博士学位课程的重点是您的主管团队提供紧密的个人指导和指导，包括首席主管，联合主管，在某些情况下还包括其他第三名主管。主管人员将为博士过程的各个方面提供建议，反馈和指导，并在适当情况下通过出版物和会议论文提供有关职业和简历开发以及研究传播的信息。我们每年两次正式审查您的进度，为中长期研究计划，确定培训需求以及提供简历和职业建议提供机会。进度审核还为您提供提出任何疑问，疑虑或建议的机会。在您接近第一年年底时，您将完成博士学位确认过程，在此过程中，您将收到主管团队以外的人员对您的工作提供的详细反馈和指导。
Exactly what you'll study will depend on the topic of your PhD. We can supervise a wide range of areas relating to criminology, sociology, gender, and digital media and communications – please see the ‘themes and facilities’ tab for a full list. The PhD programme centres on close individual tuition and guidance from your supervisory team, comprising a principal supervisor, a co-supervisor and, in some cases, an additional third supervisor. Supervisors offer advice, feedback and guidance on all aspects of the PhD process, as well as – where appropriate – on career and CV development, and research dissemination through publications and conference papers. We formally review your progress twice a year, offering the opportunity for medium and longer-term research planning, the identification of training needs, and provision of CV and career advice. Progress reviews also offer you the opportunity to raise any queries, concerns or suggestions. Close to the end of your first year, you will complete a PhD confirmation process in which you will receive detailed feedback and guidance on your work, from staff outside your supervisory team. You will also attend a range of courses, workshops, seminars, conferences and other events as appropriate to your project. As well as offering training in research skills or different aspects of the PhD process, such events offer opportunities for you to present your work to one another, or exchange findings and ideas with staff or external speakers. You will also have the option to take relevant modules from our MSc courses in your first year of study, to extend and deepen your field of knowledge. Establishing a vibrant academic environment where PhD students develop supportive relationships with one another and with staff, is central to our approach. In addition to close one-to-one mentoring and tuition from supervisors, you will benefit from a range of bespoke events.