2014 Postgraduate Prospectus Register for a Postgraduate Virtual Open Day Upcoming events: November 2013 February 2014 June 2014 Please contact us to book your place at www.york.ac.uk/virtualopenday or telephone +44 (0)1904 323529 Welcome to the University of York

We offer you a high-quality academic experience a commitment to enhancing your employability research activity at national and international levels of excellence a strong reputation for student support an intellectually stimulating environment a beautiful location in Europe’s finest city . . . with easy access from anywhere

This prospectus tells you about the University and its postgraduate programmes and facilities. You will find a list of useful contact details on the back cover. To find out more about the University of York visit our website at www.york.ac.uk  2 Contents

Life at York Further information Graduate life 5 Music 110 Programmes index 157 Studying at York 9 Philosophy 114 General index 162 Enhancing your career 16 Physics 117 UK and campus maps 165 Global programmes 18 Politics 120 Officers of the University 168 International students 19 Politics, Economics University contacts Inside back cover Finance and funding 21 and Philosophy 124 Term dates Inside back cover Accommodation 24 Post-war Reconstruction Applying to York 26 and Development 128 Psychology 131 Railway Studies and Subjects Transport History 135 Archaeology 29 Renaissance and Early Biology 33 Modern Studies 138 Chemistry 37 Social Policy and Social Work 141 Computer Science 41 Sociology 145 Economics and Related Studies 45 Theatre, Film and Television 148 Education 49 Women’s Studies 151 Eighteenth Century Studies 53 Electronics 56 Research institutes English and Related Literature 60 and centres Environment 64 Centre for Chronic Diseases Health Economics 67 and Disorders 155 Health Sciences 70 Centre for Housing Policy 155 History 74 Centre for Hyperpolarisation History of Art 78 in Magnetic Resonance 155 Human Rights (Applied) 81 Centre for Immunology and Infection 155 Language and Communication 84 Centre for Reviews Language and Linguistic Science 87 and Dissemination 155 Law 90 Institute for Effective Education 156 Management 93 Social Policy Research Unit 156 Mathematics 97 York Centre for Complex Medical School 101 Systems Analysis 156 Medieval Studies 104 York Environmental Modern Studies 107 Sustainability Institute 156 Our stunning £750m campus expansion at Heslington East has seen four academic departments move into bespoke facilities Graduate life

The University of York is one of the success stories in UK higher the Students’ Union venues, The Courtyard, education. Since 1963, it has powered its way to a consistently high The Glasshouse and The Lounge, as well as the college bars. ranking in the UK and achieved a leading position internationally. As a Right at the heart of the campus in member of the Russell Group, our research profile is equally impressive Market Square there is a Blackwell’s on the international stage with collaborations around the globe. We bookshop, a branch of Santander bank, cash machines and a Students’ Union outlet are currently ranked first in the UK and seventh in the Times Higher selling stationery, computer supplies, Education world rankings of universities under 50 years old. magazines, newspapers and snacks. The Costcutter supermarket stocks an extensive range of groceries including international In 2013 the University celebrated its University life is centred at Heslington on and Fairtrade products as well as fresh fruit 50th anniversary. Our first half century the edge of the historic city of York, where our and vegetables. An even greater range of of success has been built on an ethos of colleges are set in an attractive landscaped oriental and specialist foods is available at equal opportunity and advancement for campus. It is compact, easy to get around, two supermarkets within a 20-minute walk. all, anchored by the highest standards of and has a safe, friendly atmosphere. The village of Heslington next to the campus academic excellence. The campus offers cafés, bars, shops, has two pubs, a post office and newsagent, These principles are reflected in our vision sports facilities, a health centre, theatres several other banks and a village shop. for the future, and the continuing recognition and concert halls all within easy walking of the University’s excellence as evidenced distance. It is well connected, criss‑crossed Your college community by the accolade of University of the Year in with an excellent network of cycle paths and The college system at York provides a the 2010 Times Higher Education Awards. benefits from a fast, frequent bus service to ready‑made, cross-disciplinary social We are also a five-times winner of the the city centre and our smaller central site, network and 24/7 welfare support. Queen’s Anniversary Prize. the beautiful medieval King’s Manor. Colleges break the University down into Above all, our principles of excellence and In term time there are major events each smaller units, allowing us to meet your equality are seen in the achievements of our week, such as club nights, plays and shows needs more directly. Postgraduates at students and staff – not just in the delivery and other society events covering almost York are members of the graduate college, of our curricula but in the many and diverse every imaginable activity, from student-run Wentworth. Many live there in modern ways in which they contribute to our city, choirs and sports tournaments to student purpose-built accommodation. Others our region, national policy and internationally radio and a TV station. A huge entertainment live in private accommodation, and a leading research. In short, the University of programme is provided for students through smaller number live in the seven other York has made an impact worldwide over the last 50 years, and we are enormously proud of the difference our staff, students and our 90,000 alumni make in almost every walk of life, in almost every country in the world. From small beginnings, with just 230 students based in the King’s Manor in York city centre, we are now home to more than 15,000 students from 120 countries spread across eight colleges.

Campus life The new millennium has signalled a dynamic period of growth for York. Since 2000, the University has invested in 30 new buildings on the existing campus and completed the first phase of a £750m campus expansion. This stunning development on Heslington East includes four new departmental buildings, two colleges (with a third to follow in 2014) and a sports village. On the existing campus there have been major improvements to academic buildings as well as upgrades to teaching rooms, lecture theatres, IT facilities, laboratories, libraries, cultural, sport and social facilities and student accommodation. It’s easy to get around our attractive landscaped campus

Graduate life 5 colleges at York (and have the benefit For students with dependants, the GSA of ‘dual nationality’ with Wentworth). organises a Family Network. Students’ Union (YUSU) Wentworth College has unrivalled social and Tel: +44 (0)1904 323724/3 artistic facilities, and is the place on campus Email: [email protected] Graduate Students’ to meet other postgraduates. Association (GSA) Website: www.yusu.org Postgraduate life does not end at Tel: +44 (0)1904 322718 Wentworth, however; you may access the Email: [email protected] facilities across all eight colleges, including International Students’ Website: www.yorkgsa.org their graduate common rooms, dining rooms Association and bars. Common rooms are run by elected The International Students’ Association committees who represent the interests Students’ Union (ISA) is a subcommittee of YUSU which of graduate students on each college’s The University of York Students’ Union helps international students integrate into governing body, the council. Together (YUSU) is a body independent of the University life. Its main aims are to ensure with the Graduate Students’ Association, University representing the interests of all that international students get the most a plethora of student societies to cater for all our students. It co-ordinates sport and social out of their University experience and to interests and the University as a whole, your societies, provides welfare support and celebrate the international diversity of college and common rooms help to organise volunteering opportunities, campaigns on the campus. All international students, a year-round programme of social and issues decided by students, and organises undergraduate and postgraduate, including sporting events. They play an important role a range of entertainment on campus, students from the EU and visiting students, in the University’s student welfare network. working alongside the colleges and the are automatically members of the Most colleges also house academic and Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) and Association. The ISA hosts some fantastic departmental offices, seminar rooms, lecture the International Students’ Association (ISA). social events throughout the academic theatres and workspaces for private study. On campus, both YUSU and the GSA year, providing opportunities for all students organise a number of student activities. to be involved and socialise, encouraging Graduate Students’ Association During term time there are major events international understanding and cultural All postgraduates are automatically members each weekend. exchange. The ISA also arranges city trips to of the Graduate Students’ Association YUSU offers you the opportunity to get ensure overseas students can enjoy some (GSA), a student-run body which serves involved in a fantastic range of activities. of the tourist attractions Britain has to offer. our postgraduate students in six main areas: Many of these will give you valuable representation, welfare, academic, events experience for your career in today’s International Students’ Association and trips, sports and community. competitive job market and for life. There are Tel: +44 (0)1904 323724 The GSA offers professional, confidential over 150 student societies, covering many Email: [email protected] and specialist advice on academic and interests including media, political parties, Website: www.yusu.org/isa welfare matters. In addition, the GSA offers music and drama societies to cater for every the Postgraduate Community Fund to which taste, dance lessons, religious groups, film students can apply for support for projects production, photography, YUSU’s own TV Sport and fitness to improve postgraduate life at York. and radio stations and even a medieval York Sport Union has the most sports clubs Through the GSA, postgraduates can re-enactment society. All these societies per student in the country – a quarter access high quality skills training and are entirely organised by and for students, of the student population is actively professional networking events. The PhD so if nothing takes your fancy, you can engaged in sport. You will find more than Network is an informal social network set always start your own. 60 active sports clubs, from traditional up by the GSA, which puts on events for to more specialist sports such as archery, research students. The GSA also runs daily fencing and sub aqua. free sport sessions, organises UK-wide trips York Sport Union membership is free and holds weekly events on and off campus. and the University invests in a strengthening and conditioning coach for focus sports. Work is being done to ensure greater participation from the broad base of students and developing programmes “It’s been great meeting so many fascinating to support performance and identify people through the Graduate Students’ ways to support elite athletes. Association (GSA). I’m a GSA Events Officer and Most clubs play within British University College Sport (BUCS), regular leagues I’ve really enjoyed setting up and expanding are organised through York Sport the PhD Network which arranges informal Union, and York’s inter-collegiate social events for postgraduates. DramaSoc system provides regular competition in approximately 19 sports. has provided me with the chance to do York also co-hosts the UK’s largest something totally unrelated to my research, inter-university event, the annual Roses as well as allowing me to be the centre Tournament against the University of of attention every now and again!” Lancaster. More than 50 competitions are held over a weekend either in York or in Lancaster. Kate, PhD in History

6 Graduate life A brand new place to keep fit To add to our excellent existing facilities, in August 2012 we welcomed the new York Sport Village, an £11m investment inspiring everyone to embrace active lifestyles, exercise and take part in sport.

Our vision for sport The York Sport Village offers:  an eight-lane 25-metre swimming pool  a four-lane training pool  a 120-station fitness suite  three dance and fitness studios  a health suite including spa pool, sauna and steam room  a 3G ‘rubber crumb’ football/rugby pitch  three 3G five-a-side pitches  a 1km closed road cycle circuit. York Sport Village forms only part of our significant investment in sport across the whole campus. Already in place are a floodlit sand-based pitch for hockey and football, six high quality outdoor tennis courts (of which three are floodlit and four host netball courts), four large sports halls, four top quality squash Our new sports facilities include a 25-metre swimming pool courts and 40 acres of full‑size grass pitches. Our fitness suite doubled in size in autumn 2013, with additional strength/ Award-winning drama Hall. Membership of the Music Society allows conditioning equipment and a new dance York has a long-established tradition of access to practice rooms in Derwent College studio. Our successful Boat Club has its own active and adventurous student drama. for non‑Music students. Instrumentalists boat house on the River Ouse, and the student The Drama Society runs its own performance and singers can audition for the University Orchestra (at which you may be offered Golf Club has access to the adjacent Fulford space and also mounts productions in chances to play with other ensembles), championship course. other venues on campus and in York. Each term sees at least six productions, the Baroque Ensemble, the Jazz Orchestra often of plays by student playwrights, and and the Chamber Choir. York Sport Union There are also several less formal several student companies perform at the Tel: +44 (0)1904 323430 ensembles, mostly run by students and Edinburgh Festival each year. Email: [email protected] non‑auditioning, including the Concert The many York graduates who have Website: www.yusu.org/sport Orchestra, Concert Band, Brass Band and gone on to highly successful careers in Gospel Choir. The Students’ Union has several theatre, film and television include Denise active music societies, including a Gilbert O’Donoghue (managing director of ITV Culture and music and Sullivan Society, a rock gospel choir Studios), Simon Stephens (award‑winning and the Central Hall Musical Society. Fusion, Student media playwright), Harry Enfield (comedian), a large annual fashion, dance and music Genista McIntosh (former executive director Impressive numbers of York graduates have show in Central Hall, involves a broad range gone on to successful careers in the media, of the National Theatre), Caroline Thomson of individuals, societies and organisations including BBC foreign correspondents, (director of Digital UK) and David Thacker in and around York and raises thousands of newspaper editors, radio presenters – (theatre and television director). pounds for charity. Last but not least, the and Greg Dyke, former Director-General of University Choir performs major choral works Music for all the BBC and now Chancellor of the University. every term in venues such as York Minster, YUSU has some of the oldest and most You do not have to be a Music student to and is open to students without audition. respected student media organisations in enjoy music at York. It plays a central part the country. University Radio York, which in the city’s cultural scene and there are broadcasts across campus and around the numerous places on campus and in York world, was Britain’s first independent radio to hear and perform live gigs and concerts. station, student or otherwise. Societies, student‑run ensembles and York Student Television broadcasts a range the University itself provide countless of programmes over a campus cable network opportunities to play, listen and perform, and online to the world. whatever your level of commitment. Our two student newspapers, Nouse and There are lunchtime and evening concerts Vision, have a readership of over 3,000 and virtually every week on campus, with in recent years both have won a string of dedicated performance venues including prizes in the Guardian Student Media Awards. the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall and Central

Graduate life 7 dance, music and opera. The art-house City Screen cinema shows world cinema and big-name blockbusters. There is also a Reel cinema in town and a larger 12-screen complex out of town. Superb shopping With more than 2,000 stores, York offers some of the most distinctive and stylish shopping in the UK. Major retail chains and big-name high street outlets mingle with designer boutiques, specialist stockists and organic food retailers. The city centre is compact, with many shops set in York’s medieval streets, but you will also find modern shopping complexes and a designer outlet on the outskirts. The thriving open-air market in the city centre is open daily and is a good source of fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, fish and cheeses. Great location York is one of Britain’s best-connected cities. As it is situated almost halfway between London and Edinburgh on the East Coast mainline, intercity trains reach London in less than two hours and Edinburgh in two and a York city centre is very compact with many specialist shops set in its winding medieval streets half. With Eurostar from London St Pancras, Paris is just over six hours away. York is also City life well served by road links, and it is easily accessible from the A1, the M1 and the M62. York was recently voted the best and most of world-class speakers, exhibitions For those travelling from overseas, beautiful place to live in the UK. There is and performances. Manchester Airport is two hours away plenty to impress: the famously soaring Chinese New Year festivities are only a and Heathrow just three and a half. Ferries Gothic Minster, the winding medieval streets, part of a huge array of international events from Hull and flights from nearby Leeds the specialist stores and boutiques – life in celebrated in York. The Viking Festival, Bradford Airport provide easy access to York is varied, colourful and lively, and its St Nicholas Fayre, the Festival of Angels, mainland Europe. historic streets bustle with visitors from the famous Food and Drink Festival, Science Closer to home, you will find that some all around the world. Week and a continental Christmas market of Britain’s most beautiful countryside lies With its shops, galleries, clubs, cafés, combine to provide a varied programme in easy reach. Within an hour’s drive are museums, theatres, music groups and of events throughout the year. In addition, the Pennines, the Yorkshire Dales and the sports clubs, York really does offer the City of York will be hosting the start of North York Moors, plus the seaside towns of something for everyone. Day Two of the 2014 Tour de France in July, Whitby, Scarborough and Robin Hood’s Bay. The city has one of the top racecourses in sure to be a time of great excitement. the country and a number of private health and fitness clubs, and facilities for hang- Nightlife and entertainment For more information about life in the city of York visit: www.york.ac.uk/city gliding, riding and other non-campus sports As you would expect from a city with so can all be found nearby. And, of course, York many students, life in York is as energetic is famed for its pubs, bars and restaurants. and varied by night as by day. There is an There is a thriving café culture and afternoon impressive range of city centre clubs offering tea at Bettys is a world-famous York R&B, hip hop, dance, chart classics, indie, tradition, the perfect treat for visitors. rock, latin, soul and more – and there are York has a population of 200,000, so student nights throughout the week. it is big enough to feel cosmopolitan but For live music aficionados, York has small enough not to be overwhelming. It is an eclectic mix of venues attracting a friendly place you can settle into quickly, aspiring musicians and established acts but which still feels fresh and exciting alike. Whatever you are into, you will find once you get to know it well. something to your taste. Throughout the year the Students’ Union, colleges and Festivals societies organise nights out to the big-name The city is a busy cultural centre for its venues of Leeds and Manchester. A fast residents as well as a tourist magnet. late‑night train service puts these cities The annual Festival of Ideas, a collaboration in easy reach of York. between the University and other Theatre-lovers can visit York’s Theatre city partners, brings together a range Royal and the Grand Opera House for drama,

8 Graduate life Studying at York

By almost any measure, York is one of Britain’s most highly regarded – MRes programmes and popular – universities. We regularly appear high up in tables The Master of Research (MRes) degree of research rankings and we have been particularly successful programmes provide research training and other skills for those intending to in external assessments of teaching quality. If you come to York, pursue careers in social policy, social work, you will be joining a university which is committed to maintaining psychology or management, academic or the highest standards in university education with a curriculum industrial research, or careers in industry where an understanding of research will informed by world-class research. be useful. MRes programmes are full-time and last one year.

At York you will be taught by, and work normally between 15,000 and 20,000 words. MPhil/PhD research degrees with, staff who are at the forefront of The dissertation is always an integral element The MPhil requires two years of registration developments in their subject area and of the programme and of the assessment. full‑time or four years part-time; the PhD who are committed to extending these Further information about taught normally requires three years of registration developments to others through their programmes can be found on the web at full-time or six years part-time. In some teaching. In the most recent Research www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/ subjects you may have the opportunity Assessment Exercise well over half of courses/taught. to take a four-year PhD programme all departments were ranked in the top which includes some taught modules ten for their subject nationally. These MA/MSc degrees by research in research skills. achievements confirm that our research The MPhil/PhD principally involves Full-time MA/MSc degrees by research is at international levels of excellence, the production of a large-scale piece of normally last one year; part-time MA/MSc placing York eighth in an analysis of national written work in the form of a research degrees by research normally last two years. results. Each department brings together thesis. Depending on the department, the staff and postgraduate students through The difference lies in the balance between word length is normally between 50,000 research, learning and teaching activities. coursework and work on a dissertation: the and 75,000 words for an MPhil thesis and MA/MSc degree by research entails little or no between 70,000 and 100,000 words coursework. You work on your dissertation for a PhD thesis. Programmes of study from a very early stage in the registration Assessment is based on the quality of period. Assessment is normally based your thesis and also on your performance The programmes of study offered by the wholly on the quality of the dissertation. at an oral examination or viva. University at postgraduate level are divided into five main groups. Taught MA/MSc/Postgraduate Diploma programmes MA/MSc programmes (180 credits) normally last one year and Postgraduate Diploma programmes (120 credits) normally last nine months. Study times are usually doubled if taken part-time. Full-time programmes typically involve six to eight months of attendance at taught modules, followed by the production of a dissertation. Taught modules may have a value of 5, 10, 20, 30 or 40 credits. Postgraduate Diploma programmes may be offered as stand-alone qualifications or as a stepping-off point in a Masters programme. Most taught Masters programmes also have a 60-credit Postgraduate Certificate stepping-off point consisting of one or more defined combinations of taught modules. Performance on modules may be assessed continuously or by means of assignments or closed examinations. The dissertation is on a relevant topic chosen by you in conjunction with staff responsible for the programme. The word length is Open 24/7, the University Library offers a wide range of learning and study spaces

Studying at York 9 Further information about research high level of interaction between tutors Transferable skills training degrees can be found at www.york.ac.uk/ and fellow students. The University has created a comprehensive study/postgraduate/courses/research. As a distance learning student you will programme of generic skills training courses, also benefit from the University of York’s aimed specifically at research students from Professional training extensive online library, a York email all subject areas. These courses encourage programmes account, and supporting course materials. you to enhance your doctoral studies and Programmes which fall into this category For further information about online develop your effectiveness in a variety of are the Postgraduate Certificate in programmes at York, visit www.york.ac.uk/ areas. Workshops include impact, public Education (PGCE), which trains graduates study/postgraduate/courses/distance. engagement, career planning, teaching, for entry to the teaching profession; the project management, presentation skills and MA in Social Work, and the Master of Public Quality and standards team-working, as well as research-related Administration (MPA). Details of the PGCE The University’s qualification titles are training on subjects such as publishing are set out in a separate prospectus which consistent with the national UK Quality Code, academic papers, preparing for your viva you can request from the Department of which is compatible with the European and writing a thesis. These courses are free Education; the MA in Social Work is detailed Bologna Process. Further information on the to all York PhD students and are run by the on page 143 and more information on the UK Quality Code is available from the Quality Researcher Development Team. Further MPA programmes is on page 142. Assurance Agency for Higher Education: information can be found at www.york.ac.uk/ visit www.qaa.ac.uk. rdt. Individual departments also run subject- Other information The University has been awarded five specific skills and research training courses Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Further and for postgraduate students. Distance learning: online study Higher Education, recognising the excellent Start dates Online degrees at York offer the opportunity quality of our research. We hold four Athena Most MA/MSc/MRes/Postgraduate Diploma to study in a more flexible way. Our distance SWAN awards, in recognition of excellence programmes start in September. PhD and learning programmes are designed to deliver in science, engineering and technology MPhil programmes have standard entry points an academically rich and socially engaging employment in higher education relating although it may be possible to start at other experience. Students are encouraged to to supporting women in science. We are times of the year. However, some programmes share understanding and to network with also one of the three first recipients of the may differ – see department websites for Institute of Physics’ new Juno Practitioner fellow colleagues and tutors. further information. Your study period will award, designed to reward progress towards Distance learning students are as be taken as starting from the first day of the ensuring equal opportunity for all. important to departments as their campus- month in which you commence your studies. based counterparts, and as a result the same York is a member of the influential level of academic and pastoral support is Russell Group of prestigious universities Visiting students provided. You will be assigned an academic and was ranked seventh in the world and If you are registered for a postgraduate supervisor for the duration of your first in the UK in the 2013 Times Higher programme at another university you may studies, and will be taught by experienced Education world rankings of universities apply to spend a period (usually from one term module tutors. The modules provide a less than 50 years old. up to one year) at York as a full-time visiting postgraduate student before returning to your own university to complete your qualification. Such students either take all or part of a taught Masters programme, or undertake supervised research.

Eligibility To take a postgraduate taught programme you should have obtained at least a second‑class honours degree (or equivalent), and for entry to a research degree an upper second-class honours degree (or equivalent). Some programmes have a higher academic entry requirement so it is advisable to refer to the individual programme. Exceptions are made to these guidelines, especially for candidates wanting to take courses as mid- career continuing professional development. For further information please contact the Postgraduate Admissions team (see inside back cover for details).

Academic Technology Approval Scheme and the Points-based Immigration System (ATAS and PBIS) In order to be a full-time student in the UK, many international students will need to apply for a student visa. Postgraduate students The Humanities Research Centre is the hub of postgraduate life in the arts and humanities

10 Studying at York applying for programmes in certain subjects may also need to apply for an ATAS certificate before applying for a visa, entry clearance or extension of stay. For more information see www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas- immigration/studying and www.gov.uk/ academic-technology-approval-scheme.

Research facilities The University of York is one of the world’s leading research institutions, and enjoys research partnerships across the globe. Researchers and industrial partners use some of the world’s most sophisticated technical equipment to tackle a wide range of complex challenges. Many postgraduate students have access to these facilities, as well as having the opportunity to work with internationally renowned academics. Using the latest analytical instruments and historical resources, our departments are engaged in creative and innovative research.

Borthwick Institute for Archives Keeper of Archives: Christopher Webb The Borthwick houses one of the largest Facilities in the York Neuroimaging Centre include an MRI scanner and most varied archive collections in any university in the UK in a multimillion-pound The Centre acts as a focus for arts and to analyse and exploit the structure of purpose-built facility. The principal holdings humanities activities on campus and hosts an proteins and their complexes with other include the archive of the archbishops of exciting range of reading groups, seminars, molecules. The Centre for Hyperpolarisation York from 1220 to the present day. It is workshops and international conferences. in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM) provides also the largest probate archive from the Telephone: +44 (0)1904 328097 advanced support for magnetic resonance 14th century outside the National Archives. Email: [email protected] to be applied to the study of chemical There are large and diverse medical archives, Website: www.york.ac.uk/hrc problems, especially within solid-state NMR, holdings from southern Africa, family and biological applications, inorganic and organic estate archives and the archives of two Music and film chemistry and hyperpolarisation. See page Anglican religious communities. There is also The Music Research Centre houses 155 for more details. The York Centre of a growing accumulation of archives created professional acoustic and recording facilities, Excellence in Mass Spectrometry (CoEMS) by living playwrights and dramatists and the exclusively for postgraduate student provides access to state-of-the-art mass Music Preserved archive of live recordings and research use. The building has been spectrometry, associated instrumentation and from the 1940s onwards. designed to the highest acoustic standard expertise in therapeutic protein discovery and The Borthwick publishes extensively, in by Arup Acoustics. It includes a recording characterisation, proteomics, metabolomics, print and online. Staff support postgraduate studio complex, production studio and the glycomics, imaging mass spectrometry, students through training in palaeography UK’s premier listening environment for gas‑phase ion chemistry and chemical and interpretation of documents, through reproduced sound – the Rymer Auditorium. catalyst discovery. PhD supervision and membership of Thesis The Department of Theatre, Film and Websites: www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/ Advisory Panels, and through integration Television moved into a new £30m building research/ysbl with interdisciplinary centres. in 2010. The building houses two theatres, www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/research/nmr Telephone: +44 (0)1904 321166 two television studios, a large sound stage, www.york.ac.uk/mass-spectrometry Email: [email protected] production labs, extensive post-production Website: www.york.ac.uk/library/borthwick facilities and digital cinema. Bioscience Technology Facility The equipment and software are state- Director: Dr John Pillmoor Humanities Research Centre of-the-art, from theatre lighting to Red The Bioscience Technology Facility is a Director: Professor Judith Buchanan Digital Cinema production camera kits. nationally recognised research support This major research centre for the arts and Websites: www.york.ac.uk/music/mrc facility, located in the Department of Biology, humanities is housed in the spectacular www.york.ac.uk/tftv which provides researchers with access new Berrick Saul Building at the heart of the to the key technology platforms that are University campus. The postgraduate study Analytical Chemistry facilities driving bioscience. These platforms span area, which is open 24 hours a day, provides Analytical Chemistry is particularly strong genomics, proteomics, confocal and electron high quality working and social space for at York with some of the best NMR, mass microscopy, flow cytometry, recombinant postgraduate students. Seminar rooms, an spectrometry and structural biology facilities protein expression and purification, auditorium, research centres and academic in the UK. The York Structural Biology molecular interactions and bioinformatics. offices are also located within the building. Laboratory (YSBL) develops methods The Bioscience Technology Facility was

Studying at York 11 York is a founder member of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), and is also involved in significant collaborations with other leading institutions on major research projects. This impacts positively on the facilities and opportunities offered to our graduate students established in 2002, and has 17 expert It has extensive links to the Hull York association with York Minster Library which staff and over £9m invested in equipment. Medical School, clinical departments is open to all members of the University Telephone: +44 (0)1904 328511 in the NHS and industry. and is particularly valuable to students Email: [email protected] Telephone: +44 (0)1904 435346 of medieval literature and history. Website: www.york.ac.uk/biology/ Email: [email protected] The SCONUl Access scheme, of which technology-facility Website: www.ynic.york.ac.uk the University is a member, enables staff and research students to become York JEOL Nanocentre York Plasma Institute registered borrowers at most other UK Co-Directors: Professor Pratibha Gai Director: Professor Howard Wilson university libraries. and Professor Ed Boyes The York Plasma Institute and associated This interdisciplinary research and teaching laboratories have postgraduate teaching Investing in resources centre represents a major investment in accommodation, video-conference meeting The University has a rolling programme leading-edge nanoscience capability by rooms and the Remote Tokamak Control of investment in top quality resources to the University of York, the European Union Room from which staff and students support your academic work. The Library and JEOL. It has one of the world’s most can participate in experiments at fusion collections include over 1.2 million items, powerful electron microscopes with double facilities around the world. Facilities include: and access to over 60,000 print and aberration correction for access to the a suite of laboratories for the study and electronic journals. Our Electronic Library most fundamental atomic-level analyses of development of atmospheric pressure will give you access to a growing collection materials and devices with wide applications plasmas for technological applications, of quality information online, including over in Physics, Chemistry and Electronics. Under a specialist biomedical plasmas laboratory, 200 databases and hundreds of thousands an EPSRC critical mass grant, the instrument a plasma nano-fabrication laboratory, of e-books, images, statistics, data sets has been custom-modified to create a a laser-produced plasma facility and a and other electronic resources. world-leading capability for dynamic magnetically confined plasma laboratory in‑situ reaction studies of the fundamental including a linear confinement device for Help when you need it atomic-scale science underpinning key studies of plasmas relevant to the edge Library staff are always happy to help industrial catalysis processes for producing of magnetic fusion devices. you, whether with directions to books chemicals, polymers, new fuels, biofuels Telephone: +44 (0)1904 324907 and facilities in our buildings or with more and pharmaceuticals, and for environmental Email: [email protected] detailed subject enquiries. So that you controls and remediation. Vortex beam Website: www.york.ac.uk/ypi make the most of your time, our Academic analyses of magnetic device structures, wet Liaison Librarians offer an introduction to cell studies of bio-mineralisation, hard–soft High performance computing our services in addition to providing seminars matter interfaces and development of new The University of York is a member of the and workshops on research techniques and magnetic storage methods are among the EPSRC-funded N8 Research Partnership. identifying resources. Whatever subject major grant-supported programmes using As part of this, researchers can access the you choose to study, we look forward to the Nanocentre. Supporting equipment N8 High Performance Computing Centre welcoming you to our world-class Library. includes dual-beam focused ion beam (FIB), (N8 HPC) which operates Polaris, an SGI scanning (SEM) and transmission (TEM) high performance computing cluster. University libraries electron microscopy, nanolithography, Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1904 323873 atomic force microscopy (AFM) and a sample Website: http://n8hpc.org.uk Email: [email protected] preparation laboratory. The Nanocentre has Website: www.york.ac.uk/library wide international collaborations and an active programme of work with industry. Our study environment Telephone: +44 (0)1904 328403 The British Library Email: [email protected]; 24/7 library facilities The British Library Document Supply Centre [email protected] Open 24/7, the refurbished University (BLDSC) at Boston Spa, about 15 miles Website: www.york.ac.uk/nanocentre Library offers a wide range of different from York, provides a fast delivery service and exciting learning spaces funded by a for loans and photocopies from its stock. York Neuroimaging Centre £20m investment. This includes quiet and Its Reading Room is open to researchers, Director: Professor Gary Green silent study zones equipped with power and the University Library provides a regular The York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC) is a and access to the wireless network; IT transport service from York to Boston Spa. research facility for investigating human facilities; bookable group study rooms with brain function using non‑invasive imaging presentation equipment; social learning IT Services techniques. It has become the hub of a space with a café and vending machines; The University’s IT Services offers a variety multidisciplinary approach to understanding and flexible, open-plan group study space. of resources to support research and study. structural, chemical, functional and Just next door is the Borthwick Institute Students are provided with an IT Services theoretical aspects of neuronal mechanisms. for Archives which houses one of the largest account which gives access to a range Facilities include: state-of-the-art 3Tesla and most varied archive collections in any of facilities including an email account, magnetic resonance imaging, whole head university in the UK. For further details see central filestore and printing. magnetoencephalography, high density page 11. Also on site is the Raymond Burton IT Services maintains over 700 open- electroencephalography, transcranial Library for Humanities Research. access computers in IT rooms across the magnetic stimulation and high performance Our King’s Manor Library is located in Heslington campus and at the King’s Manor. parallel computing. The Centre was the city centre and has collections relating Most of the rooms are open 24/7 and may formed by a consortium of departments to architecture, archaeology, medieval be used by all students, regardless of their including Psychology, Computer Science, studies and 18th century studies. college – some are dedicated to graduate Electronics, Health Sciences and Chemistry. The University Library has a close students. Print, copy and scan facilities

Studying at York 13 services designed to give you easy access to help and advice on many topics. Student Support Hub Located in Market Square, the Student Support Hub is the first point of contact for all enquiries related to central student support. Staff based in the Student Support Hub provide information about and make initial appointments for the Open Door team, Disability Services and the Student Financial Support Unit. In addition, the team based in the Student Support Hub provides advice and information about managing your money, council tax, housing rights, international student support, immigration advice and many other practical matters.

Student Support Hub Tel: +44 (0)1904 324140 Email: [email protected] Website: www.york.ac.uk/sshub

Supervisory system Every graduate student is allocated a supervisor who is a member of University staff. The Every graduate student is allocated a supervisor who is a member of University staff main responsibility of supervisors is to offer guidance and advice on your academic work are provided in most IT rooms, including are inadequate, we can arrange one-to-one in general and, if you are a research student, colour and A3 printing and copying. mentoring to help get you started. on the preparation of your thesis in particular. Further IT facilities are available within In addition, research degree students have a Thesis Advisory Panel that exists to monitor and many departments. IT Services Users with laptops and other mobile supplement the relationship between you and Tel: +44 (0)1904 323838 devices can access the University network your supervisor. Taught course students may Email: [email protected] be allocated a separate supervisor to oversee using wireless hotspots around campus. Website: www.york.ac.uk/it-services the preparation of their dissertation or project. Access to the network (including the internet Twitter: twitter.com/uoyitservices Supervisors also have a pastoral role. Where and email) is available in all on-campus appropriate, supervisors are available to offer college accommodation, and some off- you guidance on personal matters. For taught campus accommodation, via the Network Yorkshare Virtual Learning course students this role is also covered by the Access Service (NAS). If you are off campus, Yorkshare is the University’s Virtual Learning director/convenor of the course concerned; you can use our VPN (virtual private Environment (VLE), allowing you to access and both research degree and taught course network) to access resources including programme materials and communicate with students can also take such matters to the filestore and printing. other students and staff via the internet. Not Chair of the Department’s Graduate School We provide around 150 software packages all programmes will use Yorkshare, depending Board. They will assist you, either in person centrally, ranging from standard office on the teaching and learning needs of a or by referring you to the appropriate applications – such as word-processing, particular module, but it is highly likely that University support service. spreadsheets and presentations – through you will use it at some point in your studies. to specialist statistical, mathematical, York’s VLE technology is used to offer College welfare geographic information systems (GIS) and you enhanced or new types of learning Colleges provide a social and community graphics packages to applications development experiences such as simulation, discussion, focus for graduate students. All colleges have environments for those who need to create collaborative projects and self-directed a welfare team available 24 hours a day, their own software. Many departments study activities, alongside your regular headed by the Provost, with a resident Dean, provide their own teaching software, most of class contact time with staff and other College Tutors and College Administrator. which is available via centrally provided PCs. students. You will use the VLE for academic They willingly concern themselves with User support is provided via the skills resources, including an Academic difficulties encountered by students. IT Support Office. Integrity tutorial. Yorkshare also enables Students also elect welfare representatives access to reading resources via the Library’s within each college who can provide peer IT training electronic holdings and search engines. support to other students. IT Services has produced a range of online materials to help you to tackle presenting Student Financial Support Unit your academic work with confidence and Student support This unit administers a number of style, and develop skills for the workplace. We want you to get the best from your scholarships and funds for students who are If you are worried that your current skills time at York. There is a network of support in hardship as a result of some unforeseeable

14 Studying at York occurrence. Other financial support services for nine children under two years and 30 potential to benefit from the programme for and information on student funding can be children to school age. It is situated in its own which they apply. Practical problems arising found on page 21. grounds near the University Health Centre, from disability are a secondary consideration and is registered with Ofsted. Acceptance for and are only of relevance if they cannot be Health services a course at the University does not guarantee overcome. If you have a disability please An NHS health practice is based at Unity a place at the Nursery. inform the University as soon as possible, Health, the University health centre, in so that any special arrangements can be purpose-built premises located at the centre Nursery planned in advance. If you have specific of the campus with easy access for students Tel: +44 (0)1904 323737 concerns about undertaking your chosen with disabilities. The GP service is supported Email: [email protected] programme of study please contact the by excellent contacts with a wide range of Website: www.york.ac.uk/univ/nrsry Department or Disability Services. health services in the York area and provides The University is experienced at access to an integrated team of health Services for international responding to the additional support professionals offering many services tailored students requirements of students with disabilities towards student health. See the website at such as sensory or physical impairment, The University offers a range of support www.york.ac.uk/students/support/health/ mental health difficulties, medical or health services specifically tailored to international health-care. conditions, or specific learning disabilities students’ requirements. These include an This service is delivered under the such as dyslexia. Immigration Advice Service to assist students NHS and not by the University. For more Students may also be interested in the making visa extension applications, an information about NHS provision, including Joan Samuels Memorial Bursary. This is orientation programme for new students dental and emergency services, visit open to disabled students and contributes in October and January, international www.nhs.uk/pages/Homepage.aspx . £1,000 towards a postgraduate student’s representation within college welfare course fees. Personal and networks, the York Ambassadors Scheme, Further information can be found on counselling support English language courses, an International the Disability Services website: www.york. Student Support Co-ordinator and the ac.uk/students/support/disability. The Open Door team provides professional International Students’ Association. support to students with a range of Throughout the year presentations and Registry Services emotional and personal difficulties. You can workshops are offered on academic skills This office is the central focus within the make an initial appointment with an Open and immigration matters. University for administrative support Door practitioner to discuss how best to Contact the International Student for graduate students after you enrol at York. tackle difficulties you are experiencing and Support Co-ordinator or visit our website The office deals with all matters to do with what help they are able to offer you. See for further information. your record and official correspondence. the website at www.york.ac.uk/opendoor. On general postgraduate student matters Nightline International Student Support it works closely with departmental graduate Co-ordinator schools, supervisors, the colleges and, Nightline is a confidential listening and where appropriate, central University information service run independently Tel: +44 (0)1904 324144 support services. Registry Services is by students for students. It is open from Email: [email protected] Website: www.york.ac.uk/ in the Student Administration Building 8pm to 8am every night during the main internationalsupport on Vanbrugh walkway and most of its undergraduate terms. The service is non- services are online. judgemental and provides anything from a cup of tea and a chat to a space to discuss Disability Services personal problems, or to pick up information Disabled students, in common with all other on a large range of student issues. students, are accepted by the University on the grounds of academic attainment and Faith and spiritual guidance There is a University chaplaincy team available to people of all faiths and none. It provides a focus for a wide team of “I have a good working relationship with my faith contacts who work to support the sense of community on campus. Disability Support Co-ordinator, who’s See www.york. ac. uk/univ/chap . always fantastic. Disability Services have There are three full-time chaplains organised note-taking, transcription (Anglican, Catholic and Methodist) and links and readers for my coursework and with local Evangelical, Orthodox, Pentecostal, Quaker, Unitarian and URC groups. In addition exams, and tutors from my Department there are contacts for Bahá’í, Buddhist, have been excellent, quickly resolving Hindu, Islamic, Jewish and Sikh faiths and any problems I’ve had. My room in a number of prayer facilities on campus. Alcuin College is spacious, which is See www.york.ac.uk/faiths. handy since I have a guide dog.” Childcare York Campus Nursery is open from 8.30am to Mahomed, MA in Philosophy, 6.00pm Monday to Friday for use by children Theology and Ethics of students, staff and the public, catering

Studying at York 15 Enhancing your career

From the moment you arrive at York, we are committed to helping you Centre provides professional hot-desking prepare for your future career. The wealth of opportunities we offer, facilities where you can base your business and meet fellow entrepreneurs, share ideas from internships, volunteering and transferable skills programmes and gain contacts. We also run a programme to enterprise support and activities, are geared towards helping you of workshops to help you understand stand out from the crowd. We hold regular networking events to give the processes of business planning and management, with mentors and business current students the chance to meet up with our alumni in areas like advisers on hand. finance, business and the media. Employers are increasingly looking York Entrepreneurs is one of the largest for graduates with a global perspective who have the initiative to work student societies on campus and operates a regular programme of events throughout or study overseas. The University offers a wide range of language the year including its own version of the courses and international opportunities. Our Careers team will help television programme, ‘The Apprentice’. you to navigate through it all and make the most of the things you See www.york.ac.uk/careers/enterprise. choose to do. Links with employers Our aim is to ensure that all students have and rewarding extra-curricular activities, rich opportunities to develop their creativity, which will help you get more out of your The University of York has strong innovative thinking and an international time at York, ensuring you will stand out relationships with a diverse range of outlook, so that our graduates have a from the crowd when applying for jobs. employers seeking to employ our graduates. head start in the competition for the most To help develop our programmes and prepare appealing career opportunities. you appropriately, we regularly consult As a York graduate you will have a wide Careers services with employers to find out what they are range of career paths available to you. Some looking for in graduates, and in every field career routes relate to subjects studied at and activities they expect you to make the most of your time at university. Above all, employers university, while two thirds of jobs in the A key player in enhancing and supporting are looking for people who are capable of UK are open to graduates of any discipline. your employability is Careers. Our website, working effectively with others, either as These employers are as interested in the the online Employability Tutorial and staff team members or leaders; people who can wider skills and experience you gain while can all help you make the most of your time communicate clearly in speech and writing; you are at university as they are in your at university and fulfil your aspirations. people who are numerate as well as literate; postgraduate qualification. You can engage with Careers online or in and people who are keen to learn new ideas As a Russell Group university, York person at any stage during your studies, and take responsibility. enjoys an enviable reputation among major and we offer you continued support after Careers organises a programme of careers graduate recruiters. We also have excellent graduation. The Employability Tutorial fairs and events held at the University, where relations with recruiters and York alumni in helps you to make the most of your time at you will have opportunities to meet with many organisations that are harder to enter, York and plan for your future – online and employers to explore your future job options. such as the media, voluntary, public and in your own time. It is available through Employers also get involved in our sector not‑for-profit sectors. the Yorkshare VLE, and you can find out and skills talks, and tell us they are often As a postgraduate you have a very wide more from Careers, or by contacting impressed by the students they meet here. range of options – to continue with your [email protected]. Many employers notify Careers of internships academic career, embark on further study Careers is not only about helping you to and graduate vacancies which are then or training, seek a career in a related or work out what you want to do when you advertised on our website and students can unrelated field or take time out to travel or leave; we also provide projects, training, register for tailored email updates. gain experience to help you get into your volunteering, work experience and events Our Student Internship Bureau advertises chosen job. It is never too early to start to help you make the most of your time project-based work opportunities on behalf thinking about your longer-term goals while you are here. For more information, of employers, helping you to enhance your and plans. visit www.york.ac.uk/careers. career prospects. See www.york.ac.uk/ If you are taking a one-year programme, careers/sib. you need to start career planning as soon as the academic year begins, especially if you wish to find employment immediately after Promoting enterprise your programme. Many employers begin The University has an embedded culture Professional networks their recruitment process in September for of enterprise and innovation and is keen Many of our graduates keep in touch with the following autumn, with some closing to encourage students to develop these the University and are happy to support you dates well before Christmas. skills so that they can become the social with your career choices. Our Professional As well as opportunities within your entrepreneurs, enterprising employees and Connect programme brings together academic department, the University successful business owners of the future. In current students with recent graduates offers an extensive range of stimulating the Ron Cooke Hub, the Student Enterprise and established alumni to provide valuable

16 Enhancing your career connections and opportunities in today’s competitive job markets across a range of sectors. Students enjoy learning about the world of work through their peers, making our alumni mentoring scheme a popular opportunity. Careers also hosts hundreds of graduate profiles online for you to explore a range of career paths and make useful contacts. See www.york.ac.uk/ careers/profiles.

Volunteering Volunteering is an excellent way of supporting your local community as well as developing skills and experience valuable for work and study. York Students in Communities runs a termly programme of volunteering projects and placements, supporting around 600 volunteers to offer over 21,000 hours of their time to the local community. Projects range from working with business setting up educational modules for disadvantaged children to volunteering in museums or carrying out research for local charities. If you like a challenge, you could also set up your own volunteering project The University’s Professional Network Programme holds regular events nationally and internationally where with our support. Previous projects have current students can meet York alumni included setting up a world music carnival, and a nationally acclaimed project working when you apply for jobs in today’s global York Alumni Association – with dementia sufferers. To find out more working environment. visit www.york.ac.uk/careers/communities. As a postgraduate, you may need to a community for life The award-winning York Students in carry out research in another country, Studying at York is the beginning of a lifelong Schools scheme is a huge volunteering attend conferences abroad, work with relationship with one of the world’s leading project which places over 600 students a colleagues in an international context or read universities. After graduation, you will be year to work as student tutors alongside materials in a foreign language. We offer welcomed into the York Alumni Association teachers in local schools in a variety of short (four-week), medium (eight-week) (YAA), a worldwide network of more than activities. Students make valuable role and long (19-week) courses to meet the 90,000 York alumni across 177 countries. models for local pupils and strengthen needs of postgraduates working within As a former student, you will have the University’s relationship with schools an environment where a variety of skills access to a growing portfolio of services and the community. To find out more visit are required. In addition to our courses, including discounts, invitations to high www.york.ac.uk/careers/ysis . you will have the opportunity to benefit profile social events and reunions, local The Students’ Union also co-ordinates from individualised language learning alumni groups, our alumni magazine, a number of volunteering opportunities advice and to participate in our language Grapevineonline, and access to our online (see page 6). The Graduate Students’ exchange scheme to practise your skills community, YorkSpace. The University also Association has a community engagement with a native speaker. provides alumni networking opportunities strategy, bringing together students and On successful completion of your course, through our dedicated Professional Network non-students within the city to improve the you will be awarded the LFA certificate. Programme, designed to boost your community for all. Visit www.yorkgsa.org/ For further information, including details career prospects in specific areas. site/community/charity-and-volunteering. about the range of languages offered, course levels and fees, please see our website. York Alumni Association Careers Tel: +44 (0)1904 324467 Languages for All Tel: +44 (0)1904 322685 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1904 322493 Website: www.YorkSpace.net Website: www.york.ac.uk/careers Email: [email protected] Website: www.york.ac.uk/lfa

Learning a language Through Languages for All, you will have IT skills the opportunity to choose from a wide IT Services provides training to help range of language courses (in 14 languages you improve your IT skills for university from beginners to advanced level) which and your future career. See page 14 for will give you a highly marketable skill more information.

Enhancing your career 17 Global programmes

We believe that every student should have the opportunity to gain an programme based in New York and New England. We are planning future study international experience of some kind. We recognise that students will centres in other parts of the world. have careers in a global marketplace and that international activity broadens the educational experience. Through our Centre for Global Programmes, we can offer students a range of exciting options to Travel awards study or work abroad. York has links with top academic institutions As well as the WUN research-focused awards, financial support is available for and employers all over the world and is a member of the prestigious a range of international student activities. Santander Universities and Worldwide Universities Network. Our alumni support a small number of travel bursaries for students wishing to pursue organised and independent travel projects Academic exchange Summer placements abroad during their studies at York. We are grateful to Santander Universities You can enrich your experiences as a student If studying or researching abroad as part of for generously funding the Santander and enhance your employability with a your degree is not for you why not make the International Connection Awards. Students period of study or research overseas through most of the spring or summer vacations? can apply for grants through the scheme programmes such as the Erasmus exchange The Centre for Global Programmes, to support international visits or projects scheme. Depending on the length of your together with Careers, can help you to involving travel to the following countries: course, you can spend part of your studies explore a wide range of potentially life-  Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, abroad, with full academic recognition. changing experiences though volunteering Mexico, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, USA Grants are usually available towards the programmes, language and cultural  Belgium, Germany, Poland, costs of travel and living expenses. We immersion courses, career-related summer Portugal, Spain also have a number of discipline-specific schools and international internships. exchanges outside Europe, such as our  China, Russia, Singapore. Arts and Humanities exchange with We also assist students with applications Rhodes University, South Africa. International for external funding related to specific programmes. Study Centre Research collaboration York’s International Study Centre, York is a member of the Worldwide established in 2013, encourages students to Applying Universities Network (WUN), a partnership reap the career and development benefits All of our programmes are competitive and of world-class research-led universities of a short period of learning abroad. we select participants through a process across five continents. Funding is available The programme, lasting three weeks, of application and interview. When you to support activities with WUN partners. gives 25 selected students the opportunity arrive at York, you will be given information This includes the Research Mobility to experience North American culture, and invited to events to help you choose Programme as well as local and central leadership and social enterprise through an the right programme for you. To keep up WUN Research Development Funds. intensive academic and cultural immersion to date on our programmes please visit our website regularly.

Centre for Global Programmes “I was the first York PhD student to go to Tel: +44 (0)1904 322846 Email: [email protected] State University of Campinas in Brazil via the Website: www.york.ac.uk/globalyork Worldwide Universities Network Research Twitter: GlobalYorkUK Mobility Programme. It was an excellent opportunity as I was able to conduct fieldwork and improve my Portuguese language skills. I also met a variety of people through my research in Brazil, from high official staff members from the federal level to some indigenous people in the Amazon area.”

Taeheok, PhD in Politics

18 Global programmes International students

The University of York has been welcoming students from all over the You@York applicant portal. Other essential world since it was established in 1963. International students form pre‑departure information is available on our website or by contacting us. an integral part of the community on campus, and the University is committed to enabling you to make full use of your time here. Applying for your visa In order to study full-time in the UK, many international students will have to apply for a visa. To find out if you need a visa, please Applying to York  a schedule of overseas visits by our take a look at our Immigration Advice Service recruitment staff web pages, which also give information on There are a number of ways in which we can  contact details of our agent how to apply for a visa and what documents help you as you prepare to apply to York. you will need to provide. Our staff make regular overseas visits, and representatives overseas who can our website will tell you when and where advise you on matters relating to Please visit www.york.ac.uk/immigration. you can meet them. You can get advice and your application in person. Other useful websites are: support with submitting your application Applicants for research degrees are  www.york.ac.uk/internationalsupport and preparing to study in the UK, and we strongly encouraged to consult the  www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk can put you in touch with York students or relevant department’s research pages to  www.ukcisa.org.uk. alumni from your country through our York identify research areas of interest and the Ambassadors Scheme. They can give you respective academic supervisors. It will important advice about studying at York as help us to process your application if you well as sharing their experiences with you. specify this information when completing Support and services Wherever you are from, you can be your documentation. sure that you will receive the very best We recognise that living in a new culture can be a challenging experience which support from the moment you enquire After you have applied about studying with us. Here are just a requires support and guidance and our When you have completed your application, few reasons why students choose York: International Student Support Co-ordinator you may still have questions about the oversees a range of services which support  the University is a member of the application procedure, how long you will international students. prestigious Russell Group of leading wait to receive a decision and what you Provision includes an orientation UK Universities should do if you receive an offer. You will programme to introduce you to the  we are currently seventh in the world be able to track your application via the University, free English language courses, in the Times Higher Education world rankings of universities less than 50 years old  we have a beautiful parkland campus close to the centre of the historic city of York, recently voted European Tourism City of the year  York was recently ranked fourth safest city in the UK in the Complete University Guide’s ‘How Safe is your City?’ ranking  York has excellent rail links and is just two hours by train from London, so Heathrow and Gatwick airports are within easy reach and there are international airports at Manchester and Leeds-Bradford. How to apply General information on how to apply for postgraduate programmes at York can be found on page 26. However, you can find additional information specific to international students on our website at www.york.ac.uk/international such as:  entry requirements for students from different countries  additional information for students from the countries where we receive the most applications

International students 19 an Immigration Advice Service, workshops resit for students holding IELTS 6.0 but Work experience and the international student handbook. needing 6.5 for study at York. A course for Our Careers team (see page 16) can help See page 15 for more information about students holding IELTS 6.5 but requiring students look for work in the local area, services provided for international students 7.0 is also planned (subject to approval); acting as a link between students and local or visit our website at www.york.ac.uk/  a 10-week pre-sessional course employers in order to offer a range of jobs, on international/support. for students taking Management and off campus. The service is also available programmes; as a resource for students to prepare for English language employment after their studies.  a 12-week Graduate Certificate for The University provides English language students taking the MA in TESOL. services to international students through Scholarships the Centre for English Language Teaching After you enter We offer a number of scholarships each (CELT). Most term-time courses and Several different courses are available, year, awarded on a competitive basis, for workshops are available free of charge. international students of high academic mostly free of charge, to help you develop Students whose first language is not standard. Some departments also the language and study skills needed for a English are normally asked to provide offer financial prizes and scholarships. successful university career as a student. evidence of English language ability before See page 21 for further details. admission to the University (see page 26 for further details). The Centre provides Centre for English Language English language and study skills services Teaching (CELT) Settling into York for international students both before Tel: +44 (0)1904 322480 Meeting other students Email: [email protected] and during their studies. Even before you arrive at York, the York Website: www.york.ac.uk/celt Ambassadors Scheme can put you in contact Before you enter with current students from your part of The Centre offers a range of courses to IT and wireless access the world. Once you are here you should help students prepare for their academic In addition to 700 open-access computers, get involved in the International Students’ programme. Options include: the University has wireless hotspots in many Association (ISA: see page 6), which represents the specific needs of international students.  the University English course (April– social spaces on campus, including cafés, As well as the ISA, we have international June) comprising general proficiency, bars, the Information Centre, the Library student representation on college committees, orientation to British culture, academic and some departments. All on-campus and within the Graduate Students’ Association language skills and preparation for the college accommodation and some off- (GSA: see page 6), sports teams and many IELTS examination. This 10-week course campus accommodation is connected via the University societies. can form the first part of an 18-week Network Access Service (NAS), at no extra To complement the diverse cultural programme (April–September) that cost. For full details of IT facilities, please celebrations on campus, the city of York hosts combines with pre-sessional courses see pages 13–14. to prepare students for entry into a number of festivals including a fantastic degree programmes in October; Chinese New Year Festival and a World Music Week.  the 12-, 10-, 8- and 4-week pre‑sessional Cost of living courses starting in July, August and One of the added benefits of studying at York Discovering the UK September, comprising intensive is that the cost of living is lower than in other The ISA and GSA both arrange trips around development of language, academic parts of the UK. Many of our international the UK, which are very popular with our study skills and academic conventions students choose to live on campus, saving students. Previous trips have included visits for UK university study. The 12-, 10- and money on transport and taking advantage to Cambridge, Edinburgh and the Lake District, 8-week courses provide a route into of a range of subsidised services such as as well as shopping trips to Manchester, departments that avoids an IELTS test food outlets. Newcastle, Nottingham and Oxford. Practising your faith The University of York respects and supports “I got in touch with my Department prior to students of all beliefs and provides facilities my arrival and the staff were really helpful. for students to practise their faith. For more information about faith group support see They gave me a good impression of what page 15 or visit www.york.ac.uk/faiths. studying at York might be like and this became a reality once I arrived. The University of York International campus is beautiful and I recommend Recruitment team the University’s accommodation. I live Tel: +44 (0)1904 323534 in Halifax College which has a field Email: [email protected] Website: www.york.ac.uk/international nearby and in spring, with the flowers blooming, it looks absolutely divine.” International Students’ Association Tel: +44 (0)1904 323724 Nabila, MA in Social Policy Email: [email protected] Website: www.yusu.org/isa

20 International students Finance and funding

This section tells you about the costs of being a postgraduate student Research Council awards and about the financial support available to you. There are a number The main external sources of financial of funding streams which postgraduates may apply for to help with support for UK and EU postgraduate students the cost of living and course fees. Details often depend on whether you in the fields of study available at York are the scholarships offered by the central are a UK, EU or overseas student, on your personal circumstances and government Research Councils – the Arts on the programme you plan to study at the University of York, but we and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), hope this overview will be a useful starting point. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Our Welfare Advisers can help you to work  Overseas Continuation Scholarships, for (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), out your own costs and entitlements in more students studying a Masters degree at Natural Environment Research Council detail if you contact them. Advisers can also York who wish to progress to PhD study (NERC) and Science and Technology assist with enquiries about funding for PGCE, (£5,000 discount on first year tuition). Facilities Council (STFC). Social Work and Nursing programmes as The deadline for applications is usually Local authorities in England and Wales well as state benefits. The Student Financial do not normally provide scholarships for Support Unit can be contacted with enquiries 30 April. For further details and application postgraduate study in any of the subjects about studentships. please see www.york.ac.uk/study/ fees-funding/postgraduate or email available at York except for the programme leading to the Postgraduate Certificate For contact details of the Student Financial [email protected] . in Education. Support Unit and Student Welfare Advisers Students normally resident in the please see the inside back cover Departmental scholarships Isle of Man or the Channel Islands Many departments have funds available should apply directly to their respective to assist postgraduate students. Details education department. Details are given University scholarships of awards vary and may be found in this in the documentation issued by the prospectus, or by contacting the department. Research Councils. Postgraduate For further information visit In general, full scholarships are Scholarships Scheme www.york. ac.uk/study/postgraduate/ available only to students who are settled The University funds £1m worth of fees‑funding/postgraduate . in the UK or are EU citizens and have been scholarships each year through a variety of scholarship schemes. These include PhD teaching scholarships which provide good training for those interested in an academic career. Several different scholarships are available. Some cover the tuition fees only, whereas others also cover a maintenance grant. Scholarship applications should be made separately to applications for a place of study. The closing date for applications varies. Complete details of scholarships including an application form can be found at www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/ fees‑funding/postgraduate. Overseas scholarships Some scholarships are provided specifically for overseas students. These include:  Overseas Research Scholarships, for PhD candidates only (full tuition and £5,000 yearly stipend)  Scholarships for Overseas Students, for undergraduate and postgraduate applicants (one third or one sixth discount on tuition fees for each year of study)

Finance and funding 21 ordinarily resident in the UK. Please review Economic and Social the BBSRC may be held in the Departments the individual Research Council websites Research Council (ESRC) of Biology, Chemistry and Psychology. for guidelines on eligibility. Awards are available for research degrees. The ESRC provides studentships for research For more information visit the relevant degrees in the social sciences for study department website and www.bbsrc.ac.uk. Arts and Humanities at York via the White Rose ESRC Doctoral Research Council (AHRC) Training Centre. Studentships are tenable Natural Environment The AHRC, through the University’s Block in the York Management School and the Grant Partnership, offers scholarships for Departments of Economics and Related Research Council (NERC) postgraduate study in subjects within Studies, Education, Environment, Health The areas covered by the NERC include the humanities. At York, awards may be Sciences, Language and Linguistics, Law, geology and geophysics, hydrology and available in the following departments and Politics, Psychology, Social Policy and Social physical oceanography, fisheries, terrestrial interdisciplinary subjects: Archaeology; Work, Sociology and Women’s Studies. ecology, forestry and meteorology. At York, English and Related Literature; History; For these studentships, a candidate can opt awards from the NERC may be held in History of Art; Language and Linguistic to undertake a Masters and research degree the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Science; Music; Philosophy; Politics; Sociology; or only a research degree if they already Environment and Physics. Awards are available for research degrees – check Theatre, Film and Television; Centre for have a Masters. relevant department websites and Applied Human Rights; Centre for Eighteenth Further information about these www.nerc.ac.uk . Century Studies; Centre for Medieval awards is available at www.york.ac.uk/ Studies; Centre for Modern Studies; Centre study/postgraduate/fees-funding/ for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies; postgraduate/esrc and www.wrdtc.ac.uk. Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute for the Public Understanding of the The MRC makes awards for research training Past; and the Centre for Women’s Studies. Engineering and Physical within the medical and dental fields. At York, One-year scholarships are intended for there may be awards available in the Sciences Research Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Health candidates taking full-time MA programmes, Council (EPSRC) and are awarded to candidates who obtain Sciences and Psychology, and the Hull York The EPSRC provides support for postgraduate first degrees with first-class honours. Medical School. For further information training in science and technology. Three-year scholarships are intended to visit the relevant department website and Scholarships are tenable in the Departments www.mrc.ac.uk . enable candidates to complete a programme of Chemistry, Computer Science, Electronics, of doctoral research, and are therefore Mathematics, Physics and Psychology. awarded to candidates who are embarking on, Science and Technology Candidates should normally have a first- or pursuing, PhD programmes. (Scholarships Facilities Council (STFC) or upper second-class honours degree. are also available for part-time PhD students, The Science and Technology Facilities The Council offers scholarships for research for up to a maximum of five years.) The vast Council provides support for research, degree programmes at York. For more majority of these scholarships are awarded research infrastructure, training, knowledge information visit the relevant department to candidates who have completed, or are transfer and public understanding website and www.epsrc.ac.uk. following at the time of application, an initial through a variety of funding schemes and activities. At York, awards are tenable in the year of postgraduate study, normally in the Biotechnology and Biological form of an MA programme. Department of Physics. Further information All applications should be discussed with Sciences Research Council is available from the department website your prospective department. For further (BBSRC) or www.stfc.ac.uk. information including details of how to apply, The areas covered by the BBSRC include plant visit www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/ and animal sciences, psychology, genetics, Research Student Administration fees-funding/postgraduate/ahrc and biology and physiology, neuroscience and Tel: +44 (0)1904 323374 www.ahrc.ac.uk. protein engineering. At York, awards from Email: research-student-admin@ york.ac. uk Website: www.york.ac.uk/study/ postgraduate/fees-funding/postgraduate “I was lucky enough to secure a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Other sources of funding studentship with the National Trust as a Council for Advancement and Support of Education Chevening Awards These are prestigious awards for overseas (CASE) partner, which comfortably covers my students who wish to study in the UK fees and living expenses. I find the cost of and are funded by the UK’s Foreign and living in York to be lower than other cities Commonwealth Office and administered in which I have lived. I’d definitely advise by the British Council. Most awards are for one-year programmes. Further information speaking to your supervisor early enough is available at www.chevening.org . to give you time to apply for funding.” Career Development Loans Sam, PhD in Biology Some students take out Career Development Loans to help finance their studies. They are available through an arrangement

22 Finance and funding Living costs Living costs vary depending on personal choice and lifestyle. York’s accommodation charges are very competitive – an important consideration when you are living on a student budget. For full details go to the Accommodation section on page 24. Transport costs are low: most students can travel from their accommodation to classes on foot or by bike and it is only a short journey by bus to the city centre. A good range of second-hand bookshops, student nights at most York clubs and discounts at many local shops also help you to keep your costs down. Make sure you also have sufficient funds to cover food, transport, telephone costs, socialising and study materials such as books and photocopying. Examples of comprehensive student budgets can be found at www.york.ac.uk/students/ housing-and-money/financial-support/ budgeting/budgets. Note that if you plan to live in private accommodation, rents do not usually include utilities. You will need to allow extra for utility bills, internet and The cost of living in York is significantly lower than in some areas of the UK TV packages, as well as transport costs depending on location. between the National Careers Service and of £12,220 or the higher rate of £16,070 When you are comparing costs between three high street banks. Only UK residents for research programmes. Non-standard different universities, make sure that you are are eligible. Further information is available fees are charged for some programmes. comparing like with like: our sample budgets at www.lifelonglearning.co.uk and You are strongly advised to check the are comprehensive and designed to cover www.gov. uk/career-development-loans . website for specific programme details: all likely costs for comfortable living at York. www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/ Note also that your costs will, of course, be US Direct Loans fees-funding. higher if you are bringing a spouse and/or If you are a US citizen, you can apply for Please note that ‘overseas’ in this context dependants with you. Direct Loans in support of your studies at can refer to domicile not nationality. Self-financing students may be required York and the University has considerable EU nationals domiciled outside the EU to provide documentary evidence, for experience in handling the relevant may be considered as overseas for fee example in the form of a bank statement, paperwork. However, the process of purposes. For guidance on how your banker’s letter or sponsor’s letter, to show obtaining these loans can be protracted fee status is determined please refer to that they have adequate funds to meet so you should apply as early as possible. UKCISA guidelines: www.ukcisa.org.uk/ their tuition fee. For further information about funding student/fees_student_support.php. If opportunities, please refer to the website you would like further guidance before For contact details of the Student www.york.ac.uk/students/housing- making an application, please contact the Financial Support Unit and Welfare and-money/financial-support/funding/ Postgraduate Admissions Team. Advisers please see the inside back cover us‑students. Students from the UK and other EU countries registered for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education will normally be eligible for grants and loans to cover the Fees course fee (£9,000 in 2013/14). Fees for 2014/15 entrants will be available Details of the fees for students studying online at www.york.ac.uk/study/ on a part-time or distance-learning basis postgraduate/fees-funding. To give you an and non-standard fees are available at indication, for the 2013/14 academic year www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/ the tuition fees for students taking full-time fees‑funding. courses are: Fees quoted are for one year of study only, and are subject to increase in  Home and EU postgraduates: £5,900 subsequent years. Tuition fees are due for taught programmes; £3,900 for at the beginning of each year of study. research programmes  Overseas postgraduates: the standard tuition fee is either the lower rate of £13,580 or the higher rate of £17,650 for taught programmes, or the lower rate

Finance and funding 23 dates for applications are advertised on Accommodation our website each year. Overseas (non-EU) students Single students paying overseas tuition fee rates are guaranteed an offer of University The University of York is one of a handful of universities in the UK accommodation if they apply by the which has a college system, so whether you live in University or advertised due date. The course must be private sector accommodation, you will be a member of a college. full-time, commencing at the start of the academic year and continuing for the whole Most colleges have accommodation for postgraduates as well as of the academic year. Overseas students undergraduates. College student and social facilities are available are guaranteed University accommodation throughout their course if they apply by the to all graduate students, wherever you live, and the ready-made due date advertised each year. Overseas social networks offered by the colleges and the Graduate Students’ students arriving part-way through the Association offer you great opportunities to study, relax and academic year or visiting students are not guaranteed, but can usually be assisted make friends. with, University accommodation. This guarantee is reviewed each year. College accommodation common rooms, television and computer Please check the Accommodation Services rooms, wifi access, laundry, bar and website for details and application dates. There are over 1,000 rooms available for reception services. Living in a college means postgraduate students, in a variety of fully you not only have somewhere to stay and UK and EU students furnished, centrally heated study-bedrooms study, but you can also take part in college Full-time UK and EU students can apply with full self-catering facilities. The number activities and events, join societies and for University accommodation throughout of postgraduate students sharing a kitchen make friends with other members living their course. Although they do not have a varies, ranging between six and twelve. in and outside your college. guarantee of accommodation, we are able Our study-bedrooms are either en-suite, to assist an increasing number of EU and with washbasin, toilet and shower within UK postgraduates because we are building the bedroom, or standard, with washbasin in more accommodation. With the opening of the bedroom and shared bathroom facilities. Applying for our ninth college in 2014, we will be able to All bedrooms have internet access. assist even more postgraduate students. Most colleges accommodate accommodation postgraduate and first, second and third You can apply for accommodation after you Wentworth College year undergraduate students. They have have accepted an unconditional offer for a Wentworth College accommodates designated accommodation for their full-time course place. The date our online postgraduate students only and has 460 postgraduate students. Colleges have application system opens and any deadline en-suite rooms on campus. The College also has some accommodation off campus in older, historic buildings, which are close to York city centre and convenient for students studying at the King’s Manor. Halifax College Halifax is the largest college and is approximately ten minutes’ walk from Heslington West and Heslington East. There is a free bus service from the College to both parts of the campus. A stand-alone block of rooms, all with en-suite facilities, is available for postgraduate students. Heslington East: Goodricke, Langwith and York’s ninth college The Heslington East section of our campus opened in 2009. Goodricke and Langwith Colleges moved into new buildings on Heslington East in 2009 and 2012 respectively. A ninth college opens on Heslington East in late 2014. All three provide self‑catered accommodation for undergraduate and postgraduate students, in en-suite and standard rooms.

The hub of all graduate social activity is Wentworth College on Heslington West

24 Accommodation Alcuin and Derwent Colleges the Autumn Term to the end of the summer applicants. An online advance payment fee These colleges are on Heslington West and vacation, including the Christmas and is charged as part of the acceptance process. have a small number of flats designated Easter vacations. Students starting their course part-way to postgraduate students. through the academic year should check on Charges the Accommodation website for details on Please visit the college websites for further how to apply. Charges for accommodation for single information. Contact details are available Students with a guarantee of students in 2013/14 range from £99.05 per on the inside back cover. accommodation must apply by the due date week (£4,953 per annum) to £127.33 per advertised on the Accommodation website. week (£6,367 per annum). This includes Students can apply for accommodation each utilities and internet access. These charges year of their course. Other accommodation are likely to increase for 2014/15. Please Please note that part-time or distance see the Accommodation Services website learning students and students who Couples for information on charges for couples have completed their period of full-time There are studio flats available for couples and family accommodation. registration are not normally eligible for in several colleges, and a small number of University accommodation. double rooms available in both on- and Car parking and travel off‑campus college accommodation. Car parking is restricted on campus and Couples are not guaranteed accommodation. Private sector students are not eligible to park, with the exception of students with disabilities. accommodation Families You should therefore not expect to bring Accommodation Services assists students The University and York Housing Association a car to the University. A free bus service who wish to look for private sector provide a limited number of one-, two- and is available between Heslington West and accommodation by holding a ‘Find a three-bedroomed furnished and unfurnished East and to Halifax College. The University Housemate’ event in early September, houses and flats for undergraduates and works closely with the local community and advertising properties that comply graduates with partners, including students and discourages use of local street parking with the Code of Best Practice. Please with families. The University gives priority by students living in colleges. see the Accommodation Services to families coming new to York but this website for further information on cannot be guaranteed. private sector accommodation. All families will need to find their own How to apply private accommodation after their first Students starting their course in September Accommodation Services year at York unless there are exceptional should check on the Accommodation website circumstances. for the opening date of the online application Tel: +44 (0)1904 322165 International students are advised to system. You will be able to choose from the Email: [email protected] make definite plans for somewhere to live accommodation available at the time you Website: www.york.ac.uk/accommodation before making arrangements for their family apply. Earlier applicants will have a wider to travel to York. range of rooms to choose from than later Accommodation Services supports students with a partner or family to look for private sector accommodation if they cannot be offered University/YHA family accommodation. Students with additional requirements A number of study-bedrooms have been adapted for students with disabilities of various kinds. If you need a particular room type or location on campus for mobility, health or welfare reasons, you must submit our online Additional Requirements form with supporting documentary evidence from an appropriate professional (eg your doctor or a consultant). This form should be submitted as soon as you have received a conditional offer for your course. Single-sex accommodation A few rooms are available in single- sex flats. This type of accommodation cannot be guaranteed. Letting arrangements Graduate rooms are normally let for the whole year (51 weeks) from the start of New accommodation at Langwith College opened in 2012

Accommodation 25 English language Applying to York For applicants whose native language is not English, the University sets a minimum level of English language proficiency, as shown below.

When you apply to the University of York your application is processed Minimum English language by the Postgraduate Admissions team. You can contact the team at requirements any time before or during the application process for help and advice. Total scores

How to apply certificates and formal transcripts of your IELTS 6.0 6.5 7.0 academic record, providing full details of the TOEFL iBT 79 87 96 Applications are submitted via Select, degrees, classes or grades you have obtained PTE 55 61 67 the University’s online PG application and the units you have taken. If these CAE A A A service. Using Select involves creating documents are not in English, you should an account with us and filling in your arrange for them to be accompanied by CPE C C B application form online. a formal certified translation into English. Further details about Select and a If you are still registered for, or complete A–Z listing of all programmes Component scores are awaiting the outcome of, another can be found at: www.york.ac.uk/study/ Listening Reading Speaking Writing undergraduate or postgraduate programme, postgraduate/apply. IELTS 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 it will be helpful to selectors if you can provide an interim transcript which includes TOEFL iBT 17 18 20 17 your marks to date. Any offer you are PTE 51 51 51 51 What to include made will be subject to completion of the programme concerned at a prescribed level. Once you have chosen a programme of Unless otherwise specified, University study Select will confirm which supporting minimum component scores are no less than documents and information you need to References indicated above. These tables are provided provide in support of your application. The reports the University receives from as a guide only. All applications should be accompanied academic referees are a crucial element of Most departments specify higher by the following information. the selection process for graduate study. requirements than those shown above as It is therefore in your own interests to ensure a condition of offer; usually at least IELTS Transcripts/degree certificates that your referees are both appropriate 6.5 and some 7.0. If you have already taken If you have already completed previous and informative. Applicants are required to one or other of these tests, upload your degrees, whether at a UK or an overseas supply the names and contact details of two test score report as part of your application. university, you should include copies of academic referees with their application. Please note that only English language tests taken in the last two years are valid for entrance purposes. For specific language requirements for each programme please see the first page of the subject you are interested in or visit the Department’s own website, or www.york. ac. uk/study/postgraduate/ apply/english. Written work Some programmes of study also require a sample of recent written work. For further details please see www.york.ac.uk/study/ postgraduate/apply/written-work. Research proposal If you are applying for a research degree, you should provide an outline of your proposed research topic and academic interests. It is also a useful exercise to consult the relevant departmental research pages in order to identify a potential academic supervisor or research group. Finance You must make satisfactory arrangements before entry for your financial support, both for tuition fees and for living expenses,

26 Applying to York for the whole period of your proposed Equality and diversity Finding out more programme at the University. Guidance on what these costs are likely to be may be The University of York aims to promote and visiting found on page 23. positive attitudes towards equality and diversity and to ensure that everyone There are lots of opportunities to find out working, studying or living at the University more about the University and how to apply. is treated fairly, with dignity and respect, We run a series of online events during When to apply in an environment where harassment the year giving you the opportunity to Applications can be submitted at any is unacceptable. put questions to our academic staff and time during the year, although for some The University has equality and diversity students. You can find out about a particular programmes a deadline may be specified. policies for students which aim to ensure programme of study or research area, Further details about programmes operating that prospective and existing students are how to apply, financing postgraduate an application deadline are available at fairly treated on grounds of age, race, colour, study, and what student life at York is like. www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/ nationality, ethnic origin, disability, HIV Our departments run subject-specific round-dates. In general, you are encouraged status, religion and belief and non-belief, events on campus which you can attend, to apply as early as possible. gender, gender re-assignment, sexual or you can arrange an individual visit. Overseas candidates and candidates orientation, marital or civil partnership We also run a series of campus tours in their final year of undergraduate study status, parental status, pregnancy or or you can visit at any time. A map of the should apply as early as possible before maternity status, political belief or social campus and a self-guided tour and audio the start of the year in which they wish or economic class. tour can be found on our website. to gain admission. You should also refer These policies can be accessed on the For further information on all to application deadlines for any funding Equality and Diversity Office website, a opportunities to talk to us or visit the bodies to which you are applying. resource on equality and diversity. On this University, please go to www.york.ac.uk/ study/postgraduate/open-days. For scholarship deadlines please refer to website you will also find information about the Finance and funding section on page 21. harassment, bullying and discrimination, legislation, guidance and good practice. Student Recruitment team After you apply The Equality and Diversity Office is Tel: +44 (0)1904 323196 Once we have received your application based on campus in the Sally Baldwin Email: [email protected] we will acknowledge receipt of it by email. Buildings, Block D, and can give you Website: www.york.ac.uk/study/ You will also be given access to our You@York information, support and guidance. postgraduate applicant portal where you will be able to track the progress of your application, Equality and Diversity Office upload additional supporting information Tel: +44(0)1904 324680 and update your personal details. Email: [email protected] Website: www.york.ac.uk/admin/eo Postgraduate Admissions team Tel: +44(0)1904 324000 Email: [email protected] Website: www.york.ac.uk/study/ postgraduate

Students with disabilities The University has an explicit policy of accommodating students with disabilities. We believe that those with disabilities should have access to the full range of academic, cultural and social activities the University offers. Therefore the University will undertake all reasonable steps to meet both the general need for access and the specific needs of individuals with disabilities. Disabled students, in common with all other students, are accepted by the University on the basis of academic attainment and potential to benefit from the programme they apply for. Practical problems arising from disability are a secondary consideration and are only of relevance if they cannot be overcome. Information regarding disability has no bearing on the academic assessment of your application. More information about Disability Services at the University can be found on page 15.

Applying to York 27 York is high up in tables of research rankings and assessments of teaching quality Archaeology

he Department of Archaeology has developed a worldwide Key information reputation as a vibrant centre of excellence in both teaching

Head of Department and research. This excellence was recognised in 2011 with the Dr John Schofield Taward of a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Contact Further Education. Janine Lyon Website: www.york.ac.uk/archaeology The Department of Archaeology was first serving the Tudors and Stuarts as a seat Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323963 established in 1978, and we have steadily of government. Today the King’s Manor Email: [email protected] grown to receive international recognition provides facilities – offices, classrooms and Fax: +44 (0)1904 323902 for our wide-ranging, innovative and workrooms, a well-stocked library, computer outstanding teaching and research. Our and laboratory space, a common room and English language requirement teaching received a perfect score in the a refectory – for a vibrant, stimulating and IELTS 6.5 or equivalent (see page 26) with Quality Assurance Agency audits, and we friendly academic community. a minimum of 6.0 in Writing and Speaking and no less than 5.5 in Listening and Reading are consistently at or near the top for The Department maintains close teaching student satisfaction in the National Student and research links with the Centres for Survey. In the last Research Assessment Medieval and Eighteenth Century Studies, Exercise in 2008, the Department ranked and our specialist research laboratories on Programmes offered ninth in the UK, with its research judged campus take full advantage of links with the MA in the Archaeology of Buildings ‘internationally excellent’. We have Departments of Biology and Chemistry. Many core strengths in prehistoric, medieval of our staff members lead research projects MA in Conservation Studies (Historic Buildings) and historical archaeology, and we in which you can get involved, and you also are a centre of excellence for archaeological have access to prestigious institutions based MA in Cultural Heritage Management computing, palaeoecology, bioarchaeology, at the King’s Manor, such as the Archaeology MA in Field Archaeology heritage management, conservation and Data Service. Numerous archaeology and architectural and landscape archaeology. heritage organisations in York and the wider MA in Historical Archaeology The Department occupies the King’s region provide a variety of research and MA in Landscape Archaeology Manor, a fine historic building in the centre of placement experience opportunities, and York, a city famous for its archaeology. The our postgraduates have a strong record MA in Medieval Archaeology King’s Manor originated in the 15th century of gaining employment in the discipline. MA in Mesolithic Studies MSc in Archaeological Information Systems Your future MSc in Bioarchaeology MSc in Coastal and Marine Archaeology Archaeology Masters programmes combine arts and science with critical skills in writing, logical thinking, communication and presentation. MSc in Digital Heritage They are an excellent choice of subject for an all-round degree. Many MSc in Early Prehistory archaeological and heritage organisations are based in York, providing MSc in Zooarchaeology opportunities for students through formal placements or informal work MA in Archaeological Studies (by research) experience. Alumni now work for national agencies (eg English Heritage), MPhil/PhD in local government and museums, and overseas.

Archaeology 29 Programmes overview in an Archaeology degree, and also those medieval world through its material culture with degrees in cognate subjects and/or and landscapes. The programme adopts All postgraduate activities are co-ordinated relevant practical experience. a global agenda, examining wide-ranging through the Graduate School of Archaeology themes such as modernity, industrialisation, which offers a wide range of MA/MSc degrees capitalism and colonialism. designed to provide training in research, MA in the Archaeology scholarship and professional enhancement. of Buildings Research students have their own study This degree trains students in the theory and MA in Landscape Archaeology and computing area in the Graduate School. practice of the archaeological investigation This degree integrates the recording, Practical facilities include a dedicated and interpretation of historic buildings and interpretation, appreciation and conservation IT suite, a laboratory for archaeological structures in Britain and Western Europe. of archaeological landscapes in all their analysis and specialised drawing desks. This programme will give you the necessary diversity, and helps students hone a range The teaching system at York is designed knowledge and training to produce accurate of practical skills relevant to the discipline. to give you detailed, in-depth knowledge records of standing buildings, and to make Training in both theory and method is and training, with a flexibility that allows you archaeological analyses of them based on set against a background of historic and to participate fully in the exciting and diverse stratigraphic principles. Practical work and prehistoric material from a range of areas. life of our broader research community. site visits play a major part in teaching. Our Masters programmes are available full‑time over one year, or on a modular MA in Medieval Archaeology basis over two or three years. They all MA in Conservation Studies This programme focuses on the study of involve six months of taught courses (Historic Buildings) artefacts, landscapes and buildings within (including lectures, seminars and visits) This programme is a recognised leader for the social and cultural context of medieval during the Autumn and Spring Terms, with conservation training in the English-speaking Britain and Western Europe. Through training in relevant ancillary skills through world and is the flagship for the Centre for lectures, seminars and field visits, you will practical sessions or optional placements. Conservation Studies. Programme content explore a wide range of methodological You will take modules specifically related to reflects the entrance requirements for the and theoretical approaches to medieval your programme during the first two terms, Institute of Historic Buildings Conservation material culture. together with modules selected from a range and covers practical, philosophical and on offer from other programmes, enabling professional issues. Particular strengths you to tailor your course to meet your of the programme are field visits, including MA in Mesolithic Studies own academic requirements and interests. an overseas study tour, contact with This programme offers lectures, seminars, You will also choose from a variety of short practitioners through visiting lecturers, and field visits and hands-on practicals on all research skills modules which lay the a placement with a professional organisation. aspects of Mesolithic studies. In the context foundations for your independent research. of the European Mesolithic, you will explore In the second half of your course you will key topics such as technology, consumption write, under supervision, a dissertation of up MA in Cultural Heritage practices, death and burial, plants and to 20,000 words on an appropriate topic. Management animals, and settlement. The taught course elements are weighted This degree is designed to equip students at 55 per cent, being completed during the to resolve the conflicting problems first six months by extended essays. The that currently face archaeologists and MSc in Archaeological dissertation and lecture are weighted at heritage managers, including research, Information Systems 45 per cent. The dissertation is submitted education, politics and social and economic This degree provides a broad foundation at the beginning of September. As an development. It is suitable for anyone who in archaeological information systems alternative to the usual MA/MSc route, you intends to pursue or is currently engaged through lectures, tutorials, practicals and can study for a Diploma. After the first six in a career in this field. Particular strengths a placement in archaeological computing months of taught courses and assessments, of the programme include contact with the with a local institution or project. The degree you complete your study in nine months profession through visiting lecturers and will also help you develop vocational skills by writing, under supervision, a long essay placements with professional organisations. in electronic publishing, digital archiving or project of no more than 5,000 words, and visualisation, and modelling. submitted at the end of the Summer Term. A further alternative is to study for a MA in Field Archaeology Certificate in your chosen programme, which This degree offers professional training at MSc in Bioarchaeology consists solely of taught modules, and can postgraduate level. You are taught through This degree is designed for those who are be completed in six months. In this model, a combination of workshops, lectures and interested in exploring the range of biological you attend the core modules of your course seminars, personal study and practical evidence that can be used to understand in the Autumn and Spring Terms, as well as exercises. Opportunities for practical the past. On this programme, you will two skills modules of your choice per term. training are available through placement get the opportunity to work closely with with a local archaeological organisation leading scholars, and participate in a range Your background and project work. of laboratory and practical analyses based By its very nature, Archaeology draws on on current groundbreaking research. the strengths of many disciplines and it has common ground in theory and practice with MA in Historical Archaeology aspects of the humanities, sciences and This programme is designed for social sciences. For that reason, we welcome archaeologists, historians, anthropologists applications from anyone with at least a 2:1 and others who wish to study the post-

30 Archaeology to ensure that they are properly equipped Available funding MSc in Coastal and to pursue their research topic. Candidates Marine Archaeology are assessed on submission of a thesis of The Department has a number of bursaries up to 30,000 words. available to support home and overseas This degree is intended to train students Masters students; and several Arts and to acquire knowledge of the discipline Humanities Research Council (AHRC) grants of coastal and marine archaeology in MPhil/PhD research degrees for home/EU Masters and PhD students. a range of contexts and a worldwide Details of these bursaries, and of other Candidates for MPhil/PhD degrees should perspective. This programme examines occasional studentships, can be found on be academically ready to embark directly the archaeological significance of marine our website and through contacting the upon their research programme. You will environments, including the rapidly Department directly. Detailed advice on normally be expected to hold at least a 2:1 or expanding field of submerged landscapes applications for AHRC and related funding its equivalent in your first degree, as well as and underwater prehistory. for postgraduate studies can be obtained an appropriate MA/MSc degree. The degrees through consultation with the Department. of MPhil and PhD can be taken on a full-time MSc in Digital Heritage basis over two or three years respectively, or on a part-time basis over four or six The Weald & Downland Open Air This degree aims to train professionals years respectively. Research students will Museum in West Sussex is well known who wish to work in digital archiving, receive regular supervision throughout their for its collection of historic, carefully museum and education/display and enrolment, and are also supported by a restored buildings, ranging from curation. It draws on existing strengths Thesis Advisory Panel which meets regularly. medieval to Victorian. A stimulating in the Department in Archaeological Assessment is by a thesis of no more than and varied programme of courses is Information Systems and Cultural Heritage 60,000 words for an MPhil and no more taught by the best researchers and Management, while also exploring the than 90,000 words for a PhD. craftspeople in their fields, including relevance of new and mobile technologies Applications are welcomed from two MSc programmes now validated in creating and consuming heritage candidates who wish to pursue research by the University of York. information. You will have the opportunity on any clearly defined topic within the The MSc in Building Conservation for a work experience placement, and research mission of the Department and aims to develop the ability to work as also benefit from the on-site presence the expertise of our staff. Our research an independent conservator or within of the Archaeology Data Service, which mission currently includes: other organisations concerned with has been the UK digital archive for  Archaeological information systems the conservation of built heritage. heritage data since 1997. History, science and ethics are woven  Bioarchaeology through the materials-based modules.  Coastal and submerged prehistory MSc in Early Prehistory This course is IHBC accredited.  Conservation and heritage The MSc in Timber Building In this programme you will consider the  Early prehistory Conservation offers specialist origins of ‘humanity’ from our earliest knowledge of timber and the associated  Landscape and society ancestors to the dawn of agriculture, conservation and repair techniques. drawing on archaeological evidence  Material cultures Much use is made of the many timber- and cognitive and social perspectives to  Historical and contemporary archaeology framed buildings on the Museum site address the question of what makes us  Theory and practice. and the unique conservation workshop. human. Students are encouraged to make For more information contact use of new and creative approaches and Diana Rowsell, at headoflearning@ to develop their own perspectives on wealddown.co.uk, +44 (0)1243 811464 key issues. and www.wealddown.co.uk.

MSc in Zooarchaeology This degree focuses on the theory and methods used to analyse vertebrate animal remains, and provides training in relevant “As a research student I’ve found it easy to skills. The programme explores the ways integrate myself in all aspects of Department we can use animal remains to model life, even without a first degree in Archaeology. past human ecology, to assess the role Staff have always been friendly and interested of animals in human lives, and to answer wider palaeoenvironmental questions in my work and over the course of my PhD on global and local scales. I’ve been working with top-class heritage professionals, examining policy on the MA in Archaeological Studies front line and contributing to current (by research) debate in my sector. The Department’s This research-driven MA can be taken in lecture series is great and often leads to any subject area, and is full-time for one stimulating debate with the speaker.” year or on a modular or part-time basis over two years. Candidates are required to Rob, PhD in Archaeology follow a ‘tailor-made’ tutorial programme

Archaeology 31 Staff list

Head of Department John Schofield, PhD (Southampton), FSA, MIfA Cultural heritage management; archaeology of the contemporary past; conflict archaeology Professors Geoff Bailey, PhD (Cambridge), FSA, MIfA World prehistory; the Palaeolithic period; shell middens; coastal archaeology; caves Matthew Collins, PhD (Glasgow) Biochemical analysis of bones, teeth and shells Mark Edmonds, PhD (Reading), FSA, FSA Scot Later prehistory; landscape and material culture; archaeology and the visual/performing arts Nicky Milner, PhD (Cambridge), FSA Mesolithic and transition to agriculture in Europe Terry O’Connor, PhD (London), FSA, FZS Environmental archaeology; zooarchaeology, particularly vertebrates; upland landscape archaeology Julian D Richards, PhD (CNAA), FSA, MIfA; Anglo-Saxon and Viking archaeology, mortuary behaviour and settlement evolution; Director, Archaeological Data Services computer applications Professors Emeritus Don Brothwell, PhD Environmental archaeology; human palaeobiology, including early hominids; zooarchaeology (Stockholm honoris causa), FSA Martin Carver, BSc, DipArchaeol (Durham), Early medieval archaeology; urban archaeology; field methods FSA, MIfA Senior Lecturers Gill Chitty, PhD (Lancaster), DipBldgCons, Conversation philosophy and practice; John Ruskin; political economy of heritage FSA, MIfA, IHBC Oliver Craig, PhD (Newcastle) Biomolecular archaeology; stable isotope studies; ceramic residue analysis and diet Jonathan Finch, PhD (UEA), FSA Historic landscapes; Caribbean archaeology; commemoration and memory Kate Giles, DPhil (York), FSA Civic and ecclesiastical buildings in England Steve Roskams, BA (Cambridge) Roman and early medieval archaeology; field research methods; Marxist analysis Penny Spikins, PhD (Cambridge) Early prehistory; cognitive and social evolution; hunter-gatherers; submerged prehistoric landscapes Kevin Walsh, DipPost-Ex, PhD (Leicester) Early medieval landscapes; Mediterranean prehistory; archaeological methods Lecturers Steve Ashby, PhD (York) Medieval archaeology; Vikings; material culture studies Allan Hall, PhD (Cambridge) Environmental archaeology, particularly plant macrofossil assemblages Aleks McClain, PhD (York) Medieval and buildings archaeology; historic landscapes Michelle Mundee, PhD (Durham) Biomolecular techniques (ancient DNA and isotopes); zooarchaeology; medieval archaeology Sara Perry, PhD (Southampton) Cultural and digital heritage; museums; archaeological history and theory; anthropology; archaeological representation; media studies James Symonds, PhD (Sheffield), FSA, Historical archaeology; industrial archaeology; archaeologies of diaspora; FSA (Scot), MIfA Nordic archaeology; archaeologies of communism Stephanie Wynne-Jones, PhD (Cambridge) Islamic and medieval archaeology; archaeology of Africa and the Indian Ocean region; urbanism; materiality Other staff Tom Fitton, MA (Durham); Computing Technician Archaeology of ports and hinterlands; GIS survey techniques; archaeological photography Helen Goodchild, PhD (Birmingham); Landscape archaeology; geophysical survey; CAD/GIS; archaeological computing Project and Fieldwork Officer Anthony Masinton, PhD (York); Computing Officer Churches; virtual reality; CAD; archaeological computing; buildings survey and analysis Cath Neal, PhD (York); Research Fellow Landscape archaeology; geoarchaeology; community archaeology (Heslington East) Sophie Norton, MA (Birmingham) Conservation management; legislation, policy and the public sector; craftsmanship; sustainability Hamlyn-Feilden Fellow in Conservation Studies

The Department has many other honorary fellows and associates who are practitioners in archaeology and conservation and who provide additional expertise, support and links to the professions. You can see our full staff list at www.york.ac.uk/archaeology.

32 Archaeology Biology

he Department of Biology is one of the UK’s most highly ranked Key information biological sciences departments for research and teaching. With

Head of Department over 60 academic staff, we cover the spectrum of contemporary Professor Deborah F Smith OBE Tbiological sciences from molecular aspects of cancer to field ecology.

Contact The Department of Biology at the University of teaching and research laboratories built Postgraduate admissions office York is one of the leading centres for biological in 2002 with a £21.6m JIF award from Website: www.york.ac.uk/biology/ teaching and research in the UK. We teach the BBSRC. The Department includes the postgraduate degree programmes and undertake research innovative Technology Facility, housing Telephone: +44 (0)1904 328546 across the whole spectrum of modern biology, £9m of state-of-the-art equipment Email: [email protected] from molecular genetics and biochemistry providing services in imaging, proteomics, Fax: +44 (0)1904 328505 to ecology. We have an integrated approach protein interaction, bioinformatics and English language requirement to Biology with no barriers between DNA/RNA analysis. Each laboratory in the IELTS 6.5 or equivalent (see page 26) with disciplines. Our cross-disciplinary activity Technology Facility is headed by a specialist a minimum of 6.0 in each component has increased in recent years and our who provides access to training in the cutting-edge integrative approach aims for use of this state-of-the‑art technology. a systems-level understanding of biological Around 50 students complete a Programmes offered research. The Department contains 64 Masters programme in the Department principal investigators across all disciplines each year. We currently have 110 PhD of Biology, supported by current grants students and approximately 40 students MSc in Bioscience Technology totalling £55m. start their PhD each year in the Department. MRes in Computational Biology All aspects of our activity are highly rated Students receive extensive graduate in peer review: our teaching was scored training in research and transferable MRes in Ecology and Environmental Management 24/24 by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) skills. Most of our postgraduate training is for higher education. Our research rated equal research-oriented and we offer a diverse set MRes in Post-Genomic Biology first among a broad spectrum of Bioscience of programmes leading to a higher degree. MSc (by research) departments in the most recent Research We have six research seminars each Assessment Exercise (RAE) and second week in the areas of plant biology, immunity MPhil/PhD nationally for research infrastructure. York and infection, ecology and evolution, Biology is the top-ranked department in the bioinformatics, molecular cellular biology UK (plant and animal sciences) for average and biochemistry and structural biology. citations per paper (2001 to 2005). Seminar speakers are national and We occupy a single set of purpose-built international leaders in their fields.

Your future Our skills training helps our high employability success rate for all of our Masters graduates. Programmes are practically based with three- and five-month placement projects in industrial or academic labs/workplaces. Graduates have gone on to successful positions in the companies where they have completed their projects. A large number of our graduates go on to PhDs (Computational Biology 59 per cent, Post-Genomic Biology 68 per cent, Bioscience Technology 44 per cent, Ecology and Environmental Management 31 per cent). We have a bespoke Departmental Training and Careers Officer, who gives one-to-one support and guidance.

Biology 33 Programmes overview include large and small bioscience  Introduction to Machine Learning – companies, academic or institute core artificial neural networks, Bayesian and Each programme incorporates a Business laboratories, equipment manufacturers, symbolic approaches to data analysis. and Transferable Skills component that will and our own Technology Facility and enable you to develop a strong portfolio of academic laboratories. Programming transferable skills and business awareness  Introduction to Programming – that is essential both to complete the Your background programming concepts and practice programme successfully and to enhance The programme is suitable for students (using Python) future career prospects. who have a good degree (2:1 or equivalent)  Biocomputing and web in any biological science subject. There applications programming. MSc in Bioscience Technology are also opportunities for students with backgrounds in other disciplines, providing Informatics The MSc in Bioscience Technology provides they have substantial knowledge of biology.  Sequence, Structure and Genomics – an unrivalled opportunity to gain an It is designed to produce the highly skilled handling and analysis of sequence in-depth understanding and practical and flexible technologists who are required and protein structural data. experience of the latest technologies that to drive forward bioscience research in are driving biological research. Involving the future. Modelling and simulation our internationally recognised Technology  Complex Dynamical Biosystems – Facility, the programme offers excellent biosystem concepts, models career prospects in both industry and MRes in Computational Biology and simulation. academia, especially in the rapidly expanding technology centres, as well as in research The continuing developments in technologies such as sequencing, transcription profiling, Research skills and non-research positions.  Project 1 (12 weeks) – internal The one-year programme consists of metabolomics, structural analysis and  Project 2 (16 weeks) – an external technology training modules, a placement, many more are opening up new areas for placement in industry, research and business and leadership skills training. understanding biological systems through computational analysis. The vast collection institutes or universities. Technology training modules of data generated by these high-throughput Fourteen weeks of intensive one- and two- techniques is also enabling models of Your background week modules in Terms 1 and 2 involving overall biological systems to be built. This The programme is principally aimed at lectures, demonstrations and practical programme trains students in the research graduates with a good degree (2:1 or training in a range of key technologies: methods that enable the analysis of such equivalent) in the biological and molecular massive amounts of data. The one-year sciences with an interest in computational  Basic Science programme is delivered by staff from the approaches. The programme also accepts  Microscopy and Cytometry Departments of Biology, Chemistry and graduates of Computer Science, Mathematics  Genomics Computer Science through a combination and Statistics who can demonstrate  Protein Production of taught courses, workshops and research enthusiasm and interest in modern biological  Proteomics projects. The programme develops skills in research. The programme produces students  Biophysical Techniques the following areas: with the core skills to support long-term  Bioinformatics. research careers across any area of modern Data analysis biological science that depends on numerical Placement  Concepts and Skills – basic numerical and computational analysis. The 28-week placement is designed and statistical concepts to enable students to obtain in-depth  Applied Biological Data Analysis – practical and work experience. Placements multivariate analysis methods MRes in Ecology and Environmental Management The MRes in Ecology and Environmental Management is a one-year intensive programme. It prepares students for “The support that the Department has given careers in ecological research, and for jobs me has been amazing. My research couldn’t in environmental management, for which have moved forward without the advice of an understanding of the research process my guidance panel – two academics from the is important. There is a strong emphasis on gaining analytical skills and research Department and my supervisor. My supervisor experience. The programme is taught herself has been fantastic and has been very in two of the UK’s leading departments encouraging throughout. We’re encouraged for ecological research and teaching: to get involved with the Department, by York’s Department of Biology and the Environment Department. acting as demonstrators in undergraduate The programme consists of an internal practicals, attending seminars and and an external research project, research meetings, and coming to socials.” skills modules and optional advanced science modules. Students attend a Eleanor, PhD in Biology field course in Majorca on biodiversity techniques, included in the course fees.

34 Biology Research projects industrial or academic research laboratory  Individual project or research institute located in the UK MSc/MPhil/PhD  External placement project. or overseas. research degrees The taught modules in the Autumn and Skills modules Spring Terms will provide the foundations The MSc, MPhil and PhD research degrees are higher degrees awarded for a thesis  Introductory research skills for the research projects by developing presenting original research that is a  Advanced research skills the student’s knowledge and skills in the significant contribution to scientific  following areas: Field module knowledge. In the UK, a thesis is judged by   Molecular techniques Bioinformatics and molecular graphics two examiners for MPhil/PhD interviewing  Spatial analysis.  Recombinant protein production the student by viva. The interview is based and purification upon the submitted thesis document. The Advanced science modules  Characterisation of biomolecular MSc is expected to be completed in one  Environment, Law and Policy interactions year, the MPhil in two years and the PhD in  Fisheries Ecology and Management  Proteomics, mass spectrometry three to four years. York Biology currently  Protected Areas: Design, Implementation and 2D electrophoresis has 110 PhD students and we take very and Management  Transcriptomics and genomics using good care of them.  Wildlife Management state-of-the-art DNA microarray and As a research student at York you  Tools for Environmental Assessment sequencing technologies can expect:   Biodiversity and Conservation.  High -speed cell sorting using a supervisor directing your research flow cytometry and training Your background  Advanced bioimaging techniques  regular mandated meetings and The programme is principally aimed at for cells and whole organisms supervision with your supervisor  graduates with a good degree (2:1 or  Macromolecular structure determination a training advisory panel of two other equivalent) in the biological sciences, by X-ray crystallography and members of staff to monitor progress although we often accept students with cryo‑electron microscopy. and offer advice other backgrounds that include some  a progress meeting with your supervisor The student will also complete modules on degree-level ecology or biology. every two months research writing and presentation skills.  Students will attend research seminars training advisory panel meetings in MRes in Post-Genomic Biology selected based on their own areas of interest. the initial three months, then every six months; the student prepares a The MRes in Post-Genomic Biology These seminars will demonstrate how the report for these meetings programme is a one-year programme modern techniques introduced in the taught  weekly seminars given by leading that provides interdisciplinary research modules are used to address fundamental scientists from around the world training and experience in state-of-the- biological questions, and how cellular and art techniques employed in present-day organismal systems can be used to model  the regular opportunity to present biological research. This programme will diseased states in humans. your work through posters and departmental talks. demonstrate how one can progress from Your background knowing the complete sequence of a genome The programme is suitable for students who The programme is principally aimed at to understanding the functional significance have a good degree (2:1 or equivalent) in any graduates with a good degree (2:1 or of a specific gene using both in vitro and biological science subject, although there equivalent) in the biological sciences, in vivo model systems. The programme are also opportunities for students with although we may accept students with is run by the Department of Biology with backgrounds in other disciplines that may backgrounds in other molecular sciences. interdisciplinary teaching contributions from be appropriate to the individual project. Graduates of the programme are well other departments and centres on campus. equipped for continuing to doctoral studies The development of the student’s in universities or research institutes. research skills is based on two independent Available funding research projects: a short project supervised Information on funding and studentships in York (equivalent to 11 weeks in the Spring can be found on the programme website Term) and an extended project (equivalent at www.york.ac.uk/biology/postgraduate. to 16 weeks in the Summer Term) within an

Staff list Professor and Head of Department Deborah F Smith OBE, PhD (Southampton) Functional genomics of Leishmania species Professors Michael Brockhurst, PhD (Oxford) Experimental evolution and evolutionary ecology of pathogenic microbes Neil Bruce, PhD (Kent) Microbial degradation of cocaine Calvin Dytham, PhD (Leeds) Interaction modelling on environmental gradients Rob Edwards, PhD (St Mary’s) Biotransformation of xenobiotics and secondary metabolites Ian Graham, PhD (Edinburgh) Arabidopsis sugar-regulated control of storage oil breakdown Sue Hartley, PhD (York) Plant and herbivore interaction

Biology 35 Jane Hill, PhD (Bangor) Evidence for climate-driven declines in upland birds Phil Ineson, PhD (Liverpool) Global change ecology Paul Kaye, PhD (London) Effector and regulatory function of NK cells in experimental leishmaniasis Charles Lacey, MD (London) Genitourinary medicine Mark Leake, PhD (London) Single-molecule cellular biophysics Peter McGlynn, PhD (Sheffield) DNA replication, repair and recombination Simon McQueen-Mason, PhD (Penn State) Novel lignocellulose degrading enzymes from the marine environment Norman Maitland, PhD (Birmingham) Human prostate carcinoma Jennifer Potts, PhD (Sydney) Bacterial fibronectin-binding proteins Maggie Smith, PhD (Bristol) Molecular genetics of the antibiotic producing bacteria, Streptomyces and their bacteriophages Jenny Southgate, PhD (Leeds) Calcium signalling and sensory function in bladder urothelium Chris Thomas FRS, PhD (Austin, Texas) Changes to plant biodiversity in Britain Reidun Twarock, PhD (TU Clausthal) Models for virus capsid maturation based on symmetry constraints J Peter W Young, PhD (Cambridge) Comparative genomics and the evolution of bacteria Readers Paul Genever, PhD (Leeds) Mitochondrial DNA deletions in mesenchymal stem cells; therapies for the ageing skeleton Angela Hodge, PhD (Aberdeen) Friend or foe? Can plants tell the difference between their own and other plant roots? Harv Isaacs, PhD (Open) Functional characterisation of targets of the FGF signalling pathway Frans Maathuis, PhD (Groningen) Plant nutrition and stress James Moir, PhD (Oxford) Respiration in bacterial pathogen Neisseria meningitides Adrian Mountford, DPhil (York) The role of schistosome molecules in stimulating the innate immune response Betsy Pownall, PhD (Virginia) Sonic hedgehog signalling during the specification of neural precursors Senior Lecturers Daniella Barilla, PhD (Pavia) Polymerisation-based engines driving genome segregation in Escherichia coli at cell division Leo Caves, DPhil (York) Morphological diversity in multilevel dynamical models of morphogenesis James Chong, PhD (Imperial Cancer Research Fund) Understanding proliferation in methanogens Mark Coles, PhD (Berkeley) Microengineering artificial lymph nodes Dawn Coverley, PhD (London) Analyis of Ciz1 function Gareth Evans, PhD (Dundee) Src tyrosine kinases; cAMP signalling in cerebellar plasticity Allison Green, PhD (St Andrews) How the immune system regulates autoaggressive cells Fabiola Martin, MD (Imperial) Mother–child transmission of HIV Peter Mayhew, PhD (London) Evolutionary explanations for insect diversity Jon Pitchford, PhD (Leeds) Mathematical ecology; stochastic processes; dynamical systems; uncertainty Gavin Thomas, PhD (Birmingham) Examination of the physiological functions of TRAP transporters in Haemophilus influenzae Richard Waites, PhD (Edinburgh) A characterisation of genes required for leaf development Marjan van der Woude, PhD (FU Amsterdam) Mechanism and significance of DNA methylation-dependent bacterial gene expression Lecturers Christoph Baumann, PhD (Minnesota) Single molecule biophysics of DNA-dependent molecular machines Colin Beale, PhD (Glasgow) Biology of species range shifts in birds Gonzalo Blanco, PhD (Seville) Neuromuscular disease and muscle hypertrophy Sangeeta Chawla, PhD (Cambridge) Regulation of transcription factors during synaptic plasticity Kanchon Dasmahapatra, PhD (Cambridge) Speciation ecology in tropical butterflies Chris Elliott, PhD (Oxford) Parkinson’s disease modelled in Drosophila Julia Ferrari, PhD (London) Plant herbivore interactions; evolution of speciation Dan Franks, PhD (Leeds) Modelling the co-evolution of pathogens and aggregation in animal groups Thorunn Helgason, PhD (Edinburgh) Diversity and host specificity of Arbuscular mycorrhizas Louise Jones, PhD (Leicester) Anti-viral small RNA pathways in plants Marika Kullberg, PhD (Stockholm) Intestinal T regulatory (Treg) cells Dimitri Lagos, PhD (Sheffield) RNA binding and expression Michael Plevin, PhD (UCL) Molecular mechanisms underlying transient interactions in regulatory protein complexes Paul Pryor, PhD (Bath) Phagolysosome biogenesis Kelly Redeker, PhD (UC Irvine) Soil–plant–environment interactions; land management Michael Schultze, PhD (Basel) Molecular characterisation of plant mutants defective in mycorrhiza formation Nathalie Signoret, PhD (Aix Marseille II) Chemokine receptors and activation of monocytes Sean Sweeney, PhD (Cambridge) Defining the pathological signalling cascade in lysosomal storage disease Dan Ungar, PhD (Frankfurt) Regulation of intra-Golgi vesicle transport Pegine Walrad, PhD (Stony Brook) Developmental regulators of infectious Leishmania Jamie Wood, PhD (Imperial) Evolutionary modelling of bird flocking and predator–prey interactions Research Fellows Will Brackenbury, PhD (Imperial) Voltage-gated sodium channels and cell migration Elva Robinson, PhD (Sheffield) Social insect behaviour

36 Biology Chemistry

he Department of Chemistry is one of the leading Chemistry Key information departments in the UK with a large and active research school.

Head of Department Excellent facilities and consistently high standards of teaching Professor Richard Taylor Tand research offer a diverse range of opportunities to equip you with Contact the skills for your future career. Chemistry Graduate Office Website: www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/ The Graduate School comprises around 50 of 2013. The Centre of Excellence in Mass postgraduate research-active staff and over 150 graduate Spectrometry and the Centre for Magnetic Telephone: +44 (0)1904 324544 students from around the world studying for Resonance provide advanced support for Email: [email protected] Fax: +44 (0)1904 322516 PhDs, MSc (by research) and taught Masters. multidisciplinary research, as does the Centre The most recent Research Assessment for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance English language requirement Exercise (2008) places York Chemistry in the Imaging which opened in 2012. IELTS 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in each top echelon of all UK Chemistry departments, The Department encourages an component, or equivalent (see page 26), with 75 per cent of research assessed as interdisciplinary and collegiate approach for taught degrees ‘internationally excellent’ or ‘world-leading’. to research, with collaborative projects IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 The research carried out in the offered across the discipline. Chemistry in each component, or equivalent, Department covers a broad spectrum across academic staff work closely with those from for research degrees all the major fields of chemistry. Particular other departments, and as a Chemistry PhD expertise is available in inorganic, organic, student you may also have the opportunity physical, analytical, environmental and green to carry out cross-departmental research. Programmes offered chemistry, energy research, atmospheric The Department also has strong links with chemistry, materials, and structural biology. industry and many students have the MSc in Green Chemistry and The quality of our research and teaching opportunity to work closely with chemical Sustainable Industrial Technology has been recognised by numerous awards. companies during their studies. MRes in Computational Biology The University has initiated a £29m Chemistry at York is ranked in the top development of the Department of five in The Times and the Guardian (2013), MSc in Chemistry (by research) Chemistry. The first stage, which opened confirming York’s position as one of the PhD/MPhil in 2012, includes new facilities for 100 leading Chemistry departments in the researchers. A second development, UK. The Department was the first to be completed in 2013/14, houses state-of- awarded an Athena SWAN gold award for its the-art teaching facilities and the Green commitment to women in science, and values Chemistry Centre of Excellence. The equally the talents and contribution of all Integrated Global Atmospheric Chemistry students and staff. The Chemical InterActions Laboratory opens towards the end society promotes international integration.

Your future We offer a comprehensive programme of career and development training and industrially sponsored research projects which can lead directly to employment. Our alumni have gone into academia, industry, government and NGOs, teaching and a range of other careers.

Chemistry 37 Programmes overview including energy, clean technology, takes one year full-time or two years solvent replacement, sustainability, part‑time, with a further three months Our research degree programmes comprise intellectual property, patenting and the to write your thesis. a three- or four-year PhD, a two-year commercialisation of science. This will You will complete a research project MPhil or one-year MSc (by research) prepare you for your research project which supervised by a member of academic staff. qualification. It is also possible to study is the main focus of the latter section of your You should indicate on your application form part‑time. You will undertake a research course. The research project often involves your preferred area of research and provide project in your chosen area and the award collaboration with an industrial partner. the names of two members of research staff of the relevant degree is recommended You will have the opportunity to work alone with whom you might like to work. following successful examination of your and in small teams to attempt to solve The programme is complemented by a thesis. You will undertake an integrated real industrial problems. For further details comprehensive training programmme to help cohort-based training programme see our website. you maintain a broad view of chemistry and throughout your studies to complement You should normally have (or expect develop skills that will be relevant to future your research and develop skills for to receive) at least a 2:2 in Chemistry (or a study or employment. future employment. Chemistry-related subject) or its equivalent. You should normally have (or expect Taught Masters programmes comprise to receive) at least a 2:2 honours degree in lectures, workshops and practical research Chemistry (or a Chemistry-related subject) components. Assessment is through Available funding or its overseas equivalent. coursework, examinations and a dissertation. MSc Green Chemistry bursaries are available Taught Masters degrees are studied over one for students from the UK and EU who are year, with part-time alternatives available. eligible to pay fees at the ‘home’ rate who PhD/MPhil research degrees have, or expect to achieve, at least an upper second-class degree or the equivalent in The PhD and the MPhil qualifications MSc in Green Chemistry Chemistry or a relevant related subject. are awarded on successful examination and Sustainable Industrial The value of the bursary will cover up to of a thesis based on a research project. Technology the full tuition fee. Each bursary application The full‑time length of the MPhil programme will be considered on its own merit and is two years and the standard period for This innovative taught Masters programme awards will be made based on your academic the PhD programme is three to four years. is run in collaboration with a wide range excellence and financial need. For more Part‑time study is also available. of companies and organisations that information please see our website or Your personal supervisor is responsible manufacture or use chemicals or are contact [email protected]. for overseeing both your progress on the involved in chemical management and research project and your personal welfare. policy. The programme will equip you with an You and your supervisor may meet daily on understanding of the drivers for sustainability MRes in Computational Biology an informal basis. In addition, an independent and the necessary skills in green chemistry panel member (IPM) is appointed to maintain This is an MRes programme offered jointly for a career in areas including research, an overview of your research work. You, your with the Departments of Biology and process development, environmental and supervisor and the IPM will meet formally Computer Science. Please refer to the legal services, consultancy, government and at least twice a year to review progress and Department of Biology entry on page 34 retail organisations. make a realistic appraisal for the timetable for full details. Expert staff at York are complemented of work to be undertaken. by leading scientists from industry and The PhD and MPhil programmes academia as well as lawyers and patent MSc (by research) include an integrated cohort-based attorneys to deliver the taught element of training programme to provide you with the programme. This comprises lectures, The MSc (by research) programme is project‑specific and transferable skills workshops and practicals on the principles awarded on successful examination of a for your future career. and techniques of green chemistry thesis based on a research project. The MSc Courses enable you to probe deeper into your chosen research area and broaden your chemical knowledge. You will learn to read and appraise scientific literature, to “I belong to the school of thought that says, speak and present confidently to a scientific audience, and to write a lucid account of ‘What isn’t Chemistry?’ The academic staff your research. You will have the opportunity at York feel the same way, and their cutting- to gain experience of demonstrating to edge research is always multidisciplinary undergraduates, and receive practical in approach. Many of them have advice on career planning. The Department also holds a series of won prestigious awards for their research seminars across all disciplines research, which is a great inspiration which are open to all researchers. to me. I’m enjoying my research in Many of the students registered on higher degrees have strong links with industry Supramolecular Chemistry and my and commerce, in local, national and even PhD study is preparing me well for international organisations. Many industrial an academic career.” collaborators offer financial support to PhD students. In addition, many provide Babatunde, PhD in Chemistry opportunities to work within the company and gain experience of an industrial setting.

38 Chemistry The Department’s research strategy bioinorganic chemistry as well as catalysis, Funding is offered in one of two ways. is built on strong sub-disciplines of inorganic photochemistry, inorganic The first is where the academic member of chemistry, led by world-renowned chemists materials and solar energy conversion. staff leading the research will have already in each area. The groups meet together received funding prior to the research on a regular basis to discuss research Materials Chemistry project being advertised. The second is developments of common interest, Research Group where a project has been approved by providing an excellent environment for the Department’s Research Committee The Materials Chemistry group is primarily the training of research students. and funding is subject to competition interested in molecular material based When applying for the PhD or MPhil against all other projects. Funding normally upon liquid crystals. There are active degree programme please indicate on the covers student tuition fees as well as a industrial research contacts with more application your preferred area of research, maintenance grant for living expenses. than ten companies. and provide the names of at least two Your eligibility for funding depends on members of academic staff with whom Organic Chemistry your fee status; some funding bodies limit you might like to work. funding to UK nationals or EU residents. Research Group The University welcomes applications Analytical Chemistry The group reflects the main strengths from international students, and a number Research Group of York of contemporary synthetic and of scholarships are available annually. physical organic chemistry. The group focuses on the development These awards provide a contribution of analytical methods, principally towards the costs of tuition fees. Information about all sources of funding centred on separations science and mass Physical Chemistry for research degree programmes can be spectrometry, and their application in Research Group found on our website at www.york.ac.uk/ biomolecular and environmental research. The main research themes of the Physical chemistry/postgraduate. Large, interdisciplinary collaborations Chemistry group are atmospheric are central to the research in this section. chemistry, theory and computation, spectroscopy and photochemistry, Wild Fund Scholarships Biological Chemistry and physical chemistry of materials. The Department is pleased to support self‑funding students from outside the UK to Work in the York Structural Biology study for research degrees in Chemistry at Laboratories (YSBL) focuses on the Your background York by offering the opportunity to apply for fundamental bases for biological and You should normally have (or expect to a Wild Fund Scholarship. Scholarships offer biochemical processes, the use of small receive) at least a 2:1 degree in Chemistry up to £4,000 per year of study to students molecules to probe cellular biology, (or a Chemistry-related subject) or its from the European Union (outside the software and methods development, and overseas equivalent. Progression on the UK) and up to £7,000 per year of study to the exploitation of enzymes in biocatalysis. PhD is confirmed during the second year, students who will pay fees at the overseas after a formal assessment meeting with rate. Scholarship applications are welcomed Green Chemistry and your supervisor and another member from those wishing to study for MSc by of staff. This meeting reviews progress Heterogeneous Catalysis research, MPhil or PhD. Scholarships are and makes a realistic appraisal of your Research Group awarded competitively, based on academic likely progress during the project over This group receives strong support from excellence and financial need. For more the chemical and allied industries through the remaining period of the degree. information please see our website or the establishment of the Green Chemistry contact [email protected]. Centre of Excellence. Available funding Inorganic Chemistry Many PhD degrees receive funding from an Research Group external funding body such as a Research The Inorganic group has strengths in Council, charity, the EU, an industrial organometallic, co-ordination and company, or a combination of these.

Staff list Professor and Head of Department Richard Taylor, PhD (Sheffield) Organic synthesis and synthetic methodology; bioactive natural products

Professors Alfred Antson, PhD (Moscow) Protein–nucleic acid interactions Duncan Bruce, DSc (Liverpool) Materials chemistry; liquid crystals; biaxial nematics; mesoporous oxides; multifunctional materials Lucy Carpenter, PhD (East Anglia) Atmospheric chemistry James Clark, PhD (London) Green and sustainable chemistry; renewable resources; industrial applications Gideon Davies, PhD (Bristol), FRS Structural enzymology and carbohydrate chemistry Simon Duckett, DPhil (York) NMR; catalysis; photocatalysis; mechanism and organometallic chemistry Mathew Evans, PhD (Cambridge) Atmospheric modelling

Chemistry 39 Ian Fairlamb, PhD (Manchester Metropolitan) Organic synthesis and metal catalysis Pratibha Gai, PhD (Cambridge) JEOL-Yorkshire Forward Chair; Co-Director Nanocentre; nanomaterials; catalysts; electron microscopy John Goodby, DSc (Hull), ScD (Dublin), FRS Chair of Materials Chemistry; organic materials; liquid crystals; polymers Roderick Hubbard, DPhil (York) Structure-based drug discovery; protein structure and function; molecular modelling Brendan Keely, PhD (Bristol) Environmental organic chemistry and geochemistry; analytical chemistry and mass spectrometry Alastair Lewis, PhD (Leeds) Atmospheric science; environmental instrumentation; multidimensional chromatography; combustion and fuels

Michael North, DPhil (Oxford) Catalysis; sustainable chemistry; CO2 chemistry; green solvents Peter O’Brien, PhD (Cambridge) Organic synthesis; new methodology for asymmetric synthesis; organolithium reagents Robin Perutz, PhD (Cambridge), FRS Organometallic photochemistry; small molecule activation and catalysis David Smith, DPhil (Oxford) Nanochemistry; supramolecular chemistry; nanomedicine; dendrimers; self-assembled materials Jane Thomas-Oates, PhD (London) Biological mass spectrometry; analytical science; post-genomic science Paul Walton, PhD (Nottingham) Bioinorganic chemistry; radioimaging agents; novel anti-cancer drugs; zinc enzymes Anthony Wilkinson, PhD (London) Protein structure; ligand-binding; malaria; drug discovery; sporulation; transcription; Bacillus Keith Wilson, DPhil (Oxford) Protein structure-function; protein crystallography; enzymes Readers Andrzej Marek Brzozowski, PhD (Lodz) Structural biology of hormone regulation: insulin/IGF-1; membrane proteins; protein crystallisation Victor Chechik, PhD (St Petersburg) Nanochemistry; EPR spectroscopy; spin labelling; physical organic chemistry; radical chemistry Gideon Grogan, PhD (Exeter) Applied biocatalysis; structure, function and application of novel enzymes Peter Karadakov, PhD (Sofia) Quantum chemistry Senior Lecturers Paul Clarke, PhD (Bath) Organic chemistry; total synthesis of natural products; origins of life Martin Cockett, PhD (Southampton) Gas-phase laser spectroscopy; van der Waals interactions; computational chemistry Caroline Dessent, PhD (Yale) Laser spectroscopy of ionic molecules and clusters Richard Douthwaite, DPhil (Oxford) Inorganic chemistry; organometallics; catalysis; materials; photocatalysis; solar energy; microwave plasmas Anne-Kathrin Duhme-Klair, Habil (Münster) Metal ions in biology and medicine Jason Lynam, DPhil (York) Transition metal/main group chemistry; therapeutic applications of metal carbonyl compounds Duncan Macquarrie, PhD (Strathclyde) Green chemistry; mesoporous materials; conversion of biomass; catalysis Avtar Matharu, PhD (Nottingham Trent) Liquid crystals and functional organic materials John Moore, PhD (London) Spectroscopy; photochemistry; lasers; reaction mechanisms in solution Andrew Parsons, DPhil (Oxford) Organic synthesis; radical reactions; clean methods of synthesis; natural products Kirsty Penkman, PhD (Newcastle) Protein degradation; amino acid racemisation; Quaternary geochronology; palaeoclimate; bioarchaeology Anne Routledge, PhD (Otago) Combinatorial/high-throughput synthesis Angelika Sebald, Habil (Munich) Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Lecturers Martin Bates, PhD (Southampton) Liquid crystals; computer simulation Terry Dillon, PhD (Leeds) Photochemistry and laser-kinetics applied to atmospheric science Brian Grievson, PhD (Durham) Industrial chemistry; technology management; year in industry placement scheme Jacqueline Hamilton, PhD (Leeds) Atmospheric chemistry; analytical chemistry; aerosols Alison Parkin, DPhil (Oxford) Bacterial hydrogen metabolism and pathogenicity; electrochemistry and molecular biology Isabel Saez, PhD (Alcalá de Henares) Liquid crystals; dendrimers; nanoparticles; functional liquid crystals; nanocomposites; materials chemistry Seishi Shimizu, PhD (Tokyo) Theoretical biophysics; statistical thermodynamics; liquid theory; protein stability John Slattery, PhD (Bristol) Synthetic and theoretical chemistry; ionic liquids; main group chemistry Derek Wann, PhD (Edinburgh) Electron diffraction; structural chemistry; ultrafast chemical processes; computational chemistry Julie Wilson, DPhil (York) Chemoinformatics Course Co-ordinator; metabolomics and image analysis Senior Research Fellows Stephen Cowling, PhD (Hull) Self-organising systems with expertise in synthesis, characterisation and evaluation Kevin Cowtan, DPhil (York) X-ray crystallography; computational methods; model building Verena Görtz, Dr. rer. nat. Soft self-organising materials; liquid crystals; polymers (Johannes Gutenburg Mainz) James Lee, PhD (Leeds) Remote and urban atmospheric gas-phase oxidation chemistry Andrew Rickard, PhD (Reading) Effects of photochemical oxidation on atmospheric composition Moray Stark, DPhil (York) Lubricant and fuel chemistry; reaction kinetics

40 Chemistry Computer Science

he Department of Computer Science at York is consistently Key information ranked among the top Computer Science departments in the

Head of Department UK. Our excellence in teaching and research combined with our Professor Jim Woodcock Tsuperb new facilities have helped us to gain a strong international Contact reputation. We have a major influence in the development of the Emma Hodgson subject and on industrial practice. Website: www.cs.york.ac.uk/postgraduate Telephone: +44 (0)1904 325413 The majority of our research was classed as research and the topics we teach are both Email: [email protected] ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ fresh and forward-looking. Our postgraduate Fax: +44 (0)1904 325599 in the most recent Research Assessment taught courses are developed in collaboration English language requirement Exercise. The Department’s teaching is with industry and relevant professional IELTS 6.5 or equivalent (see page 26) with equally highly regarded. bodies, ensuring our courses remain dynamic a minimum of 6.0 in each component for Current research is funded by grants and and relevant. taught programmes contracts with a value totalling more than The British Computer Society and the IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 £12m. Funding comes from the Engineering Institution of Engineering and Technology in each component, or equivalent, and Physical Sciences Research Council, the accredit the majority of our taught courses. for research programmes European Commission, other government The Department provides a warm and departments and industry. Research activity friendly environment which supports and centres on the Department’s nine major develops teaching and research. We are Programmes offered research groups: Advanced Computer situated in state-of-the-art, purpose- Architectures; Artificial Intelligence; Computer built accommodation on the campus at MSc in Advanced Computer Science Vision and Pattern Recognition; Enterprise Heslington East and teaching and research MSc in Autonomous Robotics Engineering Systems; High-Integrity Systems Engineering; are supported by cutting-edge equipment MSc in Computing Human–Computer Interaction; Programming and facilities. MSc in Cyber Security Languages and Systems; Non-Standard Research students choose to work with Computation; and Real-Time Systems. All of one of our research groups and enjoy all the MSc in Human-Centred Interactive Technologies these groups are internationally recognised, facilities of the Department. Postgraduate and many are world-leading. We emphasise teaching includes core computing issues and MSc in Information Technology a multidisciplinary approach to research and advanced topics, and our courses differ in MSc in Social Media and Interactive Technologies there is significant collaboration with other emphasis to suit your particular interests and departments at York and with researchers chosen career path. More details about the MSc in Software Engineering around the world in both universities and courses, including individual modules, can be MRes in Computational Biology companies. We drive our teaching by our found at www.cs.york.ac.uk/postgraduate. MSc in Computer Science (by research) PhD MSc/Diploma in Safety-Critical Systems Engineering Your future Postgraduate Certificate in System Safety Engineering The Department has excellent relations with industry and more than 97 per cent of our postgraduate students go on to employment or further study within six months of graduating.

Computer Science 41 Programmes overview rapidly expanding field, or those wishing to specialise in this area for the workplace. MSc in Cyber Security We offer a range of full-time and part‑time The course aims to give a thorough The MSc in Cyber Security is targeted at Masters and research degrees that build grounding in the use of scientific and those who need to make cyber security on the excellent research undertaken engineering techniques applied to decisions on a technically informed and in the Department. A limited number of autonomous robotic systems, and offers principled basis, or who wish to follow a studentships are available. Please see a systems engineering and practical research career in this area. The course is our website for more details. approach to the development and full-time over one year or part-time over deployment of these systems. three years. On graduation, your skills and MSc in Advanced Computer Your background knowledge will find application in software Science and systems engineering companies, Typically you will have achieved at least within government agencies and related The MSc in Advanced Computer Science is a a 2:1 honours degree (or international organisations with security responsibilities, full-time, one-year taught course, intended equivalent) in Computer Science, Electronic or in further research. for those who would like to develop a level Engineering or a related discipline. We will The course educates in crucially of understanding and technical skill at the also consider applicants with appropriate important technical areas: leading edge of Computer Science. It also work experience. provides ideal preparation for a PhD or other  reputation and trust research work.  cryptography theory and applications This course gives you the chance to study MSc in Computing  rigorous approaches to development a range of advanced topics in Computer The MSc in Computing is a full-time, one- and analysis in high integrity systems Science, taught by researchers active in that year course intended for those seeking  network and distributed system security area. You will be learning current research to become experts in the computing  malware and how to handle it results and a range of theories, principles and industry. On graduation, you may enter practical methods. You will then undertake employment as an expert programmer,  secure system development. an individual project, attached to one of technical consultant or software engineer, our established research groups. or progress to a doctoral programme. Your background The course concentrates on the Typically you will have achieved at least Your background following areas: a 2:1 honours degree (or international Typically you will have achieved at least  advanced programming concepts equivalent) in Computer Science or a related a 2:1 honours degree (or international discipline. We will also consider applicants  equivalent) in Computer Science. We are systematic software performance with appropriate work experience. willing to consider your application if you do measuring and testing not fit this profile, but you must satisfy us  user interfaces that your knowledge in Computer Science  formal methods: practical and MSc in Human-Centred is appropriate for advanced study. theoretical methods for verifying Interactive Technologies and specifying software using Z. This full-time, one-year course aims to provide you with a thorough grounding in MSc in Autonomous Your background the design and evaluation of interactive Robotics Engineering Typically you will have achieved at least technologies of all kinds, from the perspective This full-time, one-year MSc is developed a 2:1 honours degree (or international of people who use the systems. Its unique and delivered with the Department of equivalent) in IT or a related subject. emphasis is on developing an understanding Electronics (see page 57). It is intended for We will also consider applicants with of users’ capabilities and requirements, those seeking a route into research in this appropriate work experience. including particular requirements of older or disabled users. Graduates go on to do commercial work in areas such as usability, user- centred design, web design, accessibility, “The professors on the course are experts in their human factors and user experience design, fields, and have industrial as well as academic or academic research in these areas. experience. I spoke to one of the professors about the course before I applied, to ensure Your background Typically, you will have achieved at least that it was the right fit for me. I wanted a a 2:1 honours degree (or international course that could prepare me for either a equivalent) in a computing discipline. PhD or a career in information security We will also consider applicants with consultancy, and the mix of modules appropriate work experience. in my MSc was perfect.” MSc in Information Technology Edward, MSc in Cyber Security The MSc in Information Technology is a full-time, one-year course intended for students seeking a professional career in the IT industry but who do not necessarily have

42 Computer Science a background in computing. Graduates enter Your background Available funding employment as computer programmers, Typically, you will have achieved at least Each year we have a number of studentships technical consultants and media specialists a 2:1 honours degree (or international available to award competitively. These help as well as pursuing doctoral programmes. equivalent) in Software Engineering or to fund tuition fees and some may cover The course aims to: Computer Science, and some experience living expenses. Visit www.cs.york.ac.uk/  provide a broad education in applicable of software engineering. We will also postgraduate/research-degrees/research- areas of information technology consider applicants with appropriate studentships for more details.  provide a specialised knowledge in work experience. programming, networks, operating MSc/Diploma in Safety-Critical systems, web design and databases. Funding for taught Systems Engineering Your background Postgraduate Certificate in Typically, you will have achieved at least Masters courses System Safety Engineering a 2:1 honours degree (or international We offer a number of taught Masters These full- or part-time courses are built on equivalent) in any discipline, as well scholarships worth £5,000 each for courses research work at York supported by a number as having some basic knowledge of taught full-time in the Department of of industrial organisations, including BAE programming. We will also consider Computer Science. Visit www.cs.york. Systems and Rolls‑Royce. applicants with appropriate work experience. ac.uk/postgraduate/taught-courses/ They consider system safety in complex scholarship for more details. systems across a wide range of domains, such as automotive, railway, civil aerospace, MSc in Social Media and military and civil maritime industries. Interactive Technologies MRes in Computational Biology These courses aim to enable you to take This course is organised and taught This course is organised and taught jointly a leading role in the design, assessment jointly with the Department of Sociology, with the Departments of Biology and and support in operation of systems with and is fully described on page 146. Chemistry, and is fully described under high safety impact. the entry for Biology on page 34. They are designed for part-time students to take over two or three years; the MSc MSc in Software Engineering may also be taken full-time over one year. Software engineering is a crucial discipline MSc/PhD research degrees Your background in the functioning of the modern world. You will undertake a research project These courses are specifically directed at those Information systems, communications, working closely with your selected with several years of industrial experience. transport, manufacturing and services supervisor. You will also be attached to one An appropriate degree is desirable, but many all require well-engineered, dependable of our established research groups. applicants will have reached degree-level software. The Software Engineering course You may attend relevant advanced knowledge through their work experience. focuses on the challenges of developing taught modules. Training in general research software for large-scale, complex systems. skills is also extensively available. Full‑time Available funding It aims to provide you with: MSc candidates are registered for one year, The Aerospace MSc Bursary Scheme, run by  a thorough grounding and practical and PhD candidates for three years. These the Royal Aeronautical Society in conjunction experience in the use of state-of- periods are doubled if you attend part-time. with major industry partners, is available the-art techniques for software to pay tuition fees of up to £9,500 to UK/ systems development Your background EU applicants, if you can demonstrate  an understanding of the principles behind Typically you will have achieved at least a a commitment to working in the UK these techniques, to enable you to make 2:1 honours degree, or equivalent. You are aerospace sector. Visit www.cs.york.ac.uk/ sound judgements during the design and not required to have a Masters-level degree postgraduate/taught-courses/scholarship deployment of systems. for direct entry to the PhD programme. for more information.

Staff list Professor and Head of Department Jim Woodcock, FREng, PhD (Liverpool), FBCS, CITP Grand challenge in verified software; dependable software engineering; formal methods Professors James Austin, PhD (Brunel) Neural networks; e-science and grids; parallel computation; neuro-inspired computation Samuel Braunstein, PhD (Caltech), CPhys, FInstP Quantum computation; small-scale machine design Alan Burns, FREng, FIEEE, CEng, FBCS, FIET Real-time systems; resources scheduling; real-time programming languages John Clark, DPhil (York) Security; cryptography; non-standard computation; software engineering Peter Cowling, DPhil (Oxford) Artificial intelligence; operational research; graph search; heuristics; games Edwin Hancock, PhD, DSc (Durham) Computer vision; pattern recognition; machine learning; brain imaging; graph theory Tim Kelly, DPhil (York) Development, modelling, analysis and certification of high-integrity systems John McDermid OBE, FREng, PhD (Birmingham) Safety engineering; security; safety-critical software; large-scale software engineering

Computer Science 43 Richard Paige, PhD (Toronto) Model-driven development; software engineering; formal methods; software architectures; security Helen Petrie, PhD (London) Human–computer interaction; disabled and older users; psychological aspects of technology use Colin Runciman, DPhil (York) Programming languages and systems; functional programming Susan Stepney, PhD (Cambridge), CEng, FBCS Bio -inspired algorithms; complex adaptive systems; emergent properties; nanite assemblers Andy Wellings, DPhil (York) Real-time programming languages and operating systems Richard Wilson, DPhil (York) Inexact graph matching; structural pattern recognition; stereo and shape-from-shading Readers Neil Audsley, DPhil (York) Embedded real-time system implementation: architectures, programming, analysis Paul Cairns, DPhil (Oxford) Statistical modelling of users; video games and immersion; human–computer interaction Ana Cavalcanti, DPhil (Oxford) Software analysis and verification; real-time systems; concurrency; object-orientation; formal methods Alan Frisch, PhD (Rochester) Artificial intelligence; constraint programming; automated generation of constraint programs Senior Lecturers Iain Bate, DPhil (York) Real-time and critical systems design and analysis; search-based engineering Radu Calinescu, DPhil (Oxford) Self-adaptive systems; formal modelling and verification at run time; model-driven software engineering Howard Chivers, PhD (York) Security; risk management; computer forensics; malware; intrusion detection James Cussens, PhD (London) Machine learning; statistical relational learning; inductive logic programming Alistair Edwards, PhD (Open) Novel forms of multi-modal human–computer interaction Dimitar Kazakov, PhD (Prague) Artificial intelligence; machine learning; computational linguistics; language origins Steve King, DPhil (Oxford) Formal software development; provably-correct software; safety-critical software Nick Pears, PhD (Durham) Computer vision and pattern recognition in biometrics, robotics and HCI Detlef Plump, Dr-Ing, Habilitation (Bremen) Graph transformation; graph-based programming models; rewriting systems; theoretical computer science Fiona Polack, PhD (Cambridge) Practical systems engineering: formal, non-classical, model driven Leandro Soares Indrusiak, Dr-Ing Design and verification of embedded systems: multi-processor, distributed, real-time, (TU Darmstadt) reconfigurable Alan Wood, PhD (London) Distributed computing; co-ordination systems and languages Lecturers Rob Alexander, PhD (York) Autonomous systems; systems of systems; safety engineering; simulation Chris Bailey, PhD (Teesside) Novel processors and arrays; code optimisation and translation; VLSI design Adrian Bors, PhD (Thessaloniki) Computer vision; image processing; pattern recognition; computational intelligence Jeremy Jacob, DPhil (Oxford) Mathematical modelling of systems, properties and languages Dimitrios Kolovos, PhD (York) Model-driven engineering; object-oriented design; software architecture; programming languages Daniel Kudenko, PhD (Rutgers) Artificial intelligence for games; machine learning; user modelling Suresh Manandhar, PhD (Edinburgh) Natural language processing; minimally supervised learning of syntax and semantics Simon O’Keefe, DPhil (York) Neural networks; binary correlation matrix memory; non-standard computation Stefano Pirandola, PhD (Camerino, Italy) Quantum information and computation; quantum cryptography Christopher Power, PhD (Western Ontario) Human–computer interaction; accessibility; user requirements; evaluation methodologies William Smith, PhD (York) Face recognition; shape-from-shading; reflectance/appearance modelling Research and Teaching Fellows Rob Davis, DPhil (York) Real-time systems; scheduling analysis; industrial applications Dan Franks, PhD (Leeds) Network theory and analysis; agent-based modelling; bio-inspired computing Mike Freeman, PhD (York) Hardware architecture for high speed text and vector processing Ibrahim Habli, PhD (York) Software architectures; product-line development; software safety; safety cases Mark Nicholson, DPhil (York) System safety engineering; data safety; systems engineering; statistical analysis David Pumfrey, DPhil (York) Hazard identification; risk assessment; system and software safety analysis Andrew Rae, PhD (Queensland) Safety engineering; software safety; safety risk acceptability Tommy Yuan, PhD (Leeds Met) Human–computer dialogue; software agents and their communications

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he Department has one of the largest concentrations of expertise Key information in economics and related areas in UK universities. We offer one-

Head of Department year MSc as well as research degrees. The University has been Professor Andrew Jones Tawarded ESRC DTC status, which provides scholarships for PhD studies. Contact Pioneering work in new fields like health and  Jo Hall The institution which pioneered Website: www.york.ac.uk/economics experimental economics established York as ‘health economics’ Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323789 a world leader in these areas while, at the  The University was awarded the Queen’s Email: [email protected] same time, it has developed an international Anniversary Prize in recognition of Fax: +44 (0)1904 323759 reputation in core areas of economics outstanding work at world-class level and econometrics. in health economics. English language requirement We are a large, vibrant department IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in each component, or equivalent (see page 26) with a wide range of MSc programmes and Particular features a large community of research students.  Research students are actively Our high quality research directly informs encouraged to participate in national Programmes offered our teaching, and we are proud of the impact and international conferences (financial and influence of our research in society, assistance is available to students Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma and of our contribution to scholarship. who are invited to present papers). in Health Economics for Health Care Economics at York  Each research student is a member of Professionals (by distance learning) one of the seven research clusters in  MSc Economic Evaluation for Health Ranked eighth in the UK for ‘research the Department. power’ in the most recent Research Technology Assessment (HTA)  Postgraduate students have their Assessment Exercise (by distance learning) own society which runs academic  MSc in Development Economics One of only three UK institutions to and social events. receive five ‘stars’ from the Centre and Emerging Markets  About 25 Teaching Fellowships are of Higher Education Development MSc in Econometrics and Economics available each year to help with for postgraduate economics MSc in Economic and Social Policy Analysis undergraduate teaching.  Ranked eighth in the UK and 62nd  Both MSc and PhD students have access MSc in Economics in the world in the 2012 Tilburg to fully equipped study areas within the MSc in Economics and Finance Research Rankings Department. Typically each research MSc in Finance student has their own desk with PC. MSc in Finance and Econometrics MSc in Financial Engineering MSc in Health Economics Your future MSc in Project Analysis, Graduates from our postgraduate programmes are employed in a wide Finance and Investment range of institutions around the world. Working as economists or finance MSc in Public Economics experts in financial institutions, world public bodies such as the IMF MSc in Economic and Social History or country governments, our graduates find that they can use their (by research) MPhil/PhD leading‑edge skills with success in the world job market.

Economics and Related Studies 45 Programmes overview core compulsory modules in key areas for or researchers. The programme provides the MSc in question (typically Micro- and/ opportunities for studying various economic Our graduate programme provides flexible or Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Finance subjects in depth and for gradual transition entry to postgraduate study depending on or Quantitative Methods) and a range of to undertaking research. student background. We offer a main one- optional modules in either specialised theory year MSc pathway and research degrees or applied areas. Details of the structure and at the MPhil level (two years full-time) and module syllabi can be found at www.york. ac. MSc in Economics and Finance PhD level (three years full-time). We also uk/economics/postgrad/taught-masters. The aim of this programme is to take students offer a background refresher Summer Applicants will normally expect to with a prior knowledge of economics and give Session in microeconomics and quantitative have the equivalent of a 2:1 degree in them a thorough grounding in theoretical and methods, and a free two-week pre-sessional a relevant subject. applied finance. The programme provides programme in mathematics and statistics. the essential postgraduate skills to those The Department, in collaboration with the wishing to follow careers in areas associated University’s Centre for English Language MSc in Development Economics with finance and economics, as well as those Teaching, provides English language and Emerging Markets wishing to pursue further research. support for overseas students. We admit This is a vibrant, state-of-the-art, upwards of 150 new students each year intellectually challenging and exciting for the taught MSc programmes and there programme. Students will acquire sound MSc in Finance are approximately 50 students registered theoretical and applied training and will be The aim of this programme is to take students for MPhil or PhD degrees of whom about given the opportunity to pursue interests with a prior knowledge of economics or the 75 per cent are in full-time residence. in areas at the frontiers of development natural sciences and give them a thorough economics with leading researchers in grounding in theoretical and applied finance. Postgraduate Certificate and these fields, including specialist pathways The programme provides the essential Diploma in Health Economics in health and finance. postgraduate skills to those wishing to follow careers in applied or quantitative for Health Care Professionals finance, as well as those wishing to pursue (by distance learning) MSc in Econometrics further research. and Economics MSc Economic Evaluation for The aim of this programme is to take Health Technology Assessment students with a prior knowledge of MSc in Finance (HTA) (by distance learning) economics and econometrics and/or and Econometrics These programmes are designed for mathematics and offer a thorough grounding The aim of this programme is to take students those in the healthcare sector wishing to in applied and theoretical econometrics. with a prior knowledge of economics and/ gain an accredited qualification in health The modules are taught by leading experts or mathematics and give them a thorough economics, but who are unable to study in microeconometrics, panel data analysis, grounding in theoretical and applied finance. full-time. All students register first for the time series, spatial econometrics and The programme provides the essential Postgraduate Certificate, progressing to non-parametric modelling. The programme postgraduate skills to those wishing to the Postgraduate Diploma and MSc upon provides the essential skills to those follow careers in applied or quantitative satisfactory performance at earlier levels. wishing to follow professional careers finance, as well as those wishing to pursue The Postgraduate Certificate programme and to pursue further research. further research. covers the basic principles and tools of health economics. The Postgraduate Diploma programme covers these same basic tools MSc in Economic and MSc in Financial Engineering and deepens knowledge in specific areas. Social Policy Analysis The programme is intended for candidates The MSc provides training in the The programme is designed for those working who want to combine a rigorous study of theoretical and practical issues in in the public sector who wish to upgrade relevant topics in applied and computational economic evaluation for HTA and brings their economics skills and those with a mathematics with econometrics and the student up to the current research limited background in economics who wish quantitative finance. This MSc is delivered frontier. Students will be provided with to develop their abilities in applied economics jointly by the Department of Mathematics the experience and skills necessary to and policy analysis. It provides a solid and the Department of Economics and contribute to pharmacoeconomics and foundation for careers in government, public Related Studies. For further information, outcomes research to a level consistent administration, international organisations, please see page 99. with peer‑reviewed journal publication. research centres and elsewhere. Full details can be found at www.york. ac. uk/economics/postgrad/ MSc in Health Economics distance_learning. MSc in Economics The MSc in Health Economics offers high- The programme is intended for students level courses and access to a network of who wish to acquire graduate-level economists and healthcare professionals for One-year taught MSc degrees skills in economic analysis and relevant summer research placements. The objective These have a common pattern of nine quantitative techniques. It is designed for of the programme is to produce well-trained months spent on 100 credits of advanced careers in research agencies, consultancy economists with the ability to apply their coursework and examinations, and three firms and economic advisory services skills to important issues in the field of health months spent preparing a 10,000-word of governments, banks or international economics. The programme involves staff dissertation. The coursework generally has organisations, or as university teachers from the Centre for Health Economics (CHE).

46 Economics and Related Studies who helps them to prepare for their research that it is one year shorter and the thesis MSc in Project Analysis, career. The research supervisor is assisted requirement, both in length and in originality, Finance and Investment by the Thesis Advisory Panel of one or is reduced accordingly. Students are only two colleagues. Research starts after one required to make 20 credits of assessed This MSc programme is designed for those year, admission to which is contingent on courses in their first year. interested in attaining or developing analytical obtaining a satisfactory average mark in skills in economics and finance which are the assessed MSc examinations and on relevant to successful careers in the fields of presentation of a satisfactory research Available funding investment, finance, project appraisal and proposal. During the first two years of The Department is part of the White Rose management. These areas offer scope for research the student is required to attend ESRC DTC which provides funding for Masters career development as investment analysts, research training by taking 30 credits of and doctoral students in our postgraduate financial advisers, project managers or assessed PhD, MSc or other advanced pathways, covering fees and a living consultants in central and commercial banks, courses. In the second year of research, allowance. This support is restricted by financial institutions, consultancy firms, the student is also required to present a nationality to those from EU countries. government departments and international workshop to fellow students and staff. The Department itself funds some agencies such as the World Bank. The programme is completed by the scholarships – for 2012/13 we have three submission of a thesis after three years of three-year PhD scholarships worth up to MSc in Public Economics research, which must contain an original £16,000 each. These scholarships are not contribution to knowledge or understanding. restricted by nationality. We also have The Department has a prominent international The recommended length is 30,000 words eight NIHR studentships which are available reputation in public economics. This and it is examined by a committee of to UK students on the MSc programme programme offers students a thorough examiners during a viva voce examination. in Health Economics. For research grounding in microeconomic aspects of students, the Graduate School also has the public sector. It is designed for students available a number of teaching fellowships who wish to pursue careers in government, The three-year PhD programme which provide financial support towards research agencies, public policy, universities Students who already have an appropriate the completion of research degrees. and consultancy firms. postgraduate qualification in Economics can be admitted to the three-year PhD Research degrees programme which is the same as Years 2 Summer Session to 4 of the 1+3 PhD programme. York offers a Summer Session in The MPhil and PhD research degrees provide microeconomics and quantitative methods the opportunity to undertake a sustained for students who have the ability to complete supervised research effort culminating in a MSc Economic and a one-year MSc but whose background is thesis. The research degree programmes in Social History (by research) inappropriate but relevant, eg a professional York are very large in size (there are more than The programme is intended for students qualification, a degree in another social 50 research students and over 40 staff involved with a first degree (normally 2:1 or science, or a science or engineering degree in supervision). Many of the staff are leading equivalent) with courses in economics and/ with a high quantitative and analytical researchers in their area; York is one of the best or economic and social history who wish to content. The course consists of lectures and research schools in economics in Europe and pursue graduate work by research. It may tutorials in Microeconomics (40 per cent), provides an extensive set of assessed PhD-level be combined with an MPhil and/or a PhD. Mathematics (20 per cent), Statistics (20 courses for its research students. per cent) and Macroeconomics (20 per cent). Between 2007 and 2012, 80 students Further details are at www.york.ac.uk/ completed their PhD and six students The MPhil economics/postgrad/msc-summers. completed MPhil degrees in the Department. The MPhil is a two-year programme. It Our research students regularly produce is similar in structure to the PhD, except departmental discussion papers, many of which are co‑authored, reflecting the synergies between staff and postgraduate students. Many of our research students participate in national and international “The course has offered me the flexibility summer schools and present contributed to explore different research areas while papers at international conferences (three won prizes for the best paper presented at developing my own interests. PhD students the RES conference) and they gave research have opportunities to get involved in all areas seminar presentations at 22 universities. of academic life whether they’re teaching More than half the completing research students are now full-time academics in undergraduate modules, presenting at universities in this country and overseas. conferences or organising events. Staff and Others work in IGOs, central banks or major students discuss ideas at the Department’s international banks and a further 15 per informal ‘research coffees’. Internal and cent work as economists for governments. external speakers present their current The 1+3 programme research in weekly seminars.” Initially, students are registered in one of the Richard, PhD in Economics MSc programmes and assigned a supervisor,

Economics and Related Studies 47 Staff list Professor and Head of Department Andrew Jones, DPhil (York) Health economics; applied microeconomics; econometrics Professors Yves Balasko, DSc (Paris Dauphine) General equilibrium and related theories Sue Bowden, PhD (LSE) Long-run growth; long-run demographic change; economic and social history Peter Burridge, MA (Kent) Econometrics Subir Chattopadhyay, PhD (SUNY, Stony Brook) Dynamic general equilibrium Karl Claxton, DPhil (York) Health economics; decision analysis John Hey, MA, MSc (Edinburgh) Risk, uncertainty and experimental economics David Mayston, PhD (Cambridge), FRSA Risk management; public capital; effectiveness analysis in education Karen Mumford, PhD (ANU) Labour economics; applied microeconomics and macroeconomics Cheti Nicoletti, PhD (Florence) Labour economics Gulcin Ozkan, DPhil (York) Macroeconomics; monetary economics; international finance Neil Rankin, DPhil (Oxford) Macroeconomic and monetary theory Yongcheol Shin, PhD (Michigan State) Applied and theoretical econometrics Luigi Siciliani, Laurea, PhD (York) Health economics; industrial organisation; economics of regulation; applied microeconomics Peter Simmons, PhD (Southampton) Consumer theory; welfare economics; applied econometrics; financial markets Peter N Smith, PhD (Southampton) Macroeconomics; finance; applied econometrics Peter Spencer, MSc (London) Finance; monetary and macroeconomics Joanna Swaffield, PhD (Warwick) Labour economics; applied econometrics Michael Wickens, MSc (London) Macroeconomics (theory, policy); macroeconometrics; empirical finance Takashi Yamagata, PhD (Manchester) Econometrics; finance Zaifu Yang, PhD (Tilburg) Microeconomics; mechanism design; auction theory; game theory; financial economics Professor of Philosophy, Economics and Politics Mozaffar Qizilbash, DPhil (Oxford) Well-being in economics and philosophy; development economics Readers Francesco Bravo, PhD (Southampton) Econometric theory Makoto Shimoji, PhD (UC San Diego) Microeconomics; game theory Jacco Thijssen, PhD (Tilburg) Irreversible decision making under uncertainty; game theory; general equilibrium theory Ralf Wilke, PhD (Dortmund) Applied and theoretical microeconometrics; microeconomics Senior Lecturer John Bone, MSc (Southampton) Individual and collective choice; experimental economics Lecturers Mauro Bambi, PhD (EUI) Growth theory; macroeconomic theory; mathematical economics; macroeconometrics Anindya Bhattacharya, PhD Game theory; political economy; microeconomic issues of less-developed economies (Indian Statistical Institute) Jia Chen, PhD (Zhejiang) Nonlinear time series; panel data econometrics; nonparametric and semiparametric modelling Laura Coroneo, PhD (Brussels) Finance; econometrics Bipasa Datta, PhD (Virginia Tech) Microeconomic theory; game theory; industrial organisation Giacomo De Luca, PhD (Namur) Development economics; political economy; microeconomics Martin Forster, DPhil (York) Health economics Adam Golinski, PhD (Imperial) Financial econometrics; financial economics; asset pricing; term structure models; long memory processes Fabrizio Iacone, PhD (LSE) Econometrics William Jackson, PhD (Warwick) Population ageing; public sector economics Yuan Ju, NAKE Diploma, PhD (Tilburg) Game theory; microeconomics Alan Krause, BCom, PhD (UC Riverside) Microeconomic theory; welfare economics; public economics Paulo Monteiro Santos, PhD (Brussels) Macroeconomics Matthias Morys, PhD (LSE) Economic history and international finance Andrew Pickering, PhD (Exeter) Applied macroeconomics; political economics; natural resource economics Vanessa Smith, PhD (Nottingham) Macroeconomics; panel data econometrics; empirical finance Judith Spicksley, PhD (Hull) Economic history Michael Thornton, PhD (Essex) Aggregation in econometrics; continuous time econometric modelling; modelling seasonal series Emma Tominey, PhD (UCL) Labour economics; applied econometrics Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder, PhD (Bristol) Health economics; economics of obesity Paola Zerilli, PhD (Massachusetts) Asset and derivative pricing; financial econometrics; corporate finance Huanhuan Zheng, PhD (Singapore) Financial economics; international finance

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he Department of Education is the largest recruiter of overseas Key information graduate students in Education in the UK. You will be joining

Head of Department a thriving academic community that places a high value on Professor Judith Bennett Tresearch and teaching with a strong international dimension. Contact Dr Jan Hardman The Department’s teaching and research Council (ESRC). The Department is also a Website: www.york.ac.uk/education/ are held in high regard both nationally and member of the White Rose Doctoral Training postgraduate internationally. We encourage and support Centre, a major collaboration between the Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323460 Email: [email protected] studies involving a range of research Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York Fax: +44 (0)1904 323459 approaches and have particular expertise and one of the UK’s biggest doctoral training and experience in both quantitative and centres for postgraduate researchers in English language requirement qualitative research methods, including the social sciences. IELTS 7.0 or equivalent (see page 26) with studies of innovation and change in In the 2001 Subject Review by the Quality a minimum of 6.0 in each component for: educational settings in the UK and overseas Assurance Agency (QAA) the Department MA in Applied Linguistics for Language in both high and low income countries. gained the maximum score of 24 points. Teaching; MA in Applied Linguistics for English Language Teaching; MA in TESOL The Department has three research In 2007, in the University’s Periodic Review centres: the Centre for Research on system (the University’s follow-up to QAA IELTS 6.5 or equivalent (see page 26) with Education and Social Justice; the Centre Subject Review), the Department’s teaching a minimum of 6.0 in each component for: MA in Education (by research); MA in for Language Learning Research; and the was rated as excellent in all the categories Education; MA in Global and International Centre for Innovation and Research in reviewed. In the most recent Research Citizenship Education; MA in Science Science Education. The Department is at Assessment Exercise the Department was Education; MA in Teaching English to the cutting edge of research in these three ranked eighth in the UK for the quality Young Learners (by distance); MPhil/PhD areas. In addition, we have strong links with of its research. In 2010, the Office for the Institute for Effective Education which Standards in Education (Ofsted) awarded develops and evaluates innovative education the Department’s initial teacher training Programmes offered programmes and practices in order to programme the top grade of ‘outstanding’. Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) identify the best available evidence for policymakers and practitioners. MA in Education (by research) The Department’s excellence in MA in Education research methods training is recognised MA in Global and International by the Economic and Social Research Citizenship Education MA in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching MA in Applied Linguistics for English Language Teaching Your future MA in Science Education MA in TESOL Our MA programmes are designed to support existing and prospective MA in Teaching English to Young Learners teachers in schools, colleges and universities across the world and serve (by distance learning) as excellent introductions to PhD research. Our trainees secure teaching MPhil/PhD posts in state and independent schools across the UK. MPhil/PhD in Language and Communication

Education 49 Programmes overview the basis of handing in assignments and the dissertation. MA in Education (by research) We pride ourselves on being a warm All our MA programmes also aim to This programme offers an opportunity and friendly department, where you will provide a basis for those wishing to go for study on a full-time basis over one receive plenty of support for your study on to study for a PhD, either immediately year, or on a part-time basis over two and opportunities for you to mix with after completing the MA or at a later years, wholly by supervision, leading to fellow students and members of staff. stage. We offer an MPhil/PhD programme the production of a dissertation of about All our students are allocated a personal for students wishing to carry out 25,000 words to be submitted at the end supervisor; he or she will guide your a substantial piece of research. progress throughout your studies. If you of the period of study. Students of current are an MA student, we would encourage Your background practice and developments in education you to work with your supervisor to plan are particularly welcome. We are also You should normally have (or expect to a path through the programme that best happy to receive applications from students receive) at least a 2:1 honours degree suits your academic interests. from areas outside schools, such as nurse or equivalent. We currently offer a range of different education, prison education and further types of postgraduate qualification: taught education. You are expected to have a and research, full-time and part-time. Postgraduate Certificate in clear idea of the topic area you wish to Our MA programmes also cover a range of Education (PGCE) explore when you apply. Students studying topic areas. Four specifically relate to aspects for the MA in Education (by research) are of language education; please check that This is a one-year programme of study expected to attend a research methods you are applying for the programme that which is designed for students who wish programme taught on one night per week is appropriate to your needs, qualifications to teach in secondary schools (age range in the first term. and experience. 11–18) and leads to Qualified Teacher Status. Our taught MA programmes and Courses are provided for those who wish to PhD programme are taken by students specialise in English, Mathematics, Modern MA in Education from the UK and all over the world, who Languages (French, German and subsidiary This is a one-year full-time taught bring with them and share a range of Spanish), Science (Biology, Chemistry and programme which will provide you with different experiences of education. We Physics) and History. The programme also the maximum choice of modules and areas have particularly strong links with Asia. incorporates study leading to the award of research for your dissertation. The main The PGCE and MA in Education (by research) of 60 credits at Masters level. In 2010 the focus of this programme is on allowing are more UK-based. Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) you to study a wide range of educational Our programmes are designed to offer awarded the programme a ‘Grade 1: issues and then focus on a topic of you the opportunity to thrive in your chosen Outstanding’ designation. The programme is interest to you for your dissertation. Such field of study. Our full-time MAs last one open to graduates from York and from other dissertation studies can focus on current year and part-time ones 18 months or two universities. Applications are particularly developments in education or an educational years. The full-time taught programmes all welcome from candidates who have issue of personal concern. Studies have involve 180 credits. These are made up from already done some teaching, have been looked at such diverse topics as bullying compulsory (core) modules, option modules employed in some other occupation or in schools, collaborative learning, the use in specialist areas, and a 12,000-word have done some form of voluntary service of language games in the classroom, the dissertation reporting a piece of research either abroad or in the UK. Details of the hidden curriculum, pupil motivation and you yourself have designed and carried out. programme and application procedures are gifted children. You can conduct your study The result is that you have considerable given in a separate prospectus obtainable in the UK or overseas. flexibility to select a pathway through your from the Department or Student Recruitment MA that suits your personal interests and and Admissions. Applications should be made needs. You will be formally assessed on as early as possible in the academic year. MA in Global and International Citizenship Education This is a one-year full-time taught programme and will be attractive to all “The collaboration between staff and students those who have an interest in citizenship education, global education, intercultural in the Department is really great. The research understanding and, more generally, in social activities I’ve been a part of have helped studies, whether as teachers, researchers enhance my understanding of how education or policymakers. This programme aims to: (i) provide advanced-level study could be carried out and evaluated. The of citizenship and global education; innovative research groups linked to (ii) illuminate the nature of citizenship the Department, such as the Centre for and global education through insights Research on Education and Social Justice into comparative education; (iii) link citizenship and global education to and the Centre for Language Learning wider issues in society (history, politics Research, enhance its status as a leader and culture) and education; (iv) develop in the global academic community.” personal, academic and professional language skills in English; and (v) develop Erdem, PhD in Education basic research capabilities in the field of citizenship and global education.

50 Education where appropriate, to professional one of the following areas: Second Language MA in Applied Linguistics development by enhancing capacity to Learning and Teaching; Language and for Language Teaching investigate aspects of educational theory, Humanities Education; Science Education; policy and practice. If you come to York, and Education and Social Justice. These This is a one-year full-time taught programme you will have the opportunity to work programmes can be taken full-time (two that provides a broadly-based MA in second with one of the leading groups in science years MPhil; three years PhD), part-time and foreign language education, including education. Areas of expertise include (four and six years respectively) or by mixed languages other than English. It is informed assessment, attitudes to science, the use of mode of registration. These degrees are by theoretical and practical concerns. The context-based approaches to the teaching based on submission of a research thesis of programme offers advanced enquiry into the of science, curriculum development and about 55,000 words for the MPhil and about processes of second language learning and evaluation, practical work in science, 85,000 words for a PhD. Our philosophy is teaching, and runs alongside the MA in Applied scientific literacy, and the transition to support you to research a topic you are Linguistics for English Language Teaching. from primary to secondary school. interested in. As such, you need to submit Students have the equivalent of at least one a short outline (500 to 1,000 words) of your year’s full-time teaching experience, and an proposed research topic and method of undergraduate degree in a language-related MA in TESOL study with your application. You might find it subject, linguistics or education. They have a This is a one-year full-time taught helpful to contact the MPhil/PhD programme wide range of teaching experience, including programme for students who plan to teach leader before applying to check that your the teaching of languages other than English, English as a second or foreign language area of interest is one we can supervise. to different age groups and proficiencies, with or without teaching experience, or During your period of registration you will and come from a variety of countries and who plan to do research on the teaching, meet regularly with your supervisor who will contexts. One aim of the programme is to learning or assessment of English as a second offer you advice and guidance on your study, enable students to make more informed or foreign language. The programme aims and provide you with feedback on how your decisions in their own educational contexts. to: (i) develop knowledge of the English work is progressing. During the thesis writing We also welcome students who hope to stage, another member of staff together continue to PhD-level study and join the large language, research design and language with your supervisor will form your Thesis group of language education PhD students analysis from various perspectives; Advisory Group. They will meet with you in the Department. Students can select (ii) illuminate sociolinguistic contexts of more formally from time to time to review assignments and design small‑scale studies English as an international language and your progress and to ‘confirm’ your PhD to match their own concerns and interests. bilingualism; (iii) develop an understanding of individual and social behaviour and its impact status. This normally takes place midway on modern English use; and (iv) develop through the programme. MA in Applied Linguistics for methodological approaches (new media, In addition to supervisory support, English Language Teaching communication, genre and content based) the Department organises a variety of in teaching and learning a second language research training workshops. Meetings of This is a one-year full-time taught leading to advanced language proficiency. the Educational Research Group provide programme that will appeal to all those with an informal setting at which staff and interests in TESOL. It provides a broad-based research students can make presentations. MA in teaching English as a second or foreign MA in Teaching English The University also runs an extensive language, and runs alongside the MA in to Young Learners programme of research training workshops Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching. (by distance learning) for research students. Students have the equivalent of at least one Finally, our postgraduate students can year’s full-time teaching experience, and an This is a two-year, part-time distance work across disciplines and institutions undergraduate degree in a language-related learning programme specially designed for within the White Rose Doctoral Training subject, linguistics or education. They have professionals worldwide involved in teaching Centre, receiving first-class training, a wide range of teaching experience with English to young learners (learners up to collaborating with other postgraduate different age groups and proficiencies, 16 years of age). At the beginning of each researchers across Yorkshire and enjoying and come from a variety of countries and year of study, there is a short intensive opportunities to develop interdisciplinary contexts. One aim of the programme is to module, delivered either online or face to networks and expertise. enable students to make more informed face. These are followed by eight self-study decisions in their own educational contexts. multimedia modules, four in each year, with We also welcome students who hope to materials accessible via the University’s MPhil/PhD in Language continue to PhD-level study and join the large Virtual Learning Environment. Each module and Communication group of language education PhD students lasts approximately three months, with The Department participates in an in the Department. Students can select 13–18 hours of study expected, on average, interdisciplinary MPhil/doctoral programme assignments and design small-scale studies each week. There are several different in Language and Communication. to match their own concerns and interests. start dates for the programme each year, For more information see page 84. including: online in March or October; face to face and in-country – UAE each April, MA in Science Education Greece each June, Switzerland each August This is a one-year full-time taught and Singapore each November. Available funding programme which aims to: (i) enhance For up-to-date information about knowledge and understanding in science scholarships available for 2014, please education; (ii) develop educational research MPhil/PhD research degrees see the Department’s Scholarships web capabilities and skills in the fields of education Applications are especially welcome from page: www.york.ac.uk/education/ and science education; and (iii) contribute, students who want to conduct research in postgraduate/scholarships.

Education 51 Staff list Professor and Head of Department Judith Bennett, PhD (London) Attitudes to science; evaluation of educational interventions; systematic research reviews Professors Ian Davies, PhD (York) Citizenship education; history education; global education; social studies education Robert Klassen, PhD (Simon Fraser) Psychology in education; motivation; teacher engagement Chris Kyriacou, PhD (Cambridge) Educational psychology; teacher stress; effective teaching in schools Robin Millar, PhD (Edinburgh) Teaching and learning science (particularly physics); public understanding of science Leah Roberts, PhD (Essex) Second language acquisition and processing; real-time comprehension of syntax and discourse Reader Gillian Hampden-Thompson, PhD (Penn State) Education policy; student achievement; comparative education; quantitative and mixed methods Senior Lecturers Claudine Bowyer-Crane, PhD (York) Psychology in education; reading; literacy Emma Marsden, PhD (Southampton) Foreign language education (policy and practice); second language acquisition theories Vanita Sundaram, PhD (Copenhagen) Equity in education; inclusion; sociology of education; gender and sexuality Beatrice Szczepek Reed, PhD (Potsdam) Second language education; English pronunciation; conversation analysis Paul Wakeling, PhD (Manchester) Sociology of education; higher education; quantitative research methods Lecturers Kathryn Asbury, PhD (King’s College London) Psychology in education; genetic influence on early development Bendetta Bassetti, PhD (Essex) Bilingualism; second language learning; biliteracy; second language literacy; Chinese Zoe Handley, PhD (Manchester) CALL; SLA; speech; computer-mediated communication Jan Hardman, PhD (Birmingham) Discourse analysis; second language writing; language curriculum evaluation Annie Hughes, PhD (York) Teaching English to young learners; teacher development; materials design John Issitt, PhD (Open) The history and presentation of knowledge; sociology of education Irena Kuzborska, PhD (Essex) Teacher cognition; second language reading; ESP; materials design and evaluation Poppy Nash, PhD (Southampton) Intervention research in schools; resiliency in secondary school students; coping with disadvantage Sarah Olive, MPhil (Cambridge) Shakespeare in education; teaching Early Modern literature; theatre and museum education Florentina Taylor, PhD (Nottingham) Self and identity; motivation; foreign language learning/teaching Danijela Trenkic, PhD (Cambridge) Second language acquisition; pragmatics; discourse processing and comprehension; definiteness

PGCE Director Paula Mountford, MA (York) Thinking skills; assessment for learning; education 14–19 Tutors Suzi Bewel, BSc (Aston) Content and Language Integrated Learning; ICT; MFL Ann Gannon, MA (Open) Mathematics education; how children think and learn Christine Otter, MEd (Durham) Science education Catherine Sawyer, BA (Kent) Teaching English (through drama and ICT; kinaesthetic approaches); whole school literacy development

Institute for Effective Education Director Professor Bette Chambers, PhD (McGill) Early childhood education; early literacy instruction; technology-based learning Professors Frank Hardman, PhD (Newcastle) Classroom interaction; professional learning; language and learning Robert Slavin, PhD (Johns Hopkins) Evidence-based education; systematic reviews; comprehensive school reform; literacy instruction Readers Tracey Bywater, PhD (Bangor) Parenting and child behaviour; conduct problems and social emotional competence Peter Rudd, PhD (Surrey) School improvement and school effectiveness; overcoming educational disadvantage

52 Education Eighteenth Century Studies

nternational conferences, symposia, research seminars, meetings Key information of the Postgraduate Forum, visits by distinguished scholars from all

Centre Director over the globe – there is always something happening at the Centre Professor Harriet Guest Ifor Eighteenth Century Studies (CECS), and you feel part of the research Contact community as soon as you arrive here. Clare Bond Website: www.york.ac.uk/inst/cecs CECS provides a rich and stimulating students to organise their own activities for Telephone: +44 (0)1904 324980 environment for all forms of interdisciplinary the CECS community. CECS students have Email: [email protected] and cross-disciplinary study. Our staff recently run highly successful conferences, Fax: +44 (0)1904 324989 provide specialist supervision in Archaeology, and have established a very popular English language requirement English Literature, History and History of Art, Postgraduate Forum which provides MA IELTS 7.0 with no less than 5.5 in each and all have published extensively within and PhD students with valuable peer support component, or equivalent (see page 26) the period. Together with our doctoral and for their research. CECS is regularly home Masters students they have created a lively to major funded research projects, with research community where you will be both doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, Programmes offered able, individually and collaboratively, to and welcomes visiting postdoctoral fellows pursue your interests in the politics, culture, from other countries. MA in Eighteenth Century Studies: literature, art and society of the period. CECS is housed in the historic King’s Representations and Contexts, 1750–1850 Our fortnightly research seminars Manor in central York, one of England’s MA in Romantic and Sentimental welcome visiting speakers from Europe and most beautiful cities and an exceptionally Literature, 1770–1830 North America as well as from across Britain; good place to study the 18th century. they are sociable occasions where you will York has a wealth of Georgian architecture, MA (by research) meet and talk informally with staff and notably the Assembly Rooms and the MPhil/PhD other students. Our regular conferences and Georgian museum at Fairfax House, and one-day symposia are particularly geared offers easy access to the 18th-century to the interests of our graduate community houses and landscape gardens of Yorkshire, while also attracting delegates from this including Castle Howard, Harewood House country and beyond. We encourage our and Burton Constable.

Your future CECS is widely recognised as the leading centre in the English‑speaking world for interdisciplinary research in the ‘long’ 18th century, and staff have published extensively in the period. Our frequent conferences and symposia provide opportunities to network with internationally renowned scholars. Alumni have gone on to have successful careers in higher education, publishing, law, the media, arts administration, teaching and the film industry.

Eighteenth Century Studies 53 Programmes overview All students have access to the extensive of the arts, the relationship between the resources of libraries on the Heslington sexes, the authority of the aristocracy, and CECS offers two taught MA programmes, Campus, including special collections of the advantages, responsibilities and effects the interdisciplinary MA in Eighteenth rare books, the comprehensive collection of of Empire? In what discourses and through Century Studies and the MA in Romantic more than 12,000 reels of microfilmed 18th- which narratives was cultural change and Sentimental Literature, 1770–1830. century books and ephemera, and the unique theorised and described? You will study these These programmes are taught by members and extensive archival resources of the questions mainly in relation to Britain, but of the University’s academic staff, and Borthwick Institute of Historical Research. The with attention also to how they were being you can take them either full-time over King’s Manor Library has a large collection of addressed elsewhere. Additionally, you will one academic year or on a part-time 18th-century resources, including microfilm consider how the European encounter with basis over two years, each year running collections of prints, images, periodicals peoples and societies in different regions of from October to the following September. and newspapers. The King’s Manor is next the world – notably the Americas, Africa, the For more details, see our website. door to the York City Art Gallery and York Levant, India, China and the South Pacific – On each MA, you take the programme City Archives, and a few minutes from the itself fed into the metropolitan debate. The core module and three optional modules. major 18th-century collections at York primary texts studied on the core module You can choose your optional modules Minster Library. York’s excellent resources are concerned with politics, history, literary from a wide range of options shared by the are backed up by the presence, only a dozen history, the history of art, the law, political different CECS programmes. These are fully miles away, of the British Library at Boston economy, etc, and the core module examines described on our website. The programmes Spa, easily accessible using the University’s how far these now separate disciplines were are designed to be as flexible as possible free minibus service. involved in a common debate about the to enable you to pursue your individual processes and effects of cultural change, interests. You take the core module and and how far they were beginning to develop one option module in the Autumn Term, MA in Eighteenth Century divergent and specialised accounts of those and two option modules in the Spring Term. Studies: Representations and processes and effects. Each module is taught by weekly seminars, and is assessed by a term paper of 4,500 Contexts, 1750–1850 words. You also produce a dissertation of This is a fully interdisciplinary programme, MA in Romantic and 15,000 to 20,000 words, researched and involving the Departments of Archaeology, Sentimental Literature, written over the Summer Term and vacation. English, History and History of Art. It offers 1770–1830 A two-term research training course is you the opportunity to study the culture and included for all programmes. cultural history of the period 1650–1850 from The Romantic movement has traditionally new perspectives, or to lay foundations for been seen to dominate the aesthetic and higher degrees within the various disciplines literary output of the late 18th and early Eighteenth-century involved in the programme. We do not, 19th centuries, but recent critical and however, expect you to have previous historical scholarship has emphasised the resources experience in more than one discipline. range and diversity of contemporary literary Almost all the major online databases The principal focus of the programme forms and styles of writing which cannot for research into the 18th and early is set by the core module in the first term, comfortably be treated as though they 19th centuries – including ECCO (Eighteenth Changes of Meaning, Narratives of Change, were part of that movement. By setting Century Collections Online), EEBO (Early which will introduce you to some of the most Romantic and Sentimental writings alongside English Books Online), the British Periodicals important issues and debates in the period. each other, this MA programme offers you Collection, the 19th-century British Library How did writers attempt to explain changes an opportunity to find your own paths Newspaper Collection and the 17th- and 18th- in the structure and values of their societies, through the literary and cultural history century Burney Newspaper Collection – are as these impinged on such issues as the of the period. You will have the chance to available at all workstations in the University. revolution in France, the status and function read the Romantic canon (and to consider contemporary developments in fiction such as the Gothic), as well as to explore a range of works which complicate older notions of Romantic writing. The core module surveys “My experience at the Centre has been shaped the major literary and cultural developments by a sense of friendliness and collaboration. in the period and the central preoccupations of Romantic and Sentimental writing, as The staff are passionate about the subject, formulated by contemporaries and by recent and they’re approachable and generous critics and theorists. This programme leads with their time. There’s a regular and lively to the MA degree in English. events programme at the Centre, so you’re constantly being exposed to current Optional modules developments in research. I want to These are subject to change, but at present pursue a career in academia, and I don’t CECS offers over 20 optional modules on a think the PhD programme at York could wide range of topics, including Islam and prepare me better for this.” the Enlightenment, Politics of the Body, Exotic Animals in Europe, Jane Austen Joanna, PhD in English and Related Literature to Wollstonecraft, Representing the City, and British Country Houses.

54 Eighteenth Century Studies Your background read for research degrees in Archaeology, International students English, History or History of Art. Both CECS is proud to form an international We normally welcome applications for CECS interdisciplinary and single disciplinary topics community, with a strong representation MA programmes from holders of 2:1 honours within the relevant chronological period of students from overseas. Past students degrees in appropriate subjects. We will also (1650–1850) are welcomed. The interests have found that they forge fruitful and consider your application sympathetically if of members of CECS are very extensive and long-lasting contacts with fellow students you are a mature candidate seeking specialist supervision can be offered on an extremely and academics, and that time spent at qualifications after professional experience wide range of research topics. See the CECS, because of its established reputation, (such as an in-service teacher) or if you Academic Staff pages of our website for full enhances their career prospects back wish to return after an interval to continue descriptions of our staff research interests. home. The University offers strong welfare your education, whether or not you have Research degrees are awarded on the basis support and language support where recent and conventional qualifications. of a thesis submitted within one year (MA by these are required. Many of our graduate students have research), two years (MPhil) or three years gone on to study for higher degrees (PhD); part‑time students normally take in Britain and the USA. Others have twice as long in each case. successful careers in publishing, the law, You are welcome to contact potential the media, arts administration, teaching supervisors informally to discuss your and the film industry. research proposal. CECS encourages joint and interdisciplinary supervision. MA/MPhil/PhD CECS runs a two-term research training programme for all research students, research degrees and the University Graduate Training We invite applications from graduates Unit offers a full programme of skills from the UK and overseas who wish to development for postgraduates.

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Professor and Centre Director Jon Mee, PhD (Cambridge) English: Long 18th-century print culture; sociability; 1790s; popular radicalism; Blake Professors Kevin Gilmartin, PhD (Chicago) English: 18th-century and Romantic literature; politics and print culture Harriet Guest, PhD (Cambridge) English: 18th-century and Romantic literature; women’s writing; exploration voyages, especially Cook Reader Mark Jenner, DPhil (Oxford) History: Early modern English history; medicine (social); the body Senior Lecturers Geoffrey Cubitt, PhD (Cambridge) History: Political and cultural history of modern France; social memory and commemoration Ziad Elmersafy, PhD (Emory) English: Middle Eastern/North African literature (Arabic, French, English); the Enlightenment Jonathan Finch, PhD (UEA) Archaeology: Estate and designed landscapes; hunting and field sports Natasha Glaisyer, PhD (Cambridge) History: Cultural history of commerce in the 17th and 18th centuries Joanna de Groot, DPhil (Oxford) History: Histories of race, empire and ethnicity; women’s and gender histories James Watt, PhD (Cambridge) English: Empire and identity, 1750–1840; British Orientalisms in the ‘long’ 18th century; Gothic Lecturers Helen Cowie, PhD (Warwick) History: History of animals, history of natural history, history of collecting Mary Fairclough, PhD (York) English: 18th-century and Romantic literature and science, politics, print culture Hannah Greig, PhD (Hull) History: Social, political and material history of Britain, c1688–1830 Nicholas Guyatt, PhD (Princeton) History: Atlantic World before 1800; history of the USA before 1900 Richard Johns, PhD (York) History of Art: British art 1650–1850; painted interiors; landscape and marine painting Catriona Kennedy, PhD (York) History: 18th- and 19th-century British and Irish history; gender, war and revolution Emma Major, PhD (York) English: Religion, gender and national identity, c1700–1900 Alison O’Byrne, PhD (York) English: Representations of the city in the ‘long’ 18th century

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lectronics at York is founded on internationally acclaimed Key information research, excellent facilities and outstanding students and staff.

Head of Department Our research and taught course postgraduate programmes link Professor David Howard Etheory, practice and creativity, equipping students to design the Contact devices, applications, systems and networks of the future. Professor Andy Tyrrell Website: www.elec.york.ac.uk/gsp Research in the Department is based within platforms and underwater situations. Telephone: +44 (0)1904 324485 five research groups: Physical Layer, The Intelligent Systems Research Group Email: [email protected] Communications, Intelligent Systems, is one of the leading groups in the world Fax: +44 (0)1904 323224 Audio Lab, and Engineering Management that focus on the interaction between English language requirement and Education. biological and electronic systems. We have IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in each The Physical Layer Research Group well-equipped laboratories for research in component, or equivalent (see page 26) undertakes innovative research into the bio-inspired architectures and biological hardware associated with electronic systems, systems. Our research is used in applications including modelling and measurement of such as autonomous intelligent vehicles, Programmes offered electromagnetic interference between artificial immune systems, evolvable MSc in Audio and Music Technology electronic systems and its interaction hardware for adaptive engineering, (programme subject to approval) with biological systems, the design of new and neural system modelling. microwave and optical communications The Audio Lab carries out research into MSc in Autonomous Robotics Engineering devices, electron microscopy, nanotechnology virtual acoustics modelling and auralisation, MSc in Communications Engineering and spin-based electron devices. We have the human perception of sound, human MSc in Digital Signal Processing excellent laboratory facilities and a wide voice production and interactive sonification. range of industrial support and funding. We have an anechoic chamber, an interactive MSc in Digital Systems Engineering The Communications Research Group multi-channel loudspeaker listening room, MSc in Engineering Management applies its substantial, internationally standards-compliant listening space and MSc in Internet and Wireless Computing recognised expertise in MIMO, signal processing three professional recording studios. and coding, resource assignment and access In Engineering Management and MSc in Electronic Engineering control to wireless systems. Particular areas of Education, research is undertaken in (by research) interest include cooperative communications, e-learning, personalised to individual needs. MSc in Music Technology (by research) cognitive and green communications, and In the most recent Research Assessment MPhil/PhD in Electronic Engineering wireless sensor networks. These are often Exercise, nearly 80 per cent of the applied to unconventional or difficult scenarios Department’s research outputs were assessed MPhil/PhD in Music Technology involving heterogeneous networks, aerial as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.

Your future We have strong links with industry, and employers regularly visit to give presentations and run skills sessions. Large-scale projects for Masters degrees reflect industry practices such as tendering and management processes and many PhDs are run in collaboration with industrial partners.

56 Electronics Programmes overview optimisation of communication networks MSc in Autonomous from the antennas to the application layer The Department offers both taught and  experience of the use of industry- research-based postgraduate degrees. Robotics Engineering standard design tools. The taught MSc is a one-year full- Robotic systems are becoming increasingly time degree. Each programme combines widespread, with the use of multiple robot This programme is accredited by the Institute advanced taught modules with a substantial units that are required to operate for of Engineering and Technology (IET). project, mostly undertaken by students extended periods of time. This programme is in groups, employing design, test and delivered with the Department of Computer integration procedures that adhere to Science and gives a grounding in techniques MSc in Digital Signal Processing industrial quality standards. applied to autonomous robotic systems. Digital Signal Processing (DSP) is the core Research degrees are offered at MSc, You will gain experience in: technology of modern electronic systems. MPhil and PhD level in Electronic Engineering  a systems engineering approach to This MSc will provide you with: and Music Technology. Studying for these the development of autonomous  an overview of the main practical degrees at York will allow you to work robotic systems and theoretical DSP tools with some of the leading researchers in  a practical approach to the development  knowledge and understanding of these areas. Information regarding current and deployment of autonomous optimisation methods used in DSP research projects can be found on the robotic systems following staff list and on the Department’s  hands-on experience of using industry- web pages: www.elec.york.ac.uk/research/  a detailed understanding of engineering standard tools for design and analysis research.html. You should consult these collective robotic systems with of DSP systems before applying for a research degree. emergent behaviours  knowledge and understanding of  undertaking a substantial group project, theory for processing digital signals Your background on a subject related to research in and applications in areas such as You will be expected to hold (or expect autonomous robotic systems. microelectronics, biomedicine, to gain) an honours degree at 2:1 (or For this programme, the English language communications and defence. equivalent) standard, in Electronic and requirement is as specified for the Department This programme is accredited by the Institute Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer of Computer Science (see page 41). of Engineering and Technology (IET). Science, Mathematics or a related subject. Please check our web pages for individual programme entry requirements. MSc in Communications MSc in Digital Systems Engineering Engineering MSc in Audio and Music The MSc in Communications Engineering This MSc makes extensive use of the Technology (programme focuses on modern digital communication knowledge and expertise from our Intelligent subject to approval) systems, with an emphasis on mobile Systems Research Group. Using FPGAs as communications and the internet. It will a hardware platform and VHDL as a design The MSc in Audio and Music Technology provide you with the opportunity to develop: language, the programme provides: draws on research and teaching expertise  a sound theoretical and practical  a balanced picture of state-of-the-art in audio, acoustics and music technology knowledge of radio communication digital system design within the Audio Lab Research Group to techniques, signal processing and  experience of using industry-standard provide a rich programme incorporating network protocols audio signal processing, virtual design tools  acoustics, voice analysis and synthesis, an overview of current and future  experience of working within a group psychoacoustics and musical perception. wireless and internet standards and of the crucial management skills The MSc offers:  practical experience in the design and required by industry  an in-depth understanding of the theoretical bases, underlying technologies and practical skills in audio signal processing, audio programming “After studying for my MSc at York, I sat down and acoustics with my supervisor and we mapped out a PhD  an overview of current research and application in the areas of audio, topic together. There are many opportunities acoustics and music technology for PhD students to do different training  an interdisciplinary programme with courses in order to develop their research and flexibility to study one module in the management skills and abilities. There’s a Department of Music strong support system between students  an opportunity to develop your research, project management and presentation and staff in my Department, and it feels skills through an extended independent great to be a part of a network of so many project which can be tailored to your talented and inspirational people.” specific interests. Bidyut, PhD in Electronic Engineering

Electronics 57  hands-on experience of the design of management to turn base stations on and a modern digital system, culminating MPhil and PhD off depending on spatial and temporal traffic fluctuations, in order to significantly reduce in the construction of a device. The MPhil and PhD degree programmes This programme is accredited by the enable in-depth study of a chosen energy consumption. Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). specialisation with leading researchers from the Department of Electronics. These degrees Engineering Management: are awarded in either Electronic Engineering Skills for Projects and Internships MSc in Engineering or Music Technology following the successful Our research focuses on the skills needed to Management submission of a thesis and subsequent be effective in project work, internships and This MSc will enable technically qualified oral examination. The normal period of employability, and on ways to improve student graduates to become more effective study is two years for an MPhil degree and preparation and support and maximise the managers through acquisition of three years for the PhD degree. Progress of benefits gained from these experiences. Based management theory, tools and innovation all research students is continually guided on quantitative research methods, the research by a supervisor and Thesis Advisory Panel. skills applied in real engineering situations. aims to build a better understanding of the Students regularly present their work at The MSc provides: hierarchical nature of generic skills, inform UK and overseas conferences and publish  a sound understanding of critical the optimisation of the education process, in international journals. Research degrees theory and skills relevant to the and develop the notion of ‘graduateness’ may also be taken part-time, over extended technical manager registration periods. of engineering students.  opportunities to apply management strategies to real technology issues Intelligent Systems:  an environment in which to develop Examples of research Microelectronics design management skills as a solid foundation Our research in microelectronics aims to for career development group projects: develop understanding of how stochastic  experience in exploiting technological variability will affect circuit design in deep opportunities within large firms or Audio Lab: Virtual acoustic sub-micron processes and to propose novel as an entrepreneurial activity. simulation for auralisation design methodologies to overcome these Auralisation is the audio equivalent of intrinsic variations. Our research involves the MSc in Internet and visualisation – the accurate rendering of design and fabrication of a novel reconfigurable an acoustic environment so that the listener variability tolerant architecture, which allows Wireless Computing perceives the result as being natural or variability aware design and rapid prototyping Internet and wireless computing systems real – and is founded on the development by exploiting the configuration options of the are the rapidly advancing integration of of accurate sound propagation algorithms. architecture. These are vital steps towards the mobile, miniature computing platforms that Although a number of methods exist, next generation of FPGA architectures. utilise ever-proliferating wireless networks. none as yet provide a complete solution This MSc will provide you with the knowledge for the whole audio spectrum in real time, Physical Layer: Electromagnetic and skills to exploit this technology by so this project will research new methods dosimetry in a reverberant gaining experience in: for simulating an acoustic field for real- environment  the underlying computing and time, walk-through, auralisation. Recent The aim is to assess how much power is communications technologies research has explored hybrid and perceptual modelling solutions and parallel/distributed absorbed in the human body from exposure  computer programming for the hardware implementations. How might to radiation from mobile phones, hand-held design and analysis of internet and these algorithms be used in the prediction radios and other microwave sources. At York wireless computing systems and design of acoustic environments, we have recently developed a new approach to  software engineering and project either inside (eg concert hall design) or measuring the relevant parameter, the specific management during an extensive out (eg environmental noise assessment)? absorption rate (SAR). Our novel method practical project is applicable to reverberant environments,  implementation of an internet-enabled Communications: Intelligent such as aircraft, trains and lifts (elevators), mobile computing system using Green Communications for High where owing to highly reflective surfaces the wireless techniques and state-of- Capacity Density Scenarios waves can reach the body from all directions. the‑art processors. The requirement to deliver high capacity Using state-of-the-art microwave test This programme is accredited by the Institute density scenarios (>1Gbps/km2) will become equipment, together with computational of Engineering and Technology (IET). commonplace in large cities over the next electromagnetic codes, we aim to develop this decade. To achieve this, novel network into a technique that has medical, biological architectures of small cells, often with and safety applications and leads to a better MSc (by research) wireless backhaul to the core network, are understanding of the interactions between The Department offers the MSc by research being studied; they need to be both cost- electromagnetic waves and the body. in Electronic Engineering and in Music effective and energy efficient. Researchers Technology. These are one-year programmes in this project are investigating a number based on a research project supervised by a of areas, including advanced MIMO physical member of academic staff from one of the layers, both cooperative techniques and Available funding Department’s research groups. The award network coding, along with cognitive Funding opportunities are available for of the degree is made following submission resource assignment using reinforcement both taught and research postgraduate and examination of a thesis. learning techniques, and intelligent topology programmes: see our web pages for full details.

58 Electronics Staff list Professor and Head of Department David Howard, PhD (London), CEng, FIET, FIOA Singing, speech and music analysis and synthesis; naturalness; human perception Professors Alister Burr, PhD (Bristol), CEng, MIET, MIEEE Wireless communications; turbo codes; MIMO; wireless network coding Mohamed El-Gomati OBE, DPhil (York), CPhys, Electron microscopy; Fast Auger electron detection; electron optics; lithography; FInstP, FRMS micromachining Jeremy Everard, PhD (Cambridge), CEng, MIET, MIEEE RF/microwaves; low phase noise oscillators; opto-electronics Andy Marvin, PhD (Sheffield), FREng, Fellow IEEE Electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic metrology: antennas John Robinson, PhD (Essex), FIET, MIEEE Image and video processing; pattern analysis Jon Timmis, PhD (Wales), PGCHE, Senior MIEEE Artificial immune systems; computational immunology; swarm robotics; self-healing systems Andy Tyrrell, PhD (Aston), CEng, FIET, Senior MIEEE Evolvable hardware; FPGA/reconfigurable systems; artificial immune systems; microelectronics design Yongbing Xu, PhD (Leeds), MIET, MIoNanotech Nanotechnology; spintronics; magnetic nanomaterials; nanodevice and nanofabrication Readers Atsufumi Hirohata, PhD (Cambridge), MIEEE Spintronics; nano-scale and quantum magnetism; nanoelectronics Julian Miller, PhD (City), PGCLTHE (Birmingham) Bio -inspired computing; genetic programming; evolutionary computation; neural networks Damian Murphy, DPhil (York), MAES Virtual acoustic modelling; auralisation; spatial audio; music technology Adar Pelah, ScMEE, PhD (Cambridge) Interactive environments; human vision and locomotion; 3DTV; medical applications Gianluca Tempesti, MSE, PhD (EPFL), MIEEE Bio-inspired hardware; fault tolerance; reconfigurable hardware; adaptive systems Yuriy Zakharov, PhD (Moscow), MIEEE Signal processing for communications and acoustics Senior Lecturers David Chesmore, DPhil (York), CEnv, FRES, FIOA Bioacoustic and image-based computer-aided species identification; instrumentation Tim Clarke, MSc (RMCS), MIET Industrial, flight and bio-inspired control; distributed artificial intelligence; cognitive radio John Dawson, DPhil (York), CEng, MIET, MIEEE Electromagnetic compatibility; modelling and optimisation; wireless sensor networks Paul Mitchell, PhD (York), MIET, Senior MIEEE Wireless communications; resource management; sensor networks; satellite systems Stuart Porter, DPhil (York), AMIET, MIEEE Computational electromagnetics; antenna design; bioelectromagnetics Martin Robinson, PhD (Bristol), MIPEM, MInstP Medical applications of electromagnetic waves; dielectrics; interference; shielding Stephen Smith, PhD (Kent), CEng, FBCS, MIEEE Evolutionary computation; medical applications; rich media technologies John Szymanski, DPhil (York), CPhys, MIET Audio signal processing; image processing; modelling and simulation; inverse problems Tony Tew, CEng, MIET, MIEEE, MIPEM Spatial sound; binaural signal processing; hearing aid algorithms; acoustic modelling Tony Ward, MBA (OU), CEng, MIET, MIEEE Engineering education; virtual learning; workforce planning; education and enterprise Lecturers Eugene Avrutin, PhD (Ioffe), MIET, MIEEE Optoelectronic and photonic devices and subsystems theory; modelling and CAD Janet Clegg, DPhil (York) Genetic programming; evolutionary optimisation; differential equations Helena Daffern, PhD (York) Singing science and pedagogy; voice and musical performance analysis and perception David Halliday, PhD (Glasgow) Computational neuroscience; spiking neural networks; neural signal processing Steven Johnson, DPhil (York) Molecular and biomolecular electronics; nanoelectronic devices; nanofabrication Michael Lones, PhD (York), Senior MIEEE Bio-inspired algorithms; bioinformatics; medical informatics; complex systems analysis Andy Pomfret, PhD (York) Control system design; distributed artificial intelligence; digital engineering for control Martin Trefzer, PhD (Heidelberg), DPG, Evolutionary computation; bio-inspired electronic hardware and devices; reconfigurable systems Senior MIEEE Senior Research Fellow David Grace, DPhil (York), MIET, MIEEE Cognitive radio; radio resource management; communications from high altitude platforms Research Fellows Linda Dawson, DPhil (York), MIET Electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic metrology James Walker, PhD (York), MIEEE Bio-inspired algorithms; microelectronics design; CMOS variability; reconfigurable architectures Senior Teaching Fellow Andy Hunt, DPhil (York), MIET Human–computer interfaces for multimedia systems; interactive sonification Teaching Fellows Jude Brereton, MPhil (Dublin) Voice analysis and synthesis; virtual acoustics; auralisation; music performance analysis Ruwan Gajaweera, PhD (Essex), MIET, MIEEE RF and microwave filters; circuit theory Noel Jackson, MBA (Brunel), MA Ed Engineering and applied engineering management education Dave Pearce, DPhil (York), MIEEE Engineering pedagogy; internet protocols; user interfaces for music

Electronics 59 English and Related Literature

he Department is one of the very strongest in Britain both for Key information research and teaching, with a large, international staff and

Head of Department graduate community. You will have access to outstanding Professor David Attwell Tresearch resources including the Humanities Research Centre, Contact and several interdisciplinary research centres. Wendy Williamson Website: www.york.ac.uk/english The Department emerged at the very top of Our postgraduate community is one of Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323369 the UK league table for research in the most the largest engaged in literary research in the Email: [email protected] Fax: +44 (0)1904 323372 recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE country; intellectual exchange is at its heart. 2008). We have also been awarded a rating Postgraduate research is organised into four English language requirement of ‘excellent’ for our teaching in the HEFCE major areas, each represented by a research IELTS 7.0 or equivalent. Please see Teaching Quality Assessment. school – the Medieval, the Renaissance, www.york.ac.uk/english/postgraduate/apply. Our wide-ranging interests cover the the Eighteenth Century and Romantic, Pre-sessional courses in English Language literature and culture of all periods, both in and the Modern. skills are offered, to be taken before the English and in a number of other languages Our staff and students play an active part commencement of the degree courses, and in (including Anglo-Saxon, Arabic, Classical in four interdisciplinary research centres, of some cases may be recommended or required and Modern Greek, French, German, Hebrew, which we are co-founders: Medieval Studies, Italian, Latin, Old Norse and Spanish). Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Programmes offered We offer taught Masters programmes Eighteenth Century Studies and Modern both within and across all periods, from Studies. Please see the separate prospectus MA in Film and Literature medieval to contemporary literature, and entries for each of these centres. we specialise in small-group teaching and A number of prominent journals and MA in English Literary Studies individually supervised dissertations. Masters book series are also edited from the MA in Cultures of Empire, students have their own personal supervisor Department, including Studies in the Early Resistance and Postcoloniality in addition to specialised tutors, while the Middle Ages, Shakespeare Quarterly and MA in Medieval Literatures research students’ progress is assisted by the leading journal of modernist studies, MA in Renaissance Literature, 1500–1700 a Thesis Advisory Panel. Modernism/Modernity . MA in Romantic and Sentimental Literature, 1770–1830 MA in Eighteenth Century Studies: Representations and Contexts, 1750–1850 Your future MA in Nineteenth Century Literature Studying English Literature at postgraduate level at York will enable you and Culture to enhance your creativity, intellectual independence, and ability to filter MA in Modern and Contemporary complex information and present it succinctly and persuasively in person Literature and Culture and in writing. These skills are highly prized by top-level employers in MA in Medieval Studies the UK and on the international stage. Our graduates go on to become MA in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies lecturers, theatre and film directors, stage managers, photographers, MA in Culture and Thought after 1945 poets, fiction and non-fiction authors, journalists, editors, teachers, MA in English (by research) and exciting, confident professionals in many other fields as well. MPhil/PhD

60 English and Related Literature Taught Masters English, Old Norse, Old French (including MA in English Literary Studies Anglo-Norman), Old Irish, Middle Welsh and medieval Italian, while another area programmes Our MA in English Literary Studies is the of special focus is palaeography. The core Each MA is a self-contained programme most flexible of all our MAs, and the only module for the MA explores the issues, which can be taken either full-time (over one one that allows you to select modules methodologies and critical approaches year) or part-time (over two years). Full‑time from across the whole range offered by essential for the informed study of medieval students normally attend two 2-hour the Department. There are no compulsory literature, through a detailed engagement seminars a week during Terms 1 and 2 of modules on this MA: you simply choose with a number of key texts from medieval their year of registration; part-time students two modules in each of the Autumn and England. Students take three further option attend one 2-hour seminar a week during Spring Terms which interest you most. It modules from a long list. The programme Terms 1 and 2 of each year of registration. thus provides exceptional opportunities if also teaches a range of linguistic and Students on the MA in Medieval Literatures you want to work across different literary technical skills which are essential for also take skills modules in languages and periods and genres, for example following medieval research. palaeography. All students write four modules on poetry or drama from the assessed essays, each of up to 4,500 words, medieval to the modern, or modules on during the period of their programme, gender or space from the Renaissance MA in Renaissance Literature, followed by a dissertation of 15,000–20,000 through to the postmodern. Or you could 1500–1700 words. The dissertation, which is supervised choose some of our modules on film or by regular consultations with a member of postcolonial studies, or, in some cases, This stimulating MA engages in novel ways staff, is submitted in September. Students select an option module from another with the diverse and exciting literature of are also expected to give regular seminar department – such as History, Politics or the Renaissance. You will get to grips with presentations and attend Department day Philosophy – and enrich your options even early printed books and manuscripts in the conferences. Training seminars, designed further. Occasionally, we may have to York Minster Library and University Special to provide an introduction to research restrict access to some of the core modules Collections, and grapple with unfamiliar methods and resources, are offered by if numbers are high, but the aim of this MA is texts and challenging ideas across a range the Department. Introductory classes in freedom of choice, diversity of modules and of modules taught by leading scholars. Our computing, word processing and various interdisciplinary breadth. It is ideally suited core programme provides the practical skills languages are also available. to those with wide intellectual appetites! and the intellectual and methodological tools to equip you for dissertation study. Your background Research-led option modules reflect staff You would normally be expected to have MA in Cultures of Empire, interests in areas ranging from dramatic a 2:1 honours degree or its equivalent Resistance and Postcoloniality performance to materiality, editing to in an appropriate subject. This MA offers an unusually wide-ranging feminist theory, religion and science to exploration of the cultural manifestations space and travel. of colonial conquest, national identities, Students are encouraged to attend MA in Film and Literature anticolonial resistance and postcolonial the regular workshops, conferences and The interdisciplinary MA in Film and struggles. You will have the opportunity to seminars organised by the Centre for Literature examines the lively and symbiotic study these interconnected histories from Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, traffic between literary and cinematic forms the beginnings of European imperialism and to take advantage of the resources (through adaptation, borrowing, versioning, to the present day, and to choose from offered by our state-of-the-art Humanities appropriation, resistance). It asks how modules offered in the Departments of Research Centre and recently refurbished different media tell stories and how reception English, History, Politics and History of Art, library facilities. You will present your communities ‘read’ stories differently and in the Centre for Eighteenth Century research in a series of workshops and according to the medium of presentation Studies. The varied modules explore the be offered the opportunity to study and the moment of the telling. Coverage complexities of imperial rule and encourage palaeography, techniques for working with includes recent cinematic releases and early a comparative approach to African, Asian, early printed books, research methods, silent cinema, pop culture and high culture, Irish, Middle Eastern and Pacific responses Latin and modern languages. Students go theoretical questions and practical ones, to the experience of colonisation. on to a wide range of careers, from PhD institutional studies and formal aesthetic study to publishing and museum work. analysis. All films studied are rooted in MA in Medieval Literatures their broader cultural, historical, industrial, MA in Romantic and technological and aesthetic contexts. The MA in Medieval Literatures, based at Sentimental Literature, Modules on offer include the study of British the Centre for Medieval Studies, combines cinema, American film genres (film noir and the study of Old and Middle English, and 1770–1830 the Western), literary adaptation in European approaches medieval English literature This exciting and popular programme is cinema and more. Students are free to as part of a dynamic, multilingual literary designed for students with interests in determine the particular film/literature culture in which English interacted with the Romantic period and in late 18th- balance of the degree according to their own Latin, Old Norse, Welsh and French. The MA century literature. It provides an excellent preferences. This MA would suit those who caters both for those students who wish foundation for PhD work; former students enjoy studying film and literature, separately primarily to study the literature of medieval have also progressed to successful careers and/or in combination, and who wish to go England and those who wish to explore in professions such as publishing, research on to doctoral study or to work in writing, other medieval European literatures as and education. The programme is closely reviewing, publishing, arts administration, well. The MA thus takes full advantage of associated with the world-leading Centre teaching or other related fields. staff expertise in Latin, Old English, Middle for Eighteenth Century Studies, based at

English and Related Literature 61 the historic King’s Manor in the centre of to specialise within the Victorian period or to York. You will follow an innovative core explore a range of research interests across MA in Culture and Thought programme which explores the critical the 19th century, including interdisciplinary after 1945 history of Romanticism as a literary and options from departments such as History cultural movement and introduces you to and History of Art. Please see the entry for the Centre for Modern Studies on page 107. a variety of critical approaches for studying this period at postgraduate level. You will also study three optional modules chosen from MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature MA/MPhil/PhD a large list. For a list of modules, including research degrees the many interdisciplinary options available, and Culture Applications will be considered from please see www.york.ac.uk/inst/cecs. This MA allows students to gain broad and candidates proposing a thesis in any field of rigorous grounding in 20th- and 21st- literature. When applying, you are asked to century literature and culture, with seminar MA in Eighteenth make your proposal as specific as possible, topics ranging from Henry James to the and to send in a piece of written work Century Studies 21st-century novel to narrative theory. relevant to the proposed field of study. An Please see the entry for the Centre for Through your module choices, you can MA by research takes one year, an MPhil two Eighteenth Century Studies on page 53. design a programme that suits your wish years, a PhD three years. It is also possible to to acquire a general knowledge of the take research degrees on a part-time basis. period or to specialise in particular areas of MA in Nineteenth Century literature, culture and theory. Because the Your background Literature and Culture MA is strongly interdisciplinary and flexible with regard to module choice, you can We would normally expect you to have The field of 19th-century literature and an MA in a relevant subject. culture has been a particularly dynamic also choose from among modules in other one over recent years and the programme disciplines, including History of Art and reflects this in both its structure and range Politics, as well as from modules in 19th- century and postcolonial literature offered of modules. It explores the engagement Available funding by this Department. You will also be able of 19th-century literature with a wide The AHRC is the main source of funding to take advantage of the resources offered range of political, social and aesthetic for EU and UK students. Other awards may by the Centre for Modern Studies. issues, its variety of styles and genres, and be available; please see www.york.ac.uk/ both contemporary and modern critical english/postgraduate/funding-money. perspectives. The core course surveys the MA in Medieval Studies major literary and cultural developments in the period and the central preoccupations Please see the entry for the Centre for Visiting students of Victorian writing, as formulated by Medieval Studies on page 104. We welcome applications from postgraduate contemporaries and by recent critics and students, registered at universities abroad, theorists. It introduces key thematic areas MA in Renaissance and who may wish to spend from one to three and problems in the interpretation of Early Modern Studies terms in the Department as visiting students. 19th‑century literature across a broad range Please contact us if you are interested. of genres. The option modules allow for Please see the entry for the Centre for more specialised study within 19th‑century Renaissance and Early Modern Studies literature and its historical, social and on page 138. political contexts. A distinctive feature of Research resources this MA is the flexibility it provides for you The Raymond Burton Library for Humanities Research provides a dedicated building for humanities research adjoining the main University library. The resources available include Early English Books Online and the 18th-century microfilm collection. “My MA is supported by excellent teaching and The University has also invested heavily dedicated academics, whose diverse range in resources for the Medieval and Modern periods. The adjoining Borthwick Institute of interests has encouraged me to follow for Archives is one of the major archive whichever path of research I choose. I’ve loved the repositories in Britain, while the Samuel interdisciplinary focus at York – it’s allowed me Storey Trust funds a substantial, rapidly to engage with graphic novels, memorials and developing collection of playwrights’ manuscripts and other printed material. etchings, as well as conventional texts. The York Minster Library, the King’s Manor Library Department has also helped me with my and the nearby British Library Document interest in francophone literature, which has Supply Centre at Boston Spa create valuable additional resources for York students. continued to further my language skills.”

Vikki, MA in Cultures of Empire, Resistance and Postcoloniality

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Professor and Head of Department David Attwell, PhD (Texas) African literatures; J M Coetzee; postcolonial studies Professors Derek Attridge, PhD (Cambridge) Literary theory; poetic form; Irish and South African fiction John Bowen, PhD (Birmingham) 19th-century fiction, particularly Dickens, Collins, Brontës, Trollope; literary theory Judith Buchanan, DPhil (Oxford) Cinematic literary adaptation; cinematic authorship; self-reflexive cinema; cinematic genres Matthew Campbell, PhD (Cambridge) Irish literature; Victorian literature; British and Irish poetry from 1789 to the present Brian Cummings, PhD (Cambridge) Shakespeare; literature 1500–1700, Renaissance philosophy; European humanism Helen Fulton, PhD (Sydney) Medieval literature and politics; Celtic studies; Arthurian literature; cultural theory Harriet Guest, PhD (Cambridge) Literature of the 18th and 19th centuries, especially women’s writing; voyages of exploration Hugh Haughton, MA (Oxford) T S Eliot; modernism; modern poetry; Irish writing; war; nonsense Charles Martindale, PhD (Bristol) Reception; English/Classics relations; Latin poetry; translation; aesthetics Jon Mee, PhD (Cambridge) Long 18th-century print culture; sociability; 1790s; popular radicalism; Blake Linne Mooney, PhD (Toronto) Late medieval English palaeography and codicology, especially scribes Lawrence Rainey, PhD (Chicago) Modernism William Sherman, PhD (Cambridge) Books/readers; editing; Renaissance drama; travel writing; artists’ books Elizabeth Tyler, DPhil (Oxford) Anglo-Saxon and early Anglo-Norman literature Professors Emeritus S A J Bradley, MA (Oxford), FSA Impact of Anglo-Saxon culture upon the life work of Dane N F S Grundtvig (1783–1872) Nicholas Havely, BPhil (Oxford) Chaucer; Dante; reception of Dante up to the present A David Moody, MA (New Zealand and Oxford), FEA T S Eliot; Ezra Pound; 20th-century American poetry Graham Parry, PhD (Columbia), FSA 17th-century poetry, prose, politics, religion and art Felicity Riddy, BPhil (Oxford), FRSE Late-medieval narrative; Older Scots; urban culture and private life Nicole Ward-Jouve, Lic ès-L, Dip et Sup Psycho-genealogy and family history; eco-construction and self-construction; how to ‘be’ Readers Ziad Elmarsafy, PhD (Emory) Middle Eastern/North African literature (Arabic, French, English); the Enlightenment Helen Smith, PhD (York) Renaissance literature; feminism; book history Matthew Townend, DPhil (Oxford) Old English and Old Norse; philology; Victorian medievalism Geoffrey Wall, BPhil (Oxford) Biography; translation; travel writing; social history of medicine, especially French Senior Lecturers Trev Broughton, DPhil (York) Life-writing and letters; 19th-century prose; gender David Dwan, PhD (London) Modernism; Irish literature, intellectual history and political philosophy Kevin Killeen, PhD (London) Early Modern cultural, religious and intellectual history Nicola McDonald, DPhil (Oxford) Medieval romance; practice of fiction; women’s social games; Chaucer; Gower Stephen Minta, DPhil (Sussex) Byron; comparative literature (French, Spanish, Greek); literature and politics Richard Rowland, DPhil (Oxford) Ancient and Renaissance drama, and modern reinventions of both Erica Sheen, AGSM, PhD (London) Shakespeare; film history and theory; the cultural politics of cinema Richard Walsh, PhD (Cambridge) Narrative theory and fiction; early film; narrative imagination across media James Watt, PhD (Cambridge) Empire and identity, 1750–1840; British Orientalisms; Gothic Lecturers Henry Bainton, PhD (York) Latin and vernacular historical writing of the High Middle Ages Michele Campopiano, PhD (Pisa) Medieval Latin Literature; philology; historiography; classical literature (Italy and Middle East) Claire Chambers, PhD (Leeds) British and South Asian literature; religion; Muslims; migration K P Clarke, DPhil (Oxford) Medieval Italian literature; Dante; Boccaccio; Chaucer; manuscripts; word and image Victoria Coulson, PhD (Cambridge) 19th-century narrative representation and material cultures; Henry James; psychoanalysis Tania Demetriou, PhD (Cambridge) Classical reception; Shakespeare; early modern drama; Renaissance epic; translation; reading Mary Fairclough, PhD (York) 18th-century and Romantic literature and science, politics, print culture Alice Hall, PhD (Cambridge) Literature and disability; contemporary literature; ageing; short fiction; global literature Adam Kelly, PhD (University College Dublin) American literature; contemporary fiction; critical theory; history of ideas Emma Major, PhD (York) Religion, gender and national identity, c1740–1860 Emilie Morin, PhD (Queen’s Belfast) British and Irish drama, 1880 to the present; European modernism Alison O’Byrne, PhD (York) Representations of the city in the ‘long’ 18th century Freya Sierhuis, PhD (EUI) English and Dutch Renaissance literature; history of the emotions; Fulke Greville; Vondel Claire Westall, PhD (Warwick) Postcolonial literature and theory; Caribbean literature; Englishness and national identity James Williams, PhD (Cambridge) 19th- and 20th-century writing, especially poetry

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nvironment’s graduate school is truly cosmopolitan and Key information international. You will be embedded within an exciting

Head of Department interdisciplinary research and teaching community that Professor Colin Brown Efocuses on global environmental issues.

Contact Environment at York prides itself on its have international expertise in environmental Dr Rob Marchant dynamic and friendly engagement with science, geography, environmental law and Website: www.york.ac.uk/environment/ postgraduate postgraduate students who are drawn policy, and in environmental and natural Telephone: +44 (0)1904 322999 from all around the world, and come to resource economics. Email: [email protected] York to develop the skills, frameworks Our teaching and curricula are rated Fax: +44 (0)1904 322998 and techniques demanded of today’s extremely highly and we were praised in environmental managers and scientists. our most recent Quality Assurance Agency English language requirement The Department was established in review, in particular for the friendly and open IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in each recognition of the need for environmental relationships between staff and students, component, or equivalent (see page 26). Additionally, IELTS 6.5 or equivalent policymakers, scientists and managers the high level of support and encouragement in Writing for MSc/Diploma in Marine who are equipped to take on the pressing that students receive and the welcoming Environmental Management environmental challenges now facing the and intellectually challenging atmosphere world. This interdisciplinary ethos is unique experienced by students. among UK university departments and Many of our modules have input from Programmes offered we have a reputation for excellence and external organisations such as UK government innovation at the forefront of environmental agencies, private industry and NGOs and these MSc/Diploma in Environmental Economics research. Times Higher Education recently bodies also provide joint research supervision and Environmental Management ranked York second in the UK and 17th in and external placements. This allows us to the world for the impact of our research incorporate real-world and topical issues MSc/Diploma in Environmental Economics in environmental and ecological sciences. into our teaching. MSc/Diploma in Environmental Science Our teaching and research portfolios The policy focus is further enhanced and Management span the natural, social and economic by the presence of the internationally sciences in a fully integrated and holistic renowned Stockholm Environment Institute MSc/Diploma in Marine Environmental Management way. Postgraduate teaching is informed by York within the Department. SEI is a world our research, which includes work in areas top ten environmental think tank focused MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility as diverse as coral reefs, tropical rain forests, on climate risks, managing environmental with Environmental Management atmospheric science, pollution, biodiversity systems, transforming governance and MRes in Ecology and conservation and wildlife management. We rethinking development. Environmental Management MSc in Environment (by research) MPhil/PhD in Environmental Economics Your future and Environmental Management Postgraduate programmes in Environment focus on developing the MPhil/PhD in Environmental Science skills to tackle environmental issues at local, regional and global MPhil/PhD in Environmental Geography levels. Many of our students go on to careers at the interface between environmental management and policy. MPhil/PhD in Environment and Politics

64 Environment Programmes overview scientists with an international as they seek to resolve long-standing reputation, Professors Hodson, Boxall operational and competitive challenges Our taught Masters programmes are designed and Brown. The compulsory modules using socially and environmentally friendly to provide vocational training for jobs in provide the fundamental principles of technologies and processes. The context of environmental research, consultancy, environmental science and their application the programme is international, reflecting the academia or business, and in governmental to environmental management. The increasing trend towards the globalisation of and non-governmental organisations. They programme prepares students for jobs in business organisation and the transnational also provide a solid foundation for studying for environmental consultancy and business, nature of environmental problems faced a PhD. The different programmes have slightly in government and non-governmental by the corporate sector and regulators and different structures (see our website). organisations and in environmental research. policymakers. The programme is suitable The Department incorporates the for those aiming for careers in management Your background Stockholm Environment Institute York and both in the for-profit and not-for-profit You would be expected to have a 2:1 honours has close links with the Defra Food and sectors which require an understanding degree, or equivalent, in a subject relevant Environment Research Agency (FERA). These of CSR and environmental management. to your chosen degree. We will also consider links provide opportunities for dissertation applicants with a 2:2 honours degree if they projects based in the two institutes. have additional relevant experience. For MRes in Ecology and applicants for Environmental Economics, and Environmental Management Environmental Economics and Environmental MSc/Diploma in Marine Management, basic skills in mathematics and Environmental Management This interdisciplinary programme is run jointly statistics are essential. Applicants without with the Department of Biology, and trains This programme is delivered chiefly by a background in economics may be asked to graduates in practical and theoretical aspects Professor Roberts and Drs Hawkins and attend the Summer Session in the Department of ecology and environmental management. Beukers-Stewart, who are at the forefront of Economics and Related Studies described For full details see the Department of Biology of marine environmental conservation. on page 47. For Environmental Science and entry on page 34. The degree addresses the environmental Management you will normally have studied problems affecting the sea and incorporates a science or engineering subject; for applicants the latest thinking on how to manage marine MSc in Environment with limited knowledge of environmental resources. It places a strong emphasis science and chemistry, we recommend some (by research) on the importance of understanding pre-course study. For Marine Environmental This degree (one year full-time; two years marine ecosystem structure, function Management, you should ideally have part-time) involves carrying out independent and processes, and how human activities studied some elements of ecology and/or research and writing a Masters thesis under and global change are affecting these. environmental management. the supervision of a current member of Socioeconomic implications affecting academic staff on a topic to be agreed the marine environment are considered between the supervisor and the student. MSc/Diploma in Environmental in many modules (see our website). The programme would normally start Economics and Environmental in October to take in the Research Methods Management MSc in Corporate course (compulsory) as well as any other Masters-level modules prescribed by the MSc/Diploma in Social Responsibility with student’s supervisor. The thesis should Environmental Economics Environmental Management demonstrate a good understanding of an These two programmes are led by a range Corporate social responsibility and environmental science and/or environmental of interdisciplinary staff, including Drs Rudd, environmental management are becoming management topic currently considered Howley and Touza Montero and Professors key issues for a wide range of businesses and to be at the forefront of the academic White and Raffaelli. The Environmental organisations, both in the UK and overseas, discipline. You should be able to provide Economics programme also draws strongly on the expertise of mainstream economists in the Department of Economics and Related Studies. Both programmes will equip you to incorporate “The staff here are really motivational and environmental feedbacks into economic decision making in a way that satisfies both helpful and can be reached any time. I enjoy ecological managers and economists. having discussions with my classmates about The Environmental Economics programme aspects of my course and it’s been great has a strong focus on economics. In working together to apply theory to real- contrast, the Environmental Economics and Environmental Management programme is life examples. I’m planning on working in designed to provide a wider programme of various corporate social responsibility units, study at the interface of the two disciplines preferably in Europe and then in India, and and the compulsory and optional modules I feel my course in York has prepared me are slightly different (see our website). well for challenges that lie ahead.”

MSc/Diploma in Environmental Anneysa, MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility Science and Management with Environmental Management This programme is led by environmental

Environment 65 critical evaluation of the material under a significant element of political sciences, Your background study as well as carrying out the practical we offer the joint degree MPhil/PhD in Applicants to the MPhil/PhD programmes research required. Environment and Politics. should normally have at least an upper PhD students are supervised either second class degree in a relevant discipline. solely or jointly by Environment staff. MPhil/PhD research degrees Preference may be given to those with Joint supervision may also include staff a Masters degree, but this is not an MPhil and PhD research opportunities reflect from other departments or research essential requirement. the wide research interests of Environment institutes, government departments, staff and this is shown in the four named the private sector or industry. research degrees offered by the Department. We have a highly cosmopolitan cohort The MPhil/PhD in Environmental Economics of 50 PhD students working in a wide Available funding and Environmental Management would suit variety of fields and countries. Current titles Prospective PhD students from the UK or EU those wishing to carry out interdisciplinary include the Environmental Economics of can apply for support from the Department’s research bridging the natural and social Pollution Abatement in Mexico, Impacts of Research Council studentship allocations sciences. For those whose research Wild Deer on UK Biodiversity, Chemistry of and also from the University’s studentship interests are primarily science-based, the Volcano Plumes, Recreational Benefits of schemes. Highly qualified overseas MPhil/PhD in Environmental Science is Eco-Tourism, Ecosystem Approaches to applicants can compete for the University’s appropriate. The MPhil/PhD in Environmental African Mangrove Management, Invasive Overseas Research Students (ORS) Awards Geography allows research specialising in Species in Australia, Environmental Effects Scheme. The University and the Department earth systems and environmental change. of Pharmaceutical Products, Marine also offer specific PhD scholarships funded For those whose research interests include Reserves and Fisheries and many more. through external partners.

Staff list Professor and Head of Department Colin Brown, PhD (Newcastle) Organic chemicals; soil solute transport; agrichemicals; mathematical modelling Professors Mike Ashmore, PhD (Leeds) Pollution; ecological risk assessment; NOx and metals Alistair Boxall, PhD (Sheffield) Exposure and risk assessment; fate and effects of pharmaceuticals and biocides Roland Gehrels, PhD (Maine) Holocene sea-level change; quaternary environments Mark Hodson, PhD (Edinburgh) Biogeochemistry of soils and contaminated environments David Raffaelli, PhD (Wales) Food webs; marine community ecology; ecosystem function; ecosystem services Callum Roberts, PhD (York) Marine reserves; fisheries; marine conservation biology; biodiversity Piran White, PhD (Bristol) Wildlife management; disease and conservation; ecosystem services; environmental inequalities Reader Robert Marchant, PhD (Hull) Vegetation dynamics and ecosystem change; biogeography Senior Lecturers Nicola Carslaw, PhD (East Anglia) Atmospheric chemistry; indoor air pollution Lisa Emberson, PhD (Imperial) Ozone impacts; air pollution Colin McClean, PhD (Durham) Geographical information systems Murray Rudd, PhD (Wageningen) Enviromental policy and economics; biodiversity conservation Lecturers Bryce Beukers-Stewart, PhD (James Cook) Fisheries ecology; marine conservation Julie Hawkins, PhD (York) Marine reserves; marine conservation Peter Howley, PhD (Univ College Dublin) Environmental valuation; agricultural economics Claire Hughes, PhD (UEA) Marine biogeochemistry; trace gas emissions Andy Marshall, PhD (York) Wildlife conservation; vertebrate ecology David Rippin, PhD (Cambridge) Dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets Katherine Selby, PhD (Coventry) Sea-level change; coastal geomorphology; palaeoenvironmental reconstruction Samarthia Thankappan, PhD (Aberystwyth) Globalisation and development; sustainable consumption and production in agri-food chains Sylvia Toet, PhD (Utrecht) Systems ecology; carbon, nutrient and pollutant cycling in ecosystems Julia Touza Montero, PhD (York) Ecological and environmental economics; biodiversity conservation Teaching Fellows Adriana Ford-Thompson, PhD (York) Biodiversity conservation; human–wildlife conflicts; community participation Corrado Topi, BSc (Turin) Corporate social responsibility; sustainability; resilience Sarah West, MSc (Leeds) Environmental education and citizen science

66 Environment Health Economics

he Centre for Health Economics (CHE) is one of the world’s leading Key information health economics research centres. You will join a dynamic group

Head of Centre of researchers who place high value on research excellence with a Professor Maria Goddard Tstrong and enduring policy impact both nationally and internationally.

Contact Established in 1983, the Centre for Health on the measurement of productivity of Kerry Atkinson Economics undertakes high quality research the health system, regions and hospitals Website: www.york.ac.uk/che/courses/ postgraduate on economic aspects of healthcare and  distributing healthcare finance: we develop Telephone: +44 (0)1904 321401 determinants of health capable of application methods for allocating NHS funds to Email: [email protected] across a range of social, institutional and localities and general practices Fax: +44 (0)1904 321402 healthcare settings. The Centre is at the  population health: we evaluate public forefront of applied research, teaching and English language requirement health interventions and measure policy applications of health economics, IELTS 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in each health outcomes, with a particular with a national and international reputation. component, or equivalent (see page 26) focus on health inequalities We have a diverse research portfolio,  marrying methodological advances to health econometrics: a major strength Programmes offered practical applicability. Areas in which of the Centre is the application of advanced the Centre excels include: econometric techniques to problems of health and healthcare. Postgraduate Certificate in Health  economic evaluation in health: our work The Centre made a major contribution to Economics for Health Care Professionals assessing the benefits and costs has been (by distance learning) influential in changing the landscape of the University’s health services research healthcare research and policy submission to the 2008 Research Assessment Postgraduate Diploma in Health Exercise. The assessment panel judged  Economics for Health Care Professionals performance assessment: we are at that 35 per cent of the submission was (by distance learning) the forefront of efforts to measure ‘world-leading’, and a further 40 per cent MSc in Economic Evaluation for and compare the performance of ‘internationally excellent’. We were also Health Technology Assessment (HTA) health institutions awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize in (by distance learning)  productivity: we undertake recognition of the impact of our research MSc in Health Economics methodological and applied research on patients and the public. PhD Your future Graduates from the MSc in Health Economics work in government departments, research units, national health services, healthcare organisations and the pharmaceutical industry. Recent PhD graduates have secured employment in academic posts within the Centre or at other universities in the UK, Europe and Australia. CHE provides PhD students with a unique opportunity to fully integrate into a research team and to participate in the intellectual life of the Centre.

Health Economics 67 Programmes overview in the research methods. Students are Distance learning programmes: provided with the skills necessary to Health economics is a major branch of contribute to pharmacoeconomics and economics that has enabled researchers PGCert and PGDip in Health Economics for Health Care outcomes research to a level consistent to influence the way we think about the with peer-reviewed journal publication. determinants of health and well-being, Professionals The programmes are based around and how we approach the organisation and learning modules. Each module has been delivery of healthcare. It is, however, not just MSc in Economic Evaluation designed around a workbook written another academic discipline – it represents for Health Technology specially by health economists in York an extension of the intellectual toolkit. It Assessment (HTA) and is supplemented by online learning is designed for those concerned with the Together with the Department of Economics support for distance learners. delivery, management and planning of the and Related Studies and York Health Modules are assessed at the end health system, including clinicians, hospital Economics Consortium, the Centre for of the 12‑week study period. managers and policy analysts. In short, Health Economics runs the Health Economics The Postgraduate Certificate comprises: health economics shapes the way we think for Health Care Professionals Postgraduate  Module 1: Basic Economic Concepts about health and healthcare, how we make Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma by difficult decisions about priorities, and how  Module 2: Health Economics: distance learning. In 2013 we also launched we promote longer and healthier lives. Concepts and Analysis the MSc in Economic Evaluation for Postgraduate training in health economics  Module 3: Introduction to Health Technology Assessment (HTA). has been a strong feature at York and we Health Care Evaluation. These programmes are designed for offer four programmes. The MSc in Health those working in the healthcare sector who The Postgraduate Diploma comprises: Economics, based in the Department of wish to gain an accredited qualification in  Economics and Related Studies, offers Module 4: The Economics of health economics, but who are unable to high-level courses and access to a network Health Care Systems study full-time. As of September 2012, three of economists and healthcare professionals.  Module 5: Introductory Statistics programmes are being offered with the first The objective of the programme is to produce for Health Economics MSc year taking place in 2014/15. Students well-trained economists with the ability  will be able to enrol in the MSc once they Module 6: Further Topics to apply their skills to important issues in have achieved the Postgraduate Certificate in Economic Evaluation. the field of health economics. The three and Postgraduate Diploma qualifications. The MSc comprises: distance learning programmes offer a more The Postgraduate Certificate covers flexible way to study, designed for those  Module 7: Assessing the Impact the basic principles and tools of health working in the healthcare sector and unable of Medical Technologies on Health economics to enable students to understand to study full-time. In addition to these  Module 8: Outcome Measurement the workplace situations they encounter taught programmes, the Centre for Health and Valuation from an economic perspective and apply Economics has a thriving graduate research basic economic concepts in their work.  Module 9: Decision Analysis for programme offering the opportunity for The Postgraduate Diploma programme Health Technology Assessment. research leading to PhD. Topics are aligned covers the same areas as the Postgraduate to the interests of the research teams Full details can be found at Certificate and develops deeper knowledge within the Centre. www.york.ac.uk/economics/postgrad/ in specific areas. distance_learning. The MSc provides training in the theoretical and practical issues of relevance Your background in economic evaluation for HTA. Building on We require an honours degree at 2:1 or earlier modules, the MSc modules bring the higher, or qualifications and/or experience student up to date on recent developments deemed by the University to be of an equivalent standard.

MSc in Health Economics “I’m part of a very supportive research team The MSc in Health Economics is provided by the Department of Economics and Related which gives me exposure to other research Studies and has been running since 1978. relating to my own. I have regular meetings The MSc programme has been completed with my supervisor who gives me very good by over 750 students from more than guidance and constructive feedback. I feel 70 countries. It provides a comprehensive training in the theory and practice of intellectually challenged and my capacity health economics and gives students the to undertake independent research has experience and skills needed for research really developed. I particularly enjoy the and health service decision making. Graduates work in government departments, Centre’s seminar series which attracts research units, universities, national health speakers of global repute and offers services, healthcare organisations and the engaging and stimulating debate.” pharmaceutical industry. The programme is supported by the Valerie, PhD in Health Economics Health Economics Resource Centre (HERC) which provides readily available facilities for

68 Health Economics private study and research, forming a base for non-economists (see www.york.ac.uk/ all the procedural requirements of your for students attending the MSc. economics/postgrad/msc-summers). department of registration and will have The MSc lasts for one year full-time. Full details can be found at www.york. ac. access to all relevant teaching and research Coursework runs from October to May. uk/economics/postgrad/taught-masters/ resources provided by the Department. The compulsory core elements are msc-health-econ. Further information on these departments double modules in each of the following: can be found in this prospectus. Health Economics; Evaluation of Health There are opportunities to study for a Care; either Econometrics 1 and Applied PhD research degree PhD in any of the Centre’s areas of research Microeconometrics, or Econometrics 1 The Centre has a thriving PhD research interests and we welcome informal enquiries and 2, or Statistics and Econometrics, or programme with candidates from a from potential students. Econometric Methods for Research; either number of countries studying a range of Details can be found at www.york.ac.uk/ Advanced Microeconomics or Applied issues in health economics. Your studies che/courses/postgraduate. Microeconomics; Clinical Decision Analysis, will be supervised by a senior researcher plus one additional optional module. within CHE. You will enjoy the benefits Your background Most students on the MSc in Health of being physically located within the We would normally expect you to have Economics choose to do a summer research Centre, facilitating collaborations with an appropriate postgraduate qualification placement. It covers the period 1 July to 30 a wide group of researchers and access in Economics. September and is spent preparing a dissertation to computing facilities and research under the supervision of an experienced infrastructures. There are also impressive health economist. The placements involve the research facilities including remote access Available funding co-operation of many different institutions to a high-performance computing cluster Home and EU students may be eligible including academic research units, the NHS which holds a range of software. The Centre to apply for ESRC studentships for the and pharmaceutical companies. runs a number of informal seminar series, PhD programme and for the Department The normal entry requirement for the for example in quantitative health economics of Health studentships available for the MSc is a 2:1 honours degree in Economics and economic evaluation. MSc programme in Health Economics. or equivalent. However, many students While supervised and located within The Graduate School in the Department have other qualifications, including Medicine, the Centre you will be registered within of Economics and Related Studies has Pharmacy and Nursing. The Department the Department of Economics and Related available a number of teaching fellowships of Economics and Related Studies Studies or the Department of Health Sciences which provide financial support. provides a five-week Summer Session in depending on the exact nature of your microeconomics and quantitative methods studies. You will be expected to complete

Staff list Professor and Head of Centre Maria Goddard, MSc (York) Performance measurement; incentives; commissioning; regulation; equity of access Professors Martin Chalkley, PhD (Warwick) Contracts for health services; information and incentives; economics of health Karl Claxton, PhD (York) Economic evaluation; Bayesian decision theory; value of information; priority setting Mike Drummond, DPhil (York) Conduct of economic evaluations in healthcare decision making Hugh Gravelle, PhD (London) Primary care research; performance measurement; quality incentives; resource allocation; equity Andrea Manca, PhD (York) Statistical methods in economic evaluation; evidence synthesis; multicentre trials Stephen Palmer, MSc (York) Decision-analytic modelling; Bayesian analysis; evaluation of healthcare technologies Nigel Rice, PhD (Keele) Microeconometric methods; inequality and inequity; health and lifestyles Mark Sculpher, PhD (Brunel) Economic evaluation of medical technologies and drug therapies; decision analysis Luigi Siciliani, PhD (York) Purchaser–provider interactions; waiting times; patient’s choice; efficiency analysis Andrew Street, PhD (York) Health policy; NHS productivity; organisational efficiency; activity-based funding mechanisms Readers Bernard van den Berg, PhD (Erasmus) Valuation methods; informal and social care; managed competition; personal care budgets Richard Cookson, DPhil (York) Equity in health and healthcare; competition; pay for performance; public health Senior Research Fellows Chris Bojke, MSc (Newcastle) Microeconometrics; NHS productivity; economic evaluation Laura Bojke, PhD (York) Decision modelling; evidence synthesis; uncertainty; expert elicitation Mark Dusheiko, PhD (York) Financial incentives; healthcare budgets; primary care; policy evaluation; inequality Susan Griffin, PhD (York) Economic evaluation of medical and public health interventions; decision analysis Rowena Jacobs, PhD (York) Mental health; economics; performance measurement; financial incentives; policy Anne Mason, MA (York) Incentives; payment systems; anticancer drugs; psoriasis Gerry Richardson, PhD (York) Cost-effectiveness; self-management; trade-off of health versus non-health outcomes Helen Weatherly, MSc (York) Economic evaluation; health technology appraisal; social care; public health

Health Economics 69 Health Sciences

he Department of Health Sciences is a vibrant, multidisciplinary Key information department rated equal first for health services research in the

Head of Department UK. Our core philosophy is that the teaching and research we Professor Hilary Graham Tdeliver should improve health and healthcare through the development Contact of rigorous research evidence and its application in policy and practice. Dr Mona Kanaan Website: www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/gsp With over 75 academic staff, our graduate We also have world-leading expertise Telephone: +44 (0)1904 321321 school offers a broad spectrum of full- and in randomised controlled trials, medical Email: [email protected] part-time educational programmes in public statistics, epidemiology and qualitative Fax: +44 (0)1904 321320 health, health sciences and health services methods. Combined with production of English language requirement research. The exciting range of study rigorous research evidence, we evaluate how IELTS 7.0 with no less than 6.5 in each pathways, combined with the flexible evidence is translated into practice through component, or equivalent (see page 26) portfolio of modules, is designed for those our research portfolio in communication and wishing to develop and follow a career in clinical decision making. Furthermore, we are health-related research, or in public health at the forefront of informing and evaluating Programmes offered and health services. It is also possible to take health policy, in particular with respect to the majority of modules independently of the inequalities in health. MSc in Applied Health Research full postgraduate programmes. Masters in Public Health (MPH) The Department comprises a number of multidisciplinary research teams, working in MSc/PGCert/PGDip in Haematopathology many different health-related areas including (by distance learning) public health, cardiac care, haematological PGCert in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy cancers, mental health and addiction. applied to physical and mental health problems MPhil/PhD

Your future Completion of any of our postgraduate programmes will result in an invaluable qualification whether your chosen career is in research, or is one where knowledge of research processes is important. Future options for successful students are diverse: some remain as PhD students or researchers, some go on to academic careers in other institutions, those with clinical backgrounds return to practice and others find employment in public health and health services sectors across the world.

70 Health Sciences Programmes overview public health practice. The programme offers at a level expected in professional practice, a range of modules which will allow people to design protocols to ensure accurate The Department offers both taught and to work in settings across the world, and diagnosis of haematological malignancies research-based postgraduate degrees. depending on the modules taken will be and to discuss diagnoses in an appropriate Our taught Masters programmes are relevant to practice in high, medium and low clinical context. designed to provide academic and income countries. The programme reflects An important feature of the programme transferable skills, and comprise a number current themes in public health policy and is the innovative approach of using the of specialist pathways tailored to reflect practice, addresses core public health skills in VLE to deliver clinical practical modules students’ interests and training needs. epidemiology and populations research, and that would normally be carried out in a They are offered on a full-time (one-year) explores the determinants of major chronic laboratory setting – thus allowing you to and part-time (two-year) basis. Students and communicable disease around the world. carry out the same diagnostic tests under registered for an MPH, MSc or MPhil will have It is of particular interest to those working, the same stringent laboratory conditions the opportunity to carry out a dissertation or planning to work, at a senior level in that you would be exposed to in your normal aligned to one of our research groups in healthcare organisations that aim to tackle working day. For further information see the Department. inequalities in health. In addition, it provides www.haematopathology.york.ac.uk. a solid foundation for those who wish to Your background go on to take the membership examination Your background For the Masters programmes on this page, of the Faculty of Public Health. An undergraduate degree (2:1 honours applicants will need at least a 2:1 honours degree or equivalent) in most cases degree and be able to demonstrate an is required for admission to the interest in a field related to their chosen MSc/PGCert/PGDip Haematopathology programmes. programme of study. Where no first degree in Haematopathology However, in exceptional circumstances is held, a minimum of two years’ relevant (by distance learning) individuals with considerable experience experience in an appropriate area is required of working in the field would be considered. and/or other applicable qualifications. These programmes will be delivered entirely Applicants would normally be senior Each applicant’s suitability for the via the Virtual Learning Environment laboratory scientists, or special registrars programme will be assessed on an individual (VLE) and will run in conjunction with the in haematology, pathology or oncology. basis and in some cases may involve an Haematological Malignancies Diagnostic interview (telephone or face-to-face) or Services Laboratory (HMDS) based at the submission of a short written piece St James’s University Hospital – the PGCert in Cognitive Behaviour of work or personal statement. largest specialist haematopathology laboratory in the UK. Therapy applied to physical The MSc programme will cover and mental health problems MSc in Applied Health Research the molecular and scientific basis of This part-time programme will empower This programme includes training haematological malignancies alongside you to engage more fully with people with the aim of equipping students to the practical applications involved in their experiencing long-term conditions (LTCs) design, appraise and conduct research. diagnoses at a level appropriate to individuals and equip you with the necessary Cognitive Students will concentrate on the production, proposing to work professionally in this area. Behaviour Therapy (CBT) skills to address critical appraisal and use of scientifically Areas that will be studied include the cellular all aspects of people’s experiences, both rigorous research evidence, applied to and molecular biology of haematological physical and psychological. a range of health-related areas. This malignancies, diagnostic technologies, Should you wish to pursue a career programme is particularly relevant to science epidemiology and statistics. The overall aim in CBT, the PGCert represents a first step and social science graduates and healthcare of the programme is to provide you with the towards accreditation by the British professionals who wish to develop their knowledge and skills required to interpret Association of Behavioural and Cognitive health-related research and evaluation primary laboratory data to reach a diagnosis Psychotherapy (BABCP). skills and to people from any health-related background interested in a career in health services research. Some students use this programme as a first year in a 1+3 PhD “I chose York as it has some of the leading programme. On successful completion, graduates will be able to design, conduct, international researchers in health services, analyse, interpret and disseminate health medical statistics and health inequalities. research. The programme is of value to The Department provides great support to those who need to assimilate the results of research to provide a sound basis for the postgraduate students who teach, and policymaking and also to those interested there are many professional development in conducting research themselves. activities on offer. I’m part of a group which meets monthly to discuss important Masters in Public Health papers in health inequalities – the This is a taught Masters programme that experience has really helped me to polish provides training in public health. There is my group discussion and debating skills.” a strong emphasis on skills and knowledge development, both being essential for Omara, PhD in Health Sciences practitioners working at the forefront of

Health Sciences 71 This course is designed to improve  MPhil: two years full-time or four years  Mental Health and Addiction understanding of the impact of living with part-time  Trials and Statistics. an LTC and help you become familiar with  PhD: three years full-time or six years ways in which CBT can be used to manage For further information see part‑time. and improve the patient experience. It will www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/ increase your theoretical knowledge of Research skills training usually takes place gsp/mphilphd . CBT and develop your skills in applying this in the first six months for full-time students therapy to a range of LTCs in a variety of and over two years for part‑time students. Your background practice contexts. All MPhil/PhD students are Applicants for research degrees must have The course will draw on a range of proven normally required to take the following a minimum of a 2:1 honours degree and be teaching methods and approaches, including taught modules: Research Methods; able to demonstrate a strong interest in their shared workshops, modelling and role-play, Applied Biostatistics; Epidemiology; chosen field. Each applicant’s suitability for the programme will be assessed on all provided within a mutually supportive Systematic Reviews. an individual basis and interviewed either context designed to build confidence and Further training, generally equivalent face to face or by telephone. maximise learning. to at least a further 40 credits, will be agreed with your academic supervisor and Your background programme leader. Most of our MPhil and PhD students follow the multidisciplinary Entry is open to registered healthcare and Available funding approach of the MSc in Applied social care professionals, or equivalent. A limited number of funded student places Health Research programme. on our taught programmes are available You will receive academic support from for health professionals working in the a supervisor and Thesis Advisory Panel. MPhil/PhD research degrees NHS in the area covered by the Yorkshire Supervisors are matched to students The MPhil/PhD in Health Sciences and Humber Strategic Health Authority. whose proposed research fits within the provides the opportunity to develop your Please contact us for details. research themes of the Department and the research interests and skills in a centre of The Department will offer some research programmes of the academic staff. excellence by undertaking a substantial scholarships to PhD students to partially You should suggest potential supervisors piece of supervised work that is worthy fund living expenses. on your application form. of publication. Research studentships and teaching Academic research groups within the studentships offered through the You have the flexibility to tailor your Department include: studies to pursue your own research Department will be advertised at  Public Health and Society interests and develop the skills you www.york. ac.uk/healthsciences/ need for your future career. We support  Health Services and Policy gsp/funding . a range of different methodological  Cancer Epidemiology and and disciplinary perspectives. Cardiovascular Health

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Professor and Head of Department Hilary Graham, PGCE, PhD (York) Socioeconomic and gender inequalities in health; life course perspectives; cigarette smoking; policy impacts Professors Helen Allan, PhD (Manchester) Nursing; healthcare; women’s health; ethnography; education; qualitative research methods; feminism Karl Atkin, DPhil (York) Medical sociology; long-standing conditions; genetic disorders; qualitative methodologies; ethnic and cultural diversity Martin Bland, PhD (London), ARCS, DIC, FSS Medical statistics; evidence-based healthcare; epidemiology; measurement research Karen Bloor, PhD (York) Application of economics to health policy; medical labour markets; regulating pharmaceutical markets Tim Croudace, PhD (Nottingham) Latent variable epidemiology (Mplus stata and R); psychometric statistics (Rasch/Item response theory structured equation models); psychiatric and life-course epidemiology Tim Doran, MD (Liverpool) Health policy; health inequalities; health services research Simon Gilbody, MBChB, DipLSHTM (Epidemiol), Primary care mental health; clinical effectiveness; cost effectiveness; clinical trials; PGDip (CBT), DPhil (York), MRCPsych, meta-analysis FRCPsych, FRSA Bob Lewin, MPhil (Edinburgh), CPsychol, AFBsS Rehabilitation; self-management of chronic disease; health psychology Alan Maynard OBE, BPhil (York), HFFPHM, Economics of healthcare reform; productivity; incentives; pharmaceutical regulation FMedSci, HonDSc, HonLD Kate Pickett, PhD (Berkeley) Social epidemiology Eve Roman, PhD (London) Cancer epidemiology; haematological malignancy; childhood cancer; adverse reproductive events

72 Health Sciences Trevor Sheldon, DSc (Leicester), FMed Sci Evaluation of health interventions; health policy; patient safety; knowledge transfer Karen Spilsbury, PhD (City University) Healthcare workforce; support worker roles, older people; qualitative methods Carl Thompson, PhD (York), RGN Evidence-based practice; clinical decision making and judgement; information use; research implementation David Torgerson, PhD (Aberdeen), DipHE Health economics; osteoporosis; menopause; randomised controlled trials; musculoskeletal problems Ian Watt, MB, ChB, MPH, FFPHM Clinical effectiveness; implementation of health research; communication in healthcare Reader Rob Newton, MBBS, DPhil (Oxford), FFPH Role of infections in the aetiology of cancer Senior Lecturers Joy Adamson, PhD (Bristol) Epidemiology; illness behaviour; qualitative methods Rhian Gabe, PhD (Queen Mary) Randomised controlled trials; epidemiology; cancer screening; imaging Barbara Hanratty, MD (Liverpool) Equity in healthcare; older adults; end of life care; social consequences of illness Elizabeth Hughes, RN, PhD (King’s College London) Serious mental illness and co-morbidity of substance misuse; sexual and physical health issues; randomised trials; health service evaluation; workforce development Peter Knapp, PhD (Leeds) Patient information – risks to support decisions or consent; instructions in relation to inequalities Tracy Lightfoot, PhD (Sheffield) Cancer and genetic epidemiology; haematological malignancies and childhood cancer Charlie Lloyd, MPhil (Cambridge) Pathways into drug and alcohol dependency; drug and alcohol policy; harm reduction, stigmatisation Dean McMillan, PhD (London), DClinPsy Evaluation of low intensity psychosocial interventions; systematic reviews; psychometrics (Manchester), PGDip (CBT) (Durham) Amanda Mason-Jones, PhD (Nottingham), Child and adolescent public health; epidemiology; cluster RCT; school-based health; RGN, RHV systematic reviews Antonina Mikocka-Walus, PhD (Adelaide) Chronic disease and mental health; psycho-gastroenterology; cognitive behavioural therapy; antidepressants Stephen Oliver, BMedSci, BMBS, PhD (Bristol), Epidemiology; health services research; prostate MRCPUK, MFPHM Kamran Siddiqi, MBBS, MRCP, MPH, Public health interventions; ethnicity; tobacco control FFPH, PhD (Leeds) Lecturers Mona Kanaan, PhD (Open University) Clustered/stepped-wedge/individual randomised trials; infectious disease modelling Jerome Wright, MSc (Leeds Met), RSN, RMN, PGCE International health; HIV/AIDS care and mental health interventions in low resource countries Senior Research Fellows Catherine Hewitt, PhD (York) Statistics; systematic reviews; bias; diagnostic reviews; randomised controlled trials Cath Jackson, PhD (Leeds) Patient health decision making; health behaviour change; mixed methods Hugh MacPherson, PhD (New South Wales) Complementary medicine research; effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of acupuncture Steve Parrott, MSc (York) Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of smoking, drinking and illicit drug interventions

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raduate students in the Department of History, whether following Key information the range of taught Masters or pursuing research degrees, join

Head of Department an intellectually exciting, friendly and wide-ranging academic Professor Stuart Carroll Gcommunity which seeks to support every student’s intellectual and Contact professional development. Professor Guy Halsall Website: www.york.ac.uk/history/ With over 40 members of academic staff Research Centre as well as facilities in the postgraduate and over 100 postgraduate students in the Department. The Library, and particularly the Telephone: +44 (0)1904 322961 Email: [email protected] Department and associated centres, York Humanities Research Library, has a large and Fax: +44 (0)1904 322986 is one of the largest History departments growing set of print, microfilm and electronic in the UK. In the most recent Research research resources for historians. Adjoining it English language requirement Assessment Exercise, the majority of is the Borthwick Institute for Archives, one of IELTS 7.0 with no less than 5.5 in each History’s research was rated ‘world-leading’ the largest archives in the UK, with rich and component, or equivalent (see page 26) or ‘internationally excellent’. The MAs in diverse holdings from the 12th century to the Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History, 21st century (see www.york.ac.uk/library/ in Railway Studies and Transport History, in borthwick). The city of York contains many Programmes offered Public History and in Contemporary History other important repositories such as York and International Politics reflect the unusual Minster Library, York City Archives and the MA in Contemporary History and chronological breadth of our interests. National Railway Museum. International Politics We have similarly diverse geographical We support and develop all postgraduates’ MA in Medieval History interests, with particular strengths in the intellectual and professional skills. history of Europe, North America, the MA students follow a core programme MA in Early Modern History Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa and of training in research skills and can MA in Modern History Asia, as well as in the history of Britain and take other courses in languages and MA in Medieval Studies Ireland. We welcome and support all kinds palaeography. Research students follow a of approaches to the study of the past, course of professional development; most MA in Public History ranging from economic and social history to gain teaching experience. Many also follow MA in Renaissance and Early political, religious, intellectual and cultural work placements with heritage and media Modern Studies history, as well as the histories of science, employers organised in the Department. technology and medicine, of empire and Above all, postgraduates play a central MA in Eighteenth Century Studies: of gender. role in the Department’s intellectual life, Representations and Contexts, 1750–1850 Facilities at York for MA and doctoral contributing to the seminars and conferences MA in Railway Studies and research are excellent. All postgraduates which make York a stimulating place in Transport History can use the new purpose-built Humanities which to study and research history. MA in History (by research) MPhil/PhD Your future Graduate students from the Department have a strong record of securing posts in the higher education sector and in cultural industries.

74 History Programmes overview  The Origins of the Global South since 1947 module examines key themes and debates, addressing topics such as popular political  Conservatism in the United States The Department offers a range of taught culture, witchcraft, violence and honour, since the Second World War MA programmes and is involved in the gender and sexuality and the nature of belief. interdisciplinary degrees listed below.  Contemporary Issues in International Additional training courses are available for You can do them either full-time in one year Political Economy developing specific skills. During the second or part-time over two years. All the taught  Violence and International Interventions term you will take two option modules. MAs include a core course, two or three  Ethics and World Politics. Options may include: option modules, a core training programme  From Body Politic to Body Beautiful: in research skills, ancillary skills courses The Politics of the Body in England, (where appropriate), and a substantial MA in Medieval History c1600–c1700 research dissertation of up to 20,000 words. The Department offers a full range The MA in Medieval History builds  Witchcraft and Gender in Early of research degrees. As we are a large upon York’s international reputation in Modern England department, we can and do supervise medieval studies, and provides thorough  Enjoying the Saints: Sanctity and work in many areas of history. research training and an opportunity to Society in the Early Modern World explore new approaches to medieval English  Literature and Politics in Early and European history. Particular emphasis Your background Modern England is laid upon working with primary sources. All our programmes are intended to be of The MA is structured in two stages.  The Scientific Revolution in interest to home and overseas candidates The taught element of the MA spans the Historiographic Perspective. who (a) are seeking a basis for further Autumn and Spring Terms, when you will In the second half of the MA, you will research in History or related disciplines, follow a two-term core programme and research and write a dissertation under or (b) are wanting to extend their interests two option modules. The core module the supervision of a member of staff. after an undergraduate course through introduces different types of evidence and a short period of further research before research techniques. Its first term focuses embarking on other careers, or (c) are on approaches to medieval history, in which MA in Modern History teachers or other professionals in a particular topics (for example: gender; field related to the subject matter of the The MA in Modern History covers the 18th to saints’ cults; feud and violence; political programme they wish to follow and who 20th centuries and combines an advanced- ritual) are studied, with examples from are looking for a year’s advanced study level introduction to the methodologies and more than one period. The second term leading to a further qualification. techniques of modern history together with looks at specific historical problems, the Candidates for admission to a choice of thematic taught modules. During relevant sources and the problems of their postgraduate degree programmes usually the Autumn Term you will take a common interpretation. Option modules may include: have a 2:1 honours degree or its equivalent core module examining key themes and in an appropriate subject, and most  Saints and Sanctity in the Early historiographical debates in modern history candidates for PhDs have completed an Middle Ages including histories of commemoration, political violence and consumer society, MA. However, we consider applications on  Uses of Writing in the Dark Ages and an option module. In the Spring Term you an individual basis and invite candidates  Civic Records and Culture in Later will take two further options from a range of to visit the Department for an informal Medieval England modules offered by staff in the Department. interview wherever possible.  Heresy and Inquisition in Languedoc These may include:  Chivalry in the Late Middle Ages.  Cultural History of the French Revolution MA in Contemporary History The second (research) stage comprises the  Evolution and Society, c1800–c1945 and International Politics preparation, researching and writing of  Railway Development in the 19th This degree provides a foundation for the dissertation with additional specialist and 20th Centuries guidance from a supervisor. You will also graduate-level research into contemporary  The Soviet Empire: From Creation have an opportunity to study Medieval history (c1900 to the present) and to Collapse international politics. It offers a range of Latin and to acquire palaeographical  Modern History and the Moving Image. stimulating modules to equip you with the and related technical skills. specialist knowledge and understanding From the beginning of the Summer Term needed to develop your interests in and you will concentrate on your research make important contributions to your MA in Early Modern History dissertation of up to 20,000 words, chosen field(s). These modules address Taking as its context Britain, Europe supervised by a member of staff. themes reflecting the expertise of staff in and the wider world, this programme the Departments of History and Politics, aims to enhance awareness of key exploring the methods and theories historiographical and methodological MA in Medieval Studies associated with the study of modern debates in social, cultural, political and The MA in Medieval Studies provides political organisation and ideas. You will use religious history, 1500–1750. It provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary these as the springboard for a dissertation unusual opportunities for interdisciplinary study of the medieval cultures of Europe, by independent study, involving the work through options in English or History taught by members of the Departments of collection and analysis of primary sources of Art, as well as the opportunity to engage Archaeology, English, History and History of and their interpretation with reference to with primary material from the rich archival Art. For more information see the entry for existing scholarship in one or both of the and print resources available in York. the Centre for Medieval Studies on page 104. disciplines jointly studied in your degree. During the first term you will study a core Elective modules may include: module and an option module. The core

History 75 perspectives which enrich research in achieve the requisite standard may seek MA in Public History this period. It is based in the Centre for to be upgraded to the MPhil programme. Renaissance and Early Modern Studies. The new MA in Public History offers For further information see page 138. students cutting-edge interdisciplinary MPhil/PhD research degrees academic training together with exciting MPhil/PhD research degrees in History are opportunities for hands-on experience in MA in Eighteenth Century offered both in the Department and in the the cultural sphere through a placement Studies: Representations context of its associated interdisciplinary in the heritage sector. The programme is centres and institutes. You can study for designed to give students an understanding and Contexts, 1750–1850 them full- or part-time. To be admitted for of the critical issues in public history This interdisciplinary programme, involving this programme you will normally have, or be and to analyse the variety of changing the Departments of Archaeology, English, expected to obtain, a 2:1 honours degree or ways in which the public engage with the History and History of Art, offers the its equivalent in an appropriate subject. past through not only traditional media, but opportunity for you to study the culture and You will be confirmed as a PhD student also new digital and rich media products. cultural history of the period 1750–1850 after submitting suitable written work and a The MA will consist of a core module, from a range of new perspectives. It is based thesis plan in your second year. We welcome which introduces students to the discipline in the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. applications in the research areas of staff of public history, and elective modules, For further information see page 53. members, outlined below. Fuller details of which will be combined with work these interests and the kinds of research placements at a prestigious heritage or topics they have supervised are outlined on media institution such as York Minster, MA in Railway Studies their individual web pages. If you have an English Heritage or BBC Radio York, and and Transport History enquiry about a particular research interest, at cultural attraction companies such as This a taught MA in history offered by the please contact the Department Postgraduate Continuum and Visit York. Elective modules Institute of Railway Studies and Transport Administrator, specifically indicating the may include: History at the National Railway Museum member(s) of staff with whom you wish  Modern History and the Moving Image in conjunction with the Department of to work and your own background in the  Art and Imagery in York Minster History. This is a part-time programme of proposed area of research. two years’ duration, although arrangements  Digital Publications and Web can sometimes be made to take it on Technology. a full-time basis in one year. For more The MA is linked to the Institute for details see page 135. Available funding the Public Understanding of the Past; Applicants for PhD and Research Preparation see www.york. ac. uk/ipup . Masters degrees will be eligible to apply for MA in History (by research) funding from the AHRC through the Block For an MA by research you will research and Grant Partnership Scheme. Details of how MA in Renaissance and write a dissertation, of up to 40,000 words, to apply and of eligibility are at www.york. Early Modern Studies under the supervision of a member of the ac.uk/study/postgraduate/fees-funding/ The MA in Renaissance and Early Modern Department. In order to ensure effective postgraduate/ahrc. Project-specific research Studies is an interdisciplinary MA studying supervision, the subject of your research studentships are advertised from time to the 16th and 17th centuries. It is taught by will relate to the interests and competencies time. The Department will offer a number members of the Departments of History, of the members of the Department. of bursaries for MA studies (varying in value English and Related Literature, History The dissertation must be submitted within from £1,000 to £4,000) in 2013 and up to three Teaching Studentships for doctoral of Art and Archaeology, plus five other one year of full-time or two years of part- studies. You can find out about University humanities departments, and brings time study, during which time you will see and Department awards, scholarships and together the wide range of disciplinary your supervisor regularly. Students who studentships from our website, from the Fees and funding section of the Postgraduate Study website, and from the Department’s Postgraduate Administrator. “The opportunity to research and teach The Department is eligible for ESRC alongside academics and fellow postgraduates studentships for doctoral students, covering fees and a living allowance. is something I’ve really loved about my course and it’s had a huge impact on how I think about my own work. I’ve enjoyed the freedom I’ve had while conducting my own research and have valued the departmental support I’ve received. The Berrick Saul Building offers space to work independently or collaboratively, which is fantastic for arts postgraduates.”

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76 History Staff list Professor and Head of Department Stuart Carroll, PhD (London) Early modern France; neighbourliness in 16th- and 17th-century Europe Professors Richard Bessel, DPhil (Oxford) Modern German history; aftermath of the World Wars; policing Sanjoy Bhattacharya, PhD (London) 19th- and 20th-century South Asia; history of medicine; global health programmes Peter Biller, DPhil (Oxford) Medieval heresy; condition of women; social history of medicine Lawrence Black, PhD (London Guildhall) Modern political culture; consumerism Catherine Cubitt, PhD (Cambridge) Anglo-Saxon history; early medieval religious and cultural history; gender Colin Divall, PhD (Manchester) Railway and transport history; history of engineering; technology and museums Guy Halsall, DPhil (York) Merovingian Gaul; early medieval European history; barbarian migrations David Moon, PhD (Birmingham) Russian and Ukranian history; 18th- to 20th-century peasants and environmental history Mark Ormrod, DPhil (Oxford) Political and administrative history of later medieval England James Sharpe, DPhil (Oxford) Early modern crime; witchcraft; popular culture; the family Miles Taylor, PhD (Cambridge) (on secondment) 19th- and 20th-century political British history; the impact of Empire Helen Weinstein, BA (York) Public history; history and the media David Wootton, DPhil (Oxford) Intellectual history, 1500–1800; political thought Readers Simon Ditchfield, PhD (London) Early modern historiography and hagiography; Italian ecclesiastical and cultural history Jeremy Goldberg, PhD (Cambridge) Medieval English social structure, demography, women, family Mark Jenner, DPhil (Oxford) Early modern English history; social history of medicine; the body Senior Lecturers Henrice Altink, PhD (Hull) African-American and Caribbean history; slavery; gender and sexuality, 1800–1950 Elizabeth Buettner, PhD (Michigan) 19th- and 20th-century British and Imperial social and cultural history David Clayton, PhD (Manchester) Modern British and Chinese economic history; post-1945 international history Geoffrey Cubitt, PhD (Cambridge) Political, religious and intellectual history of 19th-century France Joanna de Groot, DPhil (Oxford) Gender, race and empire; 19th- and 20th-century India and Iran Natasha Glaisyer, PhD (Cambridge) Cultural history of commerce in the 17th and 18th centuries Shane O’Rourke, DPhil (Oxford) Russian history in the late 19th and 20th centuries Sarah Rees Jones, DPhil (York) Later medieval English social, economic and urban history Craig Taylor, DPhil (Oxford) Politics and ideas in medieval France and England; chivalry; warfare Lecturers Oleg Benesch, PhD (British Columbia) History of 19th- and 20th-century Japan Sabine Clarke, PhD (London) 20th-century history of science; technology and medicine; colonial development John Cooper, DPhil (Oxford) Political, religious and literary culture of Early Modern Britain Mary Garrison, PhD (Cambridge) Early medieval literature and cultural history Alex Goodall, PhD (Cambridge) 20th-century United States and US–Latin American relations Hannah Greig, PhD (London) The social, political and material history of Britain, c1688–1830 Nicholas Guyatt, PhD (Princeton) The Atlantic World before 1800; the United States before 1900 Catriona Kennedy, PhD (York) 18th- and 19th-century Britain and Ireland; gender, war and revolution Gerard McCann, PhD (Cambridge) 20th- and 21st-century Africa and India; global south; transnationalism Chris Renwick, PhD (Leeds) 19th- and 20th-century natural and social sciences Mark Roodhouse, PhD (Cambridge) 20th-century British social, cultural, economic and political history; crime; consumption Lucy Sackville, PhD (York) 12th- and 13th-century religious history Sethina Watson, DPhil (Oxford) Social history of religion, 1050–1350; medieval hospitals Christopher Webb, MA (York) Church and society in early modern England; editing historical documents Sophie Weekes, PhD (Leeds) Natural philosophy in the 15th and 16th centuries

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s one of the largest History of Art departments in the UK, Key information with staff actively researching the Western tradition from

Head of Department late antiquity to the contemporary, we offer opportunities for Professor Elizabeth Prettejohn Apostgraduate study and research across an exceptional range of fields

Contact and methodologies. Susanna Broom Website: www.york.ac.uk/history-of-art We offer a supportive and stimulating of the wider research groupings connected Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323483 environment for all our students, who to the interdisciplinary research centres in Email: [email protected] join us from the UK and across the world. Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern, Fax: +44 (0)1904 323427 As a student you would benefit from: Eighteenth Century and Modern Studies. English language requirement  world-leading teaching and research At York you will benefit from the IELTS 7.0 with no less than 6.5 in Writing University’s location in one of the country’s  teaching by distinguished visiting scholars and no less than 5.5 in all other components, most attractive cities, renowned for its  or equivalent (see page 26) a large and dynamic postgraduate first-class medieval and post-medieval community architecture. In the immediate vicinity,  partnerships and close links with local, monasteries, churches, castles and great Programmes offered national and international galleries, country houses provide an excellent resource museums and auction houses. for the study of art and architectural history MA in History of Art Our active community of postgraduate in its cultural and social context. The MA in History of Art students, one of the largest in the country, region boasts the largest concentration of (Architectural History and Theory) benefits from internationally significant Anglo-Saxon sculpture in the UK and the research, with renowned concentrations of Department has close relationships with MA in History of Art (British Art) expertise in the Medieval, Early Modern and the Henry Moore Institute for the Study of MA in History of Art Modern periods. The Department’s research Sculpture and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. (Medieval Art and Medievalisms) schools regularly organise research seminars, York’s efficient transport links offer easy MA in History of Art (Sculpture Studies) study days, reading groups and visits when access to national and regional collections you can exchange ideas with other graduate further afield. You would also benefit from MA in Stained Glass Conservation students, members of staff and visiting the extraordinarily wide range of libraries and Heritage Management academics. You may also take advantage and archives in and around York. MA in Medieval Studies MA in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies Your future MA in Eighteenth Century Studies: Representations and Contexts, 1750–1850 York History of Art graduates leave us with a wide range of discipline- MA in Culture and Thought after 1945 specific and transferable skills, providing them with an excellent platform from which to pursue their chosen careers. As a result, our graduates go MA in History of Art (by research) on to work in diverse roles within the UK and across the world, including MPhil/PhD auctioneering, curating, conservation, teaching, journalism, librarianship and research; and many go on to further study.

78 History of Art Programmes overview Your background Leading conservation studios in Britain, You will have a 2:1 honours degree, or Europe and the United States will host We offer six taught MA programmes: equivalent, in a humanities subject. If you placements, providing you with valuable an MA in History of Art, an MA in have studied a practice-based degree work experience. Variations on the degree Stained Glass Conservation and (eg Fine Art) you will need to demonstrate may be feasible if you wish to avoid Heritage Management, and four MA capability in academic writing. If you have the placement and/or the dissertation. pathway degrees. Our academics also a different educational background, do not contribute to the teaching of four be discouraged from applying; all candidates Your background interdisciplinary MA programmes in are recommended to contact the graduate You may be a graduate with an Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Early chair about possible applications. undergraduate degree (2:1 or equivalent) Modern Studies, Eighteenth Century in a related field (eg glass conservation, Studies: Representations and Contexts, wall-painting conservation, art history, 1750–1850, and Culture and Thought MA in Stained Glass architecture, archaeology), or you may after 1945. Research degrees are offered Conservation and not have a degree, but have exceptional at MA, MPhil and PhD levels. Heritage Management experience or skills which you can demonstrate in an entrance test. For York is the premier centre in Britain for the those lacking previous experience in glass MA in History of Art study of stained glass, with unmatched conservation, preliminary placements resources in the Minster and city churches, Our general taught MA programme allows can be arranged, and some funding will leading conservation studios and the great flexibility, enabling you to focus be available for this from ICON, the UK’s Department’s lively Stained Glass Research on a historical period from medieval to national confederation of conservators. contemporary art, to follow a thematic School. This innovative programme, the first strand or to pursue a diverse range of of its kind in the English-speaking world, interests. It can be taken over one year offers an integrated study of stained glass MA in Medieval Studies full‑time or two years part-time. and its conservation. Taught in partnership This programme, taught by members of You will choose four option modules with the Department of Archaeology, the the Departments of Archaeology, English, to take over your first two terms. The programme provides training for a variety History and History of Art, provides an modules offered vary from year to year, of employment in stained glass conservation introduction to the interdisciplinary study but enough choice is normally available workshops, heritage management, of the medieval cultures of Europe. For for students with particular research arts administration, architectural and further information, see the Centre for interests to focus on those periods or engineering offices, administration of Medieval Studies entry on page 104. themes of most relevance to them. Modules historic buildings and museums, and for are taught by weekly seminars and each higher research degrees. option is assessed by a 3,500-word essay This two-year programme includes MA in Renaissance and produced under tutorial supervision. four terms of taught courses, with two Early Modern Studies You will also take a core Research Skills modules per term, an 18-week placement module alongside your option modules. and a five-month dissertation. Two modules This interdisciplinary programme, This will help you make the transition are devoted to glass conservation. Other which allows students to study modules to graduate research, introduce you to fields of study include ethics and the from relevant MAs in a number of research going on in the Department and philosophy of conservation, history of partner departments, gives a thorough help you to relate in a more original, critical conservation, art and architectural history, grounding in the issues relating to the and significant way to the problems, archaeology, materials and materials study of the 16th and 17th centuries. methodologies and latest insights from science, building engineering, architectural For further information, see the Centre the forefront of the discipline. During climate study, administrative training and for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies this module you will develop your heritage and business administration. entry on page 138. dissertation research proposal, which forms the assessment for the module. Your third term and summer vacation are devoted to the research and writing “One of the best features of my course is the of your 15,000-word dissertation, for submission in late September. programme of departmental seminars, when staff and students can interact and broaden Pathway degrees their research interests. The Department’s We offer specialised MA pathway degrees research trips are a great way to apply theory in Architectural History and Theory, British Art, Medieval Art and Medievalisms, discussed in seminars to on-site artwork. My and Sculpture Studies. Each pathway work with mima (Middlesbrough Institute of provides a comprehensive foundation Modern Art), on a partnership studentship, has for PhD research in a particular area, or a specialised career. The course structure and allowed me to apply my studies practically, assessment mirror the general MA in History and has given me some key of Art, but you take at least two of your professional contacts.” four taught modules from a prescribed list of relevant modules and your dissertation Libby, MA in History of Art should also focus on a related topic.

History of Art 79 part-time degree, based on the production a training programme designed to develop key MA in Eighteenth Century of a 30,000-word dissertation, supervised skills for an academic or professional career. Studies: Representations by a member of staff. This MA is a research A good working relationship between and Contexts, 1750–1850 degree in its own right which could, in you and your supervisor is crucial, and certain circumstances, lead to upgrading the Department has structures in place This programme, taught by members of the to an MPhil. Students meet regularly with to ensure regular contact is maintained. Departments of Archaeology, English, History their supervisors throughout the year, but As a PhD student you will have a Thesis and History of Art, offers the opportunity to ultimately have personal responsibility Advisory Panel, consisting of one or study the culture and cultural history of the for defining their topics and seeing them more members of staff in addition to period 1750–1850. For further information, through to successful completion. the supervisor. The panel meets with see the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies you twice a year to monitor progress entry on page 53. Your background and receive feedback on supervision. Candidates should normally have, or be MA in Culture and Thought expected to obtain, a 2:1 honours degree or Your background after 1945 equivalent in an appropriate subject with You should be able to demonstrate clear a thorough grounding in the discipline and potential for higher-level research, either This programme, taught by members of the a clearly defined research topic which falls having completed or currently taking an MA Departments of English, History, History of within one of the Department’s research in History of Art or a closely related subject. Art, Philosophy, Theatre, Film and Television, areas. You should be prepared to work You are encouraged to contact the PhD Chair and the Centre for Women’s Studies, independently from the outset, as there or a potential supervisor to discuss possible offers a unique opportunity for study of is no taught element to this MA. proposals and supervisors. the intertwined theoretical, cultural and historical developments of the contemporary period. For more information, see the Centre MPhil/PhD research degrees for Modern Studies entry on page 107. The degrees of MPhil and PhD are awarded on Available funding the basis of a thesis of 60,000 and 90,000 A range of opportunities is available to Home, words respectively. Students’ registration EU and Overseas applicants at MA and PhD MA in History of Art at PhD level is confirmed, usually within the level. Please see our funding website for (by research) second year of study, after demonstrating details: www.york.ac.uk/history-of-art/ This is a one-year full-time or two-year sufficient progress. You will also take part in prospective-postgraduates/funding.

Staff list Professor and Head of Department Elizabeth Prettejohn, PhD (London) Victorian painting, sculpture, art criticism; classical reception; aesthetics 1750–present Professors Whitney Davis, PhD (Harvard) Theories of visual culture and world art studies Jason Edwards, PhD (Cambridge) British Victorian art, especially Aestheticism and the ‘New Sculpture’ Helen Hills, PhD (London) Architecture, gender and sexuality; Baroque architecture and urbanism Christopher Norton, PhD (Cambridge) Medieval art and architecture, especially of the monastic orders Readers Jane Hawkes, PhD (Newcastle) Early medieval (insular) art and architecture, especially sculpture Amanda Lillie, PhD (London) Italian Renaissance art and architecture, especially villas and landscapes Michael White, PhD (Essex) European modernism, especially the interwar avant-gardes Senior Lecturers Tim Ayers, PhD (London) Late medieval stained glass, sculpture and architecture in England Anthony Geraghty, PhD (Cambridge) Late 17th- and early 18th-century British architecture Jeanne Nuechterlein, PhD (Berkeley) 15th- and 16th-century northern art; religious painting and portraiture Lecturers Jo Applin, PhD (London) Modern and contemporary art and theory James Boaden, PhD (London) American art from the mid-20th century Sarah Brown, MA (York) Stained glass and the history of its restoration and reception Chad Elias, PhD (Northwestern) Contemporary art practices and visual cultures of the Middle East Richard Johns, PhD (York) British art 1650–1850; painted interiors; landscape and marine painting Emanuele Lugli, PhD (New York) Mediterranean medieval art and architecture; history of technology; connoisseurship Michele Luigi Vescovi, PhD (Parma) Western European medieval art and architecture Hanna Vorholt, PhD (Berlin) Medieval art, particularly illuminated manuscripts, maps and diagrams, and Jerusalem Cordula van Wyhe, PhD (London) 17th-century Baroque art, particularly in the Habsburg Netherlands and France

80 History of Art Human Rights (Applied)

he Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) is an interdepartmental Key information research and teaching centre with links to the Department of

Head of Centre Politics and York Law School. It also hosts a unique fellowship Professor Paul Gready Tscheme for human rights defenders at risk. Contact Sanna Eriksson The Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) The practice of human rights currently Website: www.york.ac.uk/cahr at the University of York is distinctive in faces two key challenges. First, the recent Telephone: +44 (0)1904 325830 the way in which it seeks to integrate the proliferation of treaties and adjudicative Email: [email protected] practice of human rights into an academic bodies has not significantly diminished Fax: +44 (0)1904 325805 setting. Its core activities are: serious human rights abuses. Second, English language requirement  hosting human rights defenders at risk, while human rights is subject to critique IELTS 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in each who complete training and educational on familiar territory, such as civil liberties component, or equivalent (see page 26) programmes and contribute to the in the post-9/11 era, it is expanding rapidly activities of the Centre into new areas, such as development and environmental protection. This context  running an MA in Applied Human Rights provides exciting new opportunities Programmes offered and an LLM in International Human Rights and strategic dilemmas. Our teaching MA in Applied Human Rights Law and Practice programmes are designed in such a way LLM in International Human Rights Law  conducting research, often in that students should leave with a sense and Practice collaboration with non-governmental of how to advance human rights claims organisations, in the following areas: MPhil/PhD in this challenging context. practical challenges facing human rights defenders; human rights and development; transitional justice; and refugee law  hosting the Journal of Human Rights Practice.

Your future Skills gained in the programmes have opened doors to a range of career opportunities in:  government (the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office)  NGOs (around the world including in Turkey, Australia, Uganda, Ireland, Malaysia and South Africa)  international agencies (UNDP, UNHCR and others)  research (research for think tanks and NGOs as well as doctoral research).

Human Rights (Applied) 81 Programmes overview on a project, developed in collaboration with  Development and Human Rights local partner organisations. Past projects  The Centre offers an interdisciplinary Human Rights and Global Environmental have included developing and evaluating Crises: Impacts and Responses MA in Applied Human Rights and an training materials on sexual violence;  Asylum, Migration and Human Trafficking LLM in International Human Rights monitoring of xenophobic violence and Law and Practice. Both degrees have a displaced people; and capacity-building  Truth, Justice and Reparations strong practical focus, and are explicitly work with grassroots women’s groups. after Violence designed to equip students with the The field visit will involve an  Cultures of Human Rights Practice. applied skills needed to work for additional cost, above normal fees, of intergovernmental agencies (such as the Outer ring modules include: between £1,000 and £1,250, subject to UN), NGOs, governments or in other relevant  Dilemmas of Intervention cost increases. professions (eg journalism). Both degrees The MA is one year for full-time students,  Social and Political Issues in Development also include an international field visit, or two years for part-time students.  Peace Agreements: Ending Intra- which is fully integrated into the teaching A Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Human state Conflicts programme. Masters-level programmes are Rights is available to those students who taught by a mix of Centre staff, experienced  Women, Citizenship and Conflict do not wish to complete the dissertation. practitioners, and human rights defenders  Teaching and Learning Citizenship on the Centre’s visiting fellowship scheme. The MA has compulsory modules and Global Education. and an inner and outer ring of options. In total, students need to complete five Your background modules (two compulsory in the first MA in Applied Human Rights People from diverse academic backgrounds term; one compulsory running over two The MA is distinctive in that students: are encouraged to apply. Applicants are terms; two options in the second term).  develop a range of fieldwork, advocacy expected to have a good first degree A dissertation will fulfil the requirements (2:1 or its equivalent) and/or relevant and legal skills through the course for an MA. of the year work experience. For students whose first Part-time students in Year 1 will language is not English, the Centre normally  apply these skills during a field visit complete two compulsory modules in the requires a minimum English language to South Africa, where they work in Autumn Term and one optional module proficiency level of 6.5 (with no less than partnership with local NGOs in the Spring Term. In Year 2, part-time 5.5 in each component) in IELTS, or 92 (with  interact with international human rights students will complete the two-term no less than 21 in Listening, 22 in Reading, 23 defenders based at the Centre compulsory module (including the South in Speaking, and 21 in Writing) in TOEFL (iBT).  benefit from a genuinely interdisciplinary Africa field visit or an equivalent placement), approach to the study of human rights. their second optional module and the dissertation. LLM in International Human The MA is both interdisciplinary and The following modules are compulsory: practice-based. It focuses on the use Rights Law and Practice of rights within the human rights  Defending Human Rights The LLM is distinctive in that students: mainstream and in a range of related fields  Social Sciences and Human  work on real human rights issues (development, transitional justice, etc). Rights Practice which gives practical skills, hands-on As such, it is designed for practitioners  Law, Public Policy and Human Rights experience and improved job prospects and would-be practitioners across this   get the opportunity to work alongside spectrum who wish to engage with applied Dissertation. human rights defenders during a human rights. Students must take at least one of the two‑week field visit to Malaysia The MA includes a field visit to Cape following optional modules from the  Town, South Africa (or a UK-based inner ring of options (all options subject learn from international human rights placement). The field visit involves working to availability): defenders based at the Centre  explore how international human rights law interacts with national public policy in various states  have the opportunity to participate “The applied nature of the course appealed to in a human rights clinic. me the most – especially the opportunities The LLM will engage students in a critical to work with NGOs in the field. The Centre’s and nuanced examination of human rights Protective Fellowship Scheme has meant we’ve law, while providing them with the practical had lectures from and interacted with a range of knowledge necessary to apply global norms at the local level. human rights defenders. One of the best aspects The LLM includes a two-week field visit of the course has been rubbing shoulders to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, or a placement with students from countries as varied as in York. The field visit gives students the experience of working with local partner Afghanistan, Malaysia and Mexico.” organisations, and an opportunity to become involved in international and domestic Harkirit, MA in Applied Human Rights human rights litigation and to conduct legal research, monitoring and advocacy. Past projects in Malaysia include: developing a legal brief for women’s groups

82 Human Rights (Applied) to use to obtain standing in proceedings inner ring of options (all options subject to have a good degree, typically a 2:1 or affecting women’s rights in Malaysian to availability): equivalent. Applications for the MPhil or courts; drafting a guide for policymakers  Development and Human Rights PhD will be welcomed in the research areas on the international and domestic labour outlined on page 81 and on other human  Asylum, Migration and Human Trafficking standards governing migrant workers; rights-related topics. and developing a policy framework and  Truth, Justice and Reparations Our current research projects include: standard procedures for local governments after Violence  Translating Freedom interested in combating trafficking. Past  Cultures of Human Rights Practice  Transformative Justice projects in the UK include: developing human  Human Rights Clinic: Litigating Against rights campaigning and education materials  Responsibility to the Story States and Multinational Corporations around York becoming a City of Sanctuary  Refugees, Rights and Revolution  Human Rights and Global Environmental for asylum seekers; and doing a human  Improving Protection and Capacity Crises: Impact and Responses. rights needs assessment in York. for Human Rights Defenders The Malaysia field visit will involve an Outer ring modules include:  Writing Refugee Law in Asia additional cost, above normal fees, of  Dilemmas of Intervention and the Middle East between £1,000 and £1,250, subject to  cost increases. Social and Political Issues in Development  Legal Empowerment and The LLM is one year for full-time students  Peace Agreements: Ending Transitional Justice and two years for part-time students. A Intra‑state Conflicts  Theories of Change Postgraduate Diploma is available to those  Women Citizenship and Conflict  Resilience, Rights and students who do not wish to complete  Teaching and Learning Citizenship Environmental Change the dissertation. and Global Education.  The LLM has compulsory modules A ‘Public Private People Partnership’ for Climate Compatible Development and an inner and outer ring of options. Your background In total, students need to complete five in Maputo modules (two compulsory in the first Applicants should have some prior academic  Climate Change Communication term; one compulsory running over two study or some practical experience of law. and Social Learning Prior academic study includes any coursework terms; two options in the second term).  Participatory Planning with Small-scale in law (for example, on a Politics degree). A dissertation will fulfil the requirements Fishing Communities. for the LLM. Practical experience includes both paid and Both the MPhil and PhD may be studied Part-time students in Year 1 will complete volunteer work. Applicants are expected to part‑time, the period of study being four two compulsory modules in the Autumn have a good first degree (2:1 or its equivalent). and six years respectively. Term and one optional module in the For students whose first language is not All MPhil and PhD students are required Spring Term. In Year 2, part-time students English, the Centre normally requires a to pursue an appropriate research training will complete the two-term compulsory minimum English language proficiency taught course (full details from the Centre). module (including the Malaysia field visit level of 6.5 (with no less than 5.5 in each or an equivalent placement), their second component) in IELTS, or 92 (with no less than Available funding optional module and the dissertation. 21 in Listening, 22 in Reading, 23 in Speaking, For information about potential funding The following modules are compulsory: and 21 in Writing) in TOEFL (iBT). opportunities visit www.york.ac.uk/cahr .  Defending Human Rights  Law, Public Policy and Human Rights MPhil/PhD  Applying International Human Rights Law The MPhil and PhD are awarded on the basis  Dissertation. of a thesis after a period of two and three Students must take at least one of the years’ study respectively. Students accepted following optional modules from the for research will normally be expected

Staff list

Professor and Head of Centre Paul Gready, PhD (London) Transitional justice; human rights and development Senior Lecturer Lars Waldorf, BA (Harvard), Transitional justice; mass violence; international criminal law JD (Harvard Law School) Lecturers Jonathan Ensor, DPhil (York) Human rights and development; human rights, climate change and the environment Martin Jones, BA (Queen’s), LLB (UBC) Refugee law and policy Research and Teaching Fellow Alice H Nah, PhD (Singapore) Human rights defenders, asylum and migration in Asia

Human Rights (Applied) 83 Language and Communication

anguage and Communication is an interdisciplinary programme Key information offering supervision for doctoral research into language

Course Director use and communication. Our work encompasses everyday Dr Richard Ogden Linteractions as well as medical, institutional, workplace, educational Contact (including language learning), social welfare and legal settings. Dr Richard Ogden Website: www.york.ac.uk/language/ Communication is at the very heart of all analysis, pragmatic analysis, relationships postgraduate/phd-and-research/mphil- aspects of social life. Almost everything between verbal and non-verbal conduct, phd‑communication we do, the ways in which we relate to one phonetic and linguistic analysis – tailored to Telephone: +44 (0)1904 322652 another, all the information we have about suit your particular research area and needs. Email: [email protected] one another and the world more generally, We welcome applications to do doctoral and our social, political and economic research that will contribute to the rapidly English language requirement conduct rely in one way or another on developing and expanding study of language IELTS 7.0 or equivalent (see page 26) communication and the language through use in all forms of social, institutional, which we communicate. educational and political life. Staff collaborating in Language and Language and Communication is affiliated Programme offered Communication are members of the to the Centre for Advanced Studies in Departments of Education, Language and Language and Communication (www.york. MPhil/PhD Linguistic Science, Psychology and Sociology. ac.uk/res/caslc), an interdisciplinary They have specialised expertise in basic research centre for the investigation of both and applied research into the language basic and applied aspects of language use, we use to communicate with one another interaction and communication. The Centre (interpersonal communication), and the draws on the expertise of its members in the ways in which language is used in society study of language use, including the study of more broadly. The programme offers you phonetic, syntactic and pragmatic features specialised, flexible and individualised of language. We bring together a range of support across relevant disciplines for methodological and theoretical approaches research into language, interaction and from our various disciplines. Our approach communication in a wide variety of contexts. is always to investigate the dynamics We provide training in a range of approaches of language use in interaction in natural and methodologies, including conversation social settings.

Your future All our students have, on completion of their doctorate, gained employment in a range of academic positions, including full-time lecturing positions (internationally), and in university research (eg research into medical, legal and welfare interactions). The interdisciplinary programme in Language and Communication offers a unique opportunity for research into social interactions and the use of language in interaction – led by scholars with international reputations in this area. Students join an outstandingly active and supportive research environment. York is renowned internationally as a centre of excellence particularly in the field of conversation analysis.

84 Language and Communication Programme overview research interests, we may include other methodologies that combine insights staff members with relevant expertise. from qualitative and quantitative Language and Communication is an You would work closely with your research paradigms interdisciplinary programme involving four supervisors, meeting regularly to discuss the  cross-linguistic differences in language departments: Education, Language and design of your project, the methodology and and communication; bilingual Linguistic Science, Psychology and Sociology. practicalities of your research, data analysis communication; communication It focuses on investigating language as it and writing up. in English as a second language. is used in the real world and the linguistic When making an application, indicate Please note that we do not have expertise and social processes which underpin it. We which disciplines your research topic is in most areas of mass communication and conduct highly data-driven research into relevant to and a possible supervisor for language/communication for business the communicative structures – linguistic, your research. The staff list and information purposes, as these are conventionally sequential, gestural – used in everyday on individuals’ web pages will help you to understood and taught, although we life, in workplace settings, in educational identify these disciplines and individuals. can support research in some aspects of settings, and in online interaction. The course director will be happy to these fields where any kind of interaction Academic staff on the programme have advise you. is involved, for example interviewing established international reputations for The PhD in Language and in the mass media, interactions in the innovative research and cross-disciplinary Communication is available to full- and financial sector. Our website provides more working. We employ multiple methodologies part-time research students, and also to information about staff research interests. underpinned by a range of approaches to visiting research students who would like Here are some recent research topics: the study of language, including cognitive, to come here for short periods (usually ethnographic, interactionist, or dynamic/ between one term and a year) for specialist  Second language acquisition in emergent approaches to language study. training. We welcome applications for an the classroom Some of us use primarily qualitative MPhil or more usually a PhD, and you may  Negation in Danish conversation methods (notably conversation analysis), also study part-time.  Calls to the emergency services while others specialise in experimental and in a Russian city quantitative approaches. We collaborate with  individuals and groups elsewhere nationally MPhil/PhD research degrees Questioning in police interviews (in Montenegro) and internationally, where our expertise Our basic and applied research expertise can assist in realising the practical aims focuses especially on ordinary social  AIDS counselling in Thailand of projects. interactions (conversation). Areas of  Answering indirectly in broadcast The Department of Language and research in which we can supervise news interviews Linguistic Science, which administers research include (but are not limited to):  Service encounters between native Language and Communication, is one of the  conversation analysis, especially and non-native speakers UK’s leading centres for research, scholarship its relation to linguistics (including  and teaching in the discipline. We have high Story-telling in multi-party phonetics) and gesture; its application Italian conversation. quality facilities for the analysis of data in to different settings and problems; The PhD on AIDS counselling in Thailand a recently established data lab. When you communicative strategies in interaction, was recently given the award for the best join the programme, you will be joining a and pragmatics vibrant, welcoming and diverse postgraduate doctoral dissertation across all the social  language in particular settings: community whose members come from sciences in Thailand. Other projects are new media, the classroom, clinical all around the world. We are international ongoing, particularly in the field of medical encounters, legal, educational and in outlook and welcome multilingual and interaction, but also in other ‘applied’ fields. workplace settings multicultural research projects. Students on Many of the above and other projects, the programme have conducted research  developing new methodologies, however, are in ‘basic’ research fields such on a wide range of European, Asian and especially multi-modal, and as the nature and practices of questioning African languages and social settings. Partner departments all have a full training programme for PhD students and once registered on the programme you “My research interests are quite broad, so the will have access to such training. These include subject-specific courses, courses on encouragement we’re given at the Centre research skills, and generic courses aimed at to study across several disciplines suits me increasing students’ employability, personal perfectly. Even though I have the freedom to effectiveness, language skills, etc. Through pursue independent research, I know that the Humanities Research Centre there is considerable potential for you to make my tutors are always around to give me valuable connections across disciplines. support if I need it. The skills I’ve learned You are normally assigned two on my course will be valuable in my future supervisors from two different departments. This system of joint supervision reflects the career. I feel that I am in the right place interdisciplinary nature of the programme and programme to fulfil my goals.” and provides input from different but complementary disciplinary perspectives Hyangmi, PhD in Communication Studies and methodologies. The staff list below (Language and Communication from 2013) indicates core staff; depending on your

Language and Communication 85 and indirectness in talk. A common element methodological areas, are available across Communication, Psychology and Sociology. through all these projects, and in the areas the participating disciplines. These are Some training in or acquaintance with a in which we offer supervision, is that they selected by you in consultation with your relevant methodology (eg pragmatics, involve language use in interaction. supervisors, according to your particular conversation analysis) is generally required. The programme comprises supervised interests, needs and research topic: that is, study to determine the design of the there are no formal course requirements research project (including literature or examined components for a research Available funding degree in Language and Communication. review); to discuss the implementation of For information about funding, please the research strategy; to provide training in see the pages on the University of York’s relevant perspectives and methodologies; website (www.york.ac.uk/study/ to advise about the practicalities of any Your background fees-funding), giving details about necessary fieldwork/data collection; to The programme is suitable for graduates with financial assistance that the University assist in data analysis; and to provide at least a 2:1 honours degree (or Masters) offers. There are no other bursaries or guidance and advice about writing up in any discipline related to language and studentships attached particularly to the dissertation. Courses, for instance in communication, including Linguistics and/ Language and Communication. theoretical, practical or substantive, and or Languages (including English), Education,

Staff list

Course Director Richard Ogden, DPhil (York) Language and Linguistic Science: Phonetics; phonology; conversation analysis; cross-linguistic research Professors Gerry Altmann, PhD (Edinburgh) Psychology: Psycholinguistics; sentence processing; implicit learning of grammar Paul Foulkes, PhD (Cambridge) Language and Linguistic Science: Phonetics; phonology; child language acquisition; sociolinguistics; forensic phonetics Celia Kitzinger, PhD (Reading) Sociology: Gender and sexuality; conversation analysis; helplines; feminist and LGBT Robin Wooffitt, PhD (York) Sociology: Language and consciousness; identity and authority; CA and discursive psychology Reader Peter Bull, PhD (Exeter) Psychology: Microanalysis of interpersonal communication, speech, non-verbal behaviour; political psychology Senior Lecturer Emma Marsden, PhD (Southampton) Education: L2 acquisition; foreign and second language education; experiments in educational research Lecturers Kelly Benneworth, PhD (Loughborough) Sociology: Discursive psychology; discourse analysis and conversation analysis; language and social interaction in forensic settings Darren Reed, PhD (Loughborough) Sociology: Gesture; interaction; embodiment; online communication and performance; science and technology studies; conversation analysis; social media; performance studies Beatrice Szczepek Reed, PhD (Potsdam) Education: Prosody; phonology; conversation analysis; cross-cultural interaction; institutional interaction Merran Toerien, PhD (York) Sociology: Conversation analysis; language in institutional settings; health professional–patient interaction; gender and interaction Danijela Trenkic, PhD (Cambridge) Education: Second language use; individual differences; L2 grammar and vocabulary learning; listening comprehension Traci Curl Walker, PhD (Colorado) Language and Linguistic Science: Phonetics; conversation analysis; language use in communicative contexts; interaction of sequence and linguistic structure; pragmatic theory

86 Language and Communication Language and Linguistic Science

he Department of Language and Linguistic Science is one of the Key information leading centres in the UK for teaching and research in theoretical

Head of Department and empirical linguistics. You will join an academic community Professor Peter Sells Tcommitted to high quality teaching with a thriving research culture. Contact Martha Harrold The central aim of our Department is  Website: www.york.ac.uk/language Phonetics and Phonology, with a to undertake research and teaching at Telephone: +44 (0)1904 322652 particular focus on conversational Email: [email protected] the forefront of modern linguistics and analysis, forensic phonetics to advance knowledge of the formal and sociophonetics; English language requirement properties of linguistic systems and their  Syntax and Semantics, particularly IELTS 7.0 with a minimum of 7.0 in Speaking use and evolution in speech communities. minimalism, principles and parameters and Writing, and no less than 5.5 in Listening Recent staff appointments and brand new and Reading, or equivalent (see page 26) and monostratal frameworks; purpose-built accommodation with five  research and teaching laboratories have Language Variation and Change, kept our Department at the forefront of particularly empirical methods, Programmes offered current work in language and linguistics, the language/identity nexus;  MA in Linguistics and York is placed second in the UK for Psycholinguistics, particularly first research in linguistics. and second language acquisition, MA in Phonetics and Phonology We are committed to high quality child bilingualism and phonological teaching in both linguistics and languages. development. MA in Phonological Development The Department is also an ESRC 1+3 Research in all these areas focuses on a wide MA in Psycholinguistics recognised training outlet. Our Graduate range of languages. The Department has MA in Sociolinguistics School is part of a thriving research also played a key role in the development community whose principal research of several major corpora and archives. MA in Syntax and Semantics areas involve: We have active collaborative links with MSc in Forensic Speech Science colleagues all over the UK and in Canada, MA in Linguistics (by research) France, Finland, Germany, Holland, Japan, Korea, Spain, the USA and elsewhere. PhD in Linguistics MPhil/PhD in Language and Communication Your future Linguistics equips you with analytical skills which translate readily into any work context. Many of our graduates remain in academia but others enter fields such as advertising, teaching, IT and broadcasting, as well as forensic science, the police and security services. Our MSc programme, through its links with industry, gives you opportunities to work with genuine case materials.

Language and Linguistic Science 87 Programmes overview between variation and phonological and MA in Phonological syntactic theory. We offer seven programmes, each of one Development The first term comprises four modules in year’s duration, which lead to the award the core areas of phonetics and phonology, of the MA degree. We also offer one MSc The MA in Phonological Development will semantics, sociolinguistics and syntax. In programme, also of one year’s duration. provide the opportunity to gain practical the second term you will take two modules experience in linguistic methods of analysis of on sociolinguistics which may include: Your background child data, from English and other languages. Methods in Linguistic Variation; Syntactic You will be expected to hold (or to gain) a First The first term comprises three core Variation and Change; Phonological Variation or 2:1 honours degree in a relevant subject. modules, Directed Readings in Phonological and Change. The programme is completed Development, The Emergence of Structure with a dissertation. from Use, and Research Methods, along with MA in Linguistics one open option. The second term comprises The MA in Linguistics aims to give you a Topics in Phonological Development and MA in Syntax and Semantics general foundation in the central areas of Learning Mechanisms. The programme The MA in Syntax and Semantics is aimed at modern linguistics, while at the same time is completed with a dissertation. those with a solid theoretical background allowing you to develop your own particular in syntax and semantics. It provides the areas of interest. opportunity to deepen your interest in areas The first term comprises four modules in MA in Psycholinguistics such as minimalism, comparative syntax the core areas of phonetics and phonology, The MA in Psycholinguistics will provide and the syntax–semantics interface. semantics, sociolinguistics and syntax. you with a general background in The first term comprises modules in In the second term you will choose two psycholinguistics while giving you a practical syntactic and semantic typology. In the second modules. You may choose to concentrate training in the techniques and methodologies term you will take two modules on syntax on modules in one of our specialist areas associated with the field of study. You and semantics, involving comparative syntax (Phonetics and Phonology, Psycholinguistics, will have the opportunity to develop your and semantics and the syntax phonology Sociolinguistics, Syntax and Semantics). The interest in areas such as second language interface. The programme is completed programme is completed with a dissertation. acquisition, or bilingualism. with a dissertation. Term 1 comprises four modules: Introduction to Language Acquisition, MSc in Forensic Speech Science MA in Phonetics and Phonology Introduction to Psycholinguistics and two The MA in Phonetics and Phonology is others. In the second term you will take The MSc in Forensic Speech Science is aimed at those with a solid foundation in two modules which may include: The delivered in conjunction with one of the phonetics and phonology while giving you Acquisition of Syntax; Second Language world’s leading forensic speech laboratories, a practical training in techniques used in Syntax; Bilingualism; Language and Brain. The JP French Associates. The programme phonetic analysis. You will develop your programme is completed with a dissertation. focuses on the key forensic tasks of speaker interest in areas such as forensic phonetics, identification, questioned utterance conversation analysis, sociophonetics analysis, speaker profiling and line-ups and the phonetics–phonology interface. MA in Sociolinguistics or ‘identification parades’. Both first and second terms comprise The MA in Sociolinguistics will enable you The programme is not offered as a modules in phonetics and phonology. to perform original research in the field of vocational qualification, although successful In the second term you will choose two sociolinguistics by giving you a practical completion of the programme will increase modules which may include, among others: training in techniques and methodologies your employability in a forensic setting. Sociophonetics; Phonetics of Talk-in- used in sociolinguistic analysis. You will Term 1 will provide you with both a general Interaction. The programme is completed also have the opportunity to develop your introduction to forensic speech science and a with a dissertation. interest in areas such as the interface thorough grounding in the general principles and methodologies of language variation, phonetics and acoustics. The modules in Term 2 are largely practical in focus, enabling you to extend your experience in phonetic and “The staff in the Department have a variety acoustic analysis using a variety of recorded of research specialisms which means we can materials. In Term 3 you apply your knowledge and skills in a case-based module using be supported in a wide range of linguistic authentic forensic materials. The programme areas. The different research groups have is completed with a dissertation. regular meetings, giving students and staff the chance to discuss ideas together. I’m MA in Linguistics (by research) on a committee organising York’s first The MA (by research) is aimed at those with postgraduate conference in Linguistics; a solid background in linguistics as a whole seeing what goes into making a and a sound grasp of the areas in which you wish to specialise. Some prior experience successful conference has been in independent research would also be really interesting.” an advantage. This MA involves training in general and Jessica, PhD in Linguistics sub-field-specific research methodologies, attendance at any taught modules

88 Language and Linguistic Science deemed necessary, integration into one 2014 will appear on the University’s website of the departmental research groups MPhil/PhD in Language from autumn 2013. and a dissertation. and Communication The University offers a range of Your application to the graduate school studentships and scholarships for full-time must include a detailed research proposal. The Department also participates in an graduate students, some of which may be Feel free to ask us to put you in touch with interdisciplinary MPhil/doctoral programme in available to applicants for postgraduate a relevant member of staff to discuss this Language and Communication, together with Linguistics degrees. Up-to-date information proposal before applying. the Departments of Psychology, Education is available on the University’s web pages and Sociology. For more information at www.york.ac.uk/study/fees-funding/ see page 84. postgraduate. The Department also offers PhD in Linguistics scholarships and studentships. Visit our If you are interested in applying to do web pages at www.york.ac.uk/language/ doctoral research in an area of Language Available funding prospective/postgraduate/funding. and Linguistics, you are encouraged to Please note that deadlines are very discuss your interests and proposal with the The Department has received ESRC and AHRC strict. Potential applicants for funding relevant staff as early as possible. You would studentships each year which provide funding are advised to contact the Department normally be expected to hold a Masters for Masters and doctoral students. News on by early January at the latest. degree before embarking on PhD study. the studentships that will be available for

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Professor and Head of Department Peter Sells, PhD (Massachusetts) Syntactic, semantic and morphological theory; East Asian linguistics Professors Dunstan Brown, PhD (Surrey) Morphology; morphology-syntax interaction; typology Paul Foulkes, PhD (Cambridge) Phonetics; child language acquisition; sociolinguistics; forensic phonetics Helen Goodluck, PhD (Massachusetts) Psycholinguistics; child language acquisition; adult sentence processing Paul Kerswill, PhD (Cambridge) Sociolinguistics; language variation and change; dialect contact Giuseppe Longobardi, PhD (Pisa) Syntax; semantics; historical-comparative linguistics Susan Pintzuk, PhD (Pennsylvania) Syntactic variation and change in the history of Germanic languages Marilyn Vihman, PhD (Berkeley) Phonetics; phonology; child language development; child bilingualism Honorary Professors Peter French, PhD (Bristol) Forensic speech science; language and audio analysis Francis Nolan, PhD (Cambridge) Phonetics; forensic phonetics; prosody Emeritus Professors John Local, PhD (Newcastle) Articulatory and acoustic phonetics; non-linear phonology; conversational analysis Anthony Warner, PhD (Edinburgh) History of English syntax; theoretical syntax; syntactic variation and change Senior Lecturers Sam Hellmuth, PhD (SOAS) Phonology; prosody of Arabic varieties Carmen Llamas, PhD (Leeds) Language variation and change; sociolinguistic methodologies Richard Ogden, DPhil (York) Phonetics; phonology; conversational analysis; Firthian prosodic analysis Bernadette Plunkett, PhD (Massachusetts) Syntactic theory; syntax of French, Arabic and English; syntactic language acquisition Ann Taylor, PhD (Pennsylvania) History of English; language variation and change; corpus linguistics George Tsoulas, PhD (Paris) Syntactic theory; semantic theory; the syntax–semantics interface Dominic Watt, PhD (Newcastle) Phonetics; language variation and change; forensic phonetics Lecturers Tamar Keren-Portnoy, PhD (Jerusalem) Phonological development; early syntax Caitlin Light, PhD (Pennsylvania) Syntax, variation and change in English and Germanic languages Heather Marsden, PhD (Durham) Second language acquisition; syntax and semantics; research methodology Márton Sóskuthy, PhD (Edinburgh) Phonetics; phonology Hidekazu Tanaka, PhD (McGill) Theoretical syntax; the syntax–semantics interface; East Asian linguistics Traci Curl Walker, PhD (Colorado) Conversation analysis; the phonetics of naturally occurring talk-in-interaction Eytan Zweig, PhD (New York) Formal semantics; neurolinguistics Research Fellow Shin-Sook Kim, PhD (Frankfurt) Syntax and semantics; East Asian linguistics

Language and Linguistic Science 89 Law

ork Law School is a new and dynamic addition to the University Key information of York. The Law School offers a growing range of undergraduate

Head of School and postgraduate programmes, underpinned by a commitment Professor Caroline Hunter Yto the highest standards of education and research. Contact Professor Richard Nolan York Law School was established in 2007 academics who are committed to the Website: www.york.ac.uk/law and combines an international outlook, best and most innovative methods of Telephone: +44 (0)1904 325802 academic rigour, interdisciplinary strength legal education. Email: [email protected] and the study of law in different contexts. Throughout all our programmes Fax: +44 (0)1904 325805 We enjoy a close relationship with the and research we are guided by our desire English language requirement legal profession, with practitioners from to offer a distinctive approach to legal IELTS 7.0 with no less than 6.5 in each national and international firms involved in education incorporating: component, or equivalent (see page 26), the design and delivery of key aspects of  balance – creating a blend of theoretical, for LLM in International Corporate and all our programmes. We have also forged practical, and skills-based approaches Commercial Law collaborative links in teaching and research IELTS 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in each across the University. In postgraduate taught  social and economic context component, for LLM in International programmes there are close links with the  integration with other disciplines Human Rights Law and Practice York Management School and the Centre for  world-class research – informing IELTS 7.0 with no less than 5.5 in each Applied Human Rights. Areas of particular everything we do. Academic staff in the component, for PhD research strength include: international and Law School are well‑known experts in comparative corporate and commercial law, their fields of research and have published trust law, public law and administrative law, internationally acclaimed and prize- Programmes offered international human rights law, law and winning research. LLM in International Corporate and social policy, international trade law, law Commercial Law and history, financial crime, environmental The School has already developed a reputation law, criminal law, obligations, housing law, for offering academically rigorous, innovative, LLM in International Human Rights Law international labour law, comparative labour practical and stimulating programmes and Practice law, EU law, the legal profession and legal of study. York Law School is a growing PhD education. The Law School is made up of a department so please visit our web pages for friendly and dynamic team of experienced up-to-date information on all developments.

Your future Our alumni have gone on to professional training as barristers and solicitors, both in the UK and abroad, as well as positions in government, professional bodies and charities. Our students benefit from the unique combination of rigorous academic study and traditional teaching methods with our innovative problem-based learning approach. This gives them the opportunity to apply their learning to realistic scenarios in a genuine collaboration with their fellow students and their tutors.

90 Law Programmes overview Students studying the LLM in International  Business Organisations for the Internal Corporate and Commercial Law come from a Market. This module reviews the The Law School offers two distinct number of different countries. Each country organisation of partnerships and postgraduate programmes. One of these, has its own legal system and each legal companies in the United Kingdom and the LLM in International Corporate and system has its own way of dealing with compares this with other jurisdictions Commercial Law, is a taught programme company and commercial issues. This means within the European Union. of one year. The LLM integrates the Law that whatever a student’s background he  Commercial Law Simulation. In this School’s pioneering problem-based learning or she will discover areas of law that are with traditional seminars and a thesis on ‘foreign’ to that student but may well be module different student law firms a subject of the student’s choice. The PhD from the national jurisdiction of a fellow are given different roles in advising in Law is a research degree of three years, student. The course therefore commences participants in dealing with a fictitious supported by a training programme in legal with a compulsory module (Introduction legal problem. It involves a mix of research skills provided by the Department, to Comparative Law) where students are group-based work and individual and sessions on transferable skills provided introduced to different legal perspectives work, including advising clients by the Researcher Development Team. from around the world and this provides and negotiating solutions. Every student on the LLM is allocated a general introduction to the course. The Law School makes extensive use a personal adviser from among the Law The rest of the LLM programme offers of problem-based learning (PBL) – see School’s academic staff. PhD candidates a flexible mix of compulsory and optional www.york.ac.uk/law/postgraduate/ will be supported in their studies by a modules designed to ensure that students llm-corporate-commercial/problem- supervisor and a Thesis Advisory Panel. are able to study a wide range of different based-learning. Prospective students may For information on available funding legal subjects and to gain a proper be required to demonstrate their ability please visit www.york.ac.uk/study/ international perspective in the field of to benefit from this teaching method via postgraduate/fees-funding. corporate and commercial law. The largest an interview; for overseas students this component of the course is a dissertation on is likely to use Skype. LLM in International Corporate a research project of the student’s choice. The LLM Programme works and Commercial Law The dissertation is written during the second collaboratively with the Centre for English half of the course and is supported by its Language Teaching (CELT) and Library All programmes at York Law School own introductory module (Introduction Services and takes full advantage of the are based on the principle that a 21st- to Research and Dissertation Writing). electronic resources for learning and century Law graduate requires more Typical subject modules studied will be: teaching within the University. than a thorough knowledge of legal rules.  Law and Commercial Transactions. A rounded lawyer understands law in its This module provides an overview of the economic and theoretical contexts while Your background sources of commercial law, the formation developing skills and techniques which Ideally you will possess a good first degree of contracts for the sale of goods, and provide a solid foundation for the world (typically a 2:1 or equivalent). Preferably related aspects of law, such as the of work. The globalisation of commerce, this will be in Law or a law-related subject. concept of property ownership. law and the legal profession demands an Applications are welcomed from both home understanding of comparative, transnational  Formational Performance of Commercial and overseas students. and international law and therefore adds Contracts. This module examines a further layer of complexity. international business transactions and LLM in International Human The LLM in International Corporate and how the drafting of commercial contracts Rights Law and Practice Commercial Law is designed to address has developed internationally. It examines this complexity. It is aimed at those the English law position and compares The Centre for Applied Human Rights offers wanting a specialised programme which and contrasts this approach with this LLM and other degrees. See the Centre introduces some key practical legal skills other jurisdictions. entry on page 81 for information. alongside substantive legal knowledge in the broad area of international corporate and commercial law. The programme reflects the latest innovations in legal education “The staff in the School are very approachable and topical areas of research, reflecting the strengths and experience of staff in the Law and always get involved with student activities. School. All teaching uses small groups of The problem-based style of teaching puts students. It should appeal to anyone with an emphasis on individual research and an interest in cross-border transactions practicalities, which will be really helpful in and international business. The programme is designed to develop a my future career. In one module, we carried deeper understanding of how international out a simulation exercise where groups of corporate and commercial law operates students acted as lawyers for a company in the real world. It will enable successful students to pursue a wide range of careers and a bank. This gave me a great insight in business or return to professional practice into a professional working environment.” with an enhanced understanding of various important areas of law and practice. It also Micha, LLM in International Corporate provides a firm platform for further research and Commercial Law and study by way of a PhD.

Law 91 days delivered in collaboration with the invited speakers), and in the ‘brown bag’ PhD Universities of Sheffield and Leeds as part work-in-progress sessions. of the ESRC-funded White Rose Doctoral On applying for admission, you are PhD research degrees are offered within Training Centre. Training explores a wide advised to make your proposals as specific as the Law School in any area of staff research range of styles of legal research including interest. See below and visit our web pages. possible, indicating your own background and doctrinal, socio-legal, theoretical, proposed area of research. Where possible If you are interested in pursuing an comparative and empirical, including interdisciplinary research project, we have it would be helpful for you to provide a fieldwork and quantitative methods. relevant piece of written work to accompany very good links with other departments and It also provides support with elements your proposal. Please indicate the member research centres including the Management of the research project including research or members of staff you would like to work School, Philosophy, Politics and the Centre questions, literature reviews, critical with as part of your supervisory team. for Applied Human Rights. and constructive approaches to reading Postgraduate researchers meet regularly and writing, presenting research and the with their supervisors and progress is development of research plans. In addition, Your background assessed on a termly basis through the a full programme of transferable skills You will possess a good first degree Thesis Advisory Panel. Researchers are training is available through the Researcher (typically a 2:1 or equivalent) in Law or a further supported by a training programme. Development Team. Research students are cognate discipline, and preferably a Masters Weekly interactive research training encouraged to be active participants in the degree. Applications are welcomed from seminars are supplemented by training Law School’s Staff Seminar series (led by both home and overseas students.

Staff list Professor and Head of School Caroline Hunter, BA (Oxford), Housing law and policy; the regulation and control of anti-social behaviour; PG Dip Housing Admin Barrister dispute resolution Professors Stuart Bell, LLB (Hons) (Sheffield), Barrister Environmental law; regulation and regulatory systems; the legal profession; professional ethics Paul Gready, PhD (London) International human rights; transitional justice; development and rights Simon Halliday, LLB (Hons) (Edin), PhD (Strath) Public law; public administration; public sector regulation; administrative justice Richard Nolan, MA (Cambridge), Barrister Corporate law; trust law; equitable doctrine in commerce; legal development Jenny Steele, BA, LLM (Bristol), Solicitor Tort law and obligations; legal theory; law and risk; environmental law Senior Lecturers Ben Fitzpatrick, BA, PGCLTHE (Leeds) Criminal law; criminal justice; evidence; human rights; legal philosophy Richard Grimes, LLB (Hons) (Birmingham), Clinical legal education; legal skills; welfare law; access to justice MA (Sheffield), DPSE (Sheffield Hallam), Solicitor, Barrister Katarzyna Gromek-Broc, PhD (EUI) EU law; medical law; international and EU labour law; regulation of the legal profession Lars Waldorf, Juris Doctor (Harvard Law School) International human rights law; transitional justice Lecturers Carrie Bradshaw, LLB (UCL) Environmental law; regulation and new governance; corporate law; CSR/business ethics; tort Laurence Etherington, PhD (Nottingham Trent), Environmental law; property law; regulation; the legal profession; law firm management Solicitor Joanna Gilmore, LLB (Newcastle), Criminal law; counter-terrorism; public order law; human rights MRes (Manchester) Martin Jones, LLB (UBC) International human rights law; refugee law Phillip Morgan, MA (Cambridge), BCL (Oxford) Contract; tort; commercial law; personal property; courts and litigation Charlotte O’Brien, LLM (Leeds), PhD (Liverpool) Social security co-ordination; EU migration; UK welfare law; EU/UK employment law; legal theories of equality and fundamental rights Adam Tucker, BCL (Oxford), PhD (Manchester), Constitutional law; constitutional theory; legal philosophy Certificat de Droit Français (Paris II), Licence en Science Politique (Montpellier I) Emma Waring, PhD (Cambridge), Land law; property theory; compulsory acquisition; property and human rights LLM (Harvard) Sarah Wilson, LLB, PhD (Swansea) Equity and trusts; financial crime; 19th-century British history Kathryn Wright, LLB (Hons) (Kent), MA (Lancaster) EU law; competition law; comparative law; law and language Teaching Fellow John Bennett, LLB, MA (Sheffield), International commercial law; commercial contracts; European law LLM (Leicester), Solicitor

92 Law Management

he York Management School offers a range of Masters programmes Key information that will suit graduates who want to specialise in a particular dean of School aspect of management or those who want to add general Professor Jill Schofield Tmanagement to their CV to improve their employment prospects. Contact Graduate Administrator At the York Management School we have a Research is central to our activities, Website: www.york.ac.uk/management diverse community of students, taught by providing discovery and insight, and Telephone: +44 (0)1904 325052 renowned academics with research interests constantly informing and developing our Email: [email protected] in the international business community teaching activities. The School is organised Fax: +44 (0)1904 325021 and major public institutions. We have around five subject groups: Accounting and English language requirement expanded rapidly since our creation ten Finance; Human Resource Management; IELTS 6.5 or equivalent (see page 26) with years ago. The first taught full-time Masters International Business and Strategy; a minimum of 6.5 in Writing and no less programmes commenced in 2005. The Marketing and Global Business; Operations than 6.0 in remaining components School has successfully built a research Management and Organisational Theory. strategy in areas of identified strength We are committed to delivering IELTS 7.0 for MA Human Resource and core programmes that are attractive internationally relevant, research-informed Management, with a minimum of to key employers in the field. The School programmes in a supportive atmosphere. 6.5 in Writing and no less than 6.0 has approximately 800 students (250 on In the most recent Research Assessment in remaining components Masters programmes) and 40 teaching staff, Exercise, the York Management School housed in new purpose‑built facilities on received one of the highest scores among Programmes offered the campus extension at Heslington East. small research-intensive business schools. MA in Management MA in Human Resource Management MSc in Management with Business Finance Your future MSc in Accounting and York Management students have been successful in developing Financial Management careers in a range of organisations in many parts of the world. MSc in International Business and Common destinations on leaving are: Strategic Management  accounting and finance – including the ‘big four’ (Ernst & Young, MSc in Global Marketing PWC, Deloitte and KPMG in the UK, Hong Kong and Shanghai) MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility  investment banking – in London, Europe and Hong Kong with Environmental Management  public sector – local government, police, education and health MSc in Social Media and Management  small to medium-sized enterprises – a range of roles in operational MPhil/PhD and HR management. MRes in Management Studies A small number of students each year are keen to continue their studies, for example moving on to the York Management School’s doctoral programme.

Management 93 Programmes overview To engage with the programmes From October 2011 the HRM programme successfully you will need either a 2:1 is fully accredited by the Chartered At York, you can expect to study with or equivalent degree or a 2:2 degree with Institute of Personnel and Development, students from all over the world. Over relevant work experience. to meet the knowledge requirement of the past few years large numbers of UK, CIPD membership. European and Chinese students have applied for the taught Masters programmes, MA in Management Your background together with others from North, Central This is a general management Masters, This programme is designed for Masters and South America, India, Pakistan, comprising a wide range of management students aiming to specialise in human Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan. topics. The programme covers the resources as a profession. Ideally, you Multicultural and multinational group main management subjects including should have a 2:1 or equivalent Business, work is a requirement of the programme. financial management, people management, Management or Social Sciences degree, Case studies look at organisations management of operations, managing or alternatively have a 2:2 degree and from around the world and there is an information and managing strategy. Students been working for a few years in a related expectation that students will develop can specialise in areas of particular interest field of work after graduating. This Masters cross-cultural management skills through their module choices in Term 2 programme will enhance career prospects as they study. and while completing their dissertation. in this rapidly growing management sector. In this international environment, UK students will enjoy the experience of Your background working on international projects with If you have not studied Management before, MSc in Management international colleagues, and international with Business Finance students will be able to develop their and wish to enhance your CV with this academic skills in a Management School qualification, or if you would like to improve This is a specialist programme that that understands the issues that they face your job opportunities in management, this provides an understanding of general on arrival in the UK. is the programme for you. Alternatively if management and, in addition, includes The Masters programmes comprise you have been in employment for several modules on the management of finance three distinct sections. In Term 1 all students years after graduation you may wish to use and the finance function in organisations. undertake a series of core modules, with the qualification to change the direction The programme covers the same general a period of assessment at the beginning of of your career. management subjects as those covered by January. In Term 2, students take further the MA (ie financial management, people management, management of operations, core modules, and select others from a MA in Human range of options, with a further period of managing information and managing assessment in April. Finally, all students Resource Management strategy) but also offers a range of more are required to produce a dissertation for This is a specialist Masters designed to build specialist financial options in the second submission in mid‑September. on your knowledge of management or social term. It is expected that your dissertation The Masters programmes are designed to sciences. The programme concentrates will examine a financial management topic. enable successful students to pursue a wide on human resource management, with range of management career options or to particular reference to the current research Your background take their studies further by researching agenda, best practice and innovative This is a popular programme, and is suitable for an MPhil or PhD degree in the School. thinking in human resource management. for those who wish to specialise in business The School has a strong team of The programme will provide you with finance as a career. However, a 2:1 degree academic staff who are conducting high knowledge and skills that would be well or equivalent in Economics, Business or quality research in the areas covered by suited for human resource management Management (or a similar undergraduate the degree and have expertise in teaching roles and related fields in the for-profit programme) is an essential prerequisite. internationally diverse student groups. and not-for-profit sectors. All applicants must have studied some economics at undergraduate level, and preferably have advanced numerical skills.

“The Management School is extremely MSc in Accounting and international in its outlook. Academic staff Financial Management are experts in their fields and come from all This programme focuses on preparing over the world. Our professors make topics students for the accountancy profession. Some general management modules are immediately relevant by using current studied alongside students taking the above business cases from different areas, programmes, with the addition of a range and though my course took strategic of specialist modules, which may lead to management as its focus, it always referred partial accreditation with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. to the broader aspects of international business and the global environment.” Your background If you have a 2:1 or equivalent Matthias, MSc in International Business undergraduate degree in Finance and/or and Strategic Management Accountancy, and would like to study the subject in greater depth at postgraduate

94 Management level, this programme will help build your Please note that preference may be given to applicants will have a Masters in a relevant qualifications towards a career in financial students with some prior study of marketing area and a strong academic record, or be management and accountancy. and/or business management. However, willing to enrol on the MRes prior to the students with a 2:2 degree can compensate PhD. For information on what to include in for their degree classification if they have your proposal please refer to the guidelines MSc in International Business had two or more years’ work experience in on our website. and Strategic Management a related field after graduating. This Masters programme will enhance career prospects in This specialist programme gives students MRes in Management Studies an opportunity to study a wide range this rapidly growing management sector. of international business topics. The The MRes programme at York offers taught modules in research method training, programme is designed to provide students MSc in Corporate Social with the knowledge and skills needed subject-specific training and a dissertation, for work in the increasingly globalised Responsibility with giving both a practical and a theoretical world of business. Environmental Management approach to undertaking research in Management Studies. The main goal of the The programme will build on existing CSR and environmental management are programme is to provide students with knowledge with particular reference to the becoming key issues for a wide range foundation training in basic and advanced current research agenda and best practice of businesses and organisations, both research skills sufficient to enter a doctoral in international business. in the UK and overseas, as they seek to programme. The MRes programme is also resolve long-standing operational and suitable for candidates who may wish Your background competitive challenges using socially and to obtain a research degree but do not This programme is designed for students environmentally friendly technologies and wish to commit themselves to a longer aiming to work in the field of international processes. The context of the programme period of study. business. Ideally you should have a 2:1 or is international, reflecting the increasing Applicants may wish to submit a research trend towards the globalisation of business equivalent in Business, Management or a proposal or a personal statement with their organisation and the transnational related area, or a 2:2 degree supplemented application stating their area of research by relevant work experience. All applicants nature of environmental problems faced interest. For information on the Department’s must have studied some economics by the corporate sector, regulators research specialisms, please refer to the at undergraduate level and preferably and policymakers. The programme is information on our website. have advanced numerical skills. suitable for those aiming for careers in management in both the for-profit and not‑for-profit sectors. MSc in Global Marketing The programme is jointly taught by Available funding This is a specialised marketing Masters in the Environment Department and the The Department has received ESRC the global business context, giving students Management School; see page 65. studentships each year which provide the opportunity to study an important funding for doctoral students on our range of marketing topics. These include postgraduate pathways, covering fees and exciting areas such as global marketing, MSc in Social Media a living allowance. As part of a new scheme brand management, social and ethical and Management that the ESRC has introduced, the University has an opportunity to broaden those areas marketing, and marketing communications. Social media technologies are increasingly which can secure such support, and has This will provide students with the scientific important to organisations in the developed proposals to do so. More news knowledge and skills to pursue marketing commercial, public and voluntary sectors and on studentships available for October 2014 careers in the global private, public and are an increasingly ubiquitous facet of social will appear on the Management School and not‑for-profit sectors. life. The programme is jointly taught by the University websites from January 2014. Research-informed teaching, creative Department of Sociology and Management assessments and speakers from industry School and is designed to expose participants will be special features of this programme. to the latest research and practice in the There will also be an emphasis on innovation management of social media both at York in global marketing, particularly in areas and worldwide. For further information see such as sustainability, marketing ethics page 146. and the use of social media and internet communication tools. The marketing team are members of the MPhil/PhD research degrees Centre for Evolution of Global Business and The School has expanded its ESRC- Institutions, based in the York Management accredited doctoral programme and now School. This Centre is world-leading in has over 35 doctoral students. The School research on global entrepreneurship welcomes applications in accounting and and branding. See www.york.ac.uk/ finance, organisational theory and critical management/centres/cegbi. management studies, human resource management, international business and Your background strategy, marketing, operations management This programme is designed for Masters and public sector management. A research students aiming to specialise in marketing proposal forms the basis of the initial process as a profession. Ideally you should have a in applying to the School for a place on 2:1 undergraduate degree or equivalent. the PhD programme. It is expected that

Management 95 Staff list

Professor and Dean of School Jill Schofield, PhD (Aston) Organisational analysis; public policy and public services management; healthcare management Professors Teresa da Silva Lopes, PhD (Reading) International business; business history; foreign direct investment; globalisation; strategy Bob Doherty, PhD, MBA, Strategic marketing; marketing ethics; social entrepreneurship and fair trade PGCert (Liverpool John Moores) Stephen Linstead, PhD, DLitt (Durham), Arts and culture in management; philosophy; aesthetics; language; qualitative methods Grad.IPM, FIPD, FCIM, FRSA, AcSS Josephine Maltby, MA (Cambridge), ACA Accounting, finance and business history; corporate governance Andrew Pendleton, PhD (Bath) HRM; industrial relations; employee stock ownership plans; corporate governance Yingqi Wei, PhD (Aston) Foreign direct investment; international trade and economic development Senior Lecturers Lynne Baxter, PhD (Manchester) Critical approaches to operations; performance improvement; supply chains; technology management Bernd Brandl, PhD (Graz) Human resource management Andrew Charlwood, PhD (London) Job quality; quantitative methods in HRM; understanding trade union decline Philip Linsley, ICAEW Risk disclosure; risk accounting; risk management systems; culture and risk Linda Perriton, PhD (Lancaster), ACIPD Feminist issues in management; women’s business groups; gender and equality Lecturers Neveen Abdelrehim, PhD (York) Accounting; finance and business history Keith Anderson, PhD (Reading) Application of academic finance; price–earnings ratio; stockmarket bubbles; trust fund strategy Barbara Bechter, PhD (Vienna) Human resource management Ignazio Cabras, PhD (Cagliani, Italy) Economics, business and management Simon de Turberville, PhD (UMIST) Industrial relations; trade unions; government IR policy; HR and social theory Mark Egan, PhD (Leicester) Social study of science and technology; organisation theory Carolyn Hunter, PhD (Loughborough) Sociology of work and social constructivist methodologies Yoo Jung Ha, PhD (Manchester Business School) International business; foreign direct investment; innovation Dong Li, PhD (Lancaster) Operations research; supply chain optimisation; revenue management Kim Loader, PGCTFHE, MA (St Andrews) Public sector finance and accounting; public sector procurement Abigail Schoneboom, PhD (City, NYU) Workplace misbehaviour; work–life boundaries; organisational culture Jane Suter, PhD (Manchester Business School) Employee involvement and participation; HR in SMEs Simon Sweeney, MA (York) Politics of European integration; economic globalisation; internationalism Kevin Tennent, PhD (LSE) Management Mike Tse, PhD (Nottingham) Supply chain risk management Moshfique Uddin, PhD (Leeds Met) Mergers and acquisitions; capital markets Shradda Verma, ACA, CIOT, PhD (Warwick) Accounting and financial reporting; accounting history; human resource accounting Qin Zhou, PhD (Aston) Human resource management Teaching Fellows Jonathan Fanning, PGCE, MSc (UMIST) Employment and skills Alex Gillett, PhD (Teeside) Relationship marketing; industrial marketing; purchasing Jocelyn Hayes, PgCert Leadership Service/public sector; marketing and communications; arts and events management and Management, PGCTLHE (Leeds) Ian Money, BA (Nottingham Trent), PGCE Accounting and finance Patricia Murtagh, PhD (UWE) Strategic management; competitive analysis; technology and innovation; e-business; business research Harry Venables, PhD (Sunderland) Operations-based applied mathematics and mathematical modelling

96 Management Mathematics

he Department of Mathematics combines leading mathematical and Key information interdisciplinary research with high-quality postgraduate teaching,

Head of Department in which we place particular emphasis on a personal approach Professor Edward Corrigan FRS Tand a friendly atmosphere within our vibrant academic community. Contact Nicholas Page Members of the Department are actively grown with the appointment of an expert in Website: maths.york.ac.uk/www/home engaged in creating and expanding the mathematical description of swimming Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323097 mathematics and statistics, often to algae whose work has the potential to Email: [email protected] satisfy curiosity, to prove long-standing influence the design of bioreactors. Our Fax: +44 (0)1904 323071 conjectures, for the simple joy of doing it, analysts are tackling problems that arise English language requirement or with regard to applications in other areas in economics, finance and physics and IELTS 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in each of science. For example, looking towards our expanding group of statisticians are component, or equivalent (see page 26), biology, members of the Department developing new methodology and tackling for the MSc programmes working in the York Centre for Complex data of direct relevance to important IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in Systems Analysis (YCCSA) have taken health issues. In short, the Department each component, or equivalent, great strides forward in understanding the of Mathematics is an exciting place to be. for research programmes structure of viral capsids; others working We offer four taught Masters programmes. in the domain of number theory – an area These programmes will equip you with with many long-standing conjectures – have specialist knowledge and mathematical Programmes offered made progress in the area of Diophantine modelling skills required in such diverse areas approximation that is proving useful for as finance, economics, consultancy, health MSc in Financial Engineering communications, and developed techniques and science. As a research student you will MSc in Mathematical Finance using random matrices that go to the heart of have the opportunity to make your own deep problems concerning the distribution of original contribution to the advancement MSc in Mathematical Finance prime numbers. Among our algebraists and of knowledge in your field of interest. (by online distance learning) mathematical physicists there are some who You will acquire the requisite specialist MSc in Statistics and have paved the way for new applications of knowledge during the initial phase of your Computational Finance algebra, and indeed developed new algebraic programme, where you will have access to a MSc in Mathematics (by research) structures, while there are others who focus wide range of graduate courses through the their efforts on the foundations of quantum virtual graduate school MAGIC, which uses MPhil/PhD (3 and 4 years) mechanics and quantum information. cutting-edge technology to video-link York Our continuum mechanics group has with 18 other UK mathematics departments.

Your future Many of our graduates go on to successful careers in academia, research, teaching and business, notably the financial sector including accountancy, banking, insurance and the stock market and also consultancy and health/medical and biological sciences.

Mathematics 97 Programmes overview Assessment of the modules is typically for the Certificate stage or both the by a mixture of coursework and written Certificate and Diploma stages only, leading The Department offers research supervision examination. In addition, the programme to the award of a Postgraduate Certificate leading to the degrees of MSc (by research), includes a dissertation, to be written or Postgraduate Diploma. Students MPhil and PhD in any of the research areas during the summer. who wish to follow selected individual described opposite. The Department also modules are also welcome. offers a range of Masters programmes as The online programme is designed to described below. These are indicative at the MSc in Mathematical Finance meet the needs of participants who wish time of writing, but you should check our This is an intensive one-year taught to pursue a rigorous course of study in website for more detail and for any updated postgraduate programme which mathematical and quantitative finance information before you apply. provides employment opportunities in without disrupting their professional investment banks, insurance companies, or personal commitments. MSc in Financial Engineering stock brokerage, unit trusts and pension A variety of distance learning tools funds, corporate finance departments and approaches are deployed: interactive This programme is delivered jointly by and other financial institutions worldwide. presentations on CDs or DVDs in lieu of the Department of Mathematics and the Graduates can embark on careers in lectures; synchronous one-to-one tutorials Department of Economics and Related pricing derivative financial securities via internet conferencing with audio, video Studies. It is intended for candidates (options, futures, forwards and the like), and handwriting capabilities; web‑based who want to combine a rigorous fund management, risk management, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE); study of relevant topics in applied research and development, or pursue asynchronous discussion forums; printed and computational mathematics with further study to PhD level. and electronic lecture notes; exercises with econometrics and quantitative finance. This programme will give you a broad worked solutions; support via email, internet Students graduating with an MSc degree understanding of the mathematics that telephony and internet conferencing. in Financial Engineering will typically find underpins modern quantitative finance, quantitative finance jobs in the City and and introduce you to the mathematical and other financial institutions. Other possibilities MSc in Statistics and computational techniques (such as stochastic include fund management, insurance, the Computational Finance analysis, partial differential equations, actuarial profession, taxation, and continued numerical and statistical methods) that are This one-year MSc programme in Statistics study to PhD level.To be admitted to this used by practitioners in industry. Taught and Computational Finance aims to train programme you are expected to have a class modules are delivered in Terms 1 and 2, students to work as professional statisticians, 2:1 (or equivalent) or higher undergraduate while the dissertation is completed under not only at the interface between statistics degree in finance or economics with and finance, but to provide skills applicable sufficient background in mathematical personal supervision during the summer. in sociology, health science, medical science, sciences, or in a mathematics-based field biology and other scientific areas where with sufficient background in finance MSc in Mathematical Finance data analysis is needed. The emphasis of and economics. the programme is on data analysis. It will The teaching component of the (by online distance learning) equip you with contemporary statistical This postgraduate taught Masters programme comprises a variety of ideas and methodologies as well as programme by online distance learning relevant courses, some of which are advanced knowledge, which will make you runs alongside the campus-based MSc in optional, allowing you to tailor the degree very competitive to industry, academic Mathematical Finance. It is divided into to your own interests. Topics include and governmental institutions. There are three stages: Certificate, Diploma and Econometric Methods, Methods of excellent career prospects for employment Dissertation. Successful participants who Mathematical Finance, Stochastic Calculus in industry and the public sector for our complete all three stages are awarded an and Black-Scholes Theory, and C++ graduates. An MSc degree in Statistics and Programming with Applications in Finance. MSc degree. It is also possible to register Computational Finance provides attractive employment opportunities in financial industries, government, consultancy companies, research centres and other “Following my MSc studies, I decided to stay at industries where data analysis is needed. Students with an interest in academic York due to the excellent academic and research work may also decide to continue on a training I had already experienced in the PhD programme in Statistics or a related Department. The staff are motivating and field, for which the MSc in Statistics and encouraging – an attitude which makes Computational Finance provides a sound foundation. This programme is delivered the Department an excellent place of by the Department of Mathematics. learning and growth. Having the chance To achieve an MSc degree, students to attend conferences which focus on must complete modules to the value of 180 credits, including 90 credits of core my area of research has been particularly taught modules, 30 credits chosen among beneficial to my learning.” the optional taught modules, and a 60-credit dissertation. Taught modules are delivered Javed, PhD in Mathematics in Terms 1 and 2, while the dissertation is completed under personal supervision during the summer.

98 Mathematics Your background relation to turbulence and ferromagnetism; of variables; relationship between gauge For admission to taught Masters degrees Feynman path integrals, and applications field theory and string theory (AdS/CFT you will normally need a 2:1 honours degree to mathematical physics, biology and correspondence); classical, semi-classical (equivalent to a second class or better) mathematical finance; Functional Analysis. and non-perturbative field theory. in Mathematics or a mathematics-based subject. For the MSc in Mathematical Finance Differential Geometry Quantum Information/ and the MSc in Statistics and Computational Harmonic sections of Riemannian fibre Quantum Foundations Finance such subjects may include business, bundles (particularly applications of Structure and dynamics of quantum finance or economics if there is a sufficiently harmonic sections to symplectic and contact systems with few degrees of freedom; strong mathematics background (equivalent geometry); integrable systems in geometry quantum measurement and relativity; to at least two years of university-level (particularly in the study of surface theory). joint measurability of non-commuting Mathematics courses). We welcome observables; mutually unbiased students with recent degrees as well as Fluid Dynamics bases; quantum state reconstruction; those with experience in relevant disciplines Theory of oscillating and vibrating fluid flows, quantum‑classical connection. and professions. However, substantial stability theory, magnetohydrodynamics, prior knowledge of finance and statistics averaging methods, asymptolic methods, Statistics is not essential. Self-study materials on the direct Lyapunov method, the swimming Non-parametric statistics, time series, foundations of statistics will be distributed of microorganisms. survival analysis, Bayesian inference, in Week 1 where required. financial econometrics, functional data Mathematical Biology analysis, health economics, multi-level Stochastic processes and dynamical systems modelling, spatial data analysis, structural MSc/MPhil/PhD in mathematical ecology; virus structures equation models, likelihood theory and research degrees and assembly processes; complexity methodology, change point problems, in biological models. stochastic processes, coupling, perfect The following is a topic summary of simulation, stochastic stability, MCMC, the research you could pursue in our Mathematical Finance random walks on groups. Department. Check our website for more Option pricing in markets with friction and detail and for any updated information Your background before you apply. incomplete markets; entropy and financial Applicants for admission to graduate We encourage you to indicate value of information; pricing of derivative research degrees in Mathematics should your research interest based on this securities depending on the volume of have or expect to obtain a 2:1 honours degree information when you apply. trading; robust arbitrage and model- or higher in Mathematics, or a Mathematics- You will be assigned a supervisor whom independent pricing, probability theory based subject. For admissions to study for a you will meet regularly to develop, plan and and applications to mathematical finance; PhD in the area of Mathematical Finance, a discuss the progress of your research project. stochastic differential equations. first-class honours degree in Mathematics You will also be supported by a Thesis and an MSc in a mathematics-based subject Advisory Panel. We have a rich research Number Theory passed above distinction-level, including environment to support your studies: many The main research interests of the Number an MSc dissertation mark of 80 per cent of our research groups belong to UK or EU Theory group are analytic and metric or higher on the UK scale, are required. research networks; we host weekly research number theory, such as Diophantine seminars on many topics; the graduate approximation, irrationality, transcendence, students run their own ‘graduate students algebraic independence and random Available funding only’ seminar and a range of reading groups; matrix theory. The research is deeply Each year we have a number of studentships and you will have access to a wide range of intertwined with other areas of mathematics, available (from the EPSRC and other graduate-level courses through the video including ergodic theory, fractal geometry, research councils) for the fees and stipend link network MAGIC. dynamical systems and probability theory. of UK resident PhD students (fees only for other EU residents). We will have a number Algebra Quantum Gravity of teaching studentships available to suitable Group Theory (geometric group Quantum field theory in curved space- candidates from all countries. Other funding theory, algebraic groups, finite groups), times (quantum black holes and black hole is also available via the University of York, Representation Theory (algebraic groups, thermodynamics; gravitons in the early including the Scholarship for Overseas classical Lie groups and associated finite universe; theory of the Hawking effect; Students (SOS) and the Overseas Research groups and finite-dimensional algebras, possibility of time machines; quantum Scholarship (ORS). quantum groups and Hecke algebras, Yangians inequalities on the renormalised stress– and quantum affine algebras), Semigroup energy tensor; theory of reaction to radiating Theory (approaches to studying non-regular charged particles). Among the mathematical semigroups including use of quotients, tools used are the theory of operators representations, endomorphism monoids, in Hilbert spaces; theory of *-algebras; connections with ordered structures). microlocal analysis.

Analysis (Stochastic and Functional) Quantum Field Theory Stochastic Analysis, including stochastic and Integrable Models differential equations on infinite dimensional Quantum field theory in 1+1 dimensions, manifolds; stochastic PDE, especially spin chains, conformal field theory and stochastic Navier–Stokes, Euler and string theory; quantum groups and Yangians; Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equations in bulk and boundary integrability; separation

Mathematics 99 Staff list Professor and Head of Department Edward Corrigan, PhD (Cambridge), FRS Classical and quantum field theory; integrable theories with boundaries and defects Professors Martin Bees, PhD (Leeds) Mathematical biology; bioconvection; plankton dynamics; bacterial swarming; biocontrol Victor Beresnevich, PhD, DSc (Minsk, Belarus) Number theory; Diophantine approximation Zdzislaw Brzezniak, PhD (Jagiellonian, Krakow) Stochastic analysis; partial differential equations Paul Busch, PhD (Cologne) Foundations of quantum theory, quantum measurement and information Stephen Donkin, PhD (Warwick) Representation theory of algebraic groups and related topics Chris Fewster, PhD (Cambridge) Mathematical issues in quantum and gravitational physics Victoria Gould, DPhil (York) Semigroup theory; model theory Bernard Kay, PhD (London) General relativity theory; quantum field theory Maxim Nazarov, PhD (Moscow) Representation theory; quantum groups Evgeni Sklyanin, PhD (St Petersburg), FRS Quantum and classical integrable systems; quantum groups Reidun Twarock, PhD (TU Clausthal) Quasicrystals; mathematical virology Sanju Velani, DPhil (York) Number theory; dynamical systems; discrete groups Vladimir Vladimirov, PhD, Dr Sci (Moscow) Fluid dynamics; stability theory; liquid crystals; biological fluid dynamics Tomasz Zastawniak, PhD (Jagiellonian, Krakow) Mathematical finance; stochastic analysis; mathematical physics Wenyang Zhang, PhD (Hong Kong) Non-parametric modelling; non-linear time series; survival analysis Readers Alexei Daletskii, PhD, Dr Sci (Kiev) Stochastic analysis; infinite dimensional analysis; mathematical physics Brent Everitt, PhD (Auckland) Algebra; topology; combinatorics Atsushi Higuchi, PhD (Yale) Quantum field theory; quantum gravity Niall MacKay, PhD (Durham) Quantum field theory; integrable systems Stefan Weigert, PhD (Basel) Quantum foundations; quantum information; mutually unbiased bases Senior Lecturers Michael Bate, PhD (Birmingham) Linear algebraic groups; representation theory; spherical buildings Simon Eveson, DPhil (Sussex) Functional analysis; positive operator theory Chris Hughes, PhD (Bristol) Analytic number theory; random matrix theory Samer Kharroubi, PhD (Surrey) Statistics (theoretical and Bayesian); health economics Jason Levesley, DPhil (York) Diophantine approximation; measure theory; Hausdorff dimension and measures Ian McIntosh, DIC, PhD (London) Differential geometry; integrable systems Jon Pitchford, PhD (Leeds) Mathematical biology and ecology; dynamical systems; stochastic processes Alet Roux, PhD (York) Mathematical finance Chris Wood, PhD (Warwick) Analysis; differential geometry Lecturers Henning Bostelmann, Dr.rer.nat. (Göttingen) Algebraic quantum field theory; operator algebras Zaqueu Coelho, PhD (Warwick) Ergodic theory and dynamical systems Stephen Connor, PhD (Warwick) Coupling; perfect simulation; stochastic stability Gustav Delius, PhD (SUNY, Stony Brook) Stochastic models of evolution; complex systems; quantum field theory; quantum groups Eli Hawkins, PhD (Pennsylvania State) Geometric quantisation; operator algebras; quantum gravity Konstantin Ilin, PhD (Lavrentyev Institute, Russia) Fluid mechanics; magnetohydrodynamics; stability theory Boda Knag, PhD (Adelaide) Financial derivatives pricing; dynamic and conditional value-at-risk (VaR/CVaR) analysis Marina Knight, PhD (Bristol) Multiscale methods; non-stationary time series; non-parametric regression Degui Li, PhD (Zhejiang) Longitudinal/panel data modelling; model selection Sonia Mazzi, PhD (UBC) Time series analysis; non-parametric regression; econometrics Katarzyna Rejzner, PhD (Hamburg) Quantum field theory, in particular in the algebraic framework Julie Wilson, DPhil (York) (RCUK Fellow) Image analysis; statistical pattern recognition; metabolomic and proteomic data analysis Jamie Wood, DIC, PhD (London) (RCUK Fellow) Mathematical biology; mathematical physics; statistical mechanics Evgeniy Zorin, PhD (Univ Pierre et Marie Curie) Number theory; transcendence theory; metric theory of Diophantine approximations Research Fellows Martina Balagovic, PhD (Zagreb) Algebra; representation theory; Cherednik algebras Latifa Debbi, PhD (Nancy) Stochastic partial differential equations Eric Dykeman, PhD (Arizona) Mathematical virology (half Mathematics and half Biology) Miklos Hartmann, PhD (Szeged) Structure theory for semigroups; monoid action Thomas Keef, PhD (York) Mathematical virology Pankaj Vishe, PhD (New York) Number theory

100 Mathematics Medical School

he Hull York Medical School (HYMS) has access to the best training Key information and practice facilities in the region, as well as the resources of the

Chair of Postgraduate Research Board Universities of Hull and York. As a postgraduate student, you will Professor Jonathan Bennett Tbe at the heart of a network of researchers working in a wide range of Academic Lead for Postgraduate medical and scientific disciplines. Taught Programmes Alison Pettigrew HYMS is one of the most innovative medical HYMS has a range of taught and research Contact schools in the UK. As part of a joint venture programmes. Qualifications are awarded Victoria Hill between the Universities of Hull and York jointly by the University of Hull and the Website: www.hyms.ac.uk/postgraduate and the NHS, students at HYMS have University of York. As a HYMS postgraduate Telephone: +44 (0)1904 321360 access to an unparalleled learning and student, you will be taught or supervised Email: [email protected] research environment. by subject experts, many of whom are Fax (York): +44 (0)1904 321696 Since opening our doors to internationally recognised for their work. Fax (Hull): +44 (0)1482 464705 undergraduates in 2003, we are consistently According to the most recent Research English language requirement ranked highly in the league tables for UK Assessment Exercise, health services IELTS 7.0 with no less than 5.5 in each medical schools and we pride ourselves researchers at HYMS and the University component, or equivalent (see page 26) on providing a rich learning and research of York are the best in the country. The environment for our students to help them University of Hull and HYMS also excel in the achieve their potential. area of Allied Health Professions and Studies. Programmes offered Our close links with the NHS makes HYMS offers several different research HYMS an attractive place for healthcare degrees (MD, PhD, MPhil and MSc by Thesis). PGCert in Medical Education professionals to undertake postgraduate The calibre of our programmes means MSc in Human Evolution study, either short courses and CPD or that we attract students from all over the longer taught or research programmes. MD in Medical Sciences world. We are committed to providing all our We are a welcoming and inclusive medical postgraduate students with a high quality MD in Human Sciences school. We foster a culture of education, learning experience, through a variety scholarship and original research in MSc by Thesis in Medical Sciences of educational approaches, encouraging medical and allied areas, including: innovative and critical thinking and MSc by Thesis in Human Sciences  Anatomical and Human Sciences freedom of enquiry. We are confident that MPhil/PhD in Medical Sciences  Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research if you choose to study at HYMS, you will be  Health and Population Sciences MPhil/PhD in Human Sciences equipped with the specialist and general  Immunology and Infection skills, knowledge and experience to meet  Neuroscience and Neuroimaging the challenges posed by your future career,  Medical Education. whether in healthcare or another sector.

Your future HYMS has strong links with the NHS. Many of our students are already employed and work in clinical settings. We work in partnership with the NHS to provide careers advice on progression for those registered on our programmes.

Medical School 101 Programmes overview MSc in Human Evolution MD HYMS is a stimulating place to study and welcomes students from a wide range This taught MSc provides you with a The MD (Doctor of Medicine) degree is a of backgrounds, both clinical and non- detailed understanding of human and research programme open only to qualified clinical. For more information, please primate evolution, focusing on anatomy and experienced medical practitioners (those email [email protected]. and morphology and their interfaces with with an MBBS degree or equivalent). The full- ecology and behaviour. Membership of time degree takes two years but you can also the interdisciplinary PALAEO Centre at the opt to study for an MD on a part-time basis. Taught degrees University of York also makes this MSc an You will conduct a substantial independent attractive option for those wishing to combine research project, which will lead to an Postgraduate Certificate in anatomical and archaeological approaches original contribution to knowledge. Crucially, Medical Education (PGCME) to the study of palaeoanthropology. You will your MD project should address diagnosis or management in a clinical environment. The PGCME is accredited by the Higher acquire practical and theoretical knowledge If your proposed project does not cover this, Education Academy and is also an about cutting-edge tools for morphometrics, you should consider doing a PhD instead. accredited training route for students imaging and functional simulation used wishing to become GP trainers. It provides to interpret the fossil record. You will All research at HYMS is conducted within an opportunity to enhance your practical also undertake a research project of your strict ethical guidelines. Before starting your skills in medical education. It uses critical choice in consultation with your supervisor MD research you will need to get ethical reflection, and by developing your to investigate the current questions in approval from the University and NHS, knowledge of underpinning educational human evolution. through the appropriate ethics committees. principles, will enhance your teaching You need to take this into account practice. Module 1 focuses on teaching and Your background when planning your project and writing the proposal. learning, while Module 2 looks in more detail The MSc in Human Evolution is open A very wide range of MD projects can at assessment. These run concurrently to strong graduates in anthropology, be undertaken at HYMS. Current students with Module 3 which allows you to reflect archaeology, biology, psychology, are researching topics as diverse as on aspects of the programme that apply zoology and related fields. We normally HIV microbicides and outcomes of to your own teaching. require students to have a 2:1 honours bariatric surgery. The PGCME welcomes a diverse and degree or equivalent. multi-professional group of students, all of whom are directly involved in the teaching Your background of students within the clinical environment. Research degrees To undertake an MD, you must have a medical qualification and at least two Research students are based in one of the years’ experience of medical practice Your background HYMS centres/units; these are listed on after graduating. This programme is ideal for those teaching page 103 and further details are available in a medical or health setting. To be enrolled at www.hyms.ac.uk . Depending on your you must have the opportunity to teach for research topic, you will be registered for at least 18 hours in an appropriate setting MSc by Thesis a degree in either Medical Sciences or during the year. A Bachelors degree or An MSc by Thesis takes one year full-time. Human Sciences. equivalent is essential. You can also opt to take it part-time over two Your independent research project years. Since the MSc by Thesis is done over will be on a topic covered by a HYMS a shorter period of time than a PhD or MPhil, Research Centre. your project will be smaller but you will still be able to undertake original research. A very wide range of MSc projects can be undertaken at HYMS. Current students are researching topics as diverse as interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis, care of the newborn infant, and methods “I’m a paediatric surgical trainee and plan to for analysing cell:cell interactions. follow a career in academic paediatric urology. This postgraduate course, with a project based Your background in the Jack Birch Unit, has provided an For the MSc by Thesis a Bachelors degree (normally 2:1 or above) or equivalent ideal grounding and springboard for my is essential. plans. The frequent contact and support from my supervisor has benefited me MPhil/PhD significantly, enabling me to propagate A PhD at HYMS takes three years full-time. and formulate my ideas effectively.” You can also opt to take it part-time over six years. An MPhil takes two years full-time Anna, MSc (by Thesis) in Medical Sciences (four years part-time). You will conduct a substantial independent research project for your PhD or MPhil, which will lead to an original contribution to knowledge.

102 Medical School A very wide range of MPhil/PhD projects Centre for Education theoretical aspects of neuronal mechanisms. can be undertaken at HYMS. Current students Development We work closely with colleagues in the are researching topics as diverse as the Departments of Chemistry and Psychology The HYMS Centre for Education Development molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular at the University of York, and with the (CED) seeks to capture, consolidate and disease and how dietary stresses and Department of Psychology at the University develop the expertise which underpins strains affect skull shape. of Hull. See page 13 for more details medical education within the medical school. about YNiC. The CED provides a vibrant academic base Your background Website: www.hyms.ac.uk/research/ supporting the development of high quality For the MPhil/PhD a Bachelors degree centre-for-neuroscience.aspx evidence-based medical education. (normally 2:1 or above) or equivalent Website: www.hyms.ac.uk/ is essential, and an MSc degree researchcentres/ced is strongly encouraged. Staff list Centre for Health and A staff list is given at www.hyms.ac.uk/postgraduate. Population Sciences Research centres The Centre for Health and Population Our research is organised into Centres which Sciences brings together expertise to each conduct world-class research. Much of address issues related to population health this is interdisciplinary, spanning traditional and healthcare. The Centre studies large- subject boundaries and reaching out into scale patterns of risk for various diseases other departments within the Universities of and health conditions, the effectiveness of Hull and York. For instance, anatomists work medical interventions, and how best to put with medical engineers, immunologists with medical research into practice. computer scientists and neuroscientists with The Centre includes researchers from chemists. This approach provides a vibrant the Department of Health Sciences at the atmosphere, with even greater opportunities University of York, SEDA at the University for innovative medical research. of Hull, and from other groupings, including the Department of Philosophy at the Centre for Anatomical University of Hull, the Centre for Reviews and Human Sciences at Dissemination at the University of York The Centre for Anatomical and Human and the Centre for Health Economics at Sciences brings together research and the University York. teaching in anatomical and human sciences, Website: www.hyms.ac.uk/ and is led by Professor Paul O’Higgins. researchcentres/chaps The Centre has strong working relationships with colleagues at the Centre for Immunology Universities of York and Hull. Thus, at Hull, and Infection we engage in cutting-edge research in The Centre for Immunology and Infection (CII) musculoskeletal biomechanics with our is a joint research centre created by the Hull collaborators in the Centre for Medical York Medical School and the Department of Engineering Technology (CMET) and at Biology at the University of York. Research York we are founding members of the within CII ranges from fundamental studies Centre for Human Palaeoecology and on the pathogenesis of infectious and non- Evolutionary Origins, one of the largest infectious disease through to first-in-man groupings in the UK. clinical research. More information about Website: www.hyms.ac.uk/ CII is given on page 155. researchcentres/cahs Website: www.york.ac.uk/cii Email: [email protected] Centre for Cardiovascular Tel: +44 (0)1904 328845 and Metabolic Research The Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Centre for Neuroscience Research brings together research Our research in neuroscience, especially expertise to tackle heart failure, diabetes neuroimaging, is conducted through close and blood-related disorders, and is led by links with York Neuroimaging Centre Professor Khalid Naseem. The Centre focuses (YNiC), a research facility for investigating particularly on treatments that can be human brain function using non-invasive translated from the laboratory bench to the imaging techniques. Facilities include bedside, with a real impact on patient care. 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging, The Centre is a partnership between HYMS whole-head magnetoencephalography, and research groups from the Department of high density electroencephalography, Biological Sciences at the University of Hull. transcranial magnetic stimulation and Website: www.hyms.ac.uk/ high performance parallel computing. researchcentres/ccmr The Centre has become the hub of a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding structural, chemical, functional and

Medical School 103 Medieval Studies

ituated in the historic King’s Manor in the very heart of the medieval Key information city of York, the Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS) is the UK’s

Director of Centre largest and longest established centre for medieval interdisciplinary Professor Linne Mooney Sscholarship. It enjoys an international reputation as a world leader. Contact The Centre for Medieval Studies’ research Our programme of seminars, research Gillian Galloway Website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-studies and teaching spans all periods of the Middle groups and reading groups frequently Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323910 Ages and encompasses the western medieval brings together staff and students. Many Email: [email protected] world from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean. are student-run and allow students to give Areas of specific interest include the Vikings, papers. Currently there are research groups English language requirement political cultures, religion of the Church devoted to religion, early medieval studies, IELTS 7.0 with no less than 5.5 in each and laity, language and literature (Latin households, romances and political culture. component, or equivalent (see page 26) and vernaculars), urban life, family, gender Reading groups meet to explore texts in and sexuality, chivalry and aristocracies, late Anglo-Saxon, medieval Latin, Old Irish, buildings archaeology, settlement history and Old French and Old Norse. We organise a Programmes offered material culture, architectural history, stained termly York Medieval Seminar, which invites MA in Medieval Studies glass and manuscript studies. We promote distinguished scholars to give a public lecture interdisciplinary scholarship through team and a graduate seminar. We also regularly PhD teaching across archaeology, art history, host local, national and international literature and history by co-supervision of conferences on varying aspects of the research students and through our many Middle Ages. The Centre’s own student-led interdisciplinary research groups. We strive to drama group, the Lords of Misrule, stages develop new research agendas that dissolve several productions a year. traditional disciplinary boundaries and explore The CMS is active in a number of evidence in new ways. We see our students international collaborative projects and as central to these objectives. student exchanges. With the University of We offer a unique learning environment Southern Denmark it hosts the international with a faculty of over 30 staff and currently Centre for Medieval Literature. Student 100+ MA and PhD students registered exchange schemes include the Erasmus across the single and multidiscipline programme, the York–Fordham (New York) medieval programmes. Together we make exchange, and work placement opportunities a vibrant and sociable research community. with Brepols Publishers (Belgium).

Your future Successful completion of this MA endows students with the professional and personal skills required to progress to PhD research or to pursue immediate employment in a relevant field such as teaching, curatorship or broadcasting. Alumni have progressed to PhD research in York and further afield and postgraduate-level teacher training in the UK and USA, and found employment in the heritage industry, museum curatorship, libraries and archives and university administration, and as university lecturers.

104 Medieval Studies Programmes overview choose at least one interdisciplinary option, History (social, economic, political, cultural, and you may choose no more than one ecclesiastical, intellectual and gender) The MA in Medieval Studies provides an single subject option in the same discipline. and Literature (including Old and Middle intellectually stimulating and interdisciplinary Apart from this, you may choose any English, Old Norse, Latin, Italian and French). introduction to the study of the Middle Ages. combination of options. We offer a full range Applications are welcomed from candidates It draws students from different disciplinary of modules across the entire span of the who wish to combine any of these subjects backgrounds and provides them with an Middle Ages, enabling students to specialise – by using both historical and archaeological opportunity to develop a wide range of if they wish. These options change from evidence, for example, or relating art- skills and approaches. It also serves as a year to year and are listed on our website. historical to literary and/or historical sources foundation for those wishing to go on to You will also take two skills modules, each – and staff will willingly help you formulate doctoral research. Teaching is offered in the running over the Autumn and Spring Terms. your research project. historic King’s Manor site and draws upon We offer training in palaeography and in Old As a research student at the CMS you faculty from the Departments of Archaeology, English, Old French, Old Norse, Middle Welsh will have two supervisors drawn from English, History and History of Art. Students and Latin. two of the four disciplines at the CMS. can choose modules from across the entire The third term and summer vacation are In the first year you may also receive chronological range of the Middle Ages. taken up with writing a dissertation, with training in Latin, palaeography, and other The programme as a whole is made up of a maximum of 20,000 words. This may languages or primary skills you may need both single-discipline and interdisciplinary be on any topic within the chronological to complete your research. You will enjoy units and provides scope for students to find period ad400 to 1550, as long as it is within the active intellectual culture of the CMS, their own particular areas of interest and the competence of a supervisor attached to where students and staff meet regularly in develop these at the dissertation stage. the Centre. You will be encouraged (but not seminars, lectures and informal discussions. We recognise that, for many students, required) to choose an interdisciplinary topic. You will be encouraged to develop your taking an interdisciplinary programme is professional skills as part of our research more challenging (and more exciting) than Your background and teaching community of scholars. There following a single-subject programme. are opportunities to assist in research on To apply, you should normally have We are familiar with the problems students funded projects directed by members of completed an undergraduate degree with encounter in tackling new subjects and staff, to organise and direct research groups, a First or 2:1 or their equivalents in a subject approaches at graduate level, and the to assist in organising conferences, and to related to one of the four disciplines of structure of the Medieval Studies MA have a say in the running of activities at the and its assessment are designed to take the CMS, Archaeology, Art History, History Centre. There are also opportunities to gain account of this. Also, students may choose or Literature. We also welcome mature teaching experience either in teaching Latin, whether to write their dissertations using students, who have been very successful Old English or Old Norse, or in teaching in the the resources of more than one discipline, in our Masters degree programme and who undergraduate departments of English and or to specialise in just one. bring to their participation in the Centre Related Literature, History, History of Art, their wealth of experience in other fields. or Archaeology. Staff of the CMS also supervise PhD MA in Medieval Studies PhD research degrees candidates who prefer to undertake medieval We regard the interdisciplinary MA in research in a single discipline: Archaeology, Medieval Studies as one of the most York is one of the few universities in the English, History of Art or History. If you stimulating and creative programmes that world to offer not just the single-discipline are interested in pursuing single-discipline we teach. The courses both grow out of and but also the interdisciplinary research degree research, see the relevant departmental feed into the publications of the Centre’s of PhD in Medieval Studies. The CMS can listings. Even as a single-discipline PhD staff and students. provide joint supervision on any combination candidate, you will be welcome to base The MA in Medieval Studies programme of the following subjects: Medieval yourself at the CMS in the King’s Manor lasts one year. Students follow a common Archaeology, Art and Architectural History, and to participate in all CMS activities. core module in the Autumn Term. This course is made up of a number of optional mini-courses (each of 2–3 weeks) that together provide an introduction to the “I chose to study here because of the Centre’s interdisciplinary study of the medieval world. It is a foundation module with excellent reputation and the support given seminars on archaeological, literary, by supervisors and staff. I’ve particularly historical and art-historical sources. Some benefited from the broad range of research courses provide an introduction to the opportunities and resources available. I’m approaches to interpretation adopted by the different disciplines represented in exploring different potential career paths the degree programme. Others provide from academia to publishing to public an introduction to interdisciplinary study. and private sector work. The academic Students are encouraged to choose mini- community provides a wealth of courses in subjects and approaches that are new to them. opportunities for getting involved As an MA student at the CMS, you choose and meeting people.” three options, taking one option in the Autumn Term along with the core module, Justin, PhD in Medieval Studies and two options in the Spring Term. You must

Medieval Studies 105 Your background Available funding who have not received other funding, and open Normally you should have completed equally to home, EU and overseas applicants. Besides national and international funding a Masters degree or equivalent before We also offer a £1,000 bursary sponsored by and University of York-based funding admission for the PhD. EU applicants the Richard III Society to an MA student whose (see the finance section of the postgraduate should be aware that AHRC funding is very research interests focus on Richard III or events rarely awarded to candidates who have study website), the CMS also offers MA of his reign. From time to time, when we hear not undertaken prior research training. bursaries and a PhD scholarship, each of other funding opportunities in Medieval awarded to the best-qualified applicants Studies, we post these on our website.

Staff list Professor and Director of Centre Linne Mooney, PhD (Toronto) English: Late medieval English literatures, palaeography and codicology, especially scribes Professors Peter Biller, DPhil (Oxford) History: Medieval heresy; inquisition; proto-racial thought; history of medicine Catherine Cubitt, PhD (Cambridge) History: Anglo-Saxon history; early medieval religious and cultural history; gender Helen Fulton, PhD (Sydney) English: English and Celtic literatures and languages; Arthurian literature Guy Halsall, PhD (York) Social history and archaeology of Merovingian Gaul; violence and warfare Terry O’Connor, PhD (London) Archaeology: Environmental archaeology; zooarchaeology; upland landscape archaeology Mark Ormrod, DPhil (Oxford) History: Political and administrative history of later medieval England Julian Richards, PhD (CNAA) Archaeology: Early medieval NW Europe; Anglo-Saxon and Viking periods; data systems Elizabeth Tyler, DPhil (Oxford) English: Anglo-Saxon and early Norman literatures; multilingualism; women Readers Jeremy Goldberg, PhD (Cambridge) History: Later medieval social and cultural history; gender; the family; identity Matthew Townend, DPhil (Oxford) English: Old English and Old Norse; philology; Victorian medievalism Senior Lecturers Tim Ayers, PhD (London) History of Art: Late medieval stained glass, sculpture and architecture in England Jonathan Finch, PhD (London) Archaeology: Historic landscapes; church archaeology Kate Giles, PhD (York) Archaeology: Archaeology of medieval and early modern ‘public’ buildings; York Minster Jane Grenville, PhD (York) Archaeology: The archaeology and conservation of medieval buildings; heritage policy Jane Hawkes, PhD (Newcastle) History of Art: Early medieval (insular) art and architecture, especially sculpture Amanda Lillie, PhD (London) History of Art: Italian Renaissance art and architecture, especially palaces and villas Nicola McDonald, PhD (Oxford) English: Medieval romance; practice of fiction; women’s social games; Chaucer; Gower Sarah Rees Jones, DPhil (York) History: Social history and social ideals; English cities, landscapes and communities Steve Roskams, BA (Cambridge) Archaeology: Economic and social archaeology in Europe and the Mediterranean Craig Taylor, DPhil (Oxford) History: Politics and ideas in late medieval France and England; chivalry and the Hundred Years War Sethina Watson, DPhil (Oxford) History: Religion, towns, hospitals and the needy in England, c1050–1300 Lecturers Steven Ashby, PhD (York) Archaeology: Viking Age England and Scotland: the production and consumption of portable material culture Henry Bainton, PhD (York) English: Old French; Latin textual cultures of the Middle Ages (especially historiography and romance); literacy, orality and performance; national and regional identities Victoria Blud, PhD (London) English: Concepts of place and space; transitional texts and the unspeakable in medieval literature and culture Sarah Brown, MA (York) History of Art: Stained glass and the history of its restoration and reception Michele Campopiano, PhD (SNS, Pisa) English: Medieval Latin; medieval Italian literature; cultures and societies of the medieval Middle East; historiography and geography Kenneth Clarke, PhD (Oxford) English: Chaucer and the Italian Trecento; Boccaccio; Dante; book history; word and image Laura Crombie, PhD (Glasgow) History: The Low countries; urban groups and the Burgundian court; urban festivals Mary Garrison, PhD (Cambridge) History: Early medieval literary, cultural and intellectual history; epistolography; rhetoric Emanuela Luigi, PhD (New York) History of Art: Mediterranean art, architecture and visual culture 1000–1500 Aleks McClain, PhD (York) Archaeology: Architecture and material culture of medieval England, late Saxon and Anglo‑Norman Michelle Mundee, PhD (Durham) Archaeology: Biomolecular techniques; zooarchaeology; medieval archaeology Jeanne Nuechterlein, PhD (Berkeley) History of Art: 15th- and 16th-century northern art; religious painting and portraiture Lucy Sackville, PhD (York) History: Religious and intellectual history of the central Middle Ages (Italy and southern France) Michele Vescovi, PhD (Parma) History of Art: Art and architecture from the 11th to the 13th centuries Hanna Vorholt, PhD (Berlin) History of Art: Medieval art and visual culture; illuminated manuscripts; Jerusalem Katharine Wilson, PhD (Glasgow) History: Social history of the Low Countries; Burgundian tapestries

106 Medieval Studies Modern Studies

he Centre for Modern Studies (CModS) represents a thriving Key information interdisciplinary community of academic staff and postgraduate

Centre Director students in the period after 1830, drawing scholars from Professor Jason Edwards TArchaeology, English and Related Literature, History, History of Art, Contact Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, the Centre for Women’s Studies, the Helen Jacobs Department of Theatre, Film and Television, the Institute for the Public Website: www.york.ac.uk/modernstudies Telephone: +44 (0)1904 328097 Understanding of the Past and the Centre for Applied Human Rights. Email: [email protected] Fax: +44 (0)1904 328147 The Centre seeks to promote innovative, for these grants to organise lectures, significant, world-class research at a workshops, study days, conferences, English language requirement number of levels and from a wide variety of graduate symposia and reading groups, or to IELTS 7.0 with no less than 7.0 in each theoretical and methodological perspectives. facilitate events where scholars can interact component, or equivalent (see page 26) Housed in the Humanities Research Centre, with one another as a means to developing it offers a vibrant, state-of-the-art place to new interdisciplinary research and networks. develop research at the heart of the campus. The Centre also cultivates more sustained Programme offered The Centre sponsors an exciting, annual research projects in a number of regularly MA in Culture and Thought after 1945 programme of visiting speakers, conferences, changing areas, known as research strands. symposia and workshops, organised by Led by staff in one or more departments both staff and postgraduate students, at the University, these serve as focal and our Postgraduate Forum creates regular points for activities and for funding within opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange, the Centre. Strands to date have included with a termly programme of events and Narrative; Cultures of the Global; World an annual summer conference. Systems/Systems of the World; Aftermaths; In addition, every year, the Centre Translating Freedom; Modernity, Creativity provides a number of small project grants and Innovation; and Ordinary/Everyday/ to aid interdisciplinary work across the Quotidian. Further details of our current humanities and social sciences in the modern strands can be found on our website. period. Postgraduate students may apply

Your future Whether you wish to progress to PhD research, or take up a career in the public sector, media or the arts, this MA will help you to develop the necessary skills in organisation, analysis and communication. As a CModS student, you will have many opportunities to meet and talk informally with leading academics from within the University and across the world, as well as professionals in areas such as the media, arts and criticism, and museums and art galleries.

Modern Studies 107 Programme overview concept that has been central to defining the  Modern and Contemporary Art period for different disciplines – for example, at Tate Britain ‘postmodernism’ in English and the History  Narrative, Fiction and Theory of Art or ‘decolonisation’ in History. By MA in Culture and Thought  New Directions in Feminist Thought examining texts that have contributed to or after 1945 reflect the development of these concepts,  Origins of the Global South since 1947 This MA offers a unique opportunity for you will gain an understanding of the ways  Postcolonial Studies interdisciplinary, taught postgraduate study in which each discipline views the period,  Queering Theory: Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick of the intertwined theoretical, cultural and and begin to explore the ways in which the  historical developments of the contemporary approaches of different disciplines can be Television Audiences: Meaning and Emotion period. The programme can be studied either combined to conceptualise and analyse the  Theory and Historiography full-time for one year or part-time over two contemporary era.  The Novel Now: Imagining the Political years. You may choose from a wide range after 1999 of optional modules offered by our partner Option modules  departments of Archaeology, English and Themes and Issues in Contemporary The option modules currently on offer can be Sociology Related Literature, History, History of Art, found on our website. These vary from year  Sociology, the Centre for Women’s Studies, to year, but may include the following: Visualising Conflict in the 20th Century. and Theatre, Film and Television. This will  American Artists’ Film and Video: By drawing on the modules available in a given allow you to construct a programme that Pioneers and Contemporaries year, you will be able to create pathways suits your particular interests. Throughout through the degree that highlight and develop  the programme, you will be encouraged to American Fiction since 1960 your particular interdisciplinary interests. approach the period by bringing together the  Conservatism in the United States For example, students with broad interests subject matter and methodologies of multiple since the Second World War in cultural theory might select modules such disciplines in original and exciting ways.  Contemporary Art in the Middle East as Narrative, Fiction and Theory from English. As a full-time student, you will take a New Directions in Feminist Thought from  Cultural Decolonisation in core module and one optional module in the Centre for Women’s Studies or Queering Postcolonial Britain the Autumn Term and two further optional Theory: Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick from History  modules in the Spring Term. As a part-time Cultural Heritage Management of Art. Studies in the moving image might draw student, you will take the core module  Cultures of Human Rights Practice on the History of Art module American Artists’ in your first Autumn Term, and then one  Digital By-product Data and the Film and Video: Pioneers and Contemporaries, optional module in each of the following Social Sciences the History module Modern History and the Spring and Autumn Terms. Each module is Moving Image or the Department of Theatre, taught by weekly seminars and assessed  Encountering Modernism: Modern Art Film and Television’s modules Cinema and by an essay of approximately 4,500 words. and Theory since 1945 Society or Television and Society in order You will also research and write a dissertation  End of Empire in the Caribbean to create a pathway. of 15,000–20,000 words over the Summer  Evolution and Society Students with interests in aesthetics broadly Term and summer vacation.  Feminist Cultural Activism defined might draw on History of Art modules such as Encountering Modernism: Modern Art The core module  Gender and Diasporic Identities and Theory since 1945 and Visualising Conflict The core module is team-taught by staff  Historical Archaeology in the 20th Century, as well as Narrative, Fiction from the seven departments and centres  Innovative Fictions since 1950 and Theory in English. Thematic pathways may involved in the MA. It will introduce you to  also be constructed that allow you to explore a variety of approaches to studying the art, Installation/Participation specific political and cultural problematics culture and thought of the contemporary  Key Issues in Contemporary as they unfold across disciplines. period. In each session, you will explore a Cinema and Television The MA handbook provides students with suggestions for pathways that might suit various research interests, but you are in no way limited to these pathways. Instead, “As an undergraduate, I was interested in literary and political students on the MA are encouraged to combine theory, so I was immediately intrigued by the interdisciplinarity modules in unique ways that enable their own intellectual development and the creation of and theoretical content of this exciting new MA. The course is original and compelling dissertation projects. challenging, stimulating and enjoyable, and has given me the confidence to apply an academic framework to my personal Your background interests and passions. I am now undertaking a PhD on the politics You will normally be expected to have at least a good 2:1 honours degree in a relevant of food in world literature. The CMoDS staff are always helpful and humanities or social science subject, friendly, and provide excellent intellectual and pastoral support.” or its equivalent.

LUCY, MA IN CULTURE AND THOUGHT AFTER 1945 Available funding Current details of Centre for Modern Studies scholarships and other sources of funding can be found on our website.

108 Modern Studies Staff list Professor and Centre Director Jason Edwards, PhD (Cambridge) History of Art: World and other complex systems; animal studies; queer theory MA Convenor Claire Westall, PhD (Warwick) English and Related Literature: Postcolonial literature and theory; Anglophone Caribbean literature; Englishness and national identity Professors David Attwell, PhD (Texas) English and Related Literature: African literatures; J M Coetzee; postcolonial studies Matthew Campbell, PhD (Cambridge) English and Related Literature: Poetry from the 19th century to the present Gabriele Griffin, PhD (Leicester) Women’s Studies: Contemporary women’s cultural production; women’s studies; feminist methodology Andrew Higson, PhD (Kent) Theatre, Film and Television: British cinema; silent cinema; national/transnational cinema; film and television history Stevi Jackson, PhD (Kent) Women’s Studies: Feminist theory; gender and sexuality; family relationships; sociology of childhood Peter Lamarque, BPhil (Oxford) Philosophy: Aesthetics; philosophy of literature Duncan Petrie, PhD (Edinburgh) Theatre, Film and Television: British, Scottish and New Zealand cinema history; cinematography; Scottish culture; moving image policy and institutions Lawrence Rainey, PhD (Chicago) English and Related Literature: Modern poetry and fiction; modernism Readers Rowland Atkinson, PhD (Greenwich) Sociology: Disorder, anti-social behaviour, social control and community life in neighbourhoods; gentrification; elite residential developments; privatisation of public/ residential spaces Ziad Elmarsafy, PhD (Emory) English and Related Literature: Middle Eastern/North African literature (Arabic, French, English); postcolonial literature Nicholas Gane, PhD (London) Sociology: Social and cultural theory; sociology of the internet; media theory Senior Lecturers Henrice Altink, PhD (Hull) History: African-American and Caribbean history; slavery; gender and sexuality, 1800–1950 David Beer, PhD (York) Sociology: Popular culture/popular music culture; digital technologies, new media and web cultures; noise and sound in urban contexts; social and cultural theory Elizabeth Buettner, PhD (Michigan) History: 19th- and 20th-century British and Imperial social and cultural history David Dwan, PhD (London) English and Related Literature: Modernism; Irish literature and politics Richard Walsh, PhD (Cambridge) English and Related Literature: Narrative theory and fiction; early film; narrative imagination across media Michael White, PhD (Essex) History of Art: European modernism, especially the interwar avant-gardes Lecturers Jo Applin, PhD (London) History of Art: Modern and contemporary art and theory Anna Bernard, PhD (Cambridge) English and Related Literature: Palestinian and Israeli literatures; nation and narration; postcolonial studies James Boaden, PhD History of Art: American art from the mid 20th century (Courtauld Institute of Art, London) Claire Chambers, PhD (Leeds) English and Related Literature: Religion and literature; literature of South Asia and the Arab world; multicultural textualities in Britain Sabine Clarke, PhD (Imperial) History: 20th-century history of science, technology and medicine; colonial development Victoria Coulson, PhD (Cambridge) English and Related Literature: 19th- and early 20th-century American and British literature Chad Elias, PhD (Northwestern University) History of Art: Contemporary art practices and visual cultures of the Middle East Alex Goodall, PhD (Cambridge) History: 20th-century United States; US–Latin American relations Alice Hall, PhD (Cambridge) English and Related Literature: Contemporary and global literature; cultural disability studies; literature and the body; autobiographical fiction Ann Kaloski Naylor, DPhil (York) Women’s Studies: Contemporary fiction; digital cultures; death; feminist cultural politics/ production; e-learning Gerard McCann, PhD (Cambridge) History: 20th- and 21st-century Africa and India; global south; transnationalism Chris Renwick, PhD (Leeds) History: 19th- and 20th-century natural and social sciences Mark Roodhouse, PhD (Cambridge) History: 20th-century British social, cultural, economic and political history; crime; consumption Sarah Turner, PhD (London) History of Art: Art and visual culture in Britain and the British Empire c1800–1950; global and transnational networks of artistic practices; sculpture in the 20th century

Modern Studies 109 Music

he Department of Music is home to one of the largest postgraduate Key information schools in the UK and is also one of the top-ranking research

Head of Department departments in the UK. Dr Ambrose Field T Contact We host international visitors in all areas of Staff/postgraduate research seminar Gilly Howe, Postgraduate Administrator research: visiting scholars, composers and series – the Composers Seminars and the Website: www.york.ac.uk/music/ performers are in evidence almost every Research Seminar – offer presentations by postgraduate week of the year. Research areas include visiting academics and professionals and Telephone: +44 (0)1904 322843 composition, performance, production, presentations by research students and staff. Email: [email protected] musicology, church music, music theatre, These provide an important platform for Fax: +44 (0)1904 322450 jazz and community music. The Department sharing research ideas and allow students English language requirement provides excellent facilities for postgraduate (both MA and PhD) to gain insights into IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in each study, including the recently constructed the concerns and working methods of component, or equivalent (see page 26) Music Research Centre (mrc) which houses researchers working in other areas. recording studios, and the Rymer Auditorium In addition, the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall (a high-specification performance space). supports a range of performance activities Programmes offered Research is supported by well-stocked and performance ensembles: the University library resources such as the Humanities Choir and Orchestra, Baroque Ensemble, MA in Music Research Library and the University of Chimera (for new music performance), Jazz MA in Music (by research) York Sound Archives. This includes Music Orchestra, Gamelan Ensemble and Gospel MA in Community Music Preserved’s collection of over 5,000 off-air Choir. Postgraduates work closely with recordings and also the John R T Davies Jazz these and with the four resident ensembles MA in Music Technology (by research) Collection of 16,000 rare 78rpm records (see (Compagnia d’Instrumenti, Juice, Julian MPhil/PhD www.york.ac.uk/music/about/resources/ Arguëlles Octet and I Fagiolini), as well as sound-archives). The Archives are presently with local specialist groups (Yorkshire Bach supported in part by an AHRC Collaborative Choir, Yorkshire Baroque Soloists). The Doctoral Award that funds three PhD Department mounts a fully professional students over five years. series of concerts and festivals. For further information see music.york.ac.uk/concerts.

Your future York Music postgraduates have gone on to be performers and conductors, music librarians, teachers, freelance composers, journalists, broadcasters and academics. We respect the independent nature of your pursuits and we encourage you right from the start to think, write and perform independently. MA students organise their own conference to provide a forum for this.

110 Music Programmes overview that relate to the MA specialisations listed the subject studied. above. Submissions will be related to your Working closely with your supervisor, The Department of Music offers a range of area of specialisation, and your supervisor and with the support of your internal postgraduate programmes which are tailored will work closely with you and support examiner in regular Thesis Advisory Panels, to meet your individual needs. These include you in gaining the necessary research you will research and prepare work to fulfil an MA by research as well as taught Masters skills. Final submissions will normally your submission requirement. Submission degrees, and an MPhil/PhD in Music that take the form of a folio of compositions, for an MA in Music (by research) can be either can be taken by thesis, performance or a folio of performance projects supported a portfolio of performances or compositions, composition. All programmes can be taken by written documentation, or a thesis of or a written thesis of approximately 30,000 full- or part-time (a Diploma is nine months approximately 15,000 words. to 40,000 words. The Department may also full-time and can be studied part-time by The Music Production specialism is a consider individually tailored submission arrangement, a Masters degree is usually bespoke pathway within the MA in Music. requirements where appropriate to the one year full-time or two years part-time, It is aimed at students wishing to explore research project. an MPhil is usually two years full-time or the practice and theory of music production. four years part-time, and a PhD is usually This combines a very broad view of the Your background three years full-time or six years part-time, techniques and applications of production Applicants for the MA in Music (by research) with the possibility of one further year for audio media with the subsequent are normally required to have achieved for writing up). development of more tightly focused at least a 2:1 or equivalent in a related Applicants to our programmes are individual skills and scholarship. Music undergraduate degree; professional carefully matched with the appropriate production might involve anything from experience can be accepted in lieu of formal supervisor as part of the admissions process, the creation of entirely synthetic material education. A detailed research proposal is ensuring that you will receive the highest using computer-based techniques to the required to ensure that you have sufficient level of research support during your time in successful capture of acoustic performances, skills to embark on a research degree and the Department. Applications for any of our as well as the restoration and reconstruction to pair you with an appropriate supervisor. programmes must include relevant examples of existing audio heritage. There are of previous work, including recordings of important philosophies and technologies performances where applicable. Information underlying this discipline that are MA in Community Music on all our programmes can be found at constantly evolving. York was the first university to establish a www.york.ac.uk/music/postgraduate/ Whether you are an electronic/ Masters programme in Community Music, programmes, or contact the Postgraduate computer‑based composer or an early and the programme continues to adapt and Administrator who will be happy to help. music specialist who wants to make the respond to current training needs, keeping very best recordings, this programme it at the cutting edge of scholarship and will provide you with the intellectual and MA in Music professional development. The programme practical skills to realise your goals. This is practical and relevant, an ideal preparation Our popular taught MA programme offers is not a training course in specific pieces for work in all aspects of community and you the facility to combine focused study of software or hardware. It is a year-long outreach work in music. Previous graduates in your research area with an introduction exposure to thinking about and working in are employed worldwide in orchestral to research techniques and methodologies. music production in its many forms. It is education, special schools, hospitals, You will be asked to apply for a specialist an opportunity to develop your own ideas, prisons and arts management, and as research area: options include music styles and career in this exciting discipline. researchers and freelance music leaders. production (see below for details of this new The MA in Community Music can be taken specialism), music theatre, English church Your background in one year full-time, or two years part-time. music, contemporary studies, composition, Applicants for the MA in Music are normally The programme is taught primarily piano studies, electroacoustic composition, required to have achieved at least a 2:1 through a series of short course modules performance, improvised music and jazz, or equivalent in a related undergraduate (usually five days in length), covering a production, musicology, ethnomusicology degree; professional experience can be range of areas that include arts development and analysis. Other areas of study relating accepted in lieu of formal education. in education, music and disability, arts specifically to the expertise of academic Students applying for the MA in Music administration, world music, theatre and staff may also be proposed. should indicate the subject area they wish music technology. Assessment consists This programme provides a useful to specialise in on their application form of two portfolios of work and a final preparation for further education (including (in the ‘personal statement’ section). dissertation that is linked to a placement in PhD programmes, conservatoire training a community setting. Portfolios may include or PGCEs), as its structure allows you to a wide variety of submissions, including explore a variety of interests and can help MA in Music (by research) essays, compositions, arts plans and reports. you to shape the course of your future The MA by research provides the option The placement consists of not less than career. Graduates of this programme now for students to undertake an individual ten days of regular and structured contact, work as teachers, lecturers, performers, course of research directly with a supervisor and assessment is based on criteria normally freelance composers, recording artists, in the Department. All subject areas accepted in education and similar work- radio presenters and curators. supported by the Department (including training placements. The accompanying The MA is divided into three strands, composition, electroacoustic composition, dissertation is usually between 10,000 which provide the basis for wide-ranging ethnomusicology, critical studies, analysis, and 12,000 words. and contemporary series of seminars. English church music, music theatre) can be All candidates take core modules in Research considered. The final outcome is a portfolio Your background Techniques and Communicating about Music. of work, which can be essay-, performance- Applicants for the MA in Community Music Optional modules offer a choice of seminars or composition-based, as appropriate to are normally required to have achieved

Music 111 at least a 2:1 or equivalent in a related Working closely with your supervisor, Available funding undergraduate degree; professional and with the support of your internal experience can be accepted in lieu examiner in regular Thesis Advisory Panels, Funding for programmes is provided from of formal education. you will research and prepare work to fulfil three sources: Department of Music awards your submission requirement. Submissions (see below), University of York awards for the MPhil/PhD in Music vary according (described in the opening pages of this MA in Music Technology to your area of specialisation: prospectus) and external awards. Full details of available awards can be found on the (by research)  Candidates for the MPhil/PhD by Department Scholarship and Awards web composition and electroacoustic The MA in Music Technology (by page (www.york.ac.uk/music/postgraduate/ composition are required to submit research) is aimed at meeting the needs funding), or contact the Postgraduate a portfolio of approximately eight of research‑focused graduates with Administrator who will be happy to help. compositions, accompanied by a experience in music technology or audio- The Department of Music offers an brief commentary. engineering. This stream is specifically exceptional range of support, funded focused at high‑level creators interested in  Candidates for the MPhil/PhD by in part from generous endowments by composition, production and contemporary performance are required to submit benefactors. Scholarships, fellowships aesthetic approaches to audio. a portfolio of up to six discrete and assistantships include: Working closely with your supervisor, performance projects, fully documented  Arts and Humanities Research Council: and with the support of your internal and supported by appropriate the Department is fortunate to have examiner in regular Thesis Advisory Panels, commentary and a resource list. been allocated a certain number of you will research and prepare work to fulfil Alternatively, a performance portfolio scholarships. Candidates wishing to may comprise a single extended your submission requirement. Submission be considered for these should use the public or recorded performance, for an MA in Music Technology (by research) application form on our website, and accompanied by a single original consists of a portfolio of work, usually should normally possess, or be likely thesis of 30,000–50,000 words (PhD) comprising three pieces: a work for fixed to achieve, a first-class first degree, or 20,000–25,000 words (MPhil) media, a work for installation and a work or equivalent. for live performance. supported by a resource list.  Sir Jack Lyons Research Scholarship:  Candidates for the MPhil/PhD by thesis this award covers full fees and Your background are required to submit a dissertation maintenance (home or overseas) for Applicants for the MA in Music Technology of normally around 30,000 to 50,000 a PhD degree in any area of music words for an MPhil, and 70,000 to (by research) are normally required to have supported by the Department. achieved at least a 2:1 or equivalent in a 100,000 words for a PhD.  Postgraduate assistantships: the related undergraduate degree; professional As in other institutions, candidates are Department of Music offers a number experience can be accepted in lieu of formal initially registered on the MPhil degree, of assistantships to postgraduates by education. A detailed research proposal is and upgraded to PhD during the second which qualified individuals acquire required to ensure that you have sufficient year of their course. experience appropriate to their career skills to embark on a research degree and paths through practical work within the to pair you with an appropriate supervisor. Your background Department. Please see our website for Applicants for the MPhil/PhD in Music full information on the types and values MPhil/PhD are normally required to have achieved of assistantships available at the present at least a 2:1 or equivalent in a related time. Previous titles have included the The MPhil/PhD in Music at York can be taken undergraduate degree and to have gained Vinson Assistantship for Internet Services by thesis, composition or performance. a Masters degree in a related subject; and the York Concerts Administration PhDs are offered in any area of research professional experience can be accepted Assistantship, and are normally of a that is supported by the Department. in lieu of formal education. value between £500 and £4,000 a year.  Postgraduate awards: the Department has a number of scholarships available of one year’s duration, of amounts normally “Composition and analysis are usually distinct between £250 and £3,000. These include disciplines but the Department was supportive the Vinson Award, the Dixon Scholarship, the Young Musicians Fund Awards and when I suggested combining the two within the Nonhebel Scholarship. my PhD. The course has given me ample opportunity to work alongside other student composers and musicologists. I’ve been able to take advantage of a busy schedule of seminars, conferences and concerts that give an inspiring and varied environment in which to work.”

Martin, PhD in Music (Composition and Analysis)

112 Music Staff list For a fuller summary of the work of individual staff members, please see music.york.ac.uk/staff. Head of Department Ambrose Field, PGCE, PhD (City) Electronic music composition; spatial audio production; postmodernism; music technology Professors William Brooks, MMus, DMA (Illinois) Composition; American music and culture; popular music and jazz Roger Marsh, PhD (York) Composition; music theatre; contemporary music; Japanese music Peter Seymour, DMus (York), FRCO, ARCM, LTCL Performance practice; vocal/keyboard music 1550–1900; Lieder; conducting Jonathan Wainwright, PhD (Cambridge) 16th - and 17th-century Italian and English music; performance practice; editing; church music Readers Robert Hollingworth, BA (Oxford) Performance; ensemble singing; music and drama Thomas Simaku, PhD (York) Composition; European modernism; contemporary music Senior Lecturers Tim Howell, PhD (Southampton) Musical analysis; the music of Sibelius; contemporary Finnish music Catherine Laws, PhD (York) Contemporary music performance practices; embodiment and gesture in music; words and music; collaboration Nicky Losseff, PhD (King’s College London) 19th-century cultural studies; Bartok; aesthetics of silence; music and spirituality Neil Sorrell, PhD (Wesleyan) North Indian music and Javanese gamelan: structure, performance and composition John Stringer, PhD (York) Composition; contemporary performance practice; conducting Lecturers Bruce Cole MA in Community Music course leader; composition; education Jonathan Eato, PhD (York) Composition; improvisation; jazz performance practice; interdisciplinary performance Daniel March, DPhil (York) Composition; musical analysis; music of the 20th and 21st centuries Aine Sheil, PhD (King’s College London) Contemporary and 20th-century opera production; theatre and performance theory; Wagner; reception theory; gender theory Martin Suckling, PhD (RAN) Composition; performance; chamber music; contemporary music Jez Wells, PhD (York), MAES Music technology; audio engineering; spectral modelling; sound recording Research Fellow Liz Haddon, BA (York) Investigating musical performance Professors Emeritus David Blake, MA (Cambridge) Composition Nicola LeFanu, DMus (Durham), FRCM Composition Reader Emeritus John Potter, PhD (OU) Writer and performer Honorary Fellows Julian Arguëlles Jazz composer and pianist Dame Janet Baker, CH Opera and Lieder singer Jenny Doctor, PhD (Northwestern) Musicologist; sound archivist Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, DUniv Indian Sarod player and composer David Lumsdaine, DMus Composition Donald Mitchell, CBE, PhD, DUniv Publisher, critic, author Richard Shephard, DMus, DUniv Composition Trevor Wishart, PhD (York) Composition

Music 113 Philosophy

he Department is a vibrant place in which to pursue postgraduate Key information programmes in Philosophy. It is internationally recognised for the

Head of Department quality of its research and in the most recent Research Assessment Professor Tom Stoneham TExercise was ranked among the top 20 UK Philosophy departments with Contact over half of our research measured as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally Dr Stephen Holland excellent’. Postgraduates are right at the centre of the Department’s Website: www.york.ac.uk/philosophy Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323251 life – teaching undergraduate seminars, participating in colloquia Email: [email protected] and pursuing research in fundamental areas of philosophy. Fax: +44 (0)1904 324023

English language requirement The Department brings together original round the world speak at our regular IELTS 7.0 with a minimum of 7.0 in Writing, research and stimulating teaching in an philosophy colloquia and the Department also 6.5 in Reading and 6.0 in Listening and informal, friendly setting. Our research is hosts Royal Institute of Philosophy lectures. Speaking, or equivalent (see page 26) recognised for its international influence The Centre for Research into Imagination, across a wide range of topics: including Creativity and Knowledge (CRICK) aims to philosophy of mind, aesthetics, metaphysics stimulate research in the philosophy of mind, Programmes offered and ethics (also bioethics), as well as the epistemology and aesthetics, focusing on Graduate Diploma in Philosophy history of philosophy, especially Plato, the nature of creativity and innovation, their Aristotle, Berkeley, Kant, Fichte, Frege, relation to the imagination, and their role in MA in Philosophy Wittgenstein, Russell and G E Moore. extending the frontiers of human knowledge MA in Philosophy (by research) All members of staff are committed to in the arts and sciences. Research links with MPhil/PhD the highest standards of excellence in the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield have research and they welcome applications established the White Rose Aesthetics Forum from research students to work under and Centre for History of Philosophy (ChiPhi), their supervision. with regular meetings rotating round the The Department is an active centre of three universities. research in all kinds of ways. One of the The postgraduate community forms leading philosophical journals in the world, a vital part of the life of the Department. Mind, is edited from the Department and the Postgraduates are valued participants Editor of the acclaimed British Journal for the in all aspects of the Department’s History of Philosophy is one of our Philosophy activities: research, teaching, seminars professors. Prominent philosophers from and conferences.

Your future Students with an MA in Philosophy from York sometimes proceed to a research degree (PhD) and then into academic careers. But a Masters in Philosophy is a useful qualification in its own right, equipping students with transferable skills, such as an analytical approach to problem solving, clarity of expression, rigour of argument and the ability to grasp complex ideas, that are much prized by discerning employers.

114 Philosophy Programmes overview designed to provide students with detailed knowledge of the main areas of philosophy. MA in Philosophy (by research) The Department offers a range of There are two core MA modules: Topics The MA in Philosophy (by research) offers programmes: a graduate diploma programme, in Practical Philosophy, and Topics in students the opportunity to take a research a taught MA programme, and research Theoretical Philosophy. Students can choose degree in Philosophy full-time over one year programmes at the MA, MPhil and PhD levels. two other modules from a very wide range or part-time over two years. The MA in Philosophy is particularly of available options, in accordance with their Students are supervised by an expert in suitable for students intending to go on particular philosophical interests. This part their research area and will meet with their to research in core areas of the subject. of the programme enables students to supervisor at least twice a term. Students The MPhil and PhD programmes provide an acquire the core and specialist knowledge also have a Thesis Advisory Panel which opportunity for research postgraduates to do needed to pursue research in virtually any gives them strategic advice on their thesis. intensive guided research on a topic of their area of philosophy. Assessment is solely by thesis, which should own choosing with a specialist supervisor. Other elements of the programme be between 20,000 and 30,000 words. include the Postgraduate Research Skills module, which aims to help students develop Graduate Diploma in Philosophy essential skills in research, philosophical Your background This programme is intended to provide an writing, leading discussion and presenting The programme is open to those who already opportunity for students with no background their work. There is also a Dissemination have a 2:1, or equivalent, Bachelors degree in Philosophy to do advanced work in the Practice module: students arrange a which includes some philosophy. subject and to obtain an honours-level mini‑conference at which they present qualification in it. The programme may and discuss their philosophical ideas. MPhil research degree be taken on either a full-time basis (nine The knowledge, skills and experience months) or a part-time basis (18 months). gained during the programme culminate The MPhil offers students the opportunity The first part of the programme aims in the dissertation. Students start thinking to take a research degree in Philosophy to provide students with a knowledge of about their dissertation topic at the full-time over two years or part-time important topics in philosophy and also outset. A Dissertation Preparation module over four years. an opportunity to develop essential skills runs throughout the taught part of the Students are supervised by an expert in to engage critically with those topics. In programme. This allows students to develop their research area and will meet with their this part of the programme, students take their ideas for a dissertation, which can be supervisor at least twice a term. Members a selection of undergraduate modules the basis of applications for funding for a of staff have research interests in analytic from a range of modules open to them. research degree. The dissertation itself is aesthetics, ancient philosophy, early In addition, students take the Postgraduate a sustained piece of critical writing on a modern philosophy (Descartes to Hume), Research Skills module designed to provide topic of the student’s choosing. A member philosophy of language and logic, philosophy training in writing skills, critical thinking of staff with expertise in the relevant area of mind and psychology, philosophy of and philosophical analysis. will provide supervision. religion, metaphysics and epistemology, The second part of the programme aims and contemporary practical and theoretical to give students experience in applying Your background ethics. Students also have a Thesis Advisory philosophical skills to a well-defined The programme is open to those who already Panel which gives them strategic advice on problem under the guidance of an expert have a 2:1, or equivalent, Bachelors degree their thesis. Assessment is solely by thesis, in the area. To achieve this aim, students which includes some philosophy. which should be between 40,000 and 60,000 words. will prepare a written project based on independent research that is supervised by a member of staff. Your background The Graduate Diploma is sometimes The programme is available to students used as a springboard for continuing to with an MA or equivalent in Philosophy. a Masters-level degree in Philosophy, although there is no automatic admission to the MA programmes. Your background “I was really pleased when I found out I had been The programme is open to those who already offered a scholarship here as the Department have a 2:1, or equivalent, Bachelors degree has a global reputation as one of the best in any subject. places to study philosophical aesthetics. I’ve enjoyed my involvement with the White Rose MA in Philosophy Philosophy Postgraduate Forum, an initiative This Masters programme offers the which aims to extend the benefits of York’s opportunity to acquire the core knowledge interactional and inclusive philosophical and skills necessary to engage in philosophical research. As such it is an ideal education to the wider Yorkshire context.” preparation for doing a research degree, such as an MPhil or PhD, in Philosophy. Filippo, PhD in Philosophy The MA may be studied either full-time over one year or part-time over two years. The taught element of the programme is

Philosophy 115 Students are supervised by an expert in Your background PhD research degree their research area and will meet with their The programme is available to students supervisor at least twice a term. Members The PhD offers students the opportunity with an MA or equivalent in Philosophy. of staff have research interests in analytic to take a research degree in Philosophy aesthetics, ancient philosophy, early full-time over three years or part-time modern philosophy (Descartes to Hume), over six years. All candidates are initially philosophy of language and logic, philosophy Available funding registered for the MPhil degree. Confirmation of mind and psychology, philosophy of For details on potential funding students of registration for a PhD is dependent upon religion, metaphysics and epistemology, should visit www.york.ac.uk/study/ the submission of a satisfactory proposal and contemporary practical and theoretical postgraduate/fees-funding. and a sample of written work that meets the ethics. Students also have a Thesis Advisory standards required for the higher degree. Panel which gives them strategic advice on Confirmation is normally considered within their thesis. Assessment is solely by thesis, 18 months for full-time students and within which should be between 60,000 and three years for part‑time students. 80,000 words.

Staff list Professor and Head of Department Tom Stoneham, PhD (London) Philosophy of cognition; early modern idealism Professors Thomas Baldwin, PhD (Cambridge) 20th-century philosophy; bioethics Michael Beaney, DPhil (Oxford) Frege; history of analytic philosophy Gregory Currie, PhD (London) The arts and cognition Peter Lamarque, BPhil (Oxford) Aesthetics; philosophy of literature Paul Noordhof, PhD (London) Philosophy of mind and action; metaphysics; meta-ethics Catherine Wilson, PhD (Princeton) Early modern philosophy; ethics Professor Emeritus Marie McGinn, DPhil (Oxford) Wittgenstein Senior Lecturers David Efird, MDiv, DPhil (Oxford) Metaphysics of modality; philosophy of religion; philosophical theology Stephen Holland, DPhil (Oxford), PhD (York) Bioethics; public health ethics Christian Piller, PhD (Princeton) Ethics; decision theory; Austrian philosophy Lecturers Keith Allen, PhD (London) Philosophy of mind; history of modern philosophy; metaphysics Amber Carpenter, PhD (King’s College London) Ethics; moral psychology James Clarke, PhD (Durham) Fichte; post-Kantian ethics Alix Cohen, PhD (Cambridge) History of modern philosophy; philosophy of social sciences, history and biology Dorothea Debus, DPhil (Oxford) Philosophy of mind and psychology; ethics, epistemology and metaphysics Stephen Everson, PhD (London) Ancient philosophy; philosophy of mind and action Barry Lee, PhD (London) Metaphysics; philosophy of language Mary Leng, PhD (Toronto) Philosophy of mathematics and science; philosophical logic; metaphysics; history of analytic philosophy Louise Richardson, PhD (Warwick) Philosophy of mind; perception Honorary Life Fellow Andrew Ward, BA (Exeter) Aesthetics; Kant; personal identity Honorary Fellow Christopher Belshaw, PhD (UC Santa Barbara) Value theory; issues in life and death; personal identity; environmental philosophy Teaching Fellow Nick Jones, PhD (Nottingham) Philosophy of mind; philosophy of psychiatry; philosophy of Darwinism

116 Philosophy Physics

he Department of Physics has an excellent international Key information reputation for both teaching and research. You will be part

Head of Department of a vibrant, supportive and friendly community of physicists Professor Sarah Thompson Tengaged in a wide range of exciting, cutting-edge research. Contact Dr Yvette Hancock We believe that a sound academic reputation judged by an independent panel to be Website: www.york.ac.uk/physics/ and a strong research base are of immense of ‘world-leading’ and ‘internationally postgraduate benefit to all our students. The Department excellent’ quality. Our teaching has received Telephone: +44 (0)1904 322236 is growing vigorously with an investment the maximum 24 marks out of 24 by QAA Email: [email protected] package during the last five years of 28 (the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Fax: +44 (0)1904 322214 new academic posts, including three recent Education). In the 2012 National Student English language requirement Anniversary professorships, in photonics, Survey, the Department of Physics was rated IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in each biophysics and nuclear physics, plus major at 95% for overall satisfaction. In particular, component, or equivalent (see page 26) new laboratories and facilities including the students rated our staff as enthusiastic about York JEOL Nanocentre, the York Institute what they teach and good at explaining for Materials Research, the York Plasma things (97%), with a resounding 100% Programmes offered Institute and the Astrocampus. We are host viewing their Physics course at York as to the national Fusion Doctoral Training intellectually stimulating. Such excellence in Graduate Diploma Network (DTN), which is a collaboration teaching also translates to our postgraduate MSc in Fusion Energy between universities and government teaching, professional skills training and research institutes. Reflecting this, our unique outreach training programmes. MSc in Physics (by research) research student numbers have doubled, The Department of Physics has been MPhil providing an exciting environment for new awarded the Athena SWAN silver award for postgraduate students to join. Research is commitment to women in science and holds PhD (3 years) backed up by a large group of postdoctoral the Juno Champion award by the Institute PhD (4 years in the Fusion DTN) researchers and technical staff equipped of Physics in recognition of our actions to with modern mechanical and electronic address the under-representation of women workshops and world-class experimental in Physics. and computing facilities. Our research is organised into three The UK’s most recent Research internationally recognised groups: Condensed Assessment Exercise in 2008 recognised the Matter Physics (CMP), Nuclear Physics, and Department’s strength across our research Plasma Physics and Fusion; details are given groups, with 55 per cent of submissions on the following pages.

Your future Our graduates have forged highly successful careers as professional physicists in academia/research, government, industry and commerce. We pride ourselves on the versatility and skills that our Physics graduate programmes provide, which have led to career paths also in business management, engineering, finance, the computer industry and law. We are committed to working with our graduates to build a career, not just a degree award.

Physics 117 Programmes overview see www.york.ac.uk/physics/postgraduate/ MSc in Fusion Energy researchprojects/current-researchprojects/ The Department offers a Graduate Diploma, condensedmatter-physics. a taught MSc in Fusion Energy and three The main elements of this one-year taught research degrees: MSc, MPhil, PhD. course are Plasma Physics for Fusion, The Graduate Diploma is a nine-month Magnetic Confinement Fusion, Inertial Nuclear Physics and programme designed for applicants whose Confinement Fusion, Plasma Diagnostic Nuclear Astrophysics qualifications in a Physics or related Techniques, Fusion Reactor Technology, degree are deemed insufficient for entry Computational Plasma Techniques, Nuclear physics poses an array of into the graduate programme and who Experimental Techniques, Data Analysis challenging questions with the recent advent lack the essential physics background and a Project. See www.york.ac.uk/ of accelerated radioactive beams further required to continue on to a research physics/postgraduate/fusion-msc. stimulating this exciting field of research. degree. The programme consists of a Increasingly important is the application selection of undergraduate modules of our knowledge to astrophysics, such plus a theoretical/experimental project. Condensed Matter Physics as understanding the energy generation The taught MSc in Fusion Energy involves The Condensed Matter Physics group offers in stars, as well as determining how lectures, laboratory classes and an MSc a significant range of projects in the areas of heavy elements are synthesised in stellar project which will be carried out over the experimental, theoretical and computational explosions. Our research is internationally summer and assessed by dissertation. physics that encompass a broad range recognised and comprises two main aspects: Within each of the three research of exciting topics from fundamental Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics, groups there are individual research aspects of condensed matter at the atomic with our group being extremely active in projects of great variety: www.york.ac.uk/ scale to developing new applications for experimental nuclear physics. We conduct physics/postgraduate/researchprojects/ future technologies within four main a diverse programme with opportunity currentprojects. Most projects can be offered research themes: to be a part of large-scale, international as either a one-year MSc, or a three-year projects and for travel to a range of overseas  nano and low-dimensional structures PhD or a four-year PhD – the latter as part of laboratories in France, Finland, Germany, the EPSRC-funded Fusion Doctoral Training  magnetism and spintronics Switzerland, the USA, Japan and Canada. Network. In each case, you will be assigned  quantum theory and applications Our extensive collaborative network, high your own research project, working closely international reputation and expert training  biophysics and organic systems. with your academic supervisor and with ensure that our graduates are in very high the support of other postgraduate students, We work extensively at an interdisciplinary demand in the nuclear industry, medical postdoctoral researchers and staff in your interface together with industry in physics, computational physics, finance group. This will be complemented by a small international collaborations that and academia. number of taught courses. MSc students are supported locally by our world- For more information on specific projects may progress to the second year of the PhD, class facilities, including the York under the Nuclear and Nuclear Astrophysics subject to satisfactory progress, funding JEOL Nanocentre, advanced growth research themes see www.york.ac.uk/ and available supervision. and fabrication facilities, powerful physics/postgraduate/researchprojects/ computational methods and extensive current-researchprojects/nuclearphysics. Your background computing resources. The group has The minimum entry requirement for the PhD high international standing and has is the equivalent of a 2:1 degree in Physics demonstrated leadership in several key Plasma Physics and Fusion areas of research, including the recently or a related topic. For both MSc programmes The University of York and the UK’s awarded €4m EU collaboration in ultra‑fast the minimum requirement is the equivalent Engineering and Physical Sciences Research magnetic recording technologies. of a lower second-class degree in Physics Council have recently collaborated to For more information on specific or a related topic. Other qualifications will create the York Plasma Institute, which be considered, as will part-time study. projects under the CMP research theme provides a stimulating training and research environment for the plasma sciences and technology. The York Plasma Physics and Fusion Group leads the £2.3m EPSRC- “York is one of only two universities in the UK funded Fusion Doctoral Training Network in collaboration with the Universities of that offered the course I wanted to do. I was Durham, Liverpool, Manchester and Oxford very impressed with the Department and and in partnership with Culham Centre staff – there was a very friendly feel and the for Fusion Energy (CCFE), the Central research interests of my supervisor fitted Laser Facility (CLF) and AWE Aldermaston. We provide an innovative and integrated very well with my own. It has been training and research programme in the fascinating to take part in experiments broad spectrum of fields that are relevant to carried out at international labs and plasma science and fusion energy research, leading to a PhD or MSc by research. Current see different experimental methods.” areas of research include: laser plasmas and inertial fusion energy; magnetic confinement Jessica, PhD in Nuclear Astrophysics fusion; addressing key issues for ITER; and low-temperature plasmas for biomedical and technological applications. Many of our research projects are in collaboration with

118 Physics CCFE, CLF, AWE or other industrial partners. plasmaphysics; www.york.ac.uk/ a minimum of an upper second-class degree, We participate in experiments on the UK’s physics/postgraduate/fusion-dtn or equivalent. MSc students must arrange national fusion facilities both on site at and www.york. ac. uk/physics/ypi . their own funding. PhD and MSc students Culham and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, from outside the EU have to provide full and remotely via our remote tokamak funding for fees and living costs. Those control room at York. Available funding resident in, or connected to, the UK may See our webpages for specific projects: Eligible UK and EU applicants will be be eligible for EPSRC/STFC studentships. www.york.ac.uk/physics/postgraduate/ considered for EPSRC/STFC and University For further information: www.york.ac.uk/ researchprojects/current-researchprojects/ studentships. Studentships normally require physics/postgraduate/funding.

Staff list Professor and Head of Department Sarah Thompson, PhD (Durham) Magnetic materials: growth, structure and spectroscopy of magnetic nanostructures Professors Andrei Andreyev, PhD (Dubna, Russia) Nuclear physics Mike Bentley, PhD (Liverpool) Nuclear physics: nuclear structure Roy Chantrell, PhD (Wales) Theoretical studies of magnetic materials Brian Fulton, PhD (Bham) Nuclear physics; nuclear astrophysics Pratibha Gai, PhD (Cambridge) Surface science: nanomaterials; catalysis; dynamic atomic processes; in-situ microscopy Timo Gans, PhD (Essen) Low-temperature plasmas: diagnostics, numerical simulations, technological applications Rex Godby, PhD (Cambridge) Theory and simulation of electrons in matter using many-body techniques Thomas F Krauss, PhD (Glasgow) Nanophotonics Mark Leake, PhD (London) Single-molecule cellular biophysics Kevin O’Grady, PhD (Wales) Magnetic materials: magnetisation reversal in materials Greg Tallents, PhD (ANU) Laser-induced plasmas; laser interaction with matter; high energy density materials Bob Wadsworth, PhD (Liverpool) Nuclear physics: structure of exotic nuclei far from stability Howard Wilson, PhD (Cambridge) Plasma physics: magnetic confinement fusion Jun Yuan, PhD (Cambridge) Nanophysics: nanomaterials; advanced microscopy; atomically resolved spectroscopy Readers Irene D’Amico, PhD (Columbia) Condensed matter theory: quantum computing, spintronics Kieran Gibson, PhD (Manchester) Experimental magnetic confinement fusion David Jenkins, DPhil (York) Nuclear physics: nuclear structure; high-spin gamma-ray spectroscopy; heavy-ion radiative capture Matthew Probert, PhD (Birmingham) Condensed matter theory: first principles computer simulation of materials Steve Tear, DPhil (York) Surface physics: electronic and structural properties of metal-semiconductor surfaces Nigel Woolsey, PhD (Oxford) Laser plasmas; laboratory astrophysics; fusion; fast ignition; X-ray spectroscopy and scattering Senior Lecturers Robert Greenall, PhD (Keele) Computer simulation of macromolecular dynamics, particularly molecular dynamics of DNA Alison Laird, PhD (Edinburgh) Nuclear astrophysics Roddy Vann, PhD (Warwick) Theory of magnetically confined fusion plasmas Lecturers Charles Barton, PhD (Clark) Nuclear physics Ben Dudson, DPhil (Oxford) Plasma physics: explosive instabilities and turbulence in tokamaks Yvette Hancock, PhD (Monash) Theoretical design of nanoscale devices and their application in future technologies Roland Kröger, PhD (Hamburg) Electron microscopy; defects and interfaces in semiconductors and metals; nanostructures Vlado Lazarov, PhD (Wisconsin) Electron microscopy and magnetic materials Keith McKenna, PhD (Sheffield) Condensed matter theory; properties of metal oxide materials Deborah O’Connell, PhD (DCU, Ireland) Fundamentals of low-temperature plasma physics and their applications, including plasma medicine John Pasley, PhD (Imperial College London) Plasma physics Chris Ridgers, PhD (Imperial College London) Plasma physics Gonzalo Vallejo Fernandez, PhD (York) Condensed matter physics; thin film and fine particle magnetism Erik Wagenaars, PhD (Eindhoven) Low-temperature plasma experiments; optical plasma diagnostic development Jing Wu, PhD (Exeter) Magnetic materials: dynamic magnetisation mapping of advanced materials and devices

Physics 119 Politics

he Politics Graduate School is one of the largest and most Key information international schools in the UK. You will join an academic

Head of Department community that places a high value on the relationship between Professor Matthew Festenstein Texcellence in research and teaching, and on intellectual diversity. Contact Caroline Carfrae The Department of Politics at the University of York is placed in the top five for Social Website: www.york.ac.uk/politics of York is one of the leading centres for Sciences in the UK and is ranked 35th Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323561 research and teaching in politics in the UK. in the world. Email: [email protected] Our staff are at the cutting edge of their The Department of Politics at York entered Fax: +44 (0)1904 323563 research fields, and are committed both 95 per cent of our staff in the most recent English language requirement to research of the highest standards and Research Assessment Exercise and 45 per IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in each to applying their knowledge to real-world cent of our work was rated 4* (‘world- component, or equivalent (see page 26) problems. The Department provides an leading’) or 3* (‘internationally excellent’). intellectually diverse, international and The percentage of our work in the top two friendly environment in which the next categories puts us in the top fifth of UK Programmes offered generation of experts and researchers Politics departments for research quality. in politics and public policy is trained. The latest National Student Survey gave MA in Conflict, Governance and Development Our teaching and research cover all the us excellent ratings for teaching quality, MA in Contemporary History major sub-disciplines of politics including personal development and support. and International Politics political philosophy, international relations, As a student in the Department of MA in International Political Economy development and public policy. We have Politics, you will enjoy excellent facilities, MA in International Relations regional expertise in British and European including those offered in the Alcuin MA in Political Philosophy politics, Latin America, southern Africa, Research Resource Centre. Our students the Middle East and Central and South Asia. go on to a range of professional careers, MA in Political and Legal Theory: Toleration We also have specialist centres in post-war including the private sector, academic posts MA in Political Research reconstruction and development, toleration, in leading universities, international NGOs MA in Post-war Recovery Studies environment and applied human rights. and governments around the world. MA in Public Administration and In the latest Times Higher Education Public Policy (including the Erasmus World University Rankings, the University Mundus joint programme) Master of Public Administration Master of Public Administration in International Development Your future MA in PPE The Department of Politics provides a range of services to enhance the MA in Politics (by research) skills, employability and careers of our postgraduates. These include MSc in International Humanitarian Affairs dedicated work placement modules on some of our MAs and a range of (by distance learning) important transferable skills embedded in our curriculum. Our students MPhil/PhD go on to careers in international organisations, the media, law, the civil MPhil/PhD in Environment and Politics service, politics, journalism and business. MPhil/PhD in Post-war Recovery Studies

120 Politics Programmes overview MA in International MA in Political and Legal The Department of Politics at York runs an extensive programme of Masters degrees Political Economy Theory: Toleration in the main areas of the discipline. The York’s MA in International Political Economy New in 2013, this one-year programme is structure of these degrees usually comprises is organised around two core modules: designed for graduates in the Social Sciences, a dissertation and four taught modules. Contemporary Issues in International Philosophy or Law who are interested in MA degrees can be studied part-time as Political Economy and Critical Theories of political philosophy and legal theory. The well as full-time. International Political Economy. In addition, programme makes particular reference The main criterion for admission to an you can choose two options, including to the problem of toleration, but sets this MA course in the Department of Politics is modules in Human Rights, Development, topic in a broader context. In the core a 2:1 BA degree or international equivalent in Public Policy and Conflict. The core modules students engage with historic and a related discipline. However, exceptions are programme focuses in analytical terms contemporary perspectives of toleration, sometimes made for students with different on the changing relationship between and develop an appreciation of the debates backgrounds, in which case assessment is the national state and the international and theories of the origins, forms and by interview and additional references. political economy, and introduces the functions of toleration as well as exploring theoretical concepts and ideas that the foundational issues of legal theory. underpin this analysis, including typically Optional modules for this programme allow MA in Conflict, Governance the contributions by Adam Smith, Karl Marx students to focus their studies towards and Development and Friedrich Hayek. You are encouraged political philosophy or law, depending to specialise on a particular topic of research on their personal preferences. This degree looks at contemporary debates in your dissertation. The MA consists of four taught in international development about the modules plus a dissertation on a topic challenges and opportunities confronting of the student’s choice. developing countries and their citizens. MA in International Relations The programme combines a strong focus The MA in International Relations combines Morrell studentships on the major theories of development the advanced study of the core theoretical with empirical analysis of current and bursaries questions of the discipline with empirical development policies. This includes looking The MA in Political and Legal Theory: questions and a problem-centred critical at the effectiveness of different forms of Toleration is part of a programme of engagement with practice and policy. It is development governance, participatory studies funded by the C and J B Morrell targeted at graduates seeking to combine Trust. The Trust has endowed studentships development and citizenship, and strategies a strong foundation in the theoretical and bursaries which cover tuition fees for conflict resolution and post‑war recovery. debates of international relations with an and may also provide some assistance The multidisciplinary nature of the understanding of how those debates resonate with maintenance for UK and EU students programme makes the MA well suited in concrete contexts. A distinctive feature registered on the programme. Applicants to those interested in research careers of the MA is that the wide range of option wishing to be considered for a studentship and those wanting to pursue a career in modules available are streamed, enabling you or bursary should indicate this on the MA international development, whether with to systematically develop your own particular application form. an international organisation, government research interests. Identified themes include The Trust also funds an annual lecture agency or non‑governmental organisation. power, governance and justice; conflict, and a biennial conference with previous violence and human security; and inequality, Morrell Lecturers including Karl Popper, MA in Contemporary History political economy and development. Friedrich Hayek, Alasdair MacIntyre, Quentin and International Politics Skinner and Onora O’Neill. These activities, together with the fortnightly Morrell Political New in 2012, this degree provides a MA in Political Philosophy Theory Workshop, provide a stimulating foundation for graduate-level research into This programme is designed for graduates environment for the study of political contemporary history (c1900 to the present) with a background in the Social Sciences, philosophy, and make York one of the and international politics. It offers a range Philosophy, History, or a cognate subject, largest externally funded centres of political of stimulating modules to equip you with who are interested in political philosophy thought in Britain. For further details see the specialist knowledge and understanding and the history of political thought. www.york. ac.uk/politics/centres/morrell. needed to develop your interests in, and You will take modules which address make important contributions to, your themes in political philosophy, broadly chosen field(s). Those modules address construed, and which will allow you to MA in Political Research themes reflecting the expertise of staff in pursue interests in a wide range of topics The MA in Political Research is a one-year the Departments of History and Politics, in politics, philosophy and intellectual degree that has been recognised by the exploring the methods and theories history. These modules may include: History Economic and Social Research Council for associated with the study of modern political of the Idea of Toleration; Contemporary the first year of its 1+3 research studentships. organisation and ideas. These modules Issues in Toleration; Reason and Power It is designed specifically to provide the provide a springboard into a dissertation in European Political Thought; Ethics and necessary research training for you to go by independent study, which involves the World Politics; Thomas Hobbes in Context; on to pursue a PhD in Politics. As with our collection and analysis of primary sources Contemporary Philosophy of Law. You are other Masters degrees, this programme is and their interpretation with reference to also invited to attend the Morrell Political divided between coursework in the first existing scholarship in one or both of the Theory Workshop. two terms and a dissertation in Term 3. disciplines jointly studied in your degree. Candidates applying for this MA are You will select one of four specialised Please see page 75 for further details. not eligible for the Morrell studentships. pathways, depending on the aspects of

Politics 121 politics on which you intend to concentrate of governance and the management and in doctoral research: Public Policy, Political Master of Public Administration delivery of public policy in these different Philosophy, Development or International state forms. This programme is available full- York’s professional programmes have Political Economy. or part-time. The Department of Social Policy been designed to support the international and Social Work offers an MPA‑ID online. modernising civil services agenda in MA in Post-war general and the British Government’s Recovery Studies Professional Skills for Government agenda MA in PPE in particular. They are the product of The MA in PPE offers a balanced and This unique degree has been designed to close collaboration with international integrated education across the disciplines combine structured academic learning with governments and public sector training of politics, philosophy and economics, practical field-based experience; it is based institutions which share similar reform organised around an interdisciplinary module on the conviction that reconstruction and objectives. The York MPA offers a portfolio with contributions from all three participating development programmes after war must of modules which have been designed departments. Please see page 125 for be multidisciplinary and long-term. For to meet the challenges of contemporary further details. further information please see the Post- public management. This programme is war Reconstruction and Development Unit available full- or part-time. The Department on page 128. of Social Policy and Social Work offers an MA in Politics (by research) online MPA (see page 142). Participants This programme is designed for candidates take modules in the following areas: Policy who have a 2:1 honours degree in a relevant MA in Public Administration Analysis; Public Management and Delivery; subject, or equivalent expertise. You must and Public Policy Leading and Managing Change; Strategic normally show that you have prior experience This programme provides training in Planning; and Public Finance. During Term in research and should indicate clearly research methods and an in-depth 3 participants write a policy report with the and fully the topic of research you wish to knowledge of public administration and aim of reviewing and integrating learning pursue. It must be a topic that is manageable public policymaking in advanced industrial activities across the modules that have within one year (full-time) or two years been undertaken during Terms 1 and 2. societies. It seeks to develop the specialised (part‑time). The length of the dissertation subfield of public administration and public is 30,000 to 40,000 words. policy by training a future generation of researchers, and as such it provides the Master of Public Administration perfect foundation for those wishing to in International Development MSc in International pursue a career in academia, policy advice, The Master of Public Administration in Humanitarian Affairs lobbying, political research or journalism. International Development has been (by distance learning) We have up to 15 fully funded European designed to support managers or potential Union Erasmus Mundus scholarships per managers of public organisations in This is an online interdisciplinary year for overseas and European students developing countries. While the MPA and the programme which offers professionals on this programme. Students are required MPA in International Development overlap the unique opportunity to advance their knowledge and skills in understanding to pursue the Masters degree as part of a in content in several skill areas (eg principles and responding to humanitarian needs two-year joint Masters programme known of public administration, policy analysis, in contexts of violent conflict, natural as the MUNDUS MAPP degree. This fully policy learning, strategic planning and hazards and other complex emergencies. funded programme also includes a summer public finance), they differ with respect to For more information see page 129. school and a two-month internship. For full considerations of the environmental factors details visit our website at www.york.ac.uk/ (political, cultural, economic) that impact on politics/postgraduates/taught-courses/ the work of public managers and the ways MPhil/PhD research degrees ma-public. in which those factors shape the character The MPhil and PhD are awarded on the basis of a thesis after a period of two and three years’ study respectively. Students accepted for research will normally be expected to “The course is designed in such a way that it have a 2:1 honours degree and, preferably, encourages you to publish work early in your some experience of graduate work in the Social Sciences, or other relevant subject, studies, which is great as it allows you to build but the Graduate School will also consider a name for yourself in your chosen research applications from candidates expecting to area. There are plenty of opportunities graduate during this year. You can choose to present and discuss your ideas at from four different pathways of research: Politics, PEP (see page 126), Post-war conferences both in the UK and further Recovery Studies (see page 130), and afield. York has been a great place to Environment and Politics (see page 66). embark on my career in academia.” Both the MPhil and PhD may be studied part-time, the period of study being four and six years respectively. They are Carlos, PhD in Politics recognised by the ESRC and the AHRC for research studentships.

122 Politics Available funding Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York universities. These awards are supplemented with a total of 48 ESRC studentships per by additional PhD and MA studentships and The Department is a participating member year over five years. Each year three awards fee waivers funded by the Department. of the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre, are offered in the Politics and International For further details please visit our website. a major new collaboration between the Relations pathway across the three

Staff list Professor and Head of Department Matthew Festenstein, PhD (Cambridge) Contemporary political theory; democracy; pragmatism Professors Sultan Barakat, DPhil (York) Post-war reconstruction and development Werner Bonefeld, Dip Pol, PhD (Edinburgh) Global political economy; political sociology; Marxism Neil Carter, PhD (Bath) Environmental politics and policy; public policy; British politics Allison Drew, PhD (UCLA) Political development; African politics; political movements; gender Paul Gready, PhD (London) Transitional justice; human rights; African politics Tony Heron, PhD (Sheffield) International trade; international political economy; small states Matt Matravers, PhD (London) Contemporary political philosophy; crime and punishment Susan Mendus CBE, MPhil (Oxford) Contemporary and historical problems in political philosophy Lucia Quaglia, DPhil (Sussex) Economic governance in the European Union; comparative politics; public policy Martin Smith, PhD (Essex) Governance and accountability; the rise of the moral state; public sector retrenchment Senior Lecturers Rob Aitken, PhD (Leiden) Ethnicity and conflict; clientelism; political anthropology Jim Buller, PhD (Sheffield) British politics and public policy; Europeanisation; policy transfer Nina Caspersen, PhD (LSE) Unrecognised states; democratisation; conflict resolution Louise Haagh, DPhil (Oxford) Development politics; Latin American politics; economic citizenship Martin O’Neill, PhD (Harvard) Contemporary political philosophy; theories of justice Simon Parker, PhD (Cambridge) Comparative European politics; urban politics; Italian politics Tim Stanton, PhD (Leicester) History of political thought; philosophy of John Locke; enemies of liberalism Lecturers Monica Brito-Viera, PhD (Cambridge) History of political thought; contemporary political theory; intellectual history Liam Clegg, PhD (Birmingham) International political economy; international organisations; IMF; World Bank David Connolly, PhD (York) Post-war recovery; conflict resolution Alex Hall, PhD (Queen’s Belfast) International security; border control; anthropology and international relations Sandra Leon, PhD (Madrid) Decentralised institutions; decentralisation and democratic accountability Nicole Lindstrom, PhD (Syracuse) Global governance; European integration; Central Europe Mihaela Mihai, PhD (Toronto) Political theory; political science; law Audra Mitchell, PhD (Queen’s Belfast) Violence and international responses; political theory; Northern Ireland; the Balkans Nick Ritchie, PhD (Bradford) International security; nuclear weapons; nuclear disarmament; US foreign policy Chris Rogers, PhD (Warwick) British politics; social democracy; depoliticisation; Marxism; mutual organisation; the IMF Claire Smith, PhD (London) Post-war reconstruction; Indonesian politics Carole Spary, PhD (Warwick) Indian politics; gender and development; identity and democratisation Sofia Vasilopoulou, PhD (LSE) Comparative politics; party politics; European Union; euroscepticism and the radical right Adam White, PhD (Sheffield) Governance of security; public policy; British politics Research Fellow Tom Waldman, PhD (Warwick) Security sector issues; state building; post-war reconstruction Emeritus and Honorary Staff Haleh Afshar, PhD (Cambridge) Islam; economics and development; gender David Howell, PhD (Manchester) British political history; comparative labour movements

Politics 123 Politics, Economics and Philosophy

he School of Politics, Economics and Philosophy (PEP) provides Key information world-class opportunities for interdisciplinary study and research

Director of School in the area of PPE. You can choose a balanced programme across Professor Neil Carter Tall three subjects or can focus on specific areas. Contact Ulla Vaereth The School is a successful collaboration These MA programmes have extended Website: www.york.ac.uk/pep between the Departments of Politics, an already excellent tradition of integrated, Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323843 Economics and Related Studies and interdisciplinary teaching in PPE at York to Email: [email protected] Philosophy. In the most recent Research postgraduate level. The research degree English language requirement Assessment Exercise, Economics was ranked programme is unique in offering MPhil and IELTS 6.5 or equivalent (see page 26) eighth for ‘research power’ while both PhD degrees in PPE. Students and academics Philosophy and Politics were ranked among are provided with a forum for the exchange the top 20 departments for research quality of ideas across the three PPE disciplines Programmes offered in the UK. Philosophy was also noted for through the organisation of seminars, having over half of its research measured lectures and conferences. In addition, MA in PPE as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally the School’s vibrant, dynamic and well- MA in PPE: Economics and Development excellent’ and Politics and Economics organised student body – the Club of PEP – for being consistently strong performers offers a wide range of activities, has its own MA in PPE: Economics and Philosophy in successive RAEs. journal and contributes to the distinct MA in PPE: Economics and Politics identity of the School. MA in PPE: Philosophy and Public Affairs MA in PPE: Political Economy MA in PPE: Politics and Development MA in PPE: Political Research MPhil/PhD

Your future Students on the Masters programmes in PPE have very diverse interests and pursue a wide range of career options open to them according to the pathway in the programme they choose. These range from careers in accounting, the civil service, finance, international development, journalism, law, politics and research. The international dimension of the programme allows students to pursue job opportunities both in the UK and abroad.

124 Politics, Economics and Philosophy Programmes overview applicants with little or no previous also provides essential research training knowledge of Economics are in general in economics for further doctoral study. The School of PEP at York offers a variety of expected to attend a Summer Session in Core modules cover the following interdisciplinary postgraduate programmes Economics (details are available each year topics: Development Economics, The PPE to rival any in the world. Our staff and from the Department of Economics website). of Social Choice, Applied Microeconomics students are committed to ensuring a Students applying for the other streams do and research skills. You can choose a further genuine interdisciplinary experience for not need any background in Economics or 60 credits of option modules from Economics all PEP postgraduates, in the belief that Mathematics. Just as our students come or Politics. A dissertation of about 12,000 the most interesting questions seldom from a variety of backgrounds, they go on words is required. respect disciplinary boundaries. to a variety of careers in business, industry Programmes available include a number and public bodies. of one-year taught Masters in Philosophy, MA in PPE: Economics Politics and Economics (PPE), providing an and Philosophy interdisciplinary approach, and research MA in PPE This programme allows you to explore studies at doctoral level. You can opt for This programme offers a balanced and central connections between normative either a balanced education across the integrated education across the PPE economics and ethics which deeply three PPE disciplines or choose to focus disciplines. It is constructed around an influenced the development of modern on particular areas. Our programmes are interdisciplinary module on social decision economics and moral philosophy. These thus constructed and ‘streamed’ with a making with contributions from all three connections can be found in the classic view to allowing you to specialise if you of York’s internationally excellent PPE texts in economics and philosophy, in Adam so wish. The resulting range of choice in departments. The programme provides you Smith – sometimes referred to as the ‘father’ terms of programmes and option modules is with a foundation in economics and research of economics, but who was also a Professor remarkable for a graduate PPE programme. skills and offers a wide range of philosophy of Logic as well as Moral Philosophy – Nonetheless, each course of study includes, and politics option modules. as well as in the works of Karl Marx and and is unified by, an interdisciplinary Core modules include The PPE of Social John Stuart Mill. They can also be found module in social choice which extends Choice and research skills. A further 90 in the recent flowering of research at the the York tradition of interdisciplinary PPE credits’ worth of optional modules are teaching to the graduate level. intersection of economics and philosophy. chosen from the contributing disciplines. In the Economics stream, programmes The programme allows you to study the links A 12,000-word dissertation enables you to allow you to specialise in the fields of between economics and philosophy at an develop your skills at research and to focus economics and development, economics advanced level. on an area that interests you. and philosophy, and economics and politics. Core modules cover The PPE of Social Students in this stream also receive research Choice, Applied Microeconomics and training in economics. In the Politics stream, research skills. You can choose a further MA in PPE: Economics 80 credits from options in Economics you can focus on the politics of development, and Development political economy and political research or Philosophy. A dissertation of some while being able to acquire research training This programme offers a rounded and 12,000 words is also required. in politics. Students in the Philosophy integrated PPE education suitable for those stream can focus on philosophical topics who wish to focus on economics and MA in PPE: Economics while also developing research skills. development. Unlike MSc programmes in Depending on the programme you development economics, it allows you to and Politics choose, you are prepared for a wide explore both the economic and political The interconnections between economics and range of careers including in international dimensions of international development, politics take centre stage in this programme. organisations, international development, as well as links between social choice and These connections go back to the early days finance, politics and research. We development economics. The programme of economics, when the subject was called make space for and actively promote interdisciplinary research. We are unique in offering MPhil and PhD degrees in PPE. Programme content is regularly “I picked the University of York due to its vibrant reviewed so the details below could change; always check on the web for political theory community and the wonderful the most up‑to‑date information. supervision on offer. The social events and seminars for PhD students, including the Your background Morrell Theory Workshops (our fortnightly For the MAs and Diplomas in PPE, you are expected to have a 2:1 or equivalent degree. meetings), encourage us to explore crucial Although many of our students come from topics such as social justice, gender equality, social science backgrounds, others have climate justice, post-conflict reconstruction, come from the arts, mathematics and natural sciences. All we ask, other than development and human rights. Everyone for applicants to the Economics stream, is is friendly and eager to offer constructive that you are enthusiastic and committed and sharp feedback.” to investigating the world from different perspectives. Because of the mathematical Juliana, PhD in Politics, Economics and Philosophy requirements of the Economics stream,

Politics, Economics and Philosophy 125 ‘political economy’. This programme is been a considerable expansion of research This programme is specifically for students tailor-made to suit a wide range of students across the three PPE disciplines in recent who need appropriate quantitative or with interests in economics and politics as years so that it is now one of the most qualitative research skills. These skills are well as the relation between them. The wide exciting areas of study and research. This required for you to be eligible for Research range of options allows you to look at certain programme suits a wide range of students Council-funded studentships in Politics and areas in depth. It also provides a foundation with interests in politics and economics. the Social Sciences. By choosing various for research in economics. Core modules cover the following areas: optional modules, you can nonetheless Core modules cover The PPE of Social The PPE of Social Choice and research skills. specialise in specific areas in politics and Choice, Applied Microeconomics and Options totalling 90 credits can be chosen development studies, such as the politics research skills. You can choose a further from a large range in Economics or Politics. of development or political economy. 80 credits of options in either Economics A dissertation of about 12,000 words is Core modules cover The PPE of Social or Politics. A dissertation of about also required. Choice, research skills, Political Research 12,000 words is required. and Analysis. In addition you can choose 70 credits’ worth of option modules. MA in PPE: Politics A dissertation of around 12,000 words MA in PPE: Philosophy and Development is also required. and Public Affairs This programme offers students an Philosophical issues are deeply relevant in integrated and interdisciplinary PPE Diplomas in PPE many areas of public life and often arise in education suitable for those who wish to For each of the Masters programmes public discussion. They include issues about focus on the politics of development. Unlike described above, a Diploma is available for ethics, economics and the law, as well as other courses on politics and development students who complete the taught element politics. This programme covers topics it provides a rounded education and a of the programme, but do not go on to in ethics, political philosophy and social foundation in economics. Building on do the dissertation. choice, and provides an understanding of the range of staff at the University with economics and research training. It allows interests in the area, it also offers a range you to study a range of options at the of options in the politics and economics of MPhil/PhD intersection of philosophy and public development, allowing you to cover both The School offers a unique research affairs. It equips you for a range of careers the political and the economic dimensions degree programme made possible by in research and public life. of international development. It thus the collaboration between the three PPE Core modules cover the following areas: provides unique insights into the subject. departments. The programme allows you The PPE of Social Choice and research Core modules cover the following areas: to pursue research at the interdisciplinary skills. A dissertation of about 12,000 words Theories and Policies of Development intersection of the three PPE disciplines. is also required. You can choose a further Governance, The PPE of Social Choice and It is split into three streams (Economics, 90 credits of options in Economics, research skills. There are 70 credits available Philosophy and Politics) with students Politics or Philosophy. for options from a wide range in Economics in each stream receiving core research and Politics. A dissertation of about 12,000 training in the relevant subject. You are words is also required. MA in PPE: Political Economy affiliated with the department of your main supervisor, and have access to Before the emergence of economics and MA in PPE: Political Research opportunities for teaching and support politics as distinct disciplines, ‘political from that department. Aside from receiving economy’ was a discipline in itself. Only This programme allows you to acquire training in the department to which you are later did economics emerge as a distinct training you will need for political research affiliated, you can also take modules, and, if subject. While political economy was within an interdisciplinary programme appropriate, have a supervisor, in one of the unfashionable for some years, there has in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. other collaborating departments. Whether or not you do depends on your individual training needs and the interdisciplinary focus of your research project. The programme is flexible and so also allows you to pursue “My course has provided a good balance of interdisciplinary projects where all training is independent study and valuable support provided by one of the three departments. from my supervisor. The School offers Details of the programme structure and great development opportunities to its of the modules taken by students in different streams to support their research are postgraduate students. The opportunity given on the web. to work as a teaching fellow in both Economics and Politics has been Your background a fantastic experience; teaching To be admitted to the MPhil/PhD directly, you need a strong academic background – Economics, Politics and PEP students usually at least a 2:1 in your first degree and gave me a great sense of responsibility.” a good Masters-level qualification in an appropriate discipline. Dominic, PhD in Politics, Economics and Philosophy

126 Politics, Economics and Philosophy Available funding for the latest information. Overseas students can apply for University scholarships. Students applying to the School are Further information on all funding is available eligible for Research Council studentships on our website or the finance section of the which are available in the collaborating postgraduate study website. departments. Please consult our website

Staff list Professor and Director of School Neil Carter, PhD (Bath) Politics: Environmental politics and policy; British politics; public policy

Staff in the collaborating departments have research interests and specialise in some of the core areas of PPE research, including economics and philosophy, ethics and moral philosophy, political economy, political philosophy and social choice. This, combined with the collaborative role of the School, gives York a strong and rich research culture in the area of PPE, spread across the three collaborating departments. The specialist interests of relevant staff extend more widely into the following areas: democracy; development studies; ethnicity, identity, multiculturalism and race relations; game theory; gender and feminism; governance; history of political thought; 19th- and 20th-century philosophy; philosophy of language; productivity and economic growth; rationality, decision theory and experimental economics; utilitarianism; and welfare and poverty. Staff changes mean that you should always consult the web pages for the latest information. Professors Yves Balasko, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Economics: General equilibrium and related theories DSc (Paris Dauphine) Tom Baldwin, PhD (Cambridge) Philosophy: 20th-century philosophy; bioethics Mike Beaney, DPhil (Oxford) Philosophy: Frege; history of analytic philosophy Sue Bowden, PhD (LSE) Economics: Long-run growth; long-run demographic change; economic and social history Allison Drew, PhD (UCLA) Politics: Political development with special reference to Africa; political movements; gender Matthew Festenstein, PhD (Cambridge) Politics: Culture, political deliberation and trust in political theory; pragmatism Matt Matravers, PhD (LSE) Politics: Contemporary political philosophy; crime and punishment; responsibility and personality disorders Mozaffar Qizilbash, DPhil (Oxford) Economics: Human well-being and development; rationality; vagueness Senior Lecturers and Lecturers Rob Aitken, PhD (Leiden) Politics: Latin American politics, especially Mexico; political anthropology; ethnicity; cultural difference Anindya Bhattacharya, PhD Economics: Game theory; political economy; microeconomic issues of (Indian Statistical Institute) less-developed economies John Bone, MSc (Southampton) Economics: Individual and collective choice; experimental economics James Clarke, PhD (Durham) Philosophy: Fichte; post-Kantian ethics Dorothea Debus, DPhil (Oxford) Philosophy: Philosophy of mind and psychology; ethics, epistemology and metaphysics Louise Haagh, DPhil (Oxford) Politics: The politics of development; economic citizenship; comparative welfare states; work and labour studies; institutions, well-being and economic behaviour; basic income William Jackson, PhD (Warwick) Economics: Population ageing; public sector economics Martin O’Neill, PhD (Harvard) Politics: Moral and political philosophy, especially freedom, equality and social justice Christian Piller, PhD (Princeton) Philosophy: Ethics; decision theory; Austrian philosophy Tim Stanton, PhD (Leicester) Politics: History of political thought; philosophy of John Locke

Politics, Economics and Philosophy 127 Post-war Reconstruction and Development

he Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU), based Key information within the Department of Politics, is a leading international centre

Head of Unit for research, teaching and expert advisory services on peace, Professor Sultan Barakat Tconflict, reconstruction, international development, humanitarian Contact affairs, civil–military co-operation, state building, governance and Sally Carter related disciplines. Website: www.york.ac.uk/politics/ centres/prdu The PRDU works to bridge the gap  Governance and institution building, Telephone: +44 (0)1904 322640 between academics and practitioners including state building, formal and Email: [email protected] / working on conflict environments to build informal institutional development, [email protected] capacities, shape policies and improve public administration reform Fax: +44 (0)1904 322641 reconstruction programmes. The PRDU has and decentralisation a multidisciplinary team of core staff and English language requirement  Development methods, including research more than two dozen associates who teach IELTS 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any methodologies in conflict-affected component, or equivalent (see page 26) and research across fields such as law, contexts, strategic and programmatic human rights, economics, gender studies, planning, needs assessment, context education, health studies and anthropology. Programmes offered analysis and intervention evaluation. Research Recent research includes studies of MA in Post-war Recovery Studies the recovery of the Gaza Strip, conflict The PRDU is engaged in numerous research vulnerability in Afghanistan, housing MSc in International Humanitarian Affairs projects around the world, which feed into reconstruction and disaster preparedness (by distance learning) teaching and offer opportunities for PhD and in southern Lebanon, social development MPhil/PhD in Post-war Recovery Studies exceptional MA students. The Unit’s research in Yemen and military downsizing in work focuses on four themes: Bosnia‑Herzegovina.  Understanding peace and conflict, including PRDU staff members emphasise the peacebuilding and conflict resolution, importance of fostering links between prevention and transformation at the academia and practice by developing local, national and international levels research findings, training and academic  Human security, including topics such activities, including the annual as disaster management, security sector summer school, and the Afghanistan reconstruction and global policymaking strategic partnership.

Your future Many students who take the MA in Post-war Recovery Studies go on to work in humanitarian work, UN and aid donor agencies, national and international NGOs, the defence sector and government ministries. The placement component of the programme is an important way to gain practical experience of working in the field and to network with potential employers.

128 Post-war Reconstruction and Development Programmes overview Students develop qualitative and Dissertation (80 credits) quantitative research methods for In Term 3 students produce a 20,000-word In 2013, more than 34 PhD and 390 MA their field visits. dissertation (submitted in September) students in Post-war Recovery Studies  Module III: Perspectives on on a topic chosen in consultation with will have graduated from the PRDU, and Post‑war Recovery their supervisors. many of these will go on to leading roles in academia and organisations operating in This module presents the principles of conflict-affected countries. In addition to relief and reconstruction, including the Your background teaching, PRDU staff members build capacities, central tenets of post-war reconstruction This is a multidisciplinary programme shape policies and improve reconstruction and the complexities of state building. and applicants from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Participants programmes through the provision of training  Module IV: Planning and Managing are expected to have a good first degree in the UK and abroad, through applied Reconstruction Programmes research and through the provision of advisory (2:1 or its equivalent) and/or relevant This module provides skills and planning services to more than 20 major international work experience. techniques required for planning and organisations such as the United Nations, conducting physical/socioeconomic the World Bank, CARE International recovery programmes, including MSc in International and the International Organisation for monitoring and evaluation. Migration as well as the UK Department Humanitarian Affairs for International Development. All taught modules comprise three (by distance learning) classroom-based weeks and involve The MSc in International Humanitarian Affairs approximately 18 hours of contact (MIHA) is unique as an interdisciplinary MA in Post-war Recovery Studies time per week. postgraduate programme in international More than ever, it is imperative that Term 1 includes a group study visit to humanitarian affairs that is offered emergencies are managed by professionals a war-affected country, hosted by one or exclusively online. It is delivered by the specialising in relief, rehabilitation, more international and local humanitarian PRDU in collaboration with the Humanitarian reconstruction, development and or development organisations. Past visits Policy Group at the Overseas Development peacebuilding. The PRDU’s flagship MA have included Iran, Sri Lanka and Lebanon. Institute (HPG-ODI). programme in Post-war Recovery Studies Students work in groups on a particular post- The MIHA provides an academic setting draws upon the experience of the Unit’s staff war recovery issue. Security is taken into for professionals: careful consideration when planning visits. and experts from the University of York and  to develop how they understand and Each module is assessed through throughout the world. Past graduates include respond to humanitarian needs in a written assignment, representing HE Mohammad Haneef Atmar, Afghanistan’s complex operational contexts such as 10 per cent of the total assessment. Minister of Interior, and HE Ehsan Zia, violent conflict, natural hazards and Afghanistan’s Minister for Rural Rehabilitation political crises and Development. Countless others include Work placement exercise (20 credits,  to reflect critically upon contemporary leaders in the United Nations, international assessed through oral presentations) issues, challenges and dilemmas NGOs and public agencies. Students complete an individual six- to using the strategic perspective of Recent experiences and case studies inform eight-week placement, facilitated by ‘international politics’ as well as the the programme which combines academic the PRDU, with an organisation working technical approaches of the main learning with practical, field-based experience. in humanitarian action, development or humanitarian sectors Students participate in lectures, group study reconstruction. Our host organisations visits, seminars and workshops. include UN agencies, NGOs (ie Oxfam,  to gain advanced research skills, The MA programme carries a total of Save the Children, FORUT, Norwegian demonstrate how to design evidence- 180 credits. This is a one-year full-time Church Aid) and national authorities in based policy, and learn how to use programme, but can also be taken as a a range of countries. theory to maintain best practice. two-year part-time option. Each taught module is open to outside professionals as a short course. Students take two taught modules in Terms “As a UN staff member, I found the Post-war 1 and 2 (20 credits each). Term 3 is dedicated to internship and dissertation. Recovery Studies Masters course appealing due  Module I: Conflict and Responses to Conflict to its design and content which demonstrate a This is an introduction to conflict, from practitioner’s approach. The Department has root causes to the cessation of hostilities. been open and receptive to my extensive It examines principles of international field experience and I have been able to human rights and humanitarian law, investigating international community actively participate in the course, bringing interventions in recent conflicts. a perspective from the field into the  Module II: Practical Skills of Working academic arena. I’ve also developed skills with Communities in Conflict and capacities which I’ll use in the future.” This module addresses current debates informing humanitarian activities and Ian, MA in Post-war Recovery Studies organisations, including key concepts in conflict management and peacebuilding.

Post-war Reconstruction and Development 129 In small groups and under the close guidance Students who continue to the and support of the MIHA academic and Postgraduate Diploma will gain a better MPhil/PhD in Post-war administrative staff at York, students enjoy a grasp of three major subdivisions of this Recovery Studies dynamic range of learning tools that include: field through specialised modules in Year 2 The PRDU also has an excellent track record  Experiential and problem-solving that cover: of PhD research. With an international approaches  Module 4: Emergency Shelter, Early reputation for research excellence and  Interactive online discussions Recovery and Community Resilience methodological and theoretical innovation,  Collaborative exercises and humanitarian  Module 5: The Governance of Health the Unit is an ideal place for MPhil and PhD response simulations and Nutrition in Fragile States research in a wide range of subjects related to  Seminars in each module with leading  Module 6: Education in Emergencies. humanitarian affairs, post-conflict recovery, peacebuilding, fragile states, security sector policy experts Modules 4, 5 and 6 will be issue-driven reform and conflict transformation. At  Bespoke study materials and will adopt a problem-based learning present the PRDU is home to more than a  Private study exercises approach. They will build upon the dozen PhD students, the majority of them  knowledge gained through the Certificate Access to extensive online catalogues from developing and conflict-affected stage and will aim to develop students’ at York and HPG-ODI. countries, and many of our home students confidence (academic and professional) This is a three-year part-time programme are fully funded by the UK’s Economic and through evaluative models and frameworks. comprising: Social Research Council (ESRC). In Year 3, at the Masters level, the  The MPhil and PhD are both awarded on Postgraduate Certificate (Year 1) programme aims to allow students the the basis of a thesis after a period of two and  Diploma (Year 2) opportunity to further specialise within a three years’ study, respectively. Students  MSc (Year 3). sector or area of their choice through the accepted for research will normally be completion of an independent study project The MIHA programme is made up as expected to have a good first degree as well in the form of a 15,000-word dissertation, follows. At the Postgraduate Certificate as an MA degree. Applications to work for with support from academic faculty and level, students will complete the following the MPhil and PhD will be welcomed in the policy experts. three modules during Year 1: research areas outlined on page 128.  Module 1: The Politics of International Your background Both the MPhil and the PhD may be Humanitarian Affairs studied part-time, the period of study being As an MIHA student, you will already have  Module 2: Protection and Assistance four and six years respectively. All MPhil experience in humanitarian policy, practice in International Humanitarian Law and PhD students are required to pursue an and/or research. Alternatively, you will have appropriate research training taught course.  Module 3: Evidence-Based Policy Making experience in a related field and you may and Programming. want to use this innovative programme to These three modules will be content-led develop a growing interest in humanitarian and will focus on developing the relevant affairs, and as a way to begin a career in this Available funding academic knowledge and expertise, the rapidly growing industry. Participants are For detailed information about potential value of theory, and demonstrating how expected to have a good first degree (2:1 or funding opportunities, please contact to theorise practice. equivalent) and/or relevant work experience. the PRDU.

Staff list Professor and Head of Unit Sultan Barakat, PhD (York) Reconstruction of war-torn societies; impact assessment of relief and development programmes Deputy Director Seán Deely, PhD (York) Political transitions after conflict; state building; humanitarianism; ethics and accountability Teaching Faculty Rob Aitken, PhD (Leiden) Politics: Latin American politics, especially Mexico; political anthropology; ethnicity; cultural difference Nina Caspersen, PhD (LSE) Politics: Ethnic conflicts in the Balkans and the Caucasus Mark Clegg, PhD (Aberdeen) Civil–military relations in humanitarian emergencies, reconstruction and development David Connolly, PhD (York) Post-war reconstruction; conflict resolution Frank Hardman, PhD (Newcastle) IEE: Education in emergency and post-conflict countries Audra Mitchell, PhD (Queen’s Belfast) Politics: Violence, conflict and international responses Claire Smith, PhD (LSE) Post-war state building; ethno–religious conflict; democratisation; Southeast Asia Research Fellows Alexandra Lewis, PhD (York) Violence; state fragility; youth and development Kathryn Rzeszut, MA (York) Civil–military co-ordination; conflict analysis and management; gender and development Kelsey Shanks, MRes (Exeter) Post-conflict education reconstruction; the politicisation of religion and ethnicity Tom Waldman, PhD (Warwick) Post-war reconstruction; security sector reform; Afghanistan

130 Post-war Reconstruction and Development Psychology

he Department of Psychology at York is one of the top Psychology Key information departments in the country. You will join a department with

Head of Department diverse research interests, outstanding facilities, a strong record Professor Quentin Summerfield Tin both basic and applied research and excellent teaching standards. Contact Dr Katie Slocombe The Department has repeatedly been purpose-built accommodation that is Website: www.york.ac.uk/psychology/ ranked among the best for research in the furnished with extensive state-of-the-art prospective/postgraduate various Research Assessment Exercises – research equipment. Some of the more Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323189 in the latest RAE, 95 per cent of research specialised research facilities include a sleep Email: [email protected] activity was judged to be of international laboratory; a hearing and speech laboratory Fax: +44 (0)1904 323181 quality, placing it within the top ten in the with a large‑scale sound-attenuating English language requirement UK. It also attained a 24 out of 24 rating environment; computer-controlled visual IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in each for its teaching in the last Teaching Quality and auditory displays for work on perception, component, or equivalent (see page 26), Assessment exercise. attention, memory and language; an eye for the MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience Current research work can be movement laboratory; and a video laboratory and the MRes in Psychology summarised in terms of the following with computer facilities for video‑editing IELTS 7.0 with no less than 6.0 in groupings and topic areas that departmental and behavioural analyses. each component, or equivalent, for members excel in: (i) perception and Recently, the Department integrated all other programmes attention; (ii) cognitive processes in adults with the York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC) and children (with special reference (page 13). This has proved essential in to reading, language and memory); supporting cutting-edge developments in Programmes offered (iii) comparative psychology; (iv) cognitive cognitive neuroscience. Our researchers MSc in Development, Disorders development; (v) cognitive neuroscience; and students have access to both fMRI and Clinical Practice and (vi) social and personality psychology. and MEG brain scanners, and both TMS MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience The Department also has a strong and EEG laboratories. In addition, the MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology commitment to exploring applied aspects Department maintains excellent contacts MSc in Forensic Psychology Studies of basic research in a bid to provide a firm with local schools and hospitals for MSc in Developmental Cognitive basis for practice: this is particularly evident work in developmental psychology and Neuroscience in the research that has direct educational neuropsychology. The forensic team MRes in Psychology and medical applications and the work of maintains very close links with the Home the Applied Forensic Psychology team. Office, the Prison and Probation Services MPhil/PhD The Department occupies modern and the Police. MPhil/PhD in Language and Communication

Your future Our Masters students are very successful in securing professional psychologist jobs and PhD positions at top institutions. Our PhD students join our Early Career Researchers Forum which organises many events that help our graduates with the transition to postdoctoral positions, lectureships and jobs outside academia.

Psychology 131 Programmes overview Your background and behaviour. You would normally require You should have a good degree (First or a good degree (First or 2:1) or equivalent The strengths in the Department lie qualification in Psychology, Neuroscience, with experimental psychology; more 2:1) in Psychology, Linguistics, Speech and Language Therapy, Biology or Neuroscience. Biology, Computer Science, Engineering broadly this translates into the view that or a related numerate discipline. all our programmes are based on a firm scientific foundation. The whole of the MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience Masters-level programme is modular- MSc in Applied based with certain core modules (for The MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience is Forensic Psychology instance, those concerning statistics and provided jointly by the Department of transferable skills) forming obligatory Psychology and YNiC. The overarching aim This unique taught programme has been components for all students; certain of the programme is to provide a bridge developed in partnership with HM Prison other modules are specifically designed between undergraduate study and PhD Service Directorate of High Security Prisons to meet particular course requirements. research in cognitive neuroscience and and is offered as a one-year full-time experimental neuropsychology. You will gain course. The programme should be attractive hands-on experience in fMRI, MEG and TMS, to those who wish to work with offenders, MSc in Development, Disorders including an extended empirical project that within a prison, high secure hospital or and Clinical Practice will normally employ neuroimaging methods. probation setting, and those seeking to pursue further research or practice in This programme combines theoretical This is a full-time one-year programme forensic psychology. Areas covered include grounding in developmental psychology that has been developed around training forensic psychology in practice; forensic and its disorders with practical experience and research in the use of non-invasive and generic skills; legal and contextual in clinical assessment, diagnosis and brain imaging techniques, such as fMRI issues; personality; forensic mental intervention. It is designed to be suitable and MEG, for studying the human brain. health; research design and statistics as for students interested in pursuing careers The programme provides the same general in research, or further qualifications in scientific and generic skills as other well as statistical applications; and the educational or clinical psychology and related Masters programmes, but also allows empirical research project. Additionally, professions. The programme uniquely draws you to take specialist modules that place it is possible for students to participate in on perspectives from cognitive psychology, neuroimaging in the wider context of student visits to forensic establishments developmental cognitive neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience research. You will be and gain forensic experience through clinical and educational practice through introduced to the principles of neuroimaging, work placements (optional). special purpose modules. Students will gain the design of neuroimaging experiments The programme has been formally an understanding of the causal basis of and the specialist methods required for the accredited by the BPS Division of Forensic disorders such as dyslexia, specific language analysis of neuroimaging data. The empirical Psychology. However, to become a impairment, autism, attention deficit/ project enables you to participate in the chartered forensic psychologist, further hyperactivity disorder and dyscalculia. design and implementation of a theoretically supervised practice in line with BPS In addition to special purpose modules, motivated piece of pure or applied research Chartership criteria is required, following students will undertake a novel piece of in cognitive neuroscience. A core component successful completion of this programme. empirical research and modules in Research is providing hands-on training in advanced Design and Statistics, Topics in Psychological brain imaging methods. Your background Research and Transferable Skills. This is a You should have a good degree (First full-time one-year course. Your background or 2:1) conferring Graduate Basis for The programme has been designed to be Chartered Membership (GBC) with the BPS, attractive to those who have a real interest normally in Psychology. You also may be in understanding the brain mechanisms considered if you possess a joint degree that underpin human cognitive processes in Psychology with a relevant discipline such as criminology or law, providing GBC is conferred. Previous forensic experience is desirable but not essential.

“Both the Department and the York Neuroimaging Centre combine state-of-the-art neuroscience MSc in Forensic techniques with superb training and teaching. Psychology Studies Being able to make use of functional magnetic In order to accommodate students who do not qualify for GBC with the BPS, we offer resonance imaging and transcranial the MSc in Forensic Psychology Studies on magnetic stimulation has given me the a full-time basis over one year. The course opportunity to ask questions about human structure follows that of the MSc in Applied brain functioning that would not have Forensic Psychology. been possible elsewhere. I’ve enjoyed my Your background time here and I’ve now been offered a job You should have a good degree (First or 2:1), at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.” normally in Psychology. You also may be considered if you possess a joint degree in Ed, PhD in Psychology Psychology with a relevant discipline such as criminology or law.

132 Psychology Transferable Skills. In addition you must also will participate in regular lab meetings and MSc in Developmental take one specialist option and one laboratory journal clubs. We provide all PhD students Cognitive Neuroscience placement. The order of these options is at with a desk, a computer and a yearly your discretion. Specialist options map onto conference travel allowance. The MSc in Developmental Cognitive advanced modules in the undergraduate The Department has been recognised Neuroscience is particularly suited to programme and further information for ESRC 1+3 awards and is regularly able to students interested in the relationship can be found on the corresponding offer departmental, University and externally between the development of the mind Department web pages. sponsored studentships. For details see and the brain. It combines theoretical and The laboratory placement provides the www.york.ac.uk/psychology/prospective/ empirical grounding in the cognitive and opportunity to participate in laboratory- postgraduate/research/funding. biological mechanisms of developmental based research in the context of the research change with training of the analytical and groups present in the Department. The Your background practical skills required for undertaking final summer period of the programme is You should have a good first degree research into cognitive development devoted to an empirical project that includes (First or 2:1) in Psychology, Neuroscience, and its neural bases. The programme a literature review. or a closely related discipline. You should provides perspectives from developmental have a good idea of the research project cognitive neuroscience and cognitive Your background you would like to embark upon and the psychology, as well as hands-on You should have a good degree (First or 2:1) member of faculty you would like to work training in imaging methods relevant in Psychology, Linguistics, Computer Science, with. Relevant research experience will for developmental research. Cognitive Science or Behavioural Science. strengthen your application. The programme is full-time for one year This is an ideal preparation for further and is suitable for applicants who wish to psychological research via the PhD route. undertake a Masters-level training before MPhil/PhD in Language and pursuing a research career. The empirical Communication project enables you to conduct research MPhil/PhD research degrees The Department collaborates with the into cognitive development and its neural The Department offers two different Departments of Language and Linguistic bases and to get experience of working with PhD degrees: a PhD in Psychology and Science, Education and Sociology in children in a neuroscientific setting. a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and encouraging interdisciplinary research Topical issues in developmental cognitive Neuroimaging. Both PhD programmes are on topics associated with language and neuroscience will be covered, including three-year apprenticeships in research. communication. For more information the neural bases of perceiving and acting You will undertake a substantial, novel see page 84. in the physical and social world and piece of research under the guidance of neuroeducation. your supervisor, which culminates in the In addition, three skills modules are part submission of a thesis. In addition to your of the programme: Research Design and Available funding academic supervisor, you will be assigned Statistics, Topics in Psychological Research, All applicants to all of our programmes are a Thesis Advisory Panel that comprises two and Transferable Skills. encouraged to apply for any University and further members of staff. The panel monitors externally sponsored studentships that your progress, at termly meetings, and, may be available. All of the taught Masters Your background typically, towards the end of the first year programmes (except for the MSc in Forensic You should have a good undergraduate they are responsible for deciding whether it is Psychology Studies) have recognition from degree (First or 2:1) or an equivalent appropriate to confirm your PhD registration the ESRC for four-year (1+3) studentships. qualification in Psychology, Neuroscience, or to recommend downgrading to an MPhil. The Department is part of the White Biology or related disciplines. We expect our PhD students to complete Rose ESRC Doctoral Training Centre. their thesis within three years. The Department thus anticipates having The first year of your time at York is in ESRC funding available in the coming years. MRes in Psychology part taken up with research training. There The Department has been awarded Masters This full-time, one-year programme focuses are three compulsory taught components. studentships for the Cognitive Neuroscience on the various research-based methods that All PhD students take modules in Research course from the MRC. More details of these are foundational to scientific psychology. Design and Statistics, and Transferable awards can be found on our website. In The training provided results in the Skills. If you are on the PhD in Psychology addition to Research Council funding, the acquisition of a set of analytical and practical programme, you will also take the Topics in Department endeavours to continue to offer skills that will be generally useful for many Psychological Research module. If you are studentships at both Masters and PhD levels. different career paths. The programme on the PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and We encourage you to contact us to leads to an understanding of a variety of Neuroimaging, you will also take a specialist enquire about what funding opportunities research methods, research techniques and Neuroimaging module. A satisfactory are currently available for the different different approaches to data analysis, and standard in these courses is one requisite for programmes, or check www.york.ac.uk/ aims to develop a wide range of scientific the PhD registration confirmation. psychology/prospective/taught/funding. skills such as designing and conducting Research seminars take place each week empirical research, handling information for all postgraduates and academic staff; and data, and being able to critically these seminars are provided by both internal evaluate empirical evidence. and external speakers. Every PhD student In the first two terms there are four gives a presentation on their research to required modules: Research Design and the rest of the Department once in each of Statistics, Advanced Research Methods, their three years of study. PhD students are Topics in Psychological Research and valued members of our research groups and

Psychology 133 Staff list Professor and Head of Department Quentin Summerfield, PhD (Queen’s, Belfast) Auditory processes; interventions in healthcare for adults and children with hearing loss Professors Gerry Altmann, PhD (Edinburgh) Psycholinguistics; sentence processing; implicit learning of grammar Timothy Andrews, PhD (London) Cognitive neuroscience of vision; perceptual ambiguity Alan Baddeley, PhD (Cambridge) Human memory; working memory; neuropsychology of memory; applied cognitive psychology Andrew Ellis, PhD (Edinburgh) Cognitive neuropsychology; speech and reading processes Gareth Gaskell, PhD (London) Speech perception, particularly phonological processing and lexical and semantic organisation Gary Green, DPhil (Oxford) Imaging methods; hyperpolarisation; audition Graham Hitch, PhD (Cambridge) Memory and cognition in adults and children Elizabeth Jefferies, PhD (Bristol) Semantic memory; neuropsychology; transcranial magnetic stimulation Sven Mattys, PhD (State University of New York) Psycholinguistics; spoken word recognition Cynthia McDougall, PhD (York) Criminal behaviour; crime reduction Elizabeth Meins, PhD (Cambridge) Infant–mother interaction; social cognition Tony Morland, PhD (London) Neuronal and behavioural analysis of visual dysfunction, and adaptation to dysfunction Peter Thompson, PhD (Cambridge) Visual perception; mechanisms underlying the perception of movement and velocity Steven Tipper, PhD (Oxford) Attention and perception Andy Young, PhD (Warwick) Neuropsychology; face recognition and facial expression perception Alex Wade, PhD (UCL) Visual neuroscience Professor Emeritus Peter Venables, PhD (London) The effect of mother’s exposure to influenza on the development of her offspring Readers Peter Bull, PhD (Exeter) Microanalysis of communication; political psychology; social psychology of health Rob Jenkins, PhD (UCL) Face perception Gavin Phillips, PhD (London) Psychobiology of reward and addiction Jonathan Smallwood, PhD (Strathclyde) Neural bases of self-generated experience Course Director Joanna Clarke, PhD (York) Resilience and well-being in critical occupations; within and beyond forensic settings (seconded from Prison Services) Senior Lecturers Jane Clarbour, PhD (York) Forensic psychology: antisocial behaviour, emotion, psychometrics, scale construction Silvia Gennari, PhD (Brown) Sentence comprehension and production; cognitive neuroscience of language Philip Quinlan, PhD (London) Visual and auditory attention; connectionist models Katie Slocombe, PhD (St Andrews) Comparative psychology; animal behaviour and communication; evolution of language Marcel Zentner, PhD (Zurich) Personality and close relationships; ideal self; child temperament; emotion and music Habilitation in Psychology (Fribourg, Switzerland) Lecturers Daniel Baker, PhD (Aston) Visual psychophysics; perception Nicholas Barraclough, PhD (Nottingham) Visual and cognitive neuroscience; action perception Heidi Baseler, PhD (Berkeley) Cognitive neuroscience; perception Silke Göbel, DPhil (Oxford) Numerical cognition: development of number processing and arithmetic Tom Hartley, PhD (London) Cognitive neuroscience of spatial memory and navigation; phonological memory and learning Emma Hayiou-Thomas, DPhil (Oxford) Perceptual and cognitive correlates of language impairments; behavioural genetics Lisa Henderson, PhD (York) Psychology of language; developmental disorders; developmental cognitive neuroscience Patrick Johnston, PhD (Northumbria) Social cognition in healthy and clinical populations Gary Lewis, PhD (Edinburgh) Social genetics and neuroscience Harriet Over, PhD (Cardiff) Social learning; social cognition Shirley-Ann Rueschemeyer, PhD (Leipzig) Cognitive neuroscience; action semantics Teaching Fellows Paul Summers, MA, MSc (Kent) Jury decision making; courtroom psychology Meesha Warmington, PhD (York) International student support; reading development and dyslexia; word learning

134 Psychology Railway Studies and Transport History

he Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History is the UK’s Key information leading centre for the history of civil transport and mobility. The

Head of Institute Institute has been run jointly by the National Railway Museum Dr Colin Divall Tand the University since 1995 and our research and teaching are

Contact internationally acclaimed. We provide specialist supervision and Dr Colin Divall teaching on a wide range of innovative topics and approaches with Website: www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs Telephone: +44 (0)1904 322961 a particular emphasis on railways and urban transport since 1800. Email: [email protected] As experts in fields as diverse as pedestrians, the marketing of railway Fax: +44 (0)1904 322986 travel, and colonial transport, our staff and students are in demand English language requirement around the world by museums and broadcast and print media. And this IELTS 7.0 with no less than 5.5 in each component, or equivalent (see page 26) history is not just about the past – our work informs public and policy debates about how to move people and things in a world where carbon emissions must be reduced rapidly. Programmes offered Postgraduate Diploma in Railway Studies Together with our doctoral and Masters students to organise their own activities, (by distance learning) (programme subject to approval) students our staff offer a lively research and our doctoral students regularly community where you will be able to make presentations to conferences in MA in Railway Studies and pursue your interests in the history of most Britain and overseas. Transport History forms of civil (and some military) transport. The Institute is part of a worldwide Our regular research workshops welcome community of scholars and we welcome MA in Railway Studies speakers from around the world as well applications from students and visiting (by independent study and research) as from across Britain; they are relaxed scholars from outside Britain. Our MA in Railway Studies (by research) occasions where you will meet and talk partnership with the National Railway informally with staff and other students. Museum and our strong connections MPhil/PhD in Railway Studies More formal conferences and symposia with other leading museums such as attract international contributors as well the National Tramway Museum provide as providing opportunities for presentations excellent access to rich archives and by our students. We encourage all our collections for learning and research.

Your future Because we are part of the National Railway Museum as well as the University, we provide our students with unparalleled opportunities to work with curators and exhibition content developers as well as giving easy access to the Museum’s specialist collections. The knowledge and skills gained by our graduates have helped them get jobs in museums and the media as well as universities and other academic posts.

Railway Studies and Transport History 135 Programmes overview Students must have access to a PC or Mac with a broadband-standard of internet MA (by independent study The Institute offers a taught MA programme connection, and should be familiar with and research) in Railway Studies and Transport History as web‑browsing and word processing. well as a full range of research degrees: an Full details of programme content and MA (by research)/MPhil/PhD MA by independent study and research; an structure will be available from www.york. MA by research; and an MPhil/PhD pathway. ac.uk/lifelonglearning early in the 2013/14 We welcome applications from graduates All our degree programmes can be taken academic year. from the UK and overseas who wish to on a part-time basis. There is also a read for research degrees in the history Postgraduate Diploma in Railway Studies of transport and mobility. The interests of (by distance learning) offered by the Centre MA in Railway Studies members of the IRS&TH are extensive and for Lifelong Learning (subject to approval). and Transport History supervision can be offered on a wide range Our students are able to draw on the of research topics including, but by no means This programme is designed to appeal to resources and expertise of the National restricted to, railways and urban transport. anyone interested in the history and heritage Railway Museum as well as the University of See the academic staff pages of our website of railways and other kinds of inland civil York, and have the opportunity to pursue the for full descriptions of research interests. transport. It particularly emphasises the study of the history of transport and mobility Masters research degrees are awarded social, cultural, political, economic, business in a range and depth unparalleled at any on the basis of two assessed essays and a and technological history of railways and other institution in the UK. dissertation (MA by independent study and urban transport in Britain and abroad. research) or a longer dissertation (MA by Teaching is usually delivered on a part- research) submitted within one year. time basis over two academic sessions, Postgraduate Diploma in Higher degrees are awarded on the basis of although it is sometimes possible to take Railway Studies (by distance a thesis submitted within two years (MPhil) the programme full-time over one session. learning) (programme or three years (PhD). Part-time students The programme consists of a core course are allowed twice as long in each case. subject to approval) introducing you to the range of conceptual For further information, please refer New for 2014/15, this online programme and methodological approaches used to to www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs/irshome/ of study is designed for anyone wanting to analyse the history of transport and mobility, academic/ma1.htm for the MA programmes deepen an existing interest in railway history, followed by two assessed specialist modules. or to www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs/irshome/ emphasising the social impact of this ever- These are expected to be: academic/resch3.htm for the MPhil/PhD. changing mode of transport. Delivered on  Railway Imperialisms, a part-time basis over two academic years, Railway Nationalisms Your background the programme has been designed to be  The History of Urban Transport. For our Diploma programme, we would both academically rich and socially engaging. expect previous study at a suitable level Learning will take place primarily via Full descriptions are on our website. and applications will be handled on an distance using the University’s Virtual These courses are subject to alteration individual basis. Learning Environment, making this an depending on staff availability. We welcome applications for our MA ideal way for those with busy schedules to The second part of the programme programmes from holders of 2:1 honours engage; it is also intended to offer bi-annual involves researching and writing a degrees or better in History or an alternative residential weekends to familiarise students dissertation on a topic you choose. appropriate subject. We shall also consider with the city, its resources and railway For further information, please refer your application sympathetically if you history. There is no requirement to be online to www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs/irshome/ are a mature student seeking specialist at any specific point in time, making this academic/ma1.htm. qualifications after professional experience a truly flexible learning experience. or if you wish to return after an interval to continue your education, whether or not you have recent or conventional qualifications. Since all our MA programmes are delivered either through small-group teaching or one‑to-one supervision, you must be “Studying here has given me access to a unique prepared to come to York to study. academic environment with a specialist If you wish to study for an MPhil or PhD you will normally already hold an MA focus on transport history. The Institute’s in History or another appropriate subject. excellent links with other departments have You must be prepared to travel to York enabled me to get a wider perspective and as supervision for all our higher research insights from many disciplines, giving degrees is done face to face. me theoretical contexts for my research. I love the intellectual life of the University, and the opportunity to participate in academic conferences is very welcome.”

Carolyn, PhD in Railway Studies

136 Railway Studies and Transport History Available funding For information about funding please see the assistance that the University offers. pages on the University of York’s website: For details of bursaries attached particularly www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/ to the Institute, please refer to our website: fees-funding, giving details about financial www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs.

Staff list Head of Institute Colin Divall, PhD (Manchester) Transport history, policy and publics; mobility cultures and transport systems Lecturer Nitin Sinha, PhD (SOAS) Transport and communication in colonial India; mobility cultures; transport labour; urban history Visiting Professors Sir Howard Newby, PhD (Essex) UK railway history and heritage; Midland Railway Rod Smith, SCD (Cambridge) History of railway engineering; high-speed rail Honorary Fellows Jill Murdoch, PhD (York) Cultural history of Britain’s railways Jonathan Tyler, BA (Cambridge) Contemporary railway operations; politics of high-speed rail

Railway Studies and Transport History 137 Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

he Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (CREMS) Key information was launched in 2005 as a forum for interdisciplinary research

Director and teaching on 15th-, 16th- and 17th-century Britain, Europe Dr Mark Jenner Tand the wider world. Contact Sally Kingsley CREMS brings together staff and different disciplines and provides unrivalled Website: www.york.ac.uk/crems postgraduate students from eight leading facilities for postgraduate study. Telephone: +44 (0)1904 328128 departments, all recognised in the last RAE CREMS collaborates actively with the Email: [email protected] for their international excellence and world- Centres for Medieval Studies, Eighteenth leading research. It is the largest centre of Century Studies and Modern Studies, and English language requirement IELTS 7.0 with no less than 5.5 in each its kind in the UK, described by BBC History enjoys close connections with the Borthwick component, or equivalent (see page 26) Magazine as “one of the UK’s top places Institute for Archives, York Minster Library to study the Renaissance”. (the largest cathedral library in Britain), the CREMS offers an annual programme National Centre for Early Music, the Institute Programme offered of seminars, conferences and public for the Public Understanding of the Past, the lectures and runs its own interdisciplinary White Rose Consortium and the Yorkshire MA in Renaissance and MA in Renaissance and Early Modern Country House Partnership. Early Modern Studies Studies, as well as supporting the MAs in CREMS offers: Renaissance Literature and Early Modern  a flourishing interdisciplinary community, History. The Centre provides a stimulating, devoted to the study of the long 16th and interdisciplinary environment for all 17th centuries postgraduate students working within our  a dynamic research culture period and provides a base for a wide range  of student-led activities. a programme of research seminars CREMS sits within the Humanities and conferences attracting scholars of Research Centre (HRC) in a contemporary international standing building at the heart of the campus. The HRC  support for postgraduate-led workshops, is a hub for collaboration between scholars of discussion groups and social events

Your future Students completing this MA will gain the professional and personal skills required to progress to PhD research or to pursue immediate employment in a relevant field such as teaching, curatorship or broadcasting. A number of our alumni have gone on to do PhD research both in York and further afield. Others have secured postgraduate-level training in the UK and overseas, and gained employment in museums and heritage organisations, libraries and archives.

138 Renaissance and Early Modern Studies  a commitment to the professional as Renaissance and/or Early Modern Sexuality well as the academic development of our (and/or Baroque): What’s in a Name?  A theme of growing importance in Early students with an established record of  Problems of periodisation Modern and Renaissance studies, taking placing students in academic positions. and nomenclature material from the historical, art-historical  The period’s own temporal consciousness and the literary. (eg ideas of the return of the Golden Age Programme overview and the quarrel between the Ancients Option modules and the Moderns). Recently offered options include: MA in Renaissance and Space and Place  From Body Beautiful to Body Politic: Early Modern Studies The politics of the body in England  The built environment and the social c1600–c1700 This interdisciplinary MA is based in the Centre relations it reflects and structures  Literature and Politics in Early for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies.  Archaeological approaches to space Spanning eight departments with over 30 and material culture Modern England  Faculty, it provides an unequalled opportunity  Contested demarcations between Witchcraft and Gender in Early to study British, European and global cultures the public and private spheres. Modern England c1500 to c1700, and a stimulating environment  The Scientific Revolution in in which to discuss and develop ideas. Drawing Producing Knowledge Historiographic Perspective on the expertise of the Departments of  The dissemination and control of ideas  Objects and the Early Modern History, English and Related Literature, History  Technologies of reproduction  Writing Space of Art, Archaeology, Politics, Philosophy,  Libraries, museums, archives and  Shakespeare Music, and Theatre, Film and Television, the structures of information.  Theories of Everything in Early our students are offered an exceptionally Modern England wide range of options. Devotion and Dogma  Classical Presences in Early Modern Culture The programme provides a thorough  Reformation and Counter-Reformation  foundation in postgraduate research and beliefs The Work of Art c1550–c1750: Redeeming Matter writing and will prepare students to undertake  Conversion narratives and religious  PhD research or pursue immediate employment feeling and identity Domestic Interiors in Italy c1400–c1550 in a relevant field such as teaching, curating  Propaganda and proselytising,  Thomas Hobbes in Context or broadcasting. It is designed to provide an in Europe and in the New World.  Approaches to the History advanced introduction to: of Political Thought  a broad range of primary materials (from Questioning Authority  History of the Idea of Toleration literary texts and court records to paintings  Absolutism and its discontents:  Direction and Performance – and musical compositions) documenting the monarchy, republicanism, utopias Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatre  intellectual, political, spiritual and aesthetic Resistance and rebellion  Early English Church Music. cultures of the 16th and 17th centuries  The cultures of violence. Please see our website for current options:  the archival and interpretative skills Making Sense of Nature www.york.ac.uk/crems/postgraduate/masters. needed to search, read and interpret  New ways of classifying and categorising these materials, and to identify and develop the (natural) world original research and written projects  The impact and response to new plants, Available funding  the relationship between British, European animals, peoples encountered by Please see our website for details of CREMS and global cultures during this period of European travellers scholarships and other funding opportunities: dramatic geographical and intellectual  The collection and display of objects www.york.ac.uk/crems/postgraduate/ expansion and profound political and and specimens. fees‑funding. religious change  the challenges and rewards involved in pursuing research questions across departmental and disciplinary boundaries. “For me, the main draw to the Masters course Your background was having the ability to select modules Applicants for the MA in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies are normally required from a broad range of departments. The to have achieved a 2:1 honours degree or interdisciplinary aspect of the course has above (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. helped me experience different approaches The core module to the period I’m studying and broaden, as This module will identify and explore some well as challenge, my perspectives. I’ve really of the issues that mattered most in the 16th enjoyed the Centre’s seminar series which and 17th centuries and continue to matter has featured a variety of guest speakers to the different disciplines that study this pivotal period. You will be exposed not only talking about their research specialities.” to interdisciplinary approaches and issues but also to multiple perspectives on the Frances, MA in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies same materials or questions. Examples of topics recently addressed are:

Renaissance and Early Modern Studies 139 Staff list Centre Director Mark Jenner, DPhil (Oxford) History: Social and cultural history of Britain c1550–c1780; social history of medicine; history of the body Professors Judith Buchanan, DPhil (Oxford) English: Literature and the visual arts; Milton Stuart Carroll, PhD (London) History: Religion; violence; neighbourliness and community in Europe Michael Cordner, MA (Cambridge) Theatre, Film and Television: Renaissance and restoration drama; performance traditions Brian Cummings, PhD (Cambridge) English: The Reformation, theology and heresy; Renaissance philosophy Helen Hills, PhD (London) History of Art: Idea of ‘Baroque’; gender; religious devotion and architecture in Italy Charles Martindale, PhD (Bristol) English: The reception of Classical literature in the Renaissance Elizabeth Prettejohn, PhD (London) History of Art: Receptions of ancient and Renaissance art Peter Seymour, DMusic (York) Music: Baroque and Classical music; performance practice; rhetoric James Sharpe, DPhil (Oxford) History: Social and cultural history; witchcraft and crime William Sherman, PhD (Cambridge) English: Books and readers; travel writing; Renaissance drama Tom Stoneham, PhD (London) Philosophy: Metaphysics; idealism and theories of perception in the Early Modern period Jonathan Wainwright, PhD (Cambridge) Music: Italian and English music; performance practice; patronage Catherine Wilson, PhD (Princeton) Philosophy: Early Modern philosophy; Epicureanism, Lucretius, Descartes David Wootton, DPhil (Oxford) History: Intellectual and cultural history; medicine; political thought; Renaissance drama Professors Emeritus Graham Parry, PhD (Columbia) English: Literature and the visual arts; Milton John Roe, PhD (Harvard) English: Petrarch; Machiavelli; Shakespeare; English and Italian literature William Sheils, PhD (London) History: Reformation; nonconformity and recusancy; agrarian and urban space Readers Simon Ditchfield, PhD (Warburg Inst) History: Italian Counter-Reformation; perception and uses of the past Ziad Elmarsafy, PhD (Emory) English: Political discourse; encounters with Islam Robert Hollingworth, BA (Oxford) Music: Founder-Director of early music vocal ensemble I Fagiolini Amanda Lillie, PhD (London) History of Art: Italian art and architecture; domestic interiors; concepts of place Helen Smith, PhD (York) English: History of the book; conversion narratives; Early Modern women, matter, things Geoffrey Wall, BPhil (Oxford) English: Rabelais; Shakespeare; Milton; psychoanalysis; life-writing Senior Lecturers Jonathan Finch, PhD (UEA) Archaeology: Historic landscapes; church archaeology Anthony Geraghty, PhD (Cambridge) History of Art: Architecture and architectural drawing in England; Christopher Wren Kate Giles, PhD (York) Archaeology: Civic and ecclesiastical buildings in England Natasha Glaisyer, PhD (Cambridge) History: Social, economic and commercial culture in 17th- and 18th-century Britain Kevin Killeen, PhD (London) English: The Bible and politics in 17th-century England Jeanne Nuechterlein, PhD (Berkeley) History of Art: Religious and secular imagery in Northern European art Richard Rowland, DPhil (Oxford) English: Renaissance and classical drama; editing and performance Erica Sheen, PhD (London) English: Shakespeare; film studies; law and literature Tim Stanton, PhD (Leicester) Politics: Philosophy of John Locke; toleration and liberalism in Early Modern England Lecturers Tara Alberts, PhD (Cambridge) History: Encounters and exchange between Europe and Asia; health and medicine Keith Allen, PhD (London) Philosophy: Philosophy of mind; Locke; Descartes Monica Brito-Vieira, PhD (Cambridge) Politics: History of political thought; Thomas Hobbes Sarah Brown, MA (York) History of Art: Ecclesiastical architecture and stained glass; Director of York Glaziers Trust John Cooper, DPhil (Oxford) History: Religion, propaganda and monarchy in England Peter Mazur, PhD (Northwestern University) History: Early modern Naples; conversion in Italy Sarah Olive, PhD (Birmingham) Education: The place of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in education Freya Sierhuis, PhD (Florence) English: England and the Dutch Republic; the emotions in Early Modern culture Cordula van Wyhe, PhD (London) History of Art: The Baroque in the Netherlands and France; patronage; court culture Sophie Weeks, PhD (Leeds) History: Early Modern intellectual history; history of science Teaching Fellow Chris Langley, PhD (Aberdeen) History: Social and religious aspects of early modern Britain and Ireland Library and Archives Hannah Degroff, PhD (York) Library: E-resources; country house libraries and archives Sarah Griffin, MSc (Aberystwyth) Library: Special collections, York Minster Library Chris Webb, MA (York) Borthwick Institute: Archives; paleography

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e are in the top five of large research departments in the Key information country. Our teaching has been rated as ‘excellent’ by

Head of Department the Higher Education Funding Council for England. This Professor Nick Ellison Wrecognition confirms our pre-eminence in research and teaching. Contact Sharon Harrison The Department has one of the largest With an excellent tradition of research Website: www.york.ac.uk/spsw/postgraduate and best-equipped graduate schools of its and scholarship, our graduate students Telephone: +44 (0)1904 321234 kind in the country. It provides full-time, have access to staff, projects and findings Email: [email protected] Fax: +44 (0)1904 321270 part-time and online graduate programmes across wide areas of the subject. Full-time for students wishing to follow and develop research students have access to desks English language requirement careers in social policy, social work, in the new Research Centre for the Social IELTS 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each employment, social security, health, social Sciences and a lively learning environment, component, or equivalent (see page 26) services, public policy, administration, the with a flow of international visitors, voluntary and independent sectors and ensuring that they acquire cutting‑edge social research. We also provide professional research skills and competency. The White Programmes offered development for people already working Rose Doctoral Training Centre has ESRC Masters of Public Administration (MPA) in these fields. recognition for full‑time, part-time and (online) In addition to the research carried out collaborative studentships. by our teaching staff, the Department has MA in Public Policy and Management (online) one of the largest concentrations of social policy and social work research in the UK. Masters of Public Administration – Because the Department’s work involves International Development (online) teaching in a changing field, research and PG Cert in Delivery and Change for teaching are regarded as two sides of a Public Services (online) single activity. The Department is home to PG Cert in Delivery and Strategy for the Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) and Public Services (online) the Centre for Housing Policy (CHP). PG Cert in Public Management in the Information Age (online) Masters of Public Administration – Comparative Applied Social and Public Your future Policy, Evaluation and Research MA in Comparative and International Our programmes offer opportunities for professional development within Social Policy an international community and to develop both applied and theoretical MA in Social Policy understanding of policy issues in a high quality research environment. MA in Social Work Past students have used their degrees to enhance careers in a diverse MRes in Social Policy range of public, private and voluntary sector organisations, in roles such MRes in Social Work as public managers, policy analysts and front-line service providers. Many have developed very successful careers in social research. MPhil/PhD

Social Policy and Social Work 141 Programmes overview The entire Masters degree is staged Please check our website for a full list of into three yearly blocks, comprising a modules: www.york.ac.uk/spsw/onlinestudy . Our taught and research programmes are Certificate, Diploma and Masters. You will The modules for the Certificate in Delivery delivered as full-time, part-time and online/ study three modules per year, assessed and Change for Public Services are Public distance learning. They are designed to through coursework submission. Each Management and Delivery; Organisational provide academic and transferable skills, and module requires 10–15 hours of study time Learning and Performance; and Leading some include specialist training for research per week. The programmes are closely and Managing Organisational Change. degrees in a range of social policy and social supported by frequent contact between The modules for the Certificate in Delivery work areas. We also offer post-qualifying module tutors, academic supervisors and and Strategy for Public Services are Public training opportunities. Our graduates are participants. A central part of the curriculum Management and Delivery; Strategic Planning; prepared for jobs in research, consultancy, design is the use of discussion groups, and Organisational Learning and Performance. academia or business, both in governmental supported and led by your tutor and aimed The modules for the Certificate in Public and non-governmental organisations. at collaborative and shared learning. You will Management in the Information Age are Public We have a vibrant graduate school with be expected to log on regularly to contribute Management and Delivery; Public Policy and many different countries represented to these discussions. They take place Management in the Information Age; and and students from all walks of life. ‘asynchronously’, so there is no requirement Leading and Managing Organisational Change. for you to be logged on at the same time as fellow students, meaning you can participate Your background Online Postgraduate at any time of the day or night. You will need either a good second-class Certificate, Diploma and The programmes are delivered via a degree and one year’s work experience Masters programmes in dedicated virtual learning environment, in the public service field, or (where no Public Management and supported by a specialist team, first degree is held) relevant professional tailor‑made materials and the extensive experience in the field of public management/ These professional development electronic library resources of the University. policy/administration. Access to a personal programmes are designed for those working The modules for the Masters of Public computer with an internet connection in or with public services who wish to Administration (MPA) Certificate year are of at least 56k speed is required. combine high quality academic study with Public Management and Delivery; Policy For further information please email a flexible and yet structured and closely Analysis and Process; and Leading and spsw‑[email protected]. supported mode of learning. They start in Managing Change. both September and April each year. The modules for the Masters in Public The part-time programmes are taught Policy and Management (MA) Certificate year MPA Comparative Applied Social online and are highly interactive. Students are Public Management and Delivery; Policy and Public Policy, Evaluation currently span over 60 countries and are Analysis and Process; and Using Evidence and Research (CASPPER) drawn from a wide range of organisations: in Social Policy. The Masters of Public Administration in government departments and agencies at The modules for the Masters of Public Comparative Applied Social and Public Policy, national, regional and local level; non- Administration – International Development Evaluation and Research (MPA CASPPER) is governmental, third sector and charity (MPA ID) Certificate year are Policy Analysis aimed at mid-career professionals who wish organisations; and international bodies and Process; Theories and Policies of to obtain overseas study and placement such as the United Nations and its agencies. Development Governance; and Leading experience and who currently work as The programmes address key current themes and Managing Change. or intend to become: policy advisers and and issues within the rapidly changing During the Diploma and Masters years analysts, project leaders, policy consultants, public policy and management environment, of each programme you will study a policy researchers and evaluators. and enable you to put your professional combination of compulsory and elective Launching in October 2012, this 21-month experience into context and to develop modules and the programme concludes full-time programme specialises in social your skills and understanding. with an independent study project. and public policy analysis and social research, building upon the University’s well-established MPA, social research and comparative analysis programmes. “I really enjoyed doing my MRes in Social The curriculum is strongly international, reflecting the research interests of staff Policy at York so I was very happy to stay in based within SPSW (globalisation, East Asia, the Department to do my PhD and expand on Asia-Pacific, and Europe). The CASPPER my research. My supervisor was supportive programme is based around a combination from the outset, helping me apply for funding of comparative social policy and public management (Year 1), and advanced research and providing research advice. I’ve also found skills training (Year 2). The international that there’s a very positive and encouraging focus is reflected in a number of the core atmosphere among the PhD students in modules: Comparative Social Policy Methods, Comparative Social Policy: Governance, the Department.” Management and Delivery, and Globalisation and Social Policy. Amy, PhD in Social Policy and Social Work In addition to academic modules, participants will complete an Applied Policy Transfer Project (8,000 words). Participants also complete a series of specialised

142 Social Policy and Social Work masterclasses that explore issues such as Your background research communication and systematic MA/Postgraduate Diploma You will normally be expected to have reviewing of evidence. You will be assigned in Social Work at least a 2:1 first degree or equivalent a ‘learning mentor’ to assist you in tailoring qualification. You will be considered if This is a professional qualification which a programme of training activity to your you have relevant work experience and will lead to your registration as a social needs and will begin an Applied Policy academic potential. Research placement over the summer worker. It requires satisfactory completion months. Drawing on work completed during of practice-based and academic learning the placement, you will complete a policy- including, for the MA, a 16,000-word MRes in Social Work focused systematic review project in the independent study project. This programme provides students with final months of the degree (12,000 words). The programme is designed to integrate your academic and practice learning. skills to appreciate, analyse and research Your background It provides opportunities for you to contemporary social issues and the role of acquire knowledge relevant to practice, social work research. You will understand Entrants to CASPPER will have at least three how to carry out research and come to years’ professional experience in a public an understanding of models, theories and practice, knowledge of the law, and skills in judgements about the work of others. sector or NGO setting, in addition to an upper You will be equipped with knowledge second-class honours degree or equivalent communication. In the second year you will choose between pathways in children and and skills about the range and scope qualification. However, if you have relevant of research methods available to social families, youth social work, mental health work experience with good academic work researchers. social work, and health and disability. potential you may also be considered. The 180-credit programme is offered as Service users, practitioners and managers full-time over one year or part-time over are involved in the delivery of teaching. MA in Comparative and two years. The modules are: Introduction Your background to Social Research Methods; Advanced International Social Policy Quantitative Methods; Advanced Qualitative You will need a minimum of a 2:1 first Methods; Evidence, Understanding and degree and prior experience of relevant MA in Social Policy Justice; Domains of Social Work Research; work. You will need to apply through the These programmes equip you with the skills and Graduate Research Workshops. You will University Central Admissions System to analyse social policy – across nations for undertake a research-based independent (UCAS). Admissions interviews are held Comparative and International – with a view study project (15,000–20,000 words) on from January to March. to understanding how policies are developed a topic that fits your interests. and their role in people’s lives. They develop research and presentational skills to allow Available funding Your background you to carry out, and communicate the If you reside in England and are not You will normally be expected to have results of, your own policy research. supported financially by your employer, at least a 2:1 first degree or equivalent The degrees offer a combination of you may have your tuition fees paid by qualification. You will be considered if taught coursework and work on a supervised the National Health Services Bursaries you have relevant work experience and independent study project. Both programmes Service Authority (NHSBSA). If you meet academic potential. are offered as full-time over one year the eligibility criteria you will receive an or part-time over two years. annual maintenance grant. MA in Comparative and International MPhil/PhD research degrees in Social Policy students take two core modules Social Policy and Social Work MRes in Social Policy in Term 1: Social Policy Analysis; and In addition to generic and specialist research This programme is designed to provide Comparative and International Social Policy: training, you will gain transferable skills. Research Methods. In Term 2 they take two students with the skills to research Our training programmes are tailored to further modules: Globalisation and Social contemporary social issues and policy meet your experience and interests as Policy; and Governance, Management responses to them. The emphasis is on a research student. and Delivery. research training: a range of quantitative The normal registration period for a MA in Social Policy students take two core and qualitative approaches to data collection, full‑time research degree is two years for modules in Term 1: Social Policy Analysis and analysis and interpretation are covered to an an MPhil and three years for a PhD. Part‑time Introduction to Social Research Methods. advanced level. The programme also develops registration periods are four years and In Term 2 they choose two option modules, presentational skills to communicate the six years respectively. which can cover advanced quantitative results of your own policy research. An MPhil thesis is expected to make some and qualitative research methods or relate The degree offers a combination of taught original contribution to knowledge; it will to substantive topics in social policy. coursework and work on a supervised not exceed 40,000 words. A PhD thesis will In Term 3 all students attend Graduate independent study project. It is offered as make a more substantial contribution to Research Workshops to prepare for the full-time over one year or part‑time over original knowledge and must not exceed independent study project (15,000– two years. 100,000 words. 20,000 words). You will take two core modules in Term 1: You will have a supervisor and a Social Policy Analysis and Introduction to thesis adviser. Students are welcome Your background Social Research Methods. In Term 2 you take at all seminars held in the Department, You will normally be expected to have two further modules: Advanced Quantitative and present their own work at regular at least a 2:1 first degree or equivalent Methods and Advanced Qualitative Methods. PhD seminars. qualification. You will be considered if In Term 3 you attend Graduate Research you have relevant work experience and Workshops to prepare for the independent academic potential. study project (15,000–20,000 words).

Social Policy and Social Work 143 Your background Available funding If you hold a good honours degree (normally The Department has ESRC recognition for research a 2:1 or equivalent) or Masters degree in training as part of the White Rose Doctoral Training Social Policy, Social Work or related social Centre. The ESRC studentships provide funding for science subjects you may be accepted for Masters and doctoral studies, and cover tuition fees a higher degree in research. Students with and a living allowance. We also compete for ESRC professional or policy-related qualifications collaborative funding studentships that include an and experience are particularly welcome. element of partnership with external bodies.

Staff list Professor and Head of Department Nick Ellison, PhD (London) Contemporary UK social policy; impact of globalisation; citizenship; new technologies Professors Nina Biehal, PhD (York) Looked-after children, family support and adoption Jonathan Bradshaw, BSS, DPhil (York) Family policy; social security; poverty; comparative social policy; child well-being Peter Dwyer, PhD (Leeds) Social citizenship and international migration and their impact on migrants and welfare states John Hobcraft, BSc (LSE) Biomarkers and behaviour; sexual/reproductive health rights; gender/generations Kathleen Kiernan, PhD (London) Studies of families and children using large-scale quantitative data sets Gillian Parker, PhD (Birmingham) Service delivery/organisation; health and social care; evidence-based policymaking Roy Sainsbury, PhD (Edinburgh) Social security; labour market; sickness and disability; mental health and employment Ian Shaw, PhD (Wales), DipAppSocStud Research/practice relationships; qualitative methodology; knowledge utilisation Reader Martin Webber, PhD (King’s College London) Social work; social care in mental health services; social capital interventions Senior Lecturers Andrew Hill, CQSW, PhD (York) Family support; child protection; therapeutic work; gender; adoption; fostering Chris Holden, PhD (Brunel) Globalisation and social policy; corporate influence on policy; political economy of welfare Carol-Ann Hooper, PhD (London), DipSocAdmin Child abuse and child protection; gender, crime and victimisation John Hudson, PhD (Brunel) Policy-making process; comparative social policy analysis Juliet Koprowska, MSW, CQSW (York), DipCouns Communication skills; learning and teaching; social work and mental health Stuart Lowe, PhD (Sheffield), DipAppSocStudies Policy analysis; comparative welfare states; housing policy; housing and social theory Neil Lunt, PhD (Massey) Health and social services; welfare policy; migration and welfare; medical tourism Ellen Roberts, MA (Cambridge) Public management; the management of change; organisational learning Christine Skinner, DPhil (York) Family policy; child support; separated families; early years Lecturers Ian Buchanan, PGCE, PhD (London) Disability; inclusive and participative research methods; knowledge creation Simon Cauvain, PhD (Sheffield) Social work Naomi Finch, PhD (York) Child and family policy; poverty and living standards; comparative social policy Robert Gunn, PhD (Leicester), CQSW CQSW youth social work; young people; social enterprise Kevin Hall, MA (York) Public management; the management of change Mark Hardy, DipSW, PhD (Leeds) Work with involuntary service users; mental health; risk; social work research Daniel Horsfall, PhD (York) Comparative social policy; political economy of welfare; the policy process Stefan Kühner, PhD (York) Comparative public and social policy; global development and poverty Elizabeth McDermott, PhD (Lancaster) Mental health inequalities; class; sexuality; young people Lisa O’Malley, DPhil (York) Criminal justice policy; voluntary sector/NGOs; crime/place; systematic reviews Antonis Roumpakis, PhD (Bath) Comparative social policy Carolyn Snell, PhD (York) Sustainable development; social policy and the environment Patricia Walton, MA, CQSW (Leeds) Mental health law and practice; democratisation of mental health services Laura Watkins, PhD (York) Policy analysis; international development; gender and conflict Aniela Wenham, PhD (York) Youth and social policy; teenage pregnancy Teaching Fellows Pauline Ashworth, MSc (LSE), Dip SW, Crime/criminal justice; reflective practice; human development; theory/practice CQSW, PGCE Kevin Caraher, PhD (Durham) International/comparative social policy; social security in southeast Asia Sabrina Chai, PhD (York) Comparative social policy; policy analysis; governance; politics of welfare state Enrico Reuter, Dip (Muenster/Lille) Comparative social policy; public policy and management; political sociology

144 Social Policy and Social Work Sociology

he Department of Sociology is a leading centre for research, Key information scholarship and teaching in the discipline. Our research on science

Head of Department and technology, language and interaction, and culture and Professor Ellen Annandale Tnew media, among others, has long been internationally recognised Contact as being one of the most innovative and influential in the world. Alison Taylor Website: www.york.ac.uk/sociology Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323044 Sociology at York is a small and friendly Language and Communication. Recent Email: [email protected] department with an excellent international dissertations have included research in Fax: +44 (0)1904 323043 reputation for research and teaching. In the the sociology of science, culture and new most recent Research Assessment Exercise media technologies, science fiction, art and English language requirement we were ranked joint first nationally among aesthetics, the sociology of anomalous or IELTS 7.0 with no less than 5.5 in each UK universities. paranormal experiences, cinema, language component, or equivalent (see page 26) We have a vibrant and diverse and social interaction, and ideology and postgraduate community. In recent years, critical theory. Almost all those awarded a we have welcomed international students PhD since 1980 have gone on to establish Programmes offered from Australia, China, Cyprus, France, successful careers in higher education and MA in Social Research Montenegro, Nigeria, Portugal, Romania, other professional employment. Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago and the United Our MPhil/PhD students also take MSc in Social Media and Management States. Our graduate students are fully Department and University courses in a MSc in Social Media and integrated into the Department’s activities, range of non-academic, professional skills. Interactive Technologies and they are involved in the student-run This training in generic work and professional MA in Sociology (by research) Sociology Society, which organises a range skills complements your academic of social events as well as invited talks development and ensures that you will MPhil/PhD in Language and from some of the UK’s most prominent be fully equipped for the next step in your Communication social scientists. career, be that in university research and MPhil/PhD We have an outstanding record of teaching or other professional vocations. doctoral research in Sociology and in

Your future York graduates are well positioned to find employment in a wide range of people-focused careers. Our Masters programmes equip students with practical methodological and conceptual skills that will be useful in many different occupational settings. Previous postgraduate students have gone on to pursue careers in social media, marketing, local and central government and academia.

Sociology 145 Programmes overview Your dissertation research will allow sociocultural and organisational change you to build on the taught components of and the adaptation of social media for Our taught programmes are designed the programme by undertaking an original, competitive advantage. to offer you the opportunity to develop small-scale project, under the guidance a range of academic and vocationally of a member of staff with expertise in relevant skills. On the MA in Social Research an area relevant to your research topic, MSc in Social Media and you will receive training and instruction thereby gaining practical experience of Interactive Technologies in a range of methodological skills and the research process. research techniques from staff who have This programme is jointly taught by members The Department has long-standing substantial experience of all aspects of the of the Departments of Sociology and expertise in scholarship and research in research process. The MSc in Social Media Computer Science. It is designed to respond areas such as criminology, culture, social and Management, taught jointly with the to the increasing demands from business, theory and social media. This Masters York Management School, is an innovative academia and policymakers worldwide allows you to explore these areas by taking degree which assesses the impacts and for professionals and analysts who have the Themes and Issues module, taught by consequences of a range of new digital an interdisciplinary understanding of the experts in these fields. You will have the technologies. The MSc in Social Media and potential and requirements for the effective opportunity to develop expert knowledge Interactive Technologies, taught jointly adoption of social media technologies. in your substantive interests, gain practical with the Department of Computer Science, A rapid expansion of Web 2.0 interactive experience of designing and conducting explores the potential of, and requirements technologies, such as YouTube, Wikipedia, an empirical project, and acquire valuable for, the effective adoption of new media Flickr and Facebook, are profoundly technologies. These degrees may also be experience relevant to any future PhD changing the production, communication taken as a Diploma. The MA in Sociology research. More information about the and consumption relationships between (by research) is designed for those who content of this degree is on the Department users and providers. Entirely new network wish to pursue independent, higher-level web pages at www.york.ac.uk/sociology/ organisational forms are being developed study (this is not available as a Diploma). postgraduate/masters/ma-social-research. together with mass collaboration practices, user-generated content Your background MSc in Social Media and product innovation. Applicants will be expected to have at least By taking this degree you will gain a 2:1 honours degree in a cognate discipline. and Management a comprehensive range of skills and Social media technologies (such as the interdisciplinary understanding which internet, the World Wide Web, mobile will enable you to fully appreciate and MA in Social Research phones, iPods) are increasingly essential respond to the challenges of developing This degree is designed to provide practical to organisations in the commercial, media-networked organisational practices, research skills and analytic techniques public and voluntary sectors and are an collaboration, design and product innovation. necessary for postgraduate study or a increasingly ubiquitous facet of social career in social research. life. The programme is jointly taught by MA in Sociology (by research) Some of the core methods and research the Department of Sociology and the issues which are covered in this Masters are: Management School and is designed to In this degree, you will be expected to research design; interviewing; approaches expose participants to the latest research undertake rigorous independent research, to the analysis of discourse and documents; and practice in the management of social working closely with your supervisor survey design and sampling; ethnography media both at York and worldwide. (meeting at least twice per term). The and observation; inferential and descriptive By taking this degree you will gain a dissertation (25,000 words) must be statistics; research ethics; project design comprehensive appreciation of sociological completed within a one-year period full-time, and management; computing and data and management theories about the or two-year part-time. It should demonstrate analysis (ATLAS T/i). relationships between new media and good evidence of your ability to investigate critically a specific field of study, using solid and appropriate research methodology, written to a high standard of presentation. It is possible for you to transfer your “The volunteering work I did through registration from the MA (by research) the University and my subsequent paid dissertation to the MPhil/PhD track. employment working with drug users and ex-offenders in York led to my current MPhil/PhD in Language and research interests in heroin use and crime. Communication The Department offers excellent facilities and The Department collaborates with the high quality teaching and supervision which Departments of Language and Linguistic have together enabled me to build on the Science, Education and Psychology in encouraging interdisciplinary research on research that I carried out for my MA during topics in language and communication, my PhD.” especially naturally occurring interaction. This programme enables joint supervision Richard, PhD in Sociology for MPhil or PhD students by members from any of the participating departments. For more information, see page 84.

146 Sociology Under close supervision and guidance Advanced training in a range of specialist MPhil/PhD research degrees from your supervisor(s), you will identify and methodologies is available. review relevant research literatures; develop The University and the Department Brief summaries of areas in which members and refine your research focus; explore have excellent programmes of one-day of staff are interested in supervising research available methodologies and data collection and half‑day courses through which we students can be found in the ‘Staff list’ strategies, and consolidate your expertise in section. Further details are available on meet the requirement to provide graduate the empirical techniques and practical skills individual staff web pages, which can be students with training in generic and required for your project; and acquire skills found at www.york.ac.uk/sociology/ transferable skills. The Department actively in writing for academic audiences. our-staff. The main areas of Department encourages its graduate research students to Supervisors are responsible for the research expertise in which we offer gain experience of undergraduate teaching. progress of the research and training, and expert supervision are: meet with students at least twice a term,  science, technology and medicine depending on the nature of the research and  language, interaction and conversation the stage of the project. Each student also Available funding The Department is part of the White Rose  gender and sexualities has a Thesis Advisory Panel (TAP), comprising the supervisor(s) and an additional one or Doctoral Training Centre (a collaborative  culture and media two staff. All students therefore have at least venture with the Universities of Sheffield  criminology and urban sociology. two members of staff able to offer guidance. and Leeds). This is an ESRC-recognised Further details of these research clusters MPhil and PhD students who have not Centre that is able to offer advanced can be found at www.york.ac.uk/ taken a research training Masters degree are methods training and a number of sociology/postgraduate/phd-mphil/ encouraged to attend relevant modules from studentship awards for MA and PhD study. mphil‑phd‑sociology. the Department’s MA in Social Research. Please contact us for further details.

Staff list Professor and Head of Department Ellen Annandale, PhD (Brown) Sociology of health and healthcare; sociology of gender Professors Stevi Jackson, BPhil (York) Feminist theory; gender and sexuality; family relationships; sociology of childhood Celia Kitzinger, PhD (Reading) Genders; sexualities; conversation analysis; childbirth; the social construction of emotions Sharon MacDonald, DPhil (Oxford) Social anthropology; museums; heritage Sarah Nettleton, PhD (London) Sociology of health and illness; sociology of the body Andrew Webster, DPhil (York) Innovation; new health technologies; science and technology policy and regulation Robin Wooffitt, DPhil (York) Language and interaction discourse; anomalous/exceptional experiences; parapsychology Professor Emeritus Colin Campbell, PhD (London) Culture and cultural change; sociology of religion; action theory Readers Rowland Atkinson, PhD (Greenwich) Urban sociology; criminology; inequality and exclusion Nik Brown, PhD (Lancaster) Sociology of health; regulation of bioscience; classical/contemporary social theory Nicholas Gane, PhD (London) Social and cultural theory; media theory; political sociology; history of neoliberalism Paul Johnson, PhD (Newcastle) Criminology; sexuality; human rights Senior Lecturers David Beer, PhD (York) Social and cultural theory; digitalisation; popular culture Brian Loader, MSc (Bristol) Social/community informatics; information age politics; political sociology Amanda Rees, PhD (Cambridge) Social theory; sociology of science; popular understanding of science; history of primatology Lecturers Kelly Benneworth-Gray, PhD (Loughborough) Critical social psychology; discursive psychology; conversation analysis; crime and criminal investigations; interaction in forensic settings Laurie Hanquinet, PhD Sociology of culture and art; social science methodology (Université Libre de Bruxelles) Nisha Kapoor, PhD (Manchester) Race; ethnicity; neoliberalisn Daryl Martin, PhD (York) Urban sociology; culture; mobility Gareth Millington, PhD (Essex) Crime; race; culture; immigration Ruth Penfold-Mounce, PhD (Leeds) Criminological theory; cultural criminology; media and image Darren Reed, PhD (Loughborough) Performativity; interaction; social media Merran Toerien, PhD (York) Conversation analysis; institutional discourse; health professional–patient interaction; feminism

Sociology 147 Theatre, Film and Television

he Department of Theatre, Film and Television (TFTV) offers Key information a fully integrated approach to critical and creative work in

Head of Department performance and recorded media. Professor Andrew Higson T Our postgraduate programmes provide  two broadcast-ready HD television Contact masterclass teaching from industry studios with industry-standard Departmental Administrator professionals and offer a constantly evolving equipment dialogue between theory and practice, while Website: www.york.ac.uk/tftv  two postproduction labs featuring Telephone: +44 (0)1904 325220 regular seminars with leading researchers Final Cut Pro Studio, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Email: [email protected] provide insight into historical and formal Nuke, After Effects and other leading Fax: +44 (0)1904 325221 analysis. Together these elements provide industry packages you with a wholly rounded understanding English language requirement  high-end picture finishing, including IELTS 7.0 with no less than 6.0 in each of your chosen discipline in a unique and Digital Vision Film Master and Autodesk component for the MSc in Contemporary dynamic setting. Cinema and Television, and the MA in Theatre, Film Premium Suites that can master Writing, Directing and Performance Special resources programmes up to 4K resolution IELTS 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in each The Department is situated at the heart of  professional audio recording suites component for all other programmes, the University’s campus on Heslington East. featuring live rooms and bespoke Foley or equivalent (see page 26) It features industry-standard performance, and ADR facilities as well as mixdown production and postproduction facilities theatres with Euphonix System 5 with 24-hour access. These include: Fusion mixing console and D-Command control surface Programmes offered  a professional scenic stage theatre, seating over 200  two Red Digital Cinema cameras MA in Contemporary Cinema and Television configured for professional feature  a multipurpose black box theatre/ MA in Digital Film and Television film production and multiple industry- sound stage with a full lighting grid and Production standard camera systems for location gantry as well as a two-wall cyclorama HD production MA/MSc in Postproduction to accommodate traditional and special with Sound Design effects film shoots  a wide range of professional audio equipment for mono, stereo and MA/MSc in Postproduction  two fully equipped rehearsal rooms surround sound recording both with Visual Effects  a digital cinema screening theatre with in studio and on location. MA in Theatre: Writing, Directing full surround sound and digital projection and Performance MPhil/PhD MPhil/PhD by Creative Practice Your future Our Masters portfolio is guided by a strong commitment to the integration of high-level academic education with industry-relevant training, providing students with the necessary knowledge, skills, curiosity and initiative to pursue careers in theatre, film, television and other industries where communicative media have a central role.

148 Theatre, Film and Television Programmes overview effective storyteller. You will work through all phases of the production process – from MA/MSc in Postproduction Each programme will enable you to concept development and pitching, through with Visual Effects develop a strong portfolio of academic script development and preproduction, and transferable skills. to production and postproduction and This dynamic programme, which is accredited programme assessment – in both individual by Creative Skillset, provides an in‑depth exploration of both the postproduction and MA in Contemporary and group project settings. You will get first‑hand experience of the latest in digital visual effects creation processes for feature Cinema and Television film systems widely used in the industry. film and broadcast television. This MA provides you with an opportunity Students receive a strong aesthetic, to study cinema and television from a variety Your background theoretical and technical grounding in the of perspectives. The programme has a strong You will be expected to have good existing editing process to develop an understanding focus on contemporary issues and will give knowledge of film, video or TV production. of the relationship between picture and sound you the knowledge and techniques necessary This may have been gained via a first degree as well as the role of visual effects. Programme to conduct research at an advanced level, as (typically a 2:1 or equivalent) in a related modules include hands-on application of well as providing you with skills appropriate discipline or through professional practice. industry-standard techniques and tools. for a range of media‑related careers. In addition to creating their own projects, Teaching is conducted through seminars, students also work with raw production lectures and screenings. You will be MA/MSc in Postproduction footage and support materials from two introduced to a range of theoretical issues with Sound Design award-winning feature films. Many graduates and methodological approaches relevant This unique programme, which is accredited of this programme work at top facilities to researching and analysing cinema and by Creative Skillset, provides a detailed including Double Negative, Bruce Dunlop television, as well as examining a range of examination of both the postproduction and Associates and Bloomberg TV as well as key current issues relevant to these media. and sound design processes for feature film with leading companies such as Partizan and Other modules draw upon recent and and broadcast television. Greenscreen Productions. current research activities of the teaching You will receive a strong aesthetic, staff which include developments in theoretical and technical grounding in the Your background contemporary British cinema; the significance nature of sound as well as its relationship You will be expected to have some existing of contemporary television audiences; and to picture and role in the editing and mixing knowledge of film, video or TV production. small national cinemas from around the processes. Programme modules include This may have been gained via a first degree world. You will also explore the processes hands-on application of industry-standard (typically a 2:1 or equivalent) in a related and practice of storytelling and adaptation techniques and tools. Location and studio discipline or through professional practice. across film, television and theatre. Finally, recording, with its many variants including you will research and write a 20,000-word Foley and ADR, are examined in both stereo dissertation on a topic of your own choosing. and surround contexts. MA in Theatre: Writing, Students from this programme work at Directing and Performance Your background top facilities such as De Lane Lea Studios, This MA offers a unique combination The MA is designed, in the main, for those Pinewood Studios and the BBC. of analytical and practical methods for who have a first degree (typically a 2:1 the creative investigation of plays and or equivalent) in the humanities or social Your background performance texts. The programme focuses sciences (although applicants from other You will be expected to have some existing on the relationship between a writer’s script backgrounds will be considered). knowledge of audio media production. This and performance outcomes on stage. It may have been gained via a first degree ranges in scope from Elizabethan playwriting (typically a 2:1 or equivalent) in a related to contemporary scriptwriting, and is MA in Digital Film and discipline or through professional practice. based on the premise that a writer’s work Television Production This programme, which is accredited by Creative Skillset, provides you with the opportunity to develop the skills necessary “The PhD by Creative Practice in Playwriting to write, direct, shoot and edit films to a is pioneering – it’s a really practical way to professional industry standard. Taught by experienced practitioners, the latest improve skills and launch a career. It’s given professional techniques, technologies me credibility as a professional writer, which and workflows are examined in detail has helped me secure the position of Writer in in a hands‑on setting. You will gain an in-depth understanding Residence at a local private school. of the aesthetic, technical and practical skills The lively performing arts scene on of fiction and non-fiction production, as campus lets TFTV students practise well as a solid grounding in the development their acting, directing, writing and of project ideas, stories and scripts that lie at the heart of successful film-making. In producing skills outside their studies.” addition, you will also gain a rich appreciation of the evolution of film and television Morven, PhD by creative Practice in Playwriting grammars from historical and theoretical perspectives, enabling you to be a more

Theatre, Film and Television 149 cannot be studied in isolation from the plays work in performance; high-quality are interested in supervising research collaborators and institutions that helped researchers and theatre practitioners who students can be found in the staff list. to realise it. Masterclasses by professional understand the practical dynamics of process Further details are available on individual theatre practitioners are an integral part of and production. Assessments are a mixture staff web pages, which can be found at the programme – recent visitors include of creative assignments and academic www.york. ac. uk/ tftv/ staff . Penelope Wilton, Michael Billington and Nick essays. Students may choose between a Payne. The programme deploys analytical, 20,000-word dissertation and an extended Your background historical and practical elements, and practical project which might be a playscript, Normally, you will have a good Masters students are expected to make practical a performance or a production. degree in a discipline related to the research investigations of existing texts, as well as area in which you intend to work. experimenting with their own scriptwriting. Your background The Samuel Storey Trust has enabled the The MA is designed to accommodate creation of an ambitious and swiftly growing both students who wish to pursue Available funding Writing and Performance manuscript further academic study and students Home and EU students can apply for who want to go into the theatre or media collection in the University Library, University funding and AHRC studentships. which includes the complete archives of industries. Applicants may have a range UK students offered a place on our Creative the playwrights and screenwriters Alan of academic backgrounds. Skillset-accredited programmes are eligible Ayckbourn, Charles Wood, David Storey, to apply for prestigious BAFTA/Prince William Julia Pascal and Peter Whelan. The archive PhD research degrees Scholarships. Overseas students may also also houses a growing collection of apply for ORS awards. Modest departmental manuscripts by leading comic scriptwriters We offer a traditional PhD programme and bursaries are also available. such as Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. one in incorporating creative practice in We aim to produce postgraduates with theatre, film or television. Brief summaries a sophisticated understanding of how of areas in which members of staff

Staff list Professor and Head of Department Andrew Higson, PhD (Kent) British cinema; silent cinema; national/transnational cinema; film and television history Professors Michael Cordner, MA (Cambridge) Comic scriptwriting/performance; contemporary playwriting and production; early modern theatre Nick Holliman, PhD (Leeds) Digital imaging covering themes in 3D computer graphics, computer vision and visualisation technologies; 3DTV Mary Luckhurst, PhD (Cambridge) Directing and acting; contemporary political drama; dramaturgy; war, terror, documentary Duncan Petrie, PhD (Edinburgh) British, Scottish and New Zealand cinema history; cinematography; Scottish culture; moving image policy and institutions Marian Ursu, PhD (Brunel) Narrative interactive media Senior Lecturers Kristyn Gorton, PhD (Edinburgh) Feminist film/TV criticism; emotion/effect; theorising desire on screen David Hickman, BSc (Brunel) Film/TV production; documentary theory and practice; directing; cinematography John Mateer, BFA (New York), AFI Fellow Film/TV production, postproduction and business; visual effects; new media Lecturers Hannah Andrews, PhD (Warwick) Institutional contexts of contemporary British cinema and television; relationships between film/television and history; biographical representation across the BBC Ed Braman, MA (Birkbeck) Multi-camera techniques; documentary production; film-making in difficult situations Tom Cantrell, PhD (York) Verbatim and documentary theatre; modern British political theatre; playwriting; acting theory and training; actor and the voice; television performance Tom Cornford, PhD (Warwick) Acting and directing; contemporary European and North American theatre practice and its history; ensemble theatre-making Gavin Kearney, PhD (Trinity) Spatial audio and surround sound; sound design; real-time signal audio processing; ambisonics and spherical acoustics; interactive audio systems; audio post-production Jenna Ng, PhD (UCL) Film and interactive media, primarily from a humanities/social science perspective Sandra Pauletto, PhD (York) Audio technology-focused projects; sound design in multimodal contexts; sonic interaction design Lisa Peschel, PhD (Minnesota) Theatrical performance in Word War II concentration camps; central European theatre; humour in traumatic events; theories of affect, identity and subjectivity Ben Poore, PhD (Royal Holloway) Contemporary playwriting; literary adaption; the Victorians on stage and screen Patrick Titley, BSc (Bath) TV production; children’s programmes; science programmes; ethics of production Simon van der Borgh, MA (NFTS) Screenwriting, including adaptation, genre and high-concept films; short films; the function of character in playwriting; Australian film and TV industry

150 Theatre, Film and Television Women’s Studies

ounded in 1984, the Centre for Women’s Studies at York is among Key information Britain’s longest-established bases for feminist and gender-

Director of Centre orientated research, and was the first to award a doctorate Professor Stevi Jackson Fin Women’s Studies. Contact Harriet Badger We adopt a women-centred and The Centre for Women’s Studies is an Website: www.york.ac.uk/inst/cws interdisciplinary approach to the changing interdepartmental centre located between Telephone: +44 (0)1904 323671 nature of both women’s experiences and the Departments of English and Related Email: [email protected] gender relations. By drawing on a range of Literature and Sociology. In the last RAE Fax: +44 (0)1904 323670 disciplines – history, literature, philosophy, the former was ranked first in the UK and English language requirement politics, the sciences, sociology and social the latter equal first. In addition, other staff IELTS 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in each policy – we explore the differing perspectives are affiliated to the Centre for Women’s component, or equivalent (see page 26) each has to offer, as well as the creative Studies from many university departments. tensions between them. Our international Students in the Centre for Women’s Studies reputation is based on: an emphasis on are, therefore, taught and supervised by Programmes offered ‘race’, racism and ethnicity, a commitment leading researchers in the field with a wide to acknowledging the experiences of range of expertise. The Centre offers both Diploma/MA in Women’s Studies women in non-Western societies; a strong research‑based and taught postgraduate (Humanities) tradition of historical research; a high programmes in interdisciplinary women’s Diploma/MA in Women’s Studies profile in debates about literature and studies and study can be undertaken on (Social Research) cultural production; a focus on sexual a full- or part-time basis. Diploma/MA in Women, Violence diversities; a sensitivity to theoretical and The Centre for Women’s Studies and Conflict conceptual issues; unique research training welcomes students from all over the world. programmes; and innovation in teaching, Currently, approximately half our students Cert/Diploma/MA in Women’s Studies such as writing and photography workshops. are from the UK and half are international Cert/Diploma/MA in European Gender We have active links with Women’s students coming from countries in South and Equality Studies (EGALES) Studies scholars and centres throughout and East Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East MA in Women’s Studies (by research) Europe and from a variety of other countries and the Americas. Our international mix of including Taiwan, India, South Korea and postgraduates offers a creative and exciting MPhil/PhD China. Projects with an interdisciplinary environment in which to learn about the focus are particularly welcome. global and local contexts of women’s lives.

Your future Our alumni move on to work in the public and voluntary sectors, often in gender or equal opportunities fields. Others take up careers in business, academia, publishing, teaching, health professions, information technology or research.

Women’s Studies 151 Programmes overview women’s studies within the humanities, philosophical underpinnings of research emphasising gendered aspects of cultural life, methodologies, the politics and ethics of Research degrees are available at Masters, representation and textual enquiry. Students research and the principles of research design, MPhil and PhD level in a variety of topics related will be exposed to a range of conceptual, and enable them to evaluate and apply a to women and gender; students should consult theoretical and methodological approaches range of methodologies to research questions the list of staff research interests below. to and debates within women’s studies and related to issues of violence against women. Studying at York will enable you to work with become familiar with the epistemological The programme will develop a critical, self- some of the leading researchers in their field. and philosophical underpinnings of feminist reflexive and independent approach to research The taught MA in European Gender and methodologies in the humanities. Both and scholarship, and enable the acquisition of Equality Studies (EGALES) is a two-year, programmes aim to foster the development transferable skills. full-time programme. There are also four of a critical, self-reflexive and independent taught Women’s Studies programmes, approach to research and scholarship, as available at MA and PG Diploma level. PGDip MA and PGDip/Cert in well as enable the acquisition of transferable Women’s Studies Women’s Studies students follow the same career and life skills. The MA will provide modules as MA Women’s Studies students, candidates with a range of skills and Both the MA and PGDip programmes aim to and are assessed at the same level, but do competences to enable them to begin provide a solid grounding in interdisciplinary not undertake a dissertation. The MAs can MPhil and PhD research. women’s studies, emphasising gendered be taken as stand-alone programmes; they aspects of social and cultural life, provide specific training for undertaking PhD MA and PGDip in Women’s representation and textual enquiry. Students research, which is recognised by the relevant will be exposed to an interdisciplinary range UK Research Councils. Studies (Social Research) of conceptual, theoretical and methodological All our programmes can be taken full-time The Social Research programme offers approaches to and debates within women’s over one year or part-time over two years. intensive training in social science studies. This route will familiarise students Modules are the same for MA and Diploma methodology. The MA is orientated to with the epistemological and philosophical programmes; Masters students also complete candidates intending to undertake a PhD underpinnings of research methodologies, the a dissertation. Certificate programmes with a social science focus and is integral to politics and ethics of research and the principles comprise three 20-credit taught modules our ESRC-recognised doctoral programme. of research design, and enable them to evaluate from the MA/Diploma programme. An ESRC-recognised Masters degree is and apply a range of methodologies to women’s essential for those applying for PhD funding studies research questions. The programme Your background from the ESRC. Both programmes provide a is also designed to foster the development You should have a good first degree solid grounding in interdisciplinary women’s of a critical, self-reflexive and independent (a 2:1 or its equivalent), although if you have studies, emphasising gendered aspects of approach to research and scholarship, as well other professional qualifications these may social and cultural life in relation to other as facilitate the acquisition of transferable be considered on their merits. If you are a social divisions and inequalities. career skills. This degree provides some mature student or returning to education flexibility in your choice of modules and, in we also welcome your application. MA and PGDip in Women, consultation with the student’s personal Applicants for the PhD programme Violence and Conflict supervisor, candidates will design a degree should normally hold a Masters programme in the first week of the course. degree or equivalent. This interdisciplinary programme will expose students to a range of conceptual, theoretical MA and PGDip/Cert in European MA and PGDip in Women’s and methodological approaches to and debates on violence against women in both Gender and Equality Studies Studies (Humanities) domestic and national and international (EGALES) This Humanities programme aims to contexts. Both programmes will familiarise The MA EGALES programme is a two-year, provide a solid grounding in interdisciplinary students with the epistemological and full-time programme of 240 UK credits (120 ECTS credits), run in conjunction with six other European universities: Abo Akademi, Finland; Université de Lausanne, Switzerland; “The Centre adopts an interdisciplinary approach, Université de Lyon 2, France; Université Toulouse-Le Mireil, France; Universidad linking with the Departments of English, Sociology Autonoma Barcelona, Spain; and University and History to encourage unconventional, creative of Bucharest, Romania. methods of research. My supervisor and other Students applying to the University (their ‘home’ university) spend the first and last terms Thesis Advisory Panel members encourage me at York but will undertake at least one mobility to be innovative in my research. The Centre period, and if they wish two. Each mobility is like a family, with members from many period will be spent at a different partner different backgrounds. Being able to share university. The first mobility period will occur in the spring/summer of the first year, the second experiences and expertise with each other in the Autumn Term of the second year. has really broadened my views.” At the University of York, students take two compulsory modules as well as a selection Evangeline, PhD in Women’s Studies of research methods and optional modules. They also complete their dissertation at York. During their mobility period/s they

152 Women’s Studies follow the host universities’ programmes. and other students researching a range of and arts-related work, and NGO and The programme aims to provide a solid women’s and gender-related topics from community‑related careers. grounding in interdisciplinary women’s a variety of perspectives. Candidates are studies, emphasising gendered aspects of advised to consult the staff interests list at social and cultural life in relation to other the end of this entry for an indication of the Available funding social divisions and inequalities as well as range of topics in which we have expertise, Candidates applying for funding are advised to enabling students to expand their knowledge and we welcome informal enquiries. apply early in the academic year, preferably by of European languages and cultures. This Research degrees can all be taken full- December (see our website for further details). route will familiarise students with the time or part-time: MA one year full-time, Home and EU students may apply for AHRC epistemological and philosophical bases of two years part-time; MPhil two years or ESRC funding. The AHRC funding is available feminist methodologies. It is also designed full-time, four years part-time; PhD three for some PhD programmes and some MAs. to foster the development of a critical, self- years full-time, six years part-time. All are ESRC studentships covering fees and reflexive, independent approach to research examined by thesis, with a viva also required a living allowance can be applied for and scholarship. for the MPhil and PhD. through the White Rose Doctoral Training Once their programme has commenced, Centre. See our website for further details: MA/MPhil/PhD students undertake their research with www.york. ac.uk/study/postgraduate/fees- research degrees the continual guidance of one or two funding/postgraduate/esrc. supervisors, and MPhil and PhD candidates Applications for AHRC or ESRC funding must The Centre for Women’s Studies offers have the added support of a Thesis Advisory be made through the Centre for Women’s suitable candidates the chance to study Panel. In consultation with their supervisor(s) Studies. Details of how to apply will usually their chosen topic with leading researchers students will also choose appropriate be posted on our website in January each in the field of women’s and gender studies. methodology training from our excellent year. Contact the Centre’s admissions tutor or We welcome applications in a wide range of range of modules. To further enhance their administrator for further advice on the process topics, and students may conduct research research profile and career opportunities, or with any queries about your eligibility. based in a single discipline, or develop work we offer a vibrant programme of transferable Overseas students may apply for Overseas which is multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary skills, which might include, for example: Student Scholarships and, for PhDs, for in its theoretical and/or methodological conference workshops, settling in as an Overseas Research Studentships. Further scope. All students will benefit from the overseas student, publishing, writing a CV, details are available from the International interdisciplinary environment of the Centre, and advice on a range of occupations such Office and www.york.ac.uk/study/ meeting formally and informally with staff as research and teaching, entrepreneurial postgraduate/fees-funding.

Staff list Professor and Director of Centre Stevi Jackson, BPhil (Kent) Women’s Studies: Feminist theory; sexuality; family relationships; childhood; women in East Asia Professors Hilary Graham, PhD (York) Health Sciences: Socioeconomic inequalities in health Gabriele Griffin PhD (Leicester) Women’s Studies: Theatre; diaspora methodology/postcoloniality; lesbian writing Celia Kitzinger, PhD (Reading) Sociology: Lesbian and feminist issues; development of feminist conversation analysis; intersex Karen Mumford, PhD (ANU) Economics: Labour economics; applied economics (macro, micro, and microeconometrics) Reader Mark Jenner, DPhil (Oxford) History and Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies: Britain c1550–1780; the body/gender Senior Lecturers Trev Broughton, DPhil (York) English: Gender in 19th-century prose; women’s life-writing; Victorian masculinities Joanna de Groot, DPhil (Oxford) History: histories of genders; imperialism; sexualities; hierarchies in Europe and Asia Carol-Ann Hooper, DipSocAdmin, PhD (LSE) Social Policy and Social Work: Child abuse/protection; violence against women Nicola McDonald, DPhil (Oxford) English and Centre for Modern Studies: confessional discourse; post-modern middle ages Linda Perriton, PhD (Lancaster) Management: Human resources; equality; poststructuralist feminist perspectives Amanda Rees, PhD (Cambridge) Sociology: Science and sociology; pseudo science; feminism; social theory Christine Skinner, DPhil (York) Social Policy and Social Work: UK family policy; childcare; early education Lecturers Kelly Benneworth, PhD (Loughborough) Sociology: Social psychology; language; criminology; sex offences against children Laurie Hanquinet, PhD (ULB) Sociology: Cultural sociology; sociology of immigration Ann Kaloski-Naylor, DPhil (York) Women’s Studies: Contemporary fiction; digital cultures; death; queer feminist cultural activism Ruth Penfold-Mounce, PhD (Leeds) Sociology: Sociology of celebrity, crime and deviance; seduction; fascinations and spectacle Vanita Sundaram, PhD (Copenhagen) Education: Sexuality; gender-based violence; equity in education; feminist methodology Visiting Honorary Professor Sue Scott, MA (Manchester) Women’s Studies: Sexuality; consumption; childhood; feminist theory

Women’s Studies 153 At York you will be taught by, and work with, staff who are at the forefront of their research Research institutes and centres

In addition to the research programmes offered by departments, the University of York has a number of research institutes and centres which act as a focus for specialist and interdisciplinary research activities. These provide further opportunities for postgraduate students to undertake research with leading academics. Some of these are detailed on the following pages, or visit www.york.ac.uk/np/deptindex.htm. Centre for Chronic Centre for Centre for Immunology Diseases and Hyperpolarisation in and Infection (CII) Disorders (C2D2) Magnetic Resonance Director: Professor Paul Kaye Acting Director: Professor Paul Kaye The Centre for Immunology and Infection (CHyM) (CII) is an interdepartmental centre created This is an institution-wide ‘virtual centre’ by the Hull York Medical School and the that was created to co-ordinate, promote Director: Professor Simon Duckett Department of Biology. The Centre aims and maximise the benefit of an exciting and Co-Director: Professor Gary Green to integrate the study of basic and clinical richly diverse body of research encompassing This is a joint research centre of the immunology, microbiology and parasitology; illness and disabilities of infectious and Departments of Chemistry and Psychology. to build a greater understanding of the non-infectious (including mental health) It is also associated with the Hull York Medical processes underlying infectious and non- origin. Research on these important topics, School, the Department of Biology and the infectious disease; and to develop new at the individual, community and societal York Neuroimaging Centre. Research focuses approaches to prevention and treatment. level, spans most academic disciplines, on the development and application of Since its foundation, CII has recruited a from the molecular sciences through health hyperpolarisation techniques in NMR and MRI range of internationally respected scientists services research to research in the arts and which overcome their sensitivity limitations. humanities. C2D2 provides funding for blue In NMR these methods can be used to and has become recognised as a leading skies and translational research, supports detect low-concentration, short-lived centre in the fields of immunology, pathogen outreach activities and runs a postdoctoral reaction intermediates, offering significant biology and experimental medicine, helping internship programme. C2D2 does not opportunities in the fields of heterogeneous to develop successful new treatments for directly run postgraduate programmes, and homogeneous catalysis. In MRI, however, some of the most debilitating, and often and students interested in chronic diseases the applications have the potential to most neglected, diseases worldwide. and disorders should apply directly to revolutionise clinical imaging because highly CII’s research expertise is supported the most appropriate department. detectable molecular probes can be produced by world-class facilities, including state- of-the-art pathogen-containment Telephone: +44 (0)1904 328876 which provide diagnostic information. laboratories and a specialist clinical suite Email: [email protected] We also have access to methods that that supports our clinical trials and volunteer Website: www.york.ac.uk/c2d2 allow in situ photochemistry with NMR observation. This approach has been used studies (conducted in association with the to study a number of photochemically Experimental Medicine Unit at York Hospital). Centre for Housing generated solvent complexes using both For enquiries about postgraduate research Policy (CHP) conventional and parahydrogen-based opportunities please contact us directly. approaches, to probe the electronic spin Telephone: +44 (0)1904 328845 Director: Professor Rebecca Tunstall states of metal complexes, and to produce Email: [email protected] The Centre for Housing Policy (CHP) undertakes pure spin states suitable for quantum Website: www.york.ac.uk/cii research in the broad area of housing and information-based applications. social policy. Most of the research falls into The Centre is based in a purpose-built eight areas: homelessness; home ownership; research facility on the York Science Park Centre for Reviews and housing finance; private rented sector; with a dedicated chemical laboratory, housing, health and support; housing and a biological sample preparation area and Dissemination (CRD) welfare systems; social rented housing; an instrument design area. It houses four Director: Professor Lesley Stewart and neighbourhoods. state-of-the-art high resolution NMR The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination CHP was established in 1990 and is part spectrometers, a 7T preclinical MRI scanner, (CRD) is part of the National Institute for of the Department of Social Policy and Social and a DNP polariser. Health Research (NIHR). CRD undertakes Work (see page 141). Currently there are For enquiries about postgraduate research systematic reviews evaluating the research ten research staff working in CHP in addition opportunities, please contact us directly. evidence on health and public health to the Director. Centre staff contribute to Telephone: +44 (0)1904 328886 questions of national and international teaching and supervision in the Department. Email: [email protected] importance. It has played a leading role in Students who are interested in PhD Website: www.york.ac.uk/chym the development and promotion of evidence- opportunities should contact the Department informed decision making in health policy of Social Policy and Social Work. and practice. The findings of CRD reviews are Telephone: +44 (0)1904 321480 widely disseminated and have impacted on Email: [email protected] key areas of policymaking and on the quality Website: www.york.ac.uk/chp of healthcare delivered.

Research institutes and centres 155 CRD produces the renowned DARE NHS Telephone: +44 (0)1904 328166 York Centre for Complex EED HTA and PROSPERO databases which are Email: [email protected] used by health professionals, policymakers Website: www.york.ac.uk/iee Systems Analysis (YCCSA) and researchers around the world. Director: Professor Susan Stepney The growing use of systematic reviews This is a community of researchers (around in health and social care has necessitated Social Policy Research 80 residents and a broader range of non- the ongoing development of review resident affiliates) bringing together groups methodology. CRD research has contributed Unit (SPRU) from across the science and social science to the development of methods to address Director: Professor Gillian Parker departments with research interests in key issues such as information retrieval, The Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) the development of novel mathematical, publication bias, narrative synthesis, was established in 1973, and is now one of computational and conceptual tools for the indirect comparisons and diagnostics. the largest applied social science research analysis, simulation and implementation of Telephone: +44 (0)1904 321040 units in the United Kingdom. The Unit has complex systems. YCCSA supports a wide Email: [email protected] a national and international reputation range of interdisciplinary research into Website: www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd for excellence in research in key areas of complex systems, including novel hardware social policy, especially children and young and software engineering, and the modelling people, disability, social work, health and of physical, biological and social complex Institute for Effective social care, poverty, welfare, family and systems at multiple levels of detail. Many Education (IEE) employment. We are concerned with members hold joint appointments across policy development and service delivery departments. YCCSA’s ethos is collaborative Director: Professor Bette Chambers to support vulnerable people. and collegiate – maintaining low barriers This international applied research centre SPRU undertakes and disseminates to engagement. YCCSA is located in the is concerned with what works in learning high quality research that contributes to Ron Cooke Hub on the Heslington East and teaching – and why. We specialise the evidence base for policy and practice. campus extension, which offers a variety in randomised controlled trials, systematic Our research is methodologically rigorous, of interaction spaces to facilitate innovative reviews, and translating knowledge stands up to the highest scrutiny and is cross‑disciplinary working. into practice. ethically sound. We report the views and Telephone: +44 (0)1904 32 5377 The IEE has places available for PhD experiences of service users, including Email: [email protected] students wishing to study for research people who are often neglected in research Website: www.york.ac.uk/yccsa degrees in education. Research proposals such as those with sensory impairments should generally reflect staff interests, or communication difficulties. We are such as evaluating interventions to improve committed to involving users in shaping York Environmental reading and mathematics, social and our work so that they are not the passive emotional learning, behaviour, parental Sustainability Institute ‘subjects’ of research. engagement, the home learning SPRU was awarded a Queen’s Anniversary (YESI) environment, and education in the Director: Professor Sue Hartley developing world. Our students are Prize for Higher and Further Education Telephone: +44 (0)1904 328640 registered with the University of York in 2009. Email: [email protected] Department of Education, but please Telephone: +44 (0)1904 321950 contact the IEE in the first instance if Email: [email protected] This is a pioneering interdisciplinary you are interested in studying with us. Website: www.york.ac.uk/spru partnership between physical, natural and social scientists aiming to provide the evidence base for sustainable solutions to global environmental problems. These problems have political, economic and sociological dimensions, so cannot be addressed by scientific and technological solutions alone. YESI’s integrated research themes – future food and fuel, global change, sustainable environments – reflect the pressing problems that humanity faces. There is exceptional strength and depth in these research areas at York, which is ranked second in the UK for the global impact of its environmental research. YESI involves over 100 University staff with expertise in all aspects of environmental research and has close links with other regional organisations addressing environmental sustainability, such as Science City York, the Centre for Low Carbon Futures and DEFRA’s Food and Environment Research Agency. YESI Administrator: Sheila Davitt-Betts Telephone: +44 (0)1904 328866 Email: [email protected] Website: www.york.ac.uk/yesi

156 Research institutes and centres Programmes index

The Programmes index is arranged alphabetically in letter-by-letter order, ie ‘Developmental Neuroscience’ will come before ‘Development, Disorders and Clinical Practice’.

Programme title Degree Relevant parts See Programme title Degree Relevant parts See of prospectus page(s) of prospectus page(s) Coastal and Marine MSc Archaeology 29 A Archaeology Accounting and Financial MSc Management 93 Management Cognitive Behaviour Therapy PGCert Health Sciences 70 applied to physical and Administration, Public see Public Administration mental health problems Advanced Computer Science MSc Computer Science 41 Cognitive Neuroscience MSc Psychology 131 Applied Forensic Psychology MSc Psychology 131 Commercial Law see International Corporate and Commercial Law Applied Health Research MSc Health Sciences 70 Communications Engineering MSc Electronics 56 Applied Human Rights MA/MPhil/PhD Human Rights 81 Community Music MA Music 110 (Applied) Comparative and International MA Social Policy and 141 Applied Linguistics for English MA Education 49 Social Policy Social Work Language Teaching Computational Biology MRes Biology/Chemistry/ 33, 37, Applied Linguistics for MA Education 49 Computer Science 41 Language Teaching Computer Science MSc (by Computer Science 41 Archaeological Information MSc Archaeology 29 research)/PhD Systems Computer Science, see also Advanced Computer Science Archaeological Studies MA (by Archaeology 29 research) Computing MSc Computer Science 41 Archaeology MPhil/PhD Archaeology 29 Computing, see also Internet and Wireless Computing Archaeology of Buildings MA Archaeology 29 Conflict, Governance and MA Politics 120 Development Archaeology, see also Bioarchaeology; Coastal and Marine Archaeology; Field Archaeology; Historical Archaeology; Landscape Archaeology; Conflict, Women and Violence see Women, Violence and Conflict Medieval Archaeology; Zooarchaeology Conservation, Stained Glass see Stained Glass Conservation Architectural History and Theory see History of Art (Architectural History and Heritage Management and Theory) Conservation Studies MA Archaeology 29 Art see History of Art (Historic Buildings) Audio and Music Technology MSc Electronics 56 Contemporary Cinema MA Theatre, Film 148 and Television and Television Autonomous Robotics MSc Computer Science/ 41, 56 Engineering Electronics Contemporary History MA History/Politics 74, 120 and International Politics B Contemporary Literature see Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture Bioarchaeology MSc Archaeology 29 Corporate Law, International see International Corporate and Commercial Law Biology MSc (by Biology 33 Corporate Social Responsibility MSc Environment/ 64, 93 research)/ with Environmental Management MPhil/PhD Management Biology, see also Computational Biology; Post-Genomic Biology Creative Practice MPhil/PhD Theatre, Film 148 and Television Bioscience Technology MSc Biology 33 Cultural Heritage Management MA Archaeology 29 British Art, see History of Art (British Art) Culture and Thought after 1945 MA English and Related 60, 78, Buildings, Archaeology of see Archaeology of Buildings Literature/History 107 Buildings, Historic see Conservation Studies (Historic Buildings) of Art/Modern Studies Business Finance see Management with Business Finance Culture, Modern and Contemporary Literature and see Modern and Contemporary C Literature and Culture Chemistry MSc (by Chemistry 37 Cultures of Empire, Resistance MA English and Related 60 research)/ and Postcoloniality Literature MPhil/PhD Cyber Security MSc Computer Science 41 Chemistry, see also Green Chemistry and Sustainable Industrial Technology D Cinema see Contemporary Cinema and Television; Theatre Film and Television Delivery and Change for PGCert (online) Social Policy and 141 Citizenship see Global and International Citizenship Education Public Services Social Work

Programmes index 157 Programme title Degree Relevant parts See Programme title Degree Relevant parts See of prospectus page(s) of prospectus page(s) Delivery and Strategy for PGCert (online) Social Policy and 141 Eighteenth Century Studies: MA Eighteenth Century 53, 60, Public Services Social Work Representations and Contexts, Studies/English 74, 78 1750–1870 and Related Developmental Cognitive MSc Psychology 131 Literature/History/ Neuroscience History of Art Development, Disorders and MSc Psychology 131 Electronic Engineering MSc (by Electronics 56 Clinical Practice research)/ Development Economics and MSc Economics and 45 MPhil/PhD Emerging Markets Related Studies Empire see Cultures of Empire, Resistance and Postcoloniality Development, see also Conflict, Governance and Development; Engineering Management MSc Electronics 56 Economics and Development; Politics and Development Engineering, see also Communications Engineering; Electronic Engineering; Digital Film and Television MA Theatre, Film Safety-Critical Systems Engineering; Software Engineering; Production and Television System Safety Engineering Digital Heritage MSc Archaeology 29 English MA (by English and Related 60 Digital Signal Processing MSc Electronics 56 research) Literature Digital Systems Engineering MSc Electronics 56 English and Related Literature MPhil/PhD English and Related 60 Literature Directing see Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance English Literary Studies MA English and Related 60 E Literature Early Modern History MA History 74 English, see also Eighteenth Century Studies; Medieval Studies; Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture; Renaissance and Early Modern Studies; Early Modern Studies, and Renaissance see Renaissance and Early Modern Studies Renaissance Literature, 1500–1700; Romantic and Sentimental Literature, 1770–1830; Teaching English to Young Learners; TESOL Early Prehistory MSc Archaeology 29 Environment MSc (by Environment 64 Ecology and Environmental MRes Biology/ 33, 64 research) Management Environment Environment and Politics MPhil/PhD Environment/ 64, 120 Econometrics and Economics MSc Economics and 45 Politics Related Studies Environmental Economics Dip/MSc Environment 64 Econometrics, and Finance see Finance and Econometrics Environmental Economics and Dip/MSc/ Environment 64 Economic and Social History MSc (by Economics and 45 Environmental Management MPhil/PhD research) Related Studies Environmental Geography MPhil/PhD Environment 64 Economic and Social Policy MSc Economics and 45 Analysis Related Studies Environmental Management see Corporate Social Responsibility with Environmental Management; Ecology and Environmental Management; Economic Evaluation for Health MSc (by Economics and 45, 67 Environmental Science and Management; Marine Environmental Management Technology Assessment (HTA) distance Related Studies/ learning) Health Economics Environmental Science MPhil/PhD Environment 64 Economics MSc/MPhil/ Economics and 45 Environmental Science Dip/MSc Environment 64 PhD Related Studies and Management Economics and Development MA in PPE Politics, Economics 124 European Gender and Equality Cert/Dip/MA Women’s Studies 151 and Philosophy Studies (EGALES) Economics and Philosophy MA in PPE Politics, Economics 124 and Philosophy F Economics and Politics MA in PPE Politics, Economics 124 Field Archaeology MA Archaeology 29 and Philosophy Film and Literature MA English and Related 60 Economics and Finance MSc Economics and 45 Literature Related Studies Film, see also Contemporary Cinema and Television; Theatre, Film and Television Economics, see also Development Economics and Emerging Markets; Finance MSc Economics and 45 Environmental Economics; Finance; Finance and Econometrics; Health Related Studies Economics; International Political Economy; PPE; Public Economics Finance and Econometrics MSc Economics and 45 Education PGCE/MA/MA Education 49 Related Studies (by research)/ MPhil/PhD Finance, see also Accounting and Financial Management; Economics and Finance; Management with Business Finance; Mathematical Finance; Project Analysis, Education, see also Global and International Citizenship Education; Finance and Investment; Statistics and Computational Finance Postgraduate Certificate in Education; Science Education; Teaching English to Young Learners; TESOL Financial Engineering MSc Economics and 45, 97 Related Studies/ EGALES see European Gender and Equality Studies Mathematics Eighteenth Century Studies MA (by Eighteenth Century 53 Financial Management see Accounting and Financial Management research)/ Studies MPhil/PhD Forensic Psychology, Applied see Applied Forensic Psychology Forensic Psychology Studies MSc Psychology 131 Forensic Speech Science MSc Language and 87 Linguistic Science

158 Programmes index Programme title Degree Relevant parts See Programme title Degree Relevant parts See of prospectus page(s) of prospectus page(s) Fusion Energy MSc Physics 117 I G Industrial Technology, Sustainable see Green Chemistry and Sustainable Industrial Technology Genomics see Post-Genomic Biology Information Systems, Archaeological see Archaeological Information Systems Global and International MA Education 49 Citizenship Education Information Technology MSc Computer Science 41 Global Marketing MSc Management 93 Interactive Technologies see Human-Centred Interactive Technologies Governance see Conflict, Governance and Development International Business and MSc Management 93 Strategic Management Green Chemistry and MSc Chemistry 37 Sustainable Industrial International Citizenship see Global and International Citizenship Education Technology International Corporate LLM Law 90 H and Commercial Law International Humanitarian MSc (by Politics/Post-war 120, 128 Haematopathology PGCert/ Health Sciences 70 Affairs distance Reconstruction PGDip/MSc learning) and Development (by distance learning) International Human Rights LLM Human Rights 81, 90 Law and Practice (Applied)/Law Health Economics MSc/PhD Economics and 45, 67 Related Studies/ International Political Economy MA Politics 120 Health Economics International Relations MA Politics 120 Health Economics for PGCert (by Economics and 45, 67 Health Care Professionals distance Related Studies/ International Social Policy see Comparative and International Social Policy learning)/ Health Economics Internet and Wireless MSc Electronics 56 PGDip (by Computing distance learning) Investment see Project Analysis, Finance and Investment Health, Public see Public Health L Health Research, Applied see Applied Health Research Landscape Archaeology MA Archaeology 29 Health Sciences MPhil/PhD Health Sciences 70 Language and Communication MPhil/PhD Education/ 49, 84, Heritage Management see Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management Language and 87, 131, Communication/ 145 Historical Archaeology MA Archaeology 29 Language and Historic Buildings see Conservation Studies (Historic Buildings) Linguistic Science/ Psychology/ History MA (by History 74 Sociology research)/ MPhil/PhD Language, see also Applied Linguistics; Forensic Speech Science; Linguistics; Phonetics and Phonology; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; History, see also Early Modern History; Early Prehistory; Economic and Syntax and Semantics Social History; Eighteenth Century Studies; Medieval History; Medieval Studies; Modern History; Railway Studies and Transport History Law PhD Law 90 History of Art MA (by History of Art 78 Law, see also International Corporate and Commercial Law; research)/MA/ International Human Rights Law and Practice MPhil/PhD Linguistics MA (by Language and 87 History of Art (Architectural MA History of Art 78 research)/MA/ Linguistic Science History and Theory) MPhil/PhD History of Art (British Art) MA History of Art 78 Linguistics, see also Applied Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics History of Art (Medieval Art MA History of Art 78 Literature see English and Related Literature; English Literary Studies; and Medievalisms) Film and Literature; Medieval Literatures; Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture; Nineteenth Century Literature and Culture; Renaissance Literature, History of Art MA History of Art 78 1500–1700; Romantic and Sentimental Literature, 1770–1830 (Sculpture Studies) Human-Centred Interactive MSc Computer Science 41 M Technologies Management MA/MPhil/PhD Management 93 Human Evolution MSc Medical School 101 Management Studies MRes Management 93 Humanities see Women’s Studies (Humanities) Management with Business MSc Management 93 Finance Human Resource Management MA Management 93 Management, see also Accounting and Financial Management; Corporate Social Human Rights see Applied Human Rights; International Human Rights Responsibility with Environmental Management; Cultural Heritage Management; Law and Practice Ecology and Environmental Management; Environmental Economics and Human Sciences MD/MSc Medical School 101 Environmental Management; Environmental Science and Management; Human (by thesis)/ Resource Management; International Business and Strategic Management; MPhil/PhD Marine Environmental Management; Public Management in the Information Age; Public Policy and Management; Social Media and Management; Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management Marine Archaeology see Coastal and Marine Archaeology

Programmes index 159 Programme title Degree Relevant parts See Programme title Degree Relevant parts See of prospectus page(s) of prospectus page(s) Marine Environmental Dip/MSc Environment 64 Phonetics and Phonology MA Language and 87 Management Linguistic Science

Master of Public Administration MPA (online)/ Politics/Social 120, 141 Phonological Development MA Language and 87 MPA Policy and Linguistic Science Social Work Physics GradDip/MSc Physics 117 Master of Public Administration MPA Politics 120 (by research)/ in International Development MPhil/PhD Masters in Public Health MPH Health Sciences 70 Policy see Comparative and International Social Policy; Public Administration Mathematical Finance MSc/MSc (by Mathematics 97 and Public Policy; Public Policy and Management; Social Policy; Social Policy online distance and Social Work learning) Political and Legal Theory: MA Politics 120 Mathematics MSc (by Mathematics 97 Toleration research)/ Political Economy MA in PPE Politics, Economics 124 MPhil/PhD and Philosophy (3 and 4 years) Political Philosophy MA Politics 120 Media, Social, and Management see Social Media and Management Political Research MA/MA in PPE Politics/Politics, 120, 124 Medical Education PGCert/MSc Medical School 101 Economics and Medical Sciences MD/MSc (by Medical School 101 Philosophy thesis)/MPhil/ Politics MA (by Politics 120 PhD research)/ Medieval Archaeology MA Archaeology 29 MPhil/PhD Medieval Art and Medievalisms see History of Art (Medieval Art and Medievalisms) Politics and Development MA in PPE Politics, Economics 124 and Philosophy Medieval History MA History 74 Politics, Economics MPhil/PhD Politics, Economics 124 Medieval Literatures MA English and 60 and Philosophy and Philosophy Related Literature Politics, see also Conflict, Governance and Development; Contemporary History Medieval Studies MA/PhD English and Related 60, 74, and International Politics; Environment and Politics; International Humanitarian Literature/History/ 78, 104 Affairs; International Political Economy; International Relations; Master of Public History of Art/ Administration; Post-war Recovery Studies; PPE; Public Administration Medieval Studies Postcoloniality see Cultures of Empire, Resistance and Postcoloniality Mesolithic Studies MA Archaeology 29 Post-Genomic Biology MRes Biology 33 Modern and Contemporary MA English and 60 Literature and Culture Related Literature Postgraduate Certificate PGCE Education 49 in Education Modern History MA History 74 Postproduction with MA/MSc Theatre, Film 148 Modern History, see also Early Modern History; History Sound Design and Television Music MA (by Music 110 Postproduction with MA/MSc Theatre, Film 148 research)/MA/ Visual Effects and Television MPhil/PhD Post-war Recovery Studies MA/MPhil/PhD Politics/Post-War 120, 128 Music, Community see Community Music Reconstruction and Development Unit Music Technology MA (by research) Music 110 PPE MA PPE Politics/Politics, 120, 124 Music Technology MSc (by Electronics 56 Economics and research)/ Philosophy MPhil/PhD Prehistory, Early see Early Prehistory Music Technology, see also Audio and Music Technology Project Analysis, MSc Economics and 45 N Finance and Investment Related Studies Neuroscience see Cognitive Neuroscience Psycholinguistics MA Language and 87 Linguistic Science Nineteenth Century MA English and Related 60 Literature and Culture Literature Psychology MRes/MPhil/ Psychology 131 PhD P Psychology, Forensic see Applied Forensic Psychology; PEP (Politics, Economics and Philosophy) see PPE Forensic Psychology Studies Performance see Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance Public Administration MPA (online) Politics/Social 120, 141 Policy and Social PGCE see Postgraduate Certificate in Education Work Philosophy GradDip/MA Philosophy 114 Public Administration and MA Politics 120 (by research)/ Public Policy (including MA/MPhil/PhD the Erasmus Mundus Philosophy and Public Affairs MA in PPE Politics, Economics 124 joint programme) and Philosophy Public Administration Masters Social Policy and 141 Philosophy, see also Political Philosophy; PPE – Comparative Applied Social Work Social and Public Policy, Evaluation and Research

160 Programmes index Programme title Degree Relevant parts See Programme title Degree Relevant parts See of prospectus page(s) of prospectus page(s) Public Administration – Masters Social Policy and 141 Social Research, see also Women’s Studies (Social Research) International Development (online) Social Work Public Economics MSc Economics and 45 Social Responsibility see Corporate Social Responsibility Related Studies with Environmental Management Public Health MPH (Masters) Health Sciences 70 Social Work MA/MRes Social Policy and 141 Public History MA History 74 Social Work Public Management in the PGCert (online) Social Policy 141 Sociolinguistics MA Language and 87 Information Age and Social Work Linguistic Science Public Policy and Management MA (online) Social Policy 141 Sociolinguistics, see also Linguistics and Social Work Sociology MA (by Sociology 145 research)/ R MPhil/PhD Railway Studies PGDip (by Railway Studies 135 Software Engineering MSc Computer Science 41 distance and Transport learning)/MA History Sound Design see Postproduction with Sound Design (by research/ independent Speech Science, Forensic see Forensic Speech Science study and Stained Glass Conservation MA History of Art 78 research)/ and Heritage Management Phil/PhD Statistics and Computational MSc Mathematics 97 Railway Studies and Transport MA History/Railway 74, 135 Finance History Studies and Transport History Sustainable Industrial Technology see Green Chemistry and Sustainable Industrial Technology Renaissance and MA English and Related 60, 74, Early Modern Studies Literature/History/ 78, 138 Syntax and Semantics MA Language and 87 History of Art/ Linguistic Science Renaissance and System Safety Engineering PGCert Computer Science 41 Early Modern Studies T Renaissance Literature, MA English and Related 60 Teaching English to MA (by Education 49 1500–1700 Literature Young Learners distance Representations and Contexts, 1750–1850 see Eighteenth Century Studies: learning) Representations and Contexts, 1750–1850 Technology see Bioscience Technology; Green Chemistry and Sustainable Research see Applied Health Research; Political Research; Social Research; Industrial Technology; Human-Centred Interactive Technologies; Information Women’s Studies (Social Research) Technology; Music Technology; Social Media and Interactive Technologies Robotics see Autonomous Robotics Engineering Television see Contemporary Cinema and Television; Theatre, Film and Television Romantic and Sentimental MA Eighteenth Century 53, 60 TESOL MA Education 49 Literature, 1770–1830 Studies/English Theatre: Writing, Directing MA Theatre, Film 148 and Related and Performance and Television Literature Theatre, Film and Television MPhil/PhD Theatre, Film 148 S and Television Safety-Critical Systems Dip/MSc Computer Science 41 Transport History see Railway Studies and Transport History Engineering Science(s) see Environmental Science; Environmental Science and Management; V Forensic Speech Science; Health Sciences; Human Sciences; Medical Sciences; Violence and Conflict see Women, Violence and Conflict Science Education Visual Effects see Postproduction with Visual Effects Science Education MA Education 49 Sculpture Studies see History of Art (Sculpture Studies) W Wireless Computing see Internet and Wireless Computing Semantics see Syntax and Semantics Women’s Studies Cert/Dip/ Women’s Studies 151 Sentimental Literature see Romantic and Sentimental Literature, 1770–1830 MA/MA (by Social Media and MSc Computer Science/ 41, 145 research)/ Interactive Technologies Sociology MPhil/PhD Social Media and Management MSc Management/ 93, 145 Women’s Studies (Humanities) Dip/MA Women’s Studies 151 Sociology Women’s Studies Dip/MA Women’s Studies 151 Social Policy MA/MRes Social Policy and 141 (Social Research) Social Work Women, Violence and Conflict Dip/MA Women’s Studies 151 Social Policy and Social Work MPhil/PhD Social Policy and 141 Writing see Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance Social Work Social Policy, see also Comparative and International Social Policy; Z Economic and Social Policy Analysis Zooarchaeology MSc Archaeology 29 Social Research MA (by Sociology 145 research)

Programmes index 161 Index

Please note that this general index does not contain taught programme titles. These details can be found in the Programmes index on pages 157–161.

A couples accommodation 25 Health Sciences 72 culture 7–8 History 76 Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) 10–11 Language and Linguistic Science 89 accommodation 5, 24–5 Management 95 admissions see applications D Mathematics 99 Aerospace MSc Bursary Scheme 43 deadlines, for applications 27 Medieval Studies 106 AHRC awards 22, 62, 76, 112, 153 degree certificates 26 Music 112 Alumni Association 17 departmental scholarships 21 overseas and international students 21, 23 Analytical Chemistry facilities 11 Diploma programmes (taught) 9 Physics 119 applications disabled students Politics 123 accommodation 24, 25 accommodation 25 Psychology 133 admission 26–7 applications 27 Social Policy and Social Work 141–4 deadlines 27 support services 15 Sociology 147 distance learning 10 entry requirements 10–11, 20, 26 Theatre, Film and Television 150 Drama Society 7 global programmes 18 Women’s Studies 153 international students 19 E Archaeology, Department of 29–32 G eating facilities 5 archives see Borthwick Institute; library resources global programmes 18 Economics and Related Studies, Department of 45–8 assistantships, music 112 graduate recruitment 16 Education, Department of 49–52 awards 18, 21–2 Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) 6 see also AHRC awards; funding; NERC awards Effective Education, Institute for (IEE) 156 Eighteenth Century Studies, Centre for (CECS) 53–5 H Electronic Library 13 Halifax College 24 B Electronics, Department of 56–9 Health Economics, Centre for 67–9 BBSRC awards 22 eligibility, qualifications for entry 10 Health Sciences, Department of 70–3 Biology, Department of 33–6 Employability Tutorial 16 health services 14–15 Bioscience Technology Facility 11–13 employers, links with 16 Heslington East 24 Borthwick Institute for Archives 11, 13, 62, 74, 138 English and Related Literature, Department of 60–3 high performance computing 13 British Library 13, 54, 62 English for international students 20, 26 History, Department of 74–7 bursaries see departments for individual programme History of Art, Department of 78–80 departmental 31, 43, 76, 121 requirements Housing Policy, Centre for (CHP) 155 disabled students 15 enterprise and innovation 16 Hull York Medical School (HYMS) 101–3 see also awards; funding; loans entertainment and nightlife 8 Humanities Research Centre 11 entry requirements 10–11, 20, 26–7 Human Rights (Applied), Centre for 81–3 see also applications C Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) 156 campus 166–7 (maps) Resonance, Centre for (CHyM) 11, 155 campus life 5–6 Environment Department 64–6 Career Development Loans 22–3 EPSRC awards 22 I equality and diversity 27 careers, preparation and planning 16–17 IELTS test 20 car parking 25 Erasmus exchange scheme 18 Immunology and Infection, Centre for (CII) 155 catering facilities 5 ESRC awards 22, 47, 69, 76, 95, 123, 133, 144, 147, 153 Institute see under main element of name, eg CELT (English Language Teaching) 20 excellence 5 Effective Education, Institute for (IEE) Centre see under main element of name, exchange schemes 18 international students 6, 15, 19–20, 55 eg Health Economics, Centre for English language requirements 20, 26 chemistry 11 F scholarships 20, 39 Chemistry, Department of 37–40 faith and spiritual guidance 15, 20 see also overseas (non-EU) students Chevening Awards 22 family accommodation 25 International Students’ Association (ISA) 6, 20 childcare 15 fees, tuition 23 International Study Centre 18 Chronic Diseases and Disorders, Centre for (C2D2) 155 festivals 8 internships 16 city life 8 financial support 14, 21–3, 26–7 IT access and services 13–14, 20 college accommodation 24 fitness and sport 6–7 IT training 14, 17 college system 5–6 funding, see also financial support college welfare 14 Archaeology 31 J common rooms 6 Chemistry 39 JEOL Nanocentre 13 Computer Science, Department of 41–4 Computer Science 43 costs see financial support; funding; living Economics and Related Studies 47 K and accommodation costs Environment 66 King’s Manor 29, 54, 104 counselling support 15 Health Economics 69 King’s Manor Library 13

162 Index L professional networks 16–17 transcripts/degree certificates 26 professional training programmes 10 transferable skills training 10 Language and Communication programme 84–6 programmes of study 9–11 travel, international students’ UK trips 20 Language and Linguistic Science, Department of 87–9 Psychology, Department of 131–4 travel awards 18 Languages for All 17 travel links 8, 25, 165 (map) see also English for international students Q tuition fees 23 Law School 90–2 qualifications, for entry 10 letting arrangements 25 quality and standards 5, 10 U library resources 13, 62 US Direct Loans 23 living and accommodation costs 20, 23, 25 R see also financial support Railway Studies and Transport History, V loans 22–3 Institute of 135–7 Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) 14 M references 26 visa applications 19 Registry Services 15 visiting students 10 Management School 93–6 Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, 138–40 Department of English and Related Studies 62 MA taught programmes/by research 9 Centre for visiting the university 27 Mathematics, Department of 97–100 research volunteering 17 meals 5 degrees by 9–10 media, student-run 7 facilities 11–13 W Medical School (HYMS) 101–3 global partnerships 18 welfare support see support services Medieval Studies, Centre for 104–6 Research Council awards 21–2, 66 Wentworth College 5–6, 24 Modern Studies, Centre for 107 research institutes and centres 155–6 wi-fi access 14, 20 money management see financial support; funding; research proposals 26 Wild Fund scholarships 39 living and accommodation costs Reviews and Dissemination, Centre for (CRD) 155–6 Women’s Studies, Centre for 151–3 Morrell studentships and bursaries 121 work see careers MPA 10 S work experience 16, 20 MPhil research degrees 9–10 scholarships 20, 21, 47, 112 written work, samples of 26 MRes programmes 9 overseas and international students 20, 39 MSc taught programmes/by research 9 see also funding Y music assistantships 112 shopping facilities 5, 8 York, city life 8 Music, Department of 110–13 single-sex accommodation 25 York Alumni Association (YAA) 17 music for all 7 Sir Jack Lyons Research Scholarship 112 York Ambassadors Scheme 20 Music Research Centre 11 social life on campus 5, 6 York Centre of Excellence in Mass N Social Policy and Social Work, Department of 141–4 Spectrometry (CoEMS) 11 Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU) 156 York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis (YCCSA) 156 NERC awards 22 societies 6 York Entrepreneurs 16 Network Access Service (NAS) 14, 20 Sociology, Department of 145–7 York Environmental Sustainability Intitute (YESI) 156 nightlife and entertainment 8 spiritual guidance and faith 15, 20 York JEOL Nanocentre 13 Nightline 15 sport and fitness 6–7 York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC) 13 O standards and quality 5, 10 Yorkshare Virtual Learning 14 start dates 10 YUSU (Students’ Union) 6 online applications 26 STFC awards 22 online learning 10 student life 5–7 overseas awards and scholarships 21, 66 student media 7 overseas (non-EU) students Students’ Union (YUSU) 6 accommodation 24 fees 23 Student Support Hub 14 see also international students study environment 13–14 study, programmes of 9–11 P study supports 13–14 performance see Drama Society; Theatre, summer placements 18 Film and Television, Department of Summer Sessions 47 personal support 15 supervisory system 14 PGCE programmes 10, 50 support services 14–15 PhD research degrees 9–10 careers 16 Philosophy, Department of 114–16 college welfare 14 Physics, Department of 117–19 disabled students 15 placements, studying abroad 18 English as second language 20 Plasma Institute 13 financial support 14, 21–3 Points-based Immigration System (PBIS) 10–11 international students 15, 19–20 Politics, Department of 120–3 study supports 13–14 Politics, Economics and Philosophy, School of 124–7 Postgraduate Diploma programmes 9 T Post-war Reconstruction and taught programmes 9 Development Unit 128–30 term dates 10 PPE 124–7 Theatre, Film and Television, private sector accommodation 25 Department of 11, 148–50

Index 163 The historic and cosmopolitan city of York is within easy reach of the campus UK and campus maps

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Officers of the University Chancellor Vice-Chancellor The University of York Dr Greg Dyke, BA, DUniv (York) Professor Koen Lamberts, PhD Postgraduate Prospectus (from January 2014) Produced by the Student Recruitment and Pro-Chancellors Admissions Office, and the Communications Office Sir Christopher O’Donnell, MSc (Econ), Deputy Vice-Chancellor Design: balldesignconsultancy.com CEng, MIMechE, FIC Dr Jane Grenville, PhD, FSA Printed by Linney Group Ltd Deian Tecwyn, BA, FCA Pro-Vice-Chancellors Photography by: Tim Ball, Frank Dwyer, Lesley Wild, BA Suzy Harrison, John Houlihan, Alice Jenkins, Professor John Local, PhD Ian Martindale, Vicky Matthers, Jim Poyner, Professor Colin Mellors, PhD, FHEA Paul Shields, Martin Trefzer, Mark Woodward, Professor John Robinson, PhD YNiC and Yorkshire Tourist Board Registrar and Secretary Dr David Duncan, PhD

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