Current Students

Where to find information

On this page you can find information for current students, if you are looking for information on the Research Degree Fund please visit this page. If you are interested in studying with us, or are not yet enrolled, there is a dedicated page for prospective students here.

The Doctoral College: Arts and Humanities Faculty website should be your main source of information on regulations, guidance and procedure for postgraduate research degrees. We strongly encourage you to familiarise yourself with the information provided and to check for any updates to Regulations on a frequent basis.

If you have a question for which you cannot find the answer on this website, please contact your Principal Supervisor, your Departmental Research Degree Coordinators, or the Doctoral College: Arts and Humanities Faculty.

Information about ethical approval

Guidance on research ethics and applying for ethical approval is available here:


Applying for ethical approval

Information on the application process is available here:

Preparing to submit your thesis

When you are preparing to submit your thesis, it is important you submit the Notice of Intention to Submit form three months before your proposed submission form. The form is available here:

For general guidance on preparing your thesis for submission, please consult the Guidance on Thesis Submission for Postgraduate Research Degree on this page.

The Doctoral College: Arts and Humanities Faculty Community

As well as Doctoral College: Arts and Humanities Faculty Online, Doctoral College: Arts and Humanities Faculty also runs active BlueSky and Instagram accounts. To stay up to date with the latest news, we strongly encourage you to follow these accounts. Please do tag the accounts in any relevant posts concerning your own research.

We use Moodle to communicate with all postgraduate researchers. Please double check you are registered for the Doctoral College: Arts and Humanities Faculty Moodle area (Researcher Development Workshops and Core Skills (1RDW0000). If you have any issues accessing this area, please contact Dr Francesca Brooks.

Useful contacts

Dr Anna Bergquist
Head of Doctoral College: Arts and Humanities Faculty

Prof. Antony Rowland
Deputy Head of Doctoral College: Arts and Humanities Faculty

Dr Francesca Brooks
Doctoral College: Arts and Humanities Faculty Research Training Coordinator

Other useful contacts

For staff who support doctoral students

Guidance on Postgraduate Research supervision can be found here: