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Postgraduate research guide bristol.ac.uk 1 Contents
Welcome 2 Contacts Our University 4 Tel +44 (0)117 394 1649 Why Bristol 6 Postgraduate research 8 Email [email protected] Global perspectives 10 For up-to-date information visit Cutting-edge research 12 bristol.ac.uk/pg-study Research institutes 14 Careers 16 Bristol Doctoral College 18 Ranked 49 in the world Supporting you at university 20 (QS World University Ranking 2020) Accommodation 21 Life in Bristol 22 Visit us 26 How to apply 28 49 Fees and funding 30 This guide contains information for students Funded cohort-based planning to start university in autumn 2020. We doctoral training 32 have made every effort to ensure all details are Faculty of Arts 34 correct at the time of going to press (July 2019). However, since this information is subject Faculty of Engineering 36 to change, you are advised to check the Faculty of Health Sciences 38 University’s website,bristol.ac.uk/pg-study, for the latest updates. Sixth in the UK, Faculty of Life Sciences 39 Design: pelotondesign.co.uk 47th globally Faculty of Science 40 Print: Belmont Press (QS Graduate Employability Ranking 2019) Faculty of Social Sciences Photography: Bhagesh Sachania Photography, and Law 42 Chris Bahn, Dan Rowley, Destination Bristol, FineTime Photography, Jenny Hardy, Paul Box, Programme A-Z 44 Stefan Line, University of Bristol 6 Our location 45 © University of Bristol 2019 POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE 2 WELCOME WELCOME 3 Welcome
As the Pro Vice-Chancellor Together, we can explore what possibilities exist The University of Bristol is consistently ranked when we ask profound questions rather than within the top ten universities in the UK*, and for Research and Enterprise, settle for quick fix answers; when we challenge attracts some of the best and brightest students I am delighted to introduce ourselves to step out of the ordinary framework from the UK and overseas. Please look through of day-to-day life and approach the world from this guide and see what interests you. I very you to the postgraduate new perspectives. much hope that I shall have the pleasure of welcoming you to the University of Bristol in research community at the You will join a supportive environment that will the near future. University of Bristol. challenge and stretch you, right in the heart of one of the most beautiful, vibrant and green Professor Nishan Canagarajah TOur global reputation for research excellence, cities in Europe. We continue to invest heavily Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise in our campuses, upgrading and transforming innovation and creativity is supported by a *QS World University Rankings 2020 strong track record in industry collaboration facilities to build the best possible learning and a research-rich culture, where we combine space for our students. At the centre of our a rigorous approach to learning with an main Clifton campus is our new PGR Hub, innovative edge. which is dedicated solely to researcher development and wellbeing. Today’s challenges are not confined by borders – geographical, disciplinary or otherwise. As a research student in Bristol, you will Globally, we face a range of complex issues: automatically become a member of the how to address diverse health needs, tackle Bristol Doctoral College, which works climate change, confront social injustice, and across the whole University to coordinate a harness the benefits of technological growth and central support framework for all research innovation. At the University of Bristol, we seek students. You will hear from them regularly creative approaches to such global problems with news of the Personal and Professional through working collaboratively on frontier- Development programme for research students, expanding research. their Research without Borders festival of postgraduate research, and of regular activities in the PGR Hub. Our researcher inauguration event is a welcome ceremony and reception open only to our new postgraduate researchers and your supervisors.
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The University of Bristol is A programme of major redevelopment at our main Clifton campus began in 2018. internationally renowned Designed in consultation with students, the and is one of the very project will transform the centre of our campus into a vibrant hub for the University and city best higher education community. Work is also underway on the institutions in the UK, Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, our new campus in the centre of the city, which will focus thanks to its outstanding on teaching and research in digital technologies. staff, superb facilities and As a member of the Russell Group, Bristol is one of the UK’s leading research universities. talented students. The University is rated in the top 10 in the UK1 and is a top five UK university for research2. The University has had a reputation for innovation since it was founded in 1909. It 1 QS World University Rankings 2020. was the first institute of higher education in the 2 Times Higher Education analysis of the latest country to admit women on an equal basis with Research Excellence Framework (2014). men, and in 1946 established the UK’s first university drama department. More recently, the University has influenced many aspects of society through cutting-edge research in areas as diverse as infection and immunity, human rights, climate change, and cryptography and information security. As a world-class research institution, Bristol offers outstanding facilities, such as the Life Sciences Building, which features a five-storey laboratory wing, a state-of-the-art greenhouse and one of the largest teaching labs in the UK. The Faculty of Engineering has invested more than £19 million in new facilities to support hands-on learning, including a 500m2 teaching lab, a propulsion lab, a satellite lab and ground station, and our creative workshop, Hackspace.
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Our outstanding research enhanced greatly by the social, cultural and GW4 Alliance ‘This course has opened sporting landscape offered by Bristol itself. When you join the University of Bristol research many doors for me to profile is underpinned by The Bristol SU Postgraduate Network is open community, you will become part of the GW4 the contribution of our to all postgraduate students, both taught Alliance, comprising four of the most research- undertake research training and research, and an important forum for intensive and innovative universities in the and conduct my own postgraduate researchers representing the postgraduate voice. UK: the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter. This network offers postgraduate research project under and the help they receive The Bristol Doctoral College community research students access to a collaborative (see pp18-19) builds opportunities for the the supervision of highly network, expert training opportunities and from the Bristol Doctoral more than 3000 postgraduate researchers shared resources. To find out more, visit qualified and internationally College. This supportive across the University. www.gw4.ac.uk/doctoral-training. recognised academic environment will help The PGR Hub is a physical space in the heart of campus dedicated to researcher development Your development researchers.’ you achieve your research and wellbeing, and is open to postgraduate The University encourages personal growth ambitions. researchers from all disciplines. alongside the pursuit of academic excellence. Daria (PhD Psychology) There are also numerous representation We ensure that research students excel in Our research environment positions within schools and faculties for their studies and emerge as both outstanding The University of Bristol is recognised globally postgraduate researchers to represent and researchers and well-rounded, highly for the excellence in research and the standard champion the views of their sub-communities employable individuals. of its teaching. Our research students enjoy the to the wider institution. Personal and Professional Development opportunities to collaborate with world-class (PPD) programme researchers and the benefits of living in a Engaging with the public Our externally evaluated and quality assured first-rate British city. Engaging with the public about our research and teaching is an integral and exciting part of PPD programme is designed to ensure that all Supporting researchers academic life at Bristol. It ensures our work has postgraduate research students have access to Professional support, career development impact and relevance beyond the University’s the training and resources needed to help get and funding opportunities are just some of the walls and that society’s values and opinions the most out of their time at Bristol, and acquire reasons why the University is one of the UK’s inform our research. the knowledge and experience to succeed in best employers of researchers. We are a top whatever career path they may choose. five UK university for research (Times Higher Research without Borders, the University’s The central PPD programme for research Education analysis of REF 2014) and the annual festival of postgraduate research, is students is organised by the Bristol Doctoral second-most targeted UK university by a flagship festival that puts the work of our College and offers a wide range of training leading employers (The Graduate Market in research student community into conversation sessions, collaborative events, interactive 2019, High Fliers). with the wider city through formal presentations, artistic collaborations and interactive exhibitions. workshops and engagement opportunities. A vibrant community Its audience includes the general public, industry The University and the Students’ Union offer a professionals and academic peers. wealth of opportunities for research students, bristol.co.uk bristol.co.uk POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE 8 POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH 9 Postgraduate research
