Funding for a full-time residential Ph.D. is rare, and lecturers may not want to give up posts to come to university. Further, they may be interested in relating research work to their current professional environment. The aim is to provide a structured doctoral programme to allow candidates to progress through three separately assessed Modules. The main difference between the traditional Ph.D. and the Modular Ph.D. is the incremental nature of the Modular Ph.D. and its method of assessment. In the traditional Ph.D., candidates are not assessed until they have completed their 80,000-word thesis at the end of their period of study.
All work has to be of Ph.D. standard.
In most cases, candidates complete their Ph.D. in 4-6 years. Fees are normally paid in three installments at the beginning of each of the first three years. You may also find it helpful to read the information for international applicants . Content and assessment Module 1 consists of subject-focused work, to include some research training and preparation related to the subject, such as empirical work, literature searches, and research methodology. All assessed work from all three Modules should be potentially publishable and efforts should be made to secure publication of at least one of the assessed pieces.