts would add up to more, the claim would be capped at £300.)

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Please check this website and your College e-mail regularly for any updates.

MPhil/PhD Handbook

PGR Induction

Information for Postgraduate Research Students

The Department requires students to use the MLA referencing system; please click here for a link to a style guide covering the most commonly used type of sources.

Please note that the Departmental Style Guide covers only the most commonly used types of sources. For information on how to reference other types of material, please consult MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. (2009), which also contains invaluable advice about evaluating sources, avoiding plagiarism, conducting research, and using correct punctuation. We strongly advise you to purchase a copy, which will also give you access to additional resources at www.mlahandbook.org.

Further information about MLA referencing can also be obtained from the Bedford/St. Martin’s website, which allows you to download free pdf guides to documenting sources in MLA style.

For helpful advice about grammar, punctuation, syntax, and other elements of writing style, as well as links to other internet resources, consult the following websites:

The Center for Writing Studies (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

The Writing Centre (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

The OWL at Purdue (Online Writing Lab, Purdue University

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