As part of the Russell Our research degree pathways Funded cohort-based doctoral training Distance learning There are a number of different types of As a leading research-intensive university, Several of our schools offer the opportunity Group, Bristol is proud postgraduate research degree on offer at Bristol receives funding for doctoral education for you to complete your research degree to be one of the UK’s Bristol. Besides the traditional PhD and research from a wide range of sources and has one of via distance learning. Supervisors can be master’s degrees, the University offers a growing the largest concentrations of funded doctoral contacted by video link, telephone or email, leading universities, with number of professional and extended doctoral training partnership and centres in the UK. while scheduled visits to the University provide an established record of programmes. For more information, please visit These often offer full scholarships for three to opportunities for face-to-face contact. four years. Many are run in collaboration with bristol.ac.uk/doctoral-college/prospective- Most of the library’s electronic resources – . other universities or global companies, opening producing groundbreaking research-students/types including journal archives, e-books and library up access to a wealth of resources. For further research that makes an catalogues – are available to use both on site Master’s degrees by research (MMus, information, see pp32-33. and remotely. Please check the Bristol Doctoral MPhil or MScR) impact on society at College website for a list of degree programmes A master’s by research includes a structured International research collaborations and available by distance learning. local, national and research project allowing you to explore cotutelle (dual award) PhD research themes through critical analysis and Bristol offers a number of dual award PhD international levels. Graduate Teaching Assistant scholarship in-depth study. These programmes can be a opportunities for doctoral students. A cotutelle programme We have an excellent international reputation in valuable foundation for starting a PhD. (or dual award) PhD is one which leads to The opportunity to complete your research research and are a member of the Worldwide separate, but linked, awards from two partner degree as a Graduate Teaching Assistant is Universities Network, a group of 24 research- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) institutions within a co-supervised research offered by several of our schools. This type led institutions of international standing. For This is the most common qualification gained by degree programme. These opportunities provide of scholarship includes a well-structured and details, please visit bristol.ac.uk/research/ a research student, normally representing three an enhanced training experience that gives supported teaching component, meaning that environment/alliances. to four years of full-time study depending on the access to a wide range of academic expertise, you will be teaching undergraduate students discipline. A PhD is awarded for the outcomes of research facilities and international networks. The Research Excellence Framework is the as well as carrying out your own research. If advanced study, written up as an 80,000-word system for assessing the quality of research in Candidates are registered at the two universities you are interested, please contact the relevant thesis, which demonstrates an original UK higher education institutions. In the latest for the full period of their study, write one school to explore your options. and significant contribution to knowledge in submission (REF 2014), our research was thesis that is examined independently by each your chosen field. shown to be of high quality and to have a institution, and spend approximately 50 per cent Self-funded research and supervisor search major impact on society and the economy. of their programme at each location. If you are self-funding your research journey, Professional doctorates (EdD, EngD, one of the first stages is to identify the academic DEdPsych, MD, DDS) Bristol partnerships include universities in supervisor you want to work with on your These qualifications are typically suited to Australia, South America, Europe and South research project. Our website gives you the professional practitioners already qualified to Africa, and students are recruited to specific opportunity to find a PhD programme by an advanced level in their area of specialism, research projects. For more information, visit searching the research interests of your potential who wish to deepen and challenge their bristol.ac.uk/doctoral-college/partnerships. supervisor. Go to bristol.ac.uk/pg-study to understanding. They include EngD programmes explore your options. designed to suit industry needs, where research engineers spend about 75 per cent of their time working in a company on collaborative bristol.ac.uk/pg-study research projects. bristol.ac.uk/pg-study POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE 10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 11 Global perspectives
We welcome research travels the world to meet prospective students and answer your queries. Details of where we students from all over the are visiting can be found at bristol.ac.uk/ world, and Bristol’s vibrant, international/countries/visits.html. multicultural community During arrivals weekend, we provide a meet-and-greet service at Heathrow and helps to create a friendly Bristol Airports. On arrival at the University, the International Welcome Lounge is a place and safe environment in where you can relax and get to know your which to live and study. fellow students, and where advisers are on hand to answer your questions. The Student Together with our international outlook and the Visa Services team can support you from the worldwide impact of our research, this is what moment you accept an offer of a place right makes Bristol a truly global university. through to graduation in securing and ensuring you comply with your UK student visa. record of international collaboration across Our international community For advice and information, please visit our teaching and research, including the Of the 3,000 postgraduate researchers who bristol.ac.uk/directory/visas. development of dual PhD awards. studied at Bristol in 2018/19, just under a Moreover, our research has far-reaching global 150+ partner quarter were international students. Our English language requirements impact. For example, a three-year Cabot Institute universities across Students’ Union societies will help you to meet If your first language is not English, you will need project is developing effective low-cost solutions the world other students and feel at home. Among them to reach a suitable standard in an approved that will improve the earthquake resilience of are more than 50 different cultural organisations English language test; visit bristol.ac.uk/ buildings and infrastructure in East Africa. that build links between students from countries pg-language-requirements. Our Centre for across Asia, Europe, Africa and North and English Language and Foundation Studies Meanwhile, a landmark University of Bristol South America. offers intensive courses to help you improve study into the eye disease uveitis, which You will find Bristol to be a forward-looking, your language skills, both in preparation for and affects thousands of children every year, has dynamic and innovative city. It has an during your studies. enabled worldwide access to new, sight-saving international and diverse population, with medication. This is an internationally important 91 languages spoken and 187 countries of Working in partnership medical intervention and the results of the study birth represented. Bristol benefits from research and teaching were published in the world’s highest-rated partnerships with universities across the world. medical journal, the New England Journal A personal welcome We are part of the Russell Group of research- of Medicine. Our international recruitment team is here to intensive UK universities, the Worldwide help advise you on our range of programmes, Universities Network, the Association of 150+ Commonwealth Universities, and the Coimbra entry requirements and access to funded scholarships. Throughout the year, our team group. We will continue to improve our strong
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Our researchers share ideas Safer seas Disappearing glaciers and food security Thanks to a maritime security toolkit developed Holding the third largest volume of fresh water on and expertise to tackle at the University of Bristol and Cardiff University, the planet, Himalayan glaciers are a vital source global challenges, help solve international policy makers, coastguards, of water for irrigation, sanitation and drinking navies and shipping companies can now water across large parts of South Asia. Glaciers practical problems and access comprehensive advice and guidance are under threat from climate warming, but we mentor future generations. on making the world’s oceans safe from piracy don’t fully understand the potential impact on and smuggling. Focusing on the Western Indian food production. The University of Bristol is How the zebra got its stripes Ocean as a case study, the toolkit was endorsed contributing to a groundbreaking collaboration Many theories have been proposed for the at its launch by the UN Secretary General’s involving glaciologists, hydrologists, environmental Bristol is rated tenth origin of the zebra’s two-tone coat, including Special Representative for the Oceans. historians and social and political scientists. among UK universities avoiding predators, better heat regulation and a They are studying rivers, communities, local for the proportion social function. Researchers from the University Smart insulins to beat diabetes water policies and responses to past floods and of its research rated of Bristol have found evidence that the primary Approximately 382 million people worldwide have droughts in Nepal to identify the communities that ‘world-leading’ in REF purpose of zebras’ stripes is to avoid blood- diabetes, a metabolic disorder that affects blood are most at risk from water shortages and help 2015 (BBC analysis of sucking parasites. They observed that the pattern glucose levels. The condition must be carefully them prepare for a future with less water. REF 2014) appeared to confuse horse flies when the flies controlled, which in many cases is by using the came close to land on the zebra. hormone insulin. Years of research by scientists Research sheds new light on prehistory of in the University of Bristol’s School of Chemistry Dravidian languages and their speakers Better biofuel production have brought us closer to the world’s first Linguistic analyses by researchers at the Biofuels represent an innovative, renewable synthetic glucose-responsive insulin, which could University of Bristol and the Max Planck Institute source of energy that could help provide a transform diabetes treatment by making it safer for the Science of Human History have shed new sustainable solution to global power needs and and easier for patients. Ziylo, the University spin- light on the prehistory of the Dravidian languages, reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Researchers out company developing this technology, was which are spoken by 220 million people at the Bristol BioDesign Institute have used recently bought by global healthcare company across South Asia. The research, which used synthetic biology to engineer the production Novo Nordisk in a deal that could be worth advanced statistical methods to make a detailed and organisation of synthetic protein molecules around $800 million. investigation of the historical relationships of 20 within living bacterial cells to boost the cellular Dravidian varieties, shows that these languages, production of ethanol – an important biofuel – of which there are around 80 varieties, date back by over 200 per cent. to about 4,500 years ago. bristol.ac.uk/pg-study 10 bristol.ac.uk/pg-study POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE 14 RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH INSTITUTES 15 Research institutes
Our institutes position Elizabeth Blackwell Institute Bristol Composites Institute (ACCIS) for Health Research Advanced composite materials are critical to Bristol is associated Bristol among the world’s This institute brings together leading researchers reducing weight, energy consumption and CO2 with 13 Nobel leading research-intensive from disparate fields to collaborate on solutions generation in transport applications. ACCIS Laureates, including to the most pressing health problems of the 21st takes a lead role in composites education and our current Chancellor, universities. century. At the core of every project is a mission research, combining cutting-edge fundamental Sir Paul Nurse to produce tangible outcomes that can be science with strong industrial links. University research institutes translated into clinical practice. Four interdisciplinary research institutes connect Bristol Heart Institute researchers from different disciplines around Jean Golding Institute Bristol Heart Institute is a world-leading centre key themes. Each institute works across This institute is a central hub for data science for translational cardiovascular research and faculties to meet both the challenges of leading- and data-intensive research at the University, one of the leading academic cardiac surgery edge research and the external demands of focusing on data-driven solutions to societal centres in the UK. challenges and exploring ways to visualise and government, business and society. Bristol Institute for Migration and present information. The Jean Golding Institute Mobility Studies Brigstow Institute also acts as the main point of contact between This institute looks at why people move from Brigstow brings together researchers from the university and The Alan Turing Institute, one place to another; the social, economic across Bristol and from different disciplines the UK’s national institute for data science and and cultural consequences of migration; and, to experiment in new ways of living and being. artificial intelligence. This partnership started in importantly, the actual experience of migration. 13 Cabot Institute 2018 and includes fellows across engineering, Cabot Institute conducts world-leading research health sciences, mathematics, veterinary Bristol Population Health Science Institute on the challenges that arise from the ways we science, geographical sciences, computer This institute takes a multidisciplinary approach live with, depend on and affect our planet. Its science, arts and other disciplines. to studying the health of populations, from main themes are: global environmental change; molecules to communities. food security; water; low-carbon energy; Specialist research institutes Bristol Poverty Institute natural hazards; and future cities. The Cabot Seven specialist research institutes have been Drawing on 25 years’ experience, the Institute also runs a one-year MScR in Global established to complement the University’s Bristol Poverty Institute focuses on practical Environmental Challenges. Each research four cross-disciplinary institutes, each reflecting solutions and policies designed to eradicate project is supported by an expert supervisor, Bristol’s strength and depth in a key specialism. world poverty. while a bespoke training schedule is designed to Bristol BioDesign Institute Bristol Quantum Information Institute enhance your career prospects and develop an With wide-ranging applications, from health This institute crystallises the University’s research interdisciplinary approach to the most complex to food security, this institute combines in all areas of quantum information science, environmental challenges of today. pioneering synthetic biology approaches with an from theory to technology. It provides superb understanding of biomolecular systems. teaching and training for the future generation of quantum scientists and engineers and the prototypes of tomorrow. bristol.ac.uk/pg-study bristol.ac.uk/pg-study POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE 16 CAREERS CAREERS 17 Careers
‘I am currently studying the A postgraduate research Get ahead Take some risks We understand that as a postgraduate Bristol postgraduate researchers are fantastic Internet of Things and machine degree from Bristol is the researcher, your career aspirations and problem-solvers and we actively encourage learning in the context of start of an exciting career ambitions may be different from those of an the innovators and entrepreneurs of the future. undergraduate. Specific postgraduate events, Bristol has a reputation as a leading centre energy. My passion is to journey. Our postgraduate vacancies and resources will help you realise for creativity and technical innovation, and the build systems that researchers go on to your ambitions, make well-informed career Careers Service can support you to become decisions, and learn how to articulate the skills part of this. We offer business masterclasses, mitigate the effects of become inspiring and you develop during your postgraduate degree. workshops, start-up support, competitions climate change and influential leaders in a Creating an exceptional CV will be one of your and one-to-one enterprise consultations. We starting points. Our expert Careers Service staff also provide access to the award-winning protect mother nature.’ huge variety of fields. run talks for postgraduates on academic and SETsquared partnership, which has links non-academic CVs, as well as giving one-to-one with a team of consultants and external Huseyin Burak (PhD Computer Science) Specialists from our Careers Service support CV and application feedback. business advisers: bristol.ac.uk/careers/ postgraduates through expert knowledge, student-enterprise. Bristol is the second tailored events and strong links with leading Industry-endorsed skills award most targeted university employers. Postgraduates at Bristol have Discovering the range of opportunities open Personal and professional development by leading UK graduate many opportunities to meet employers from to you as a postgraduate should be fun and Our Personal and Professional Development employers (High Fliers industry, business, local start-ups and third inspiring. Whether you’re attending a talk (PPD) programme, co-ordinated by the Bristol Research, 2019). sector organisations. The Careers Service runs on options after your PhD or organising a Doctoral College, is open to all postgraduate discipline-specific careers fairs, which attract conference, the Bristol PLUS Award offers researchers and has been designed to support large multinational employers as well as small a framework to help you structure your you during the different stages of your research local firms. As a Bristol postgraduate you are career planning and skills development. degree. We offer workshops and resources strongly encouraged to build a professional Visit bristol.ac.uk/careers/employable/ to help you to become an effective researcher network in your chosen career. plus-award to find out more. and develop the transferable skills that will be valuable for your research project and beyond.
