Department of English and Drama
PhD or MPhil
PhD: 3 years full-time; 5 years part-time.
MPhil: 2 years full-time; 3 years part-time.
Entry Qualification
Good degree or equivalent experience. Normally a Master’s level qualification is also expected. These are in addition to the General Entrance Requirements.
Research Proposal
You must include a detailed research proposal with your application. This should give the title of your research, the degree for which it is intended, and a description of your topic (300-700 words). In this description you should include: the basic question that forms the core of your enquiry; a summary of the overall scope of your topic; some information on the methods/approach/ theory you will adopt; a set of chapter headings, with a short outline of each chapter’s likely content; a bibliography of the reading you consider relevant to your research, using an asterisk to mark titles you have already consulted; a plan of work with the separate stages of your research, indicating how long each stage will last, and in what order they will be undertaken. It should be possible to fit your proposal onto 2-3 typed sheets of A4 paper.
Departmental Support and Training for Research Students
Research students:
- share the Department’s own postgraduate room which has several networked computers
- are provided with photocopying and inter-library loan facilities
- have a supervisor with expertise in the selected research area and a Director of Research Degree Programmes to provide additional guidance and pastoral support (research students can also consult any other departmental academic staff appropriate for their research)
- join one or more of three Departmental research groups, depending on their area of research
- are invited to attend regular Departmental research seminars where academic staff from Loughborough and elsewhere present papers on their current research
- must attend appropriate training courses throughout their PhD to support their research
- can apply for assistance with funding for conferences;
- may have the opportunity for some paid undergraduate teaching
Bursaries and Studentships
All self-funded, full-time research students receive a bursary of £1,000 per annum. All self-funded, part-time research students receive a bursary of £500 per annum. Every year studentships are available on a competitive basis.