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R O Y The spectacular Founder’s Building (shown on the A front cover) was opened by Queen Victoria in 1886. L H Largely inspired by the Château de Chambord in the O Loire Valley, it is built around two quadrangles and LL O includes a beautiful gilded Chapel and Picture Gallery. W A Y P ostgraduate CONTACT US 2016/17 POSTGRADUATE OPEN EVENINGS Royal Holloway Wednesday 16 November, 2016 University of London Wednesday 15 February, 2017 prospectus Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX Wednesday 10 May 2017 +44 (0)1784 414944 All 6-7.30pm royalholloway.ac.uk Other events and locations are listed on our website at royalholloway.ac.uk/pgevents 2017 2017Postgraduate prospectus Find us Terms and conditions of admission For directions to our Egham campus and London base by road, train, bus, air and M foot royalholloway.ac.uk/directions Take a virtual tour of our campus royalholloway.ac.uk/virtualtour M Bedford Square M M London Windsor Heathrow Richmond Reading Egham Twickenham Staines ROYAL Hampton Court HOLLOWAY M A WhenM you accept an offer of a place to study at M Royal Holloway, University of London a legal This prospectus was edited and produced by contract is formed between you and the university. 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FOR MORE INFORMATION All 6-7.30pm royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere Other events and locations are listed on our website at royalholloway.ac.uk/pgevents 91 Welcome CONTENTS Why Royal Holloway? 4 Our research profi le 5 Our history 6-7 What is postgraduate study? 8-9 PhD and research programmes 10 Faculty highlights 12-13 Departments and courses 14–67 Academic department contacts list 68-71 “As Principal, I’d like to welcome you to Royal Campus life 72-73 Holloway, University of London. I am delighted An environment for success 74 that you are considering postgraduate studies with us, as one of the UK’s leading research-intensive Our London base 75 universities. A place to live 76-77 By choosing Royal Holloway you will join a close knit community, in direct contact with Working while you study 78 academics considered to be world leading Things to do off campus 79 or internationally-recognised in fi elds within science, arts, management, economics and Supporting you 80 law. Through the dedication of our teachers, discoveries that change the world, and the feel Careers & Employability Service 81 of the Royal Holloway experience, ours is an Academic support 82-83 environment that will inspire you to succeed academically, socially and personally. How to apply 84-85 We are proud of the economic, social and cultural How much does it cost? 86-87 contributions we make locally, nationally and internationally. Working in collaboration with Funding your studies 88-89 academics, organisations and governments Our lifelong, global network 90 worldwide we’re tackling some of today’s biggest challenges and advancing our knowledge so that Terms and conditions 91 together we can help change our world for the better. Everyone who steps onto our 135-acre campus talks about the unique feel of Royal Holloway. Perhaps it’s because we are a College with a rich and diverse history, or our iconic Grade I-Listed building and leafy spaces, or the opportunity to interact with a vibrant, multicultural community. I hope you will visit us yourself and discover how our community can inspire you.” Professor Paul Layzell BA (Econ), MSc, PhD, FBCS, CEng, FHEA Principal, Royal Holloway, University of London 3 Why Royal Holloway? There are many reasons to choose Royal Holloway for postgraduate study. Here are just a few of the highlights. Expert teaching You’ll learn from teachers who are experts in their field. Share in their knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, the subject. Research-led Study at one of the UK’s leading research- intensive universities. Our academic staff work at the frontiers of their subjects on original research of national and international importance. University of London degree Study for a qualification recognised the world over, leading to first-rate career opportunities. Global community We’re ranked 10th in the UK for international outlook in the 2016-17 Times Higher World Rankings, and our academics and students come from all over the world. This makes for an international view and a vibrant campus. Study environment We offer high quality facilities and inspiring buildings, on and near our beautiful 135-acre parkland campus, with the added benefit of a central London base. Worldwide collaborations Benefit from our successful partnerships with, and sponsorship from, governments, industry FOR MORE INFORMATION and commerce around the world. royalholloway.ac.uk 4 Our research profile “One of the really exciting things about researching the history of the crusades and teaching here is that I can blend them together. I’m putting forward materials to my students that are unpublished – ‘ there’s nothing written on this, you can tell me what you think about it ’.” Professor Jonathan Phillips, Professor of Crusading History IN THE TOP 81% OF OUR SEVEN OF OUR % RESEARCH IS DEPARTMENTS OF WORLD UK LEADING RANK IN TOP THE 25UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH OR INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENT 10 OF 4* AND 3* STANDARD OUTPERFORMING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR 4* AND 3* RESEARCH RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXCELLENCE NATIONAL RESEARCH ASSESSMENT EXERCISE We are acknowledged worldwide for pioneering work Our position as one of the UK’s leading research across all sectors of the arts, humanities and sciences. intensive institutions is confirmed by the results of We continue to invest in first-class academic staff the last Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014). and facilities, with innovative partnerships in Higher Its scoring system measures research quality in four Education, Government and industry in the UK and categories, with the top score of 4* indicating quality abroad. The research-led nature of our postgraduate that is world-leading and of the highest standards in programmes offers exciting intellectual challenges. terms of originality, significance and rigour. FOR MORE INFORMATION royalholloway.ac.uk/research Source: REF, 2014 5 Our history Royal Holloway and Bedford Colleges combine over 150 years of historic discoveries, notable alumni and academic innovation. Here are some of the milestones along the way. royalholloway.ac.uk/timeline 1849 Bedford College is founded by Elizabeth Jesser Reid as the UK’s fi rst higher education college for women 1886 Early students include the novelist Royal Holloway College is George Eliot, famed for Middlemarch, opened by HM Queen Victoria and the fi rst woman doctorDr Elizabeth Blackwell, who trained nurses in the American Civil War 1894 Students include the suff ragette martyr 1860 Emily Wilding Davison, who died at the Epsom Derby in 1913, the pioneering woman Sarah Parker Remond, the surgeon, Dr Louisa Martindale CBE, and slavery abolitionist and early her sister, Hilda Martindale CBE, who African American female argued for equal pay and rights for women physician, is a student as a pioneering senior civil servant 1900 1912 Both Bedford and Royal Holloway Margaret Benson becomes Colleges are admitted as Schools Professor of Botany at Royal of the University of London Holloway College, the fi rst female science professor in the country 1914 1942 Richmal Crompton, the Eunice Timberlake, Geography lecturer author of the Just William at Bedford College, develops new books, is a student as is techniques in air navigation to aid air Ethel Watts, the fi rst rescue after attacks on Atlantic convoys woman to qualify as a chartered accountant 1922 1944 Students include Dame Kathleen Sir William Hunter , one of the Lonsdale DBE FRS McCrea FRS becomes Head of fi rst two women elected to the Mathematics at Royal Holloway. His Royal Society and Sylvia Scaff ardi, discovery that the sun is composed co-founder of the Council for Civil mainly of hydrogen leads to the Liberties, now known as Liberty 6 development of the Big Bang Theory 2017 Our fl agship new 2003 Library and Student Community Action is founded Services Centre opens.