The programme is designed so that students and supervisors can agree a package of courses individually tailored to the student's needs and experience. The Co-ordinator of Research Student Training is available to provide guidance to students and supervisors in this process if required. Details of these are to be found in the on-line handbooks for the relevant MAs including Contemporary Sociology , Economy and Society and Tourism and Leisure . For a list of official requirements which have to be fulfilled for the PhD click here , and outlines formal asecpts of the procedures adopted in the department for monitoring progress and supporting students. Typically 2-3 graduate students share an office.
Graduate students have access to departmental E-mail and laser printers and a networked computer.
After the seminars there are usually drinks and a meal with guest speakers. There are two Graduate Seminar groups, one addressing Economy and Society and the other Culture and Society. These seminars are co-ordinated by staff members. For the first half of the year the seminars address 'the most advanced and innovative writing and research in their areas. The second half of each year is devoted to student presentations from their own research.