Graduate Centre

Graduate Centre for Arts and Humanities

Welcome

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The Graduate Centre fosters and supports individual and collaborative research activity of international excellence and offers a vibrant and supportive environment for students pursuing postgraduate research and taught masters study. The Centre provides postgraduate training to enhance academic and professional development and facilitates participation in seminar programmes, workshops and international conferences.

As part of our postgraduate community, you will join a dynamic research environment led by the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities (RIAH) and have access to state-of-the art facilities including computing and video conferencing suites. There are also opportunities to join our postgraduate student societies, to enhance employability through work placement opportunities and to present your first academic paper at the annual Arts and Humanities postgraduate conference.

Academic and Professional Development

The Graduate Centre provides a comprehensive package of skills and training opportunities to enhance the academic and professional development of our students. Read more >>>

Fully-funded studentships, 2013-14

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Student Societies

The Graduate Centre hosts a variety of student societies which run their own programmes of activities. From research seminars to skills workshops, reading groups, conferences and social events, there are a wealth of options to choose from.

Highlights in our calendar in 2012 include the Applied Linguistics Postgraduate Conference in March, the third annual History of Medicine Postgraduate Summit in April (funded by the Wellcome Trust) and the Arts and Humanities Conference in June.

Arts and Humanities Annual Conference

The annual interdisciplinary postgraduate conference offers an ideal platform for students to disseminate their research to peers and academic staff across the College of Arts and Humanities. Participation in the conference provides excellent networking opportunities, a chance to be a conference organiser as a member of the working party and to have your paper published in the annual conference proceedings.