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‘Supervisors are very helpful in The Bristol Doctoral College Enhancing a highly skilled community of researchers guiding us along the PhD path... grows, develops and Our team of dedicated staff supports a thriving Having done a master’s supports our community of and innovative interdisciplinary community of researchers. We provide a co-ordinated, at Bristol, the PhD felt like postgraduate researchers University-wide approach to doctoral training and coming back home.’ across all research researcher development. Our comprehensive programme of personal and professional Vijay (PhD Civil Engineering) programmes at the development activities helps ensure that University of Bristol. doctoral researchers excel in their studies. This programme was commended by the UK Quality We work with schools and faculties to ensure Assurance Audit for Higher Education in 2016. that the environment in which you carry out your research is supportive, that there are multiple Supporting your research journey opportunities for professional and personal PGR Hub development, and that you are well prepared The PGR Hub is a new space dedicated to for the next stage in your career. researcher development and wellbeing. It helps To support our research community, we: you to connect with fellow research students from • co-ordinate a number of PhD scholarship other parts of the University for training workshops, schemes, such as the China Scholarship research collaboration or to meet socially. Council/University of Bristol joint scholarship Events and activities scheme and the cotutelle (dual award) We organise a wide range of training sessions, PhD research programme; collaborative events, interactive workshops and • work with our extensive network of doctoral engagement opportunities, specifically designed training centres to attract the best research for doctoral researchers. Our annual Research students to Bristol; without Borders festival of postgraduate research • develop a suite of PhD programmes with global enables doctoral students to showcase their partner universities that allow students to carry research to the public, industry professionals and out research with both partner institutions; academic peers. • extend the opportunities for you to gain experience and conduct research in Stay informed collaboration with external organisations; The fortnightly BDC Bulletin keeps the • celebrate the achievements and contributions postgraduate research community up to of our students in multidisciplinary research date with the latest news and opportunities excellence; across the University and beyond. For more • welcome new research students into our Bristol information about Bristol Doctoral College, community at inauguration ceremonies. visit bristol.ac.uk/doctoral-college. bristol.ac.uk/pg-study bristol.ac.uk/pg-study POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE 20 SUPPORTING YOU AT UNIVERSITY ACCOMMODATION 21 Supporting you Accommodation at university
We want you to get the • Residential Life – For those who live Our Disability Services team provides Our Accommodation Private rented accommodation Support you’ll receive in University accommodation, each of specialist advice and study support for The Accommodation Office provides information All postgraduate students living in University- most out of your time at the our Residential Villages has a pastoral students with long-term health conditions Office can advise you and guidance about renting privately and can allocated accommodation have the support University of Bristol: to feel team of full-time staff on hand to help. including mental health difficulties, such on both University and point you to websites where landlords and of pastoral staff, who are available 24 hours a Our experienced Residential Life teams as anxiety or depression: bristol.ac.uk/ students advertise for tenants. We also run a day, seven days a week. The team is trained to safe, supported and able to encourage community building, provide disability-services. private accommodation residential house search event in August, giving provide a wide range of expert help, including reach your full potential. pastoral care and are equipped to identify throughout your time you the opportunity to meet other postgraduates advice and practical guidance on wellbeing; and support vulnerable students. Support for students with children and to look for private rented accommodation community-building and student development Our subsidised day nursery is located on the as an individual or with other students as activities; and student support and mentoring. We make sure that our students, whether • Your health – the Students’ Health Service at Bristol. taught or research, have access to appropriate Clifton campus. It can accommodate children a group. Building representatives are also on site in case offers the full range of NHS GP services. We offer an advice service for students with and practical support with a range of student from three months to five years old and is there’s an issue with damage to your room or It is run by a team of doctors, nurses and specific housing needs, such as students with services that are continuously reviewed and open weekdays throughout the year. Accommodation guarantee flat or if something needs to be repaired. For administrative staff with specific expertise in disabilities and those with young families. Details developed, making sure we offer the best We guarantee to offer you University-allocated more information on the support available, student issues. of all our services, including full details of our support possible. Welcoming international students accommodation for one year provided that you: visit bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/ • Faith and spirituality – the Multifaith During arrivals weekend, we provide a own postgraduate residences, can be found at • are paying fees at the overseas rate; student-life/wellbeing. Chaplaincy offers confidential pastoral and bristol.ac.uk/accommodation. Support for wellbeing meet-and-greet service at Heathrow and • apply by the given deadline; spiritual support, religious information and We can support you in learning to manage Bristol Airports. When you arrive at the • are unaccompanied; advice, regular events, and a welcoming Accommodation options your own wellbeing as well as putting you University, you can relax and get to know • have accepted an offer of a place of study; space for people of all faiths and none. University-allocated accommodation in touch with support services when you your fellow students in the International • are a new, full-time student in your first year The University has around 2,300 self-catered need them. Welcome Lounge, where advisers are on of study at the University of Bristol; Support for mental health hand to answer questions. postgraduate rooms available, located within • will be starting your studies in September • Academic support – Each postgraduate Recognising the challenges faced by an walking distance of the University. If you are and will be here for a full academic year. research student will have a main supervisor increasing number of people today, we PGR Hub accompanied by a partner or family, you can Please be aware that the guarantee does not who is responsible for providing academic developed our Student Mental Health and The PGR Hub is a space dedicated apply for one of a small number of University- apply to students who pay fees at the UK/EU guidance. You will also have access to a Wellbeing Strategy in partnership with our solely to postgraduate researcher needs, allocated couple and family flats. The application rate. However, you may still be able to apply for wide range of online resources to support students. Their insight helps us provide the focusing primarily on development and process starts in May and offers will be University-allocated accommodation even if you your studies: bristol.ac.uk/students/study. most useful student services during their wellbeing. Located at the heart of campus, emailed from July; please check our website do not meet the criteria for a guaranteed offer. Bristol Students’ Union’s Just Ask service time at University: bristol.ac.uk/university/ it hosts regular activities, groups, forums for further information. is another source of academic support: media/strategies/student-mental-health- and workshops. From August, we will email all non-guaranteed bristolsu.org.uk/justask. wellbeing-strategy.pdf. applicants with updates on the availability of University accommodation and information • Wellbeing Advisers – These experienced Our University-wide approach means that about alternative housing options. staff work with academic schools a range of services, online and in person, and faculties to help you address any are available, if and when you need them: personal and emotional difficulties you bristol.ac.uk/students/wellbeing. may experience.
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Bristol has a distinctive Family friendly Whether it’s a trip to the historic SS Great Britain, blend of historic charm a tour around the interactive displays at We and dynamic, creative The Curious, petting goats at Windmill Hill City Farm, or a stroll through Ashton Court, there is energy. It’s a vibrant, family- something going on every day of the week to friendly city with a diverse entertain young families of all interests. Bristol is an excellent city for children, with an abundance community and lots to offer. of community farms, bike paths, green spaces and theatres. A place to call home Bristol is one of the With its celebrated music and arts scenes, Green city UK’s ten biggest enticing places to eat and drink, fantastic range In Bristol, offbeat street art, eclectic craft cities by population of shops and plenty of relaxing green spaces, collectives and innovative games developers Bristol is somewhere you will love to call home. sit happily alongside celebrated art galleries Its maritime and industrial heritage combines with and museums. As a UNESCO City of Film, a forward-thinking creative and digital economy. Bristol is a hub for film studios, producers and Small enough to remain independent and friendly, documentarians creating ground-breaking work 10 large enough to be lively and cosmopolitan, such as Planet Earth. It’s also a popular filming Bristol is a beautiful and exciting city to explore. location, with many memorable scenes from Sherlock to Skins shot on our streets. Bristol is also the birthplace of Wallace and Gromit, with Aardman reaching an international audience through stop-motion animation, apps and games.
Festival fun for everyone Indoors and out, Bristol’s festivals celebrate everything from comedy to cinema and boats to balloons. In the summer, Bristol Harbour Festival and the International Balloon Fiesta are highlights, while the Simple Things festival brings adventurous new sounds every autumn.
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Enjoy a stroll through the Georgian arcades and scenic squares of Clifton Approximate walking Village. A top spot for café culture, this times from Tyndall Avenue neighbourhood is home to the world- University of Bristol Clifton campus on the Clifton campus. famous Clifton Suspension Bridge Our main campus lines the leafy and is on the edge of the wide green streets of Clifton and includes expanse known as The Downs. libraries and study spaces, our newly renovated Indoor Sports 20 minutes Cabot Tower sits at the summit of Brandon Hill. There are great Centre and the award-winning views from the top overlooking this Royal Fort Gardens. green haven.
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Langford campus The landmark ss Great Britain is Bristol Veterinary School is a symbol of Bristol’s maritime located on the edge of the Mendip heritage. Nearby, Wapping Wharf Hills in the village of Langford, offers one of the city’s newest 14 miles south of Bristol. locations for independent shops and creative cuisine, housed in converted shipping containers.
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The impressive Wills Memorial Building at the top of Park Street marks the entrance to our campus.
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Bristol’s Harbourside bustles with lively bars, restaurants, museums and attractions, and is a focal point for festivals and markets all year round.
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Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus Work is due to begin on our new Temple Quarter campus in 2019. The campus will help to transform a neglected area of the city within one of Europe’s biggest urban regeneration programmes.
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There are many ways you Self-guided tour If you’re not able to arrange an official visit, can meet us to talk about you can still come and visit our campus. Our your interests and find out self-guided tour will highlight the key points of interest on our campus, and give you a more about what Bristol taste of what it’s like to be a student here: can offer you. bristol.ac.uk/pg-visits. Virtual events and visits Visiting the University of Bristol If you are unable to visit the University of Bristol in person, you can explore our exceptional Postgraduate open events facilities and services thanks to our virtual events. We hold our annual university-wide postgraduate They are a great way to connect with Bristol open day in November and a range of smaller staff and students. A live panel will discuss events in our schools and faculties throughout topics that are relevant to you and answer the year. Visit our website to find out more: any questions you have. bristol.ac.uk/pg-visits. Postgraduate campus tours Attending a postgraduate fair near you We offer campus tours specifically for prospective postgraduate students. These are available In the UK on request and can be tailored to suit your We attend a range of postgraduate fairs in the interests. To request a tour, please email us: UK throughout the academic year. If you’re not [email protected]. able to make it to Bristol, check our website to find out when we will next be in a location near Contact your department you: bristol.ac.uk/pg-visits. If you’ve already applied for a programme, or you are keen to meet with a supervisor, you Overseas can contact the relevant department using the If you’re not based in the UK, you can still meet details found on our online prospectus. You representatives from the University without may even be able to arrange a private visit to travelling to us. Find out when our international discuss your options. Find the contact details recruitment advisers will be visiting your country: for the departments you’re interested in: bristol.ac.uk/international/visit. bristol.ac.uk/pg-study.
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Applying Begin your application Write a research Check your progress For most programmes, you will need proposal We aim to get in touch with you within to apply using our online application five days. You can check the progress Check the admissions statement for Choose your area system. Remember to check for of your application using the online your chosen programme to see if you are funding application deadlines. application system. of research required to submit a research proposal. Browse this guide and our online programme finder to decide on an area of research that you are interested in.
Visit Bristol Submit your application Come to our annual postgraduate You should read the programme open day in November or book a admissions statement thoroughly to tour of our campus. ensure you have included all required 2 5documents. Some programmes may require an application fee.
We welcome applications Further details • We usually require references to support Making a research proposal To apply for a studentship or professional Assessing your application your application. These should be from If you are proposing your own area of doctorate, you should speak to the relevant You can use the online application system to from talented candidates of Your application someone who oversaw your degree studies. research, you will need to submit a research supervisor or programme director before keep track of your application. We aim to get all backgrounds and we are Begin your application at bristol.ac.uk/ • If you graduated more than two years ago, proposal. You should find a suitable supervisor making your application online. To apply for one in touch with you within five calendar days pg-howtoapply. Entry requirements can be we may accept professional references using by searching bristol.ac.uk/pg-study of the funded doctoral training programmes, to confirm receipt of your application and 1 found in the admissions statement for your 3 4 6 committed to promoting to support your application. In this case and contact them to discuss your ideas before please check bristol.ac.uk/doctoral-college/ to let you know when to expect a decision. equal opportunities. chosen programme: bristol.ac.uk/study/ it is advisable to include a CV with your submitting your proposal. centres for further information. Sometimes it can take longer to make a postgraduate/admissions-statements. application to show your employment history. decision, especially around University closure A good research proposal includes information • You should submit interim official transcripts Visas for international applicants periods. If we require further information from about the academic impact of your research, What you need to provide of marks, or final official degree certificates If you are from outside the EU/EEA, you may you, we will let you know. as well as the material or data you will need to Whichever programme you are applying and final official transcripts of marks. need to apply for a Tier 4 visa with sponsorship access. Your proposal can be amended as you For more information on our admissions for, there are standard documents that • You may need to meet our English language from the University. refine your study with us. policies, please visit bristol.ac.uk/study/ you must provide with your application. requirements and provide confirmation that Some science and engineering programmes postgraduate/after-you-apply/policies. Some of these are listed below. Please you have reached the required level. see the admissions statement for specific Studentships, professional doctorates and require an Academic Technology Approval programme requirements. Doctoral Training Centre applications Scheme certificate. Many studentships (funding to cover research degree fees and/or living costs) are advertised bristol.ac.uk/pg-study on www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/studentships. bristol.ac.uk/pg-study POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE 30 FUNDING FUNDING 31 Fees and funding
If you are considering a Studentships Cohort-based doctoral training Additional fees Studentships are vacancies attached to Bristol’s research-intensive profile and reputation Some programmes charge a bench fee in postgraduate degree, it’s specific research projects or fields and has helped us to secure funding for more than addition to tuition fees. Bench fees cover a good idea to think about include opportunities for dual PhDs (with 20 cohort-based doctoral research and training specific extra costs, usually associated with co-funding provided by world-class international centres from most of the UK’s research councils specialist laboratory or field work. If there is funding as soon as possible. universities) and industrial collaborations as well as other funding bodies. PhD students a bench fee for the programme you are We can provide advice (supported by leading business partners). within these cohorts gain a broad range of skills interested in, this will be stated on the Our available studentships are typically and knowledge that can be applied across a relevant page of our online programme finder: about funding postgraduate advertised on faculty web pages or wide variety of careers within and outside of bristol.ac.uk/pg-study. Some postgraduate study and details of the www.jobs.ac.uk/employer/ academia. See pp32-33 to find out more. research programmes charge a fee related to university-of-bristol/phd. submission of the final thesis or extension of living expenses you will Tuition fees the usual period of registration. Scholarships and bursaries Tuition fees are reviewed each year and will need to budget for while The University offers a number of scholarships depend on your programme of study and fee Tuition fees for students from you’re here. and awards to postgraduate research students. status. We classify all students as UK, EU, the European Union Some funding is programme-specific; you overseas or Channel Islands and Isle of Man EU students who start at the University during Postgraduate loans could also contact your prospective department for fees purposes. The amount you pay for the 2020-21 academic year will pay the same Students living in England or Wales can take to find out if it offers any other awards. Visit tuition fees and the financial support on offer fees as UK students for the duration of their out a government loan to help pay for their PhD bristol.ac.uk/doctoral-college/prospective- will depend on your classification. You can degree. The latest information can be found programme. As a guide, in 2019/20 students research-students/funding. find further information and advice on fees on our website: bristol.ac.uk/fees-funding/ could borrow up to £25,700. For more details, classification atbristol.ac.uk/fee-status . tuition-fees/eu-referendum. please visit bristol.ac.uk/fees-funding/ Trusts and charities Fees apply for each year of your programme postgraduate. The Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding Cost of living and are subject to annual review, so are liable (www.postgraduate-funding.com) provides Living costs in Bristol are higher than in some to rise each year. Please budget for up to a five University of Bristol alumni scholarship contact information for a wide range of charities other parts of the country, although less than per cent increase per year. The tuition fee itself If you are a University of Bristol student or and organisations that offer small grants for in London. Currently, postgraduate students covers charges for tuition, examination and graduate, you could benefit from a ten per postgraduate study. As a prospective student, might need around £850-£950 per month in registration, and a contribution towards the cost cent reduction in your tuition fees for you can access the guide for free. Email addition to tuition fees. You will need to think of membership of the Students’ Union. postgraduate research at Bristol. For full [email protected] to request about accommodation, food, utilities, books, details and eligibility requirements, visit: your PIN. Tuition fees can be paid in full at registration or in entertainment and other costs. For more bristol.ac.uk/alumni-discount. two instalments. Payment may be made online, information about living costs, please see by direct debit or by credit/debit card. For further bristol.ac.uk/living-expenses. details, email [email protected] or call the Student Fees Office on +44 (0)117 954 6372. For information on online payments please visit bristol.ac.uk/fees-funding/ tuition-fees/payment. bristol.ac.uk/pg-study bristol.ac.uk/pg-study POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE 32 FUNDED COHORT-BASED DOCTORAL TRAINING FUNDED COHORT-BASED DOCTORAL TRAINING 33 Funded cohort-based doctoral training
Bristol has one of the largest companies, giving doctoral students access The South, West and Wales Doctoral Training to a wealth of resources and opportunities. Partnership is funded by the Arts and Humanities concentrations of funding, Research Council. This DTP represents a opportunities and support Centres for Doctoral Training collaboration with eight other universities and In 2019, the University was awarded over draws on the resources and expertise of non- for doctoral research and £50 million by the Engineering and Physical academic partners such as Aardman Animations, training in the UK higher Sciences Research Council for nine new centres Arts Council South West, Cornwall Museum for doctoral training (CDTs). In addition, Bristol is Partnerships and Historic England. part of two collaborative CDTs, which are led by education sector. The Natural Environment Research Council university partners. (NERC) funds the NERC Great Western Four+ There are more than 30 cohort-based doctoral These new centres for doctoral training focus on Doctoral Training Partnership. This DTP is training centres and partnerships, offering at research in: artificial intelligence; aerosol science; designed to train tomorrow’s research leaders least 250 PhD studentships each year across computational statistics and data science; in earth and environmental sciences. It brings the whole spectrum of Bristol research. composites engineering and manufacturing; together the four GW4 universities (Bath, Bristol, This format of doctoral training provides cyber security; future autonomous robotic Cardiff and Exeter) and six research organisations a supportive and exciting environment for systems; quantum engineering; technology with 24 associate partner organisations doctoral researchers, helping you create new enhanced chemical synthesis; and future representing the full range of employers of working cultures and research networks, build innovations in non-destructive evaluation. NERC science PhD graduates. relationships between teams in universities, Each CDT draws on an academic community The South West Biosciences Doctoral Training and forge lasting links with industry or related of more than 30 academic supervisors in Bristol, Partnership is one of 12 DTPs funded by the organisations and professions. extensive links with international universities Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Many of these studentships are nationally funded, and a network of industrial relationships, with Council to provide PhD training across the UK in with support from UK Research and Innovation opportunities for sponsorship and enhanced areas of strategic relevance. It provides training in and other major funders, including the Wellcome experience for doctoral researchers. two priority areas: Agriculture and Food Security, Trust and the British Heart Foundation, among and World-class Underpinning Bioscience. others. This investment funding, coupled with Doctoral Training Partnerships The South West Doctoral Training Partnership our top-five position in the most recent UK-wide Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) are funded represents a collaboration between the Research Excellence Framework*, means we by the other UK research councils and typically Universities of Bristol, Exeter, Bath, Plymouth and can offer numerous opportunities for funded, span several universities. the West of England, bringing together social world-class PhD research. In 2016, the Medical Research Council awarded science academic leaders across 17 disciplinary The studentships will often cover tuition fees £4.6 million to launch the GW4 BioMed Doctoral and interdisciplinary pathways. and living costs for successful candidates. Training Partnership (DTP), bringing together More information about all these options Some doctoral programmes are delivered in the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and and more can be found at bristol.ac.uk/ collaboration with other universities and research Exeter to develop the next generation of doctoral-college/prospective-research- organisations, or with regional and global biomedical researchers. students/funding.
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PhD History PhD Medieval Studies PhD Russian and Czech Members of the department publish and The study of the Middle Ages at the University We can support postgraduate research in many Faculty of Arts supervise research in a range of areas within the of Bristol includes looking at literature, art, areas within the following broad fields: Russian broad fields of cultural, social, economic and history, language, religion, law and the thought of prose fiction from the 19th century to the political history. We cover the medieval, early western European civilisation between c.500 and present; 19th- and 20th-century Russian poetry; modern and modern periods, and offer expertise c.1500. Bristol’s medievalists focus on medieval 19th- and early 20th-century Russian intellectual on specialist topics such as public history, global culture and the whole complex of ways in which history; 20th-century Russian drama and theatre; and transnational history, digital humanities, a society functions, thinks about itself and Russian and Soviet cinema; Russian and Soviet environmental history, imperial and colonial expresses its identity. history; Modern Russian cultural studies; Czech history, contemporary history and the history and Slovak literature from the 19th century to of medicine. PhD Music the present; Russian and comparative literature; The Faculty of Arts is PhD Creative Writing PhD French The Department of Music is a centre of research Russian Orthodox culture. This PhD consists of an original body of work – The Department of French is committed to PhD History of Art excellence in both composition and musicology. internationally renowned normally a novel, or a collection of poetry/short research innovation and excellence in major Staff specialisms range from medieval altarpieces In composition, we are well known for a number PhD Theatre and Performance for its research activity. stories – with an accompanying critical element. aspects of French studies. The department has to Soviet public monuments, from pre- of areas, including: acoustic music, ranging The Department of Theatre offers supervisory The critical element will place the creative work in strengths in the medieval, early modern period, Renaissance sculpture to contemporary art of from solo to symphonic scale; electro-acoustic, expertise in a wide range of subject areas, The unique combination of an informed and theorised analytical context. All visual-textual relations, 19th-, 20th- and 21st- the diaspora. We are interested in thinking across including acousmatic composition; composition including early modern theatre and performance individual disciplines and PhD students are supervised by two academics, century literature, screen and stage adaptations, historical periods and through a variety of critical exploring the interface of Western and non- practices, 19th and 20th-century theatre and one of whom will normally be a creative writing cultural history and politics. approaches. We encourage you to participate in Western traditions. In musicology, research performance, contemporary British theatre, collaborations creates a academic and the other from English literature or the stimulating intellectual and social life of the strengths include not only the Western art music adaptation and translation of theatre and vitality and vibrancy in the a related discipline. PhD German department, with regular research seminars and tradition, but also screen media, non-Western performance, contemporary performance Staff and postgraduate students in the guest lectures, not to mention our thriving Art and popular music. practices, performance archives, dance faculty’s research structure. English Literature Department of German pursue research across History in the Pub series of talks and discussions. histories and practices, the role of the body in We are proud of our expertise in medieval and a broad spectrum of German studies, covering PhD Philosophy performance, philosophy and performance. PhD Anthropology and Archaeology early-modern literature, in Romantic and Victorian many aspects of language and linguistics, PhD Innovation and Entrepreneurship The Department of Philosophy has a reputation The Department of Anthropology and literature, in modernism, and in contemporary literature, history and culture from the early The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for high-quality research across the subject. PhD Translation Archaeology has an international ‘four-field’ writing in English. The department is notable for modern period to the present day. We welcome comprises a group of academic staff with We are particularly well known for our strength The School of Modern Languages has particular approach, combining archaeology with its breadth of research in English poetry across applications from graduates wishing to pursue research interests in two related areas: design in logic and the philosophy of science and research strengths in translation studies, evolutionary, social and linguistic anthropology. the periods, and our range of specialist interests custom-designed research programmes. innovation and entrepreneurship, spanning both mathematics, as well as expertise in ethics, including: audiovisual translation (especially Our key strengths lie in our integrated includes literary theory, the history of book, Interdisciplinary and cross-language research is commercial and social sectors. We welcome formal epistemology, phenomenology and the subtitling and video game localization); translation approaches to understanding cultural, literature and science, literature and medicine, particularly encouraged and well supported. and encourage students from a variety of philosophy of medicine. We have an active technologies (especially machine translation biological and social change: the spread of literature and the environment, digital humanities, backgrounds and experiences. Students may postgraduate community and internationally and post-editing); translation history; literary peoples, their ideas and material artefacts. women’s writing and gender studies, PhD Hispanic, Portuguese and join directly from university studies or be renowned staff who set the agenda and break translation, including poetry, drama, fiction, We focus particularly on adaptation, adversity queer writing, postcolonial literature, Black Latin American Studies experienced professionals. new ground in their respective fields. practice-oriented research; adaptation studies; and globalisation. British writing, 20th-century American Global culture and history are fundamental censorship in translation. Languages include literature, the Gothic tradition, and Welsh to our work. We research how Spanish and PhD Italian PhD Religion and Theology Catalan, Chinese, Czech, French, German, PhD Classics and Ancient History and Anglo-Welsh writing. Portuguese-speaking countries shaped the The Department of Italian has a strong The department has a strong and innovative Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Members of the department carry out research world, across Europe, America, Africa and Asia. commitment to excellence in both teaching and research culture, and includes leading across the whole range of classical studies: PhD Film and Television We ask how they fit into the wider globe. We research. We promote a vigorous research culture researchers in the thought and practice of Greek and Latin literature, ancient history and The Department of Film and Television offers explore new ways to express those relationships, in a co-operative and positive atmosphere, which Buddhism, Christianity and Judaism. We use a historiography, visual culture, philosophy and supervisory expertise in a wide range of subject including through digital humanities. We welcome enables postgraduate research projects and wide range of linguistic, historical, philosophical reception. Our work is characterised by a areas, including classical Hollywood cinema, applications from students wishing to pursue the research of staff to thrive. The department and theological methods, and provide many particular focus on interdisciplinary approaches British cinema, television drama, comedy, tailor-made research to master’s (MPhil) or pursues the study of Italian culture in an opportunities for postgraduates to build a strong and theoretical questions, and by an interest in animation and documentary. The department doctoral (PhD) level. interdisciplinary context, which challenges portfolio of skills and experiences in preparation This doctoral programme is the globalisation of classics. has particular strengths in historical research, traditional parameters of the discipline to advance for an academic career and professional life available via distance learning. audience studies, film theory and aesthetics, and knowledge in our areas of expertise. beyond university. See pp8-9 for more information. offers the opportunity for practice-based research as well as the traditional written dissertation. bristol.ac.uk/pg-study bristol.ac.uk/pg-study POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE 36 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING FACULTY OF ENGINEERING 37 Faculty of Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering PhD Civil Engineering PhD Cyber Security (TIPS at Scale) PhD Engineering Mathematics PhD Mechanical Engineering We are leaders in modelling and managing the Within the next few years the number of devices Members of the Department of Engineering Engineering research at Bristol is organised into is applying world-leading impacts of extreme natural and human hazards, connected to each other and the Internet will Mathematics carry out cutting-edge research a number of faculty-level research groups. The research to tackle the such as earthquakes, climate change, flooding, outnumber humans by almost 5:1. These in areas where mathematics is being applied to majority of staff in the Department of Mechanical industrial processes, traffic and crowds. Our connected devices will underpin everything from future challenges in engineering, industry and Engineering are members of one of the following world’s grand challenges, application studies range from complete healthcare to transport. Alongside the benefits, the life sciences. The department also makes research groups: Dynamics and Control; Solid from big data to green national and regional systems (such as national we need to address the myriad trust, identity, fundamental theoretical and computational Mechanics; Engineering Systems and Design; hydrological models, water systems, electricity privacy and security issues raised by such advances. There is a strong tradition of Ultrasonics and Non-destructive Testing; energy, digital health to and transport networks) through individual large, interconnected infrastructures. This interdisciplinary work, international collaboration Robotics; Fluid and Aerodynamics. composite materials. artefacts (such as nuclear facilities, dams, long- centre for doctoral training tackles this issue and publication in leading research journals. span bridges and buildings), down to local scale by training a new generation of interdisciplinary PhD Robotics and Autonomous Systems EngD Future Innovation in The vision of the programme is ubiquity – or PhD Advanced Composites buckling models of reinforcing bars in concrete. research leaders. robots everywhere – enabling students to think Core engineering modules lay the foundations Non-Destructive Evaluation This centre for doctoral training has been beyond a robot’s technology and about its and stretch your understanding of core EngD Composites Manufacture PhD Digital Health and Care created to provide PhD programmes in the environment. Our four-year programme leads materials, manufacturing and computational The Engineering Doctorate in Composites Working together as a diverse and vital field of non-destructive evaluation: an to the award of a joint PhD degree from both analysis. An integrated transferable skills Manufacture is a four-year postgraduate multidisciplinary group in purpose-built new underpinning technology that encompasses a the University of Bristol and the University training programme is also included, covering research programme, which integrates an laboratories adjacent to Bristol Cathedral, wide range of sensing, imaging and analysis of the West of England. A PhD is a uniquely communication, career development and industry-based research project with research students will work closely with the local NHS, techniques. We connect universities and challenging and rewarding endeavour, especially translational research skills. Collaborating training in technical subjects, as well as business experts in social care, charities and with the industry, resulting in research that makes in a cutting-edge field such as robotics and with industrial partners and world-leading skills and transferable skills training. Each EngD CDT’s industry partners that range from start- a difference. autonomous systems. international expertise produces an exciting research project is designed around the sponsor ups to multi-billion-dollar corporations that are integrated programme. company’s research priorities. Due to the nature household names in computing and healthcare. of the funding, this programme is open to home/ PhD Interactive Artificial Intelligence Our goal is to train you to become an innovator PhD Aerospace Engineering EU students only. PhD Electrical and Electronic Engineering and research leader in responsible, data-driven There is a wide range of research in the The Department of Electrical and Electronic and knowledge-intensive human-in-the-loop AI department, spanning experimental, numerical, PhD Computer Science Engineering has an international reputation for systems. Our innovative, cohort-based training theoretical and computational, and all is applied As a city, Bristol is known for its concentration research in areas such as mobile and wireless programme will deliver cohorts of highly trained to aerospace-related problems, for example of high-technology industry. Computers, communication systems, microelectronics, PhD graduates with the skills to design and fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft, wind turbines communications and microelectronics are electrical energy management, photonics and implement complex interactive AI pipelines and UAVs. All postgraduates would expect well represented, alongside digital media, optical communications, artificial vision and that solve important societal problems in to publish in high-quality journals and present computer games and electronic commerce. The image analysis, and high-performance networks. responsible ways. at international conferences. Hence, research University’s Department of Computer Science We collaborate with more than 30 industrial programmes are aimed at independent and has close relationships with many of these organisations and have attracted substantial self-motivated applicants. organisations via collaborative projects, staff research funding from diverse sources in the secondments and visiting industrial staff. UK and beyond.
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Supported by a wide range opportunities to investigate core subject areas, health physicians, medical ethicists, data Our research addresses which is considered a valuable adjunct of your skills training. The school is well supported by such as epidemiology and biostatistics, scientists, neuroscientists, and various professional development. programme and project grants, particularly of funders, such as the before you embark on your research study. community-based physicians and nurses. We a range of the important from the Medical Research Council, BBSRC, Medical Research Council, You will have the opportunity to undertake are keen to attract graduates from all these challenges in the life PhD Biological Sciences Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK and research training tailored to your needs disciplines to carry out postgraduate research. Researchers in the School of Biological British Heart Foundation. This has enabled the the Wellcome Trust and and will be supervised by highly regarded sciences. From tackling Sciences conduct cutting-edge research school to provide a vibrant environment for the NHS, our researchers academics in a dynamic research environment. PhD Translational Health Sciences ecosystem and global across a broad range of biological disciplines, research; we have more than 100 PhD students The department undertakes laboratory-based, including genomics, biotechnology, cell biology, at various stages in their research projects. have been at the forefront PhD Oral and Dental Sciences translational and applied research, fostering a change, to innovation in sensory biology, animal behaviour and evolution, of many treatments, Bristol Dental School combines laboratory- high level of collaboration between staff and fundamental biosciences population biology, host-disease interactions PhD Psychology based and clinically-applied research and fosters students. It comprises a mix of basic and and ecosystem services. The school is based Studying in the School of Psychological Science discoveries and healthcare a high level of collaboration between staff and medically trained scientists, enabling high- for better human, animal, in the £54 million state-of-the-art Life Sciences will give you the opportunity to be part of a students. The school hosts two overarching quality collaborative translational and healthcare building. Our laboratory facilities are among vibrant postgraduate community and a world- programmes that are now research groups: Lifecourse Epidemiology and research using a wide range of techniques plant and ocean health. the best in the world with critical ‘-omics’ class department. Our postgraduate students in use around the globe. Population Oral Health; and Microbiology and – from molecular biology to epidemiology. From understanding technologies and associated computing are a very important part of the departmental Materials. Each group comprises clinical and Our work focuses on clinical research and a capacity (bioinformatics) a core component. research culture and are a key component in PhD Anatomy basic scientists to promote interdisciplinary and significant part of this has translated to clinical animal and human maintaining our international research reputation. The Centre for Applied Anatomy focuses on translational research. trials that are led by the school. behaviour and wellbeing, PhD Cellular and Molecular Medicine Research activity in the school is organised into cancer biology, developmental biology and The School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine research themes. Within each theme, there is a neuroendocrinology. Its excellent facilities include DDS Orthodontics (Doctorate in PhD Veterinary Sciences to developing future is an internationally recognised centre of set of focused research groups. Across these the Vesalius Centre, which houses a state-of- Dental Surgery) Postgraduate research in the Bristol Veterinary synthetic biotechnologies excellence for the study of cancer biology, thematic research groups, there are particular the-art clinical anatomy suite with opportunities This three-year, full-time programme aims to School is largely based at the Langford campus, infection and immunology, and regenerative strengths in computational neuroscience and to use unfixed human tissue for both research provide a higher degree in orthodontics for which houses a large number of research and so driving the UK’s medicine. The school focuses on translational neuropsychology. and training purposes. There is a wide range dental graduates and prepare students for the groups along with Langford Veterinary Services research, in other words turning basic scientific bioeconomy. The following programmes will also run in of opportunities for translational research (eg in Membership in Orthodontics (MOrth) at one of and the University farm. Our research extends discoveries into something that is clinically 2020-21, subject to approval: the design and evaluation of medical implants the Royal Colleges of Surgeons. The Doctorate from the fundamental to the applied and we useful. Key successes of this type include the PhD Biochemistry • BBSRC South West Biosciences Doctoral or surgical procedures), strengthening links in Dental Surgery will develop your ability to collaborate with other research groups in the development of novel drugs, therapies and We take great pride in the standard of our Training Partnership with the Bristol Medical School and School of design, undertake and apply appropriate faculty and beyond, building on a policy of diagnostic tests, and the implementation of postgraduate provision and offer both three- and • PhD Dynamic Molecular Cell Biology Veterinary Sciences. research to relevant clinical problems. integration of basic science with veterinary changes to clinical practice. Several members four-year PhD programmes. It is also possible • PhD Integrative Cardiovascular Science activities. Our postgraduate students are to pursue a MD degree, or a one-year master’s of staff in the school are clinicians. PhD Molecular, Genetic and • PhD Neural Dynamics PhD Population Health Sciences members of the Faculty of Health Sciences by research. You will receive extensive research Lifecourse Epidemiology The Department of Population Health graduate school and benefit from the training training that covers methodology, critical PhD Physiology, Pharmacology For applicants with a background in science, Sciences is part of Bristol Medical School. opportunities this provides. interpretation and problem-solving, as well as and Neuroscience maths or population science, this programme This doctoral programme is The department is multi-disciplinary and transferable skills training in communication, New students enter an exciting research offers generous funding from the Wellcome available via distance learning. includes statisticians, epidemiologists, presentation, teamwork, time management environment in which we support and challenge Trust and a distinctive cross-disciplinary See pp8-9 for more information. geneticists, sociologists, psychologists, and teaching. You will also be encouraged to our postgraduates to excel. 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The Faculty of Science PhD Chemistry years. Important initiatives include experimental MSc by Research Global PhD Mathematics PhD Quantum Engineering The School of Chemistry is an internationally and theoretical studies of physical, chemical and Environmental Challenges The success of our school is based on attracting This Centre for Doctoral Training offers a unique comprises five schools recognised centre of teaching and research. biological processes of the Earth. Our researchers include earth scientists, not only the best available staff, but also by training and development experience for those whose teaching and Currently there are over 250 postgraduate and engineers, historians, chemists, geographers, recruiting the best possible postgraduate wishing to pursue a career in the emerging post-doctoral researchers, from many different PhD Functional Nanomaterials psychologists, literary experts, biologists, vets, students. The school offers cutting-edge quantum technologies industry. This cohort research activities span countries, working with more than 60 academic (subject to approval) mathematicians, social scientists and international PhD and taught master’s programmes, approach to learning – through peer-to-peer mathematical, physical, and staff on a wide range of research themes. Our four-year integrated PhD programme begins development experts. These different specialists and we welcome applications from national teaching, group lab projects and research Extensive collaborations with science-based with a structured year of training, giving you all are united by a single mission – protecting the and international students all year round. challenges – creates an environment that is both environmental sciences. industries and leading international academic the foundation skills necessary to prosper in environment and finding ways to live better on Postgraduate students in Bristol enjoy a friendly stimulating and empowering. It supports the Our ethos is shaped by centres ensure that research in Bristol remains your PhD research and beyond. In the Bristol our changing planet. You will have the opportunity and stimulating environment. During your development of leadership skills and the creation at the frontier of science. Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, not only to focus on a 12-month research project that programme you will have the opportunity to of personal support networks, and offers a our ambition for academic will you be guided in developing your career as inspires and develops your specialism, while develop your mathematical skills, collaborate with first-class foundation for developing and PhD Computational Statistics and a research scientist, but you will also learn the engaging in a training programme designed to leading researchers and apply your expertise completing a PhD project. activity. Data Science (COMPASS) skills and approaches necessary to translate your enhance your career prospects. across a range of academic disciplines. COMPASS involves a specially designed taught findings into technological innovations that impact PhD Technology Enhanced PhD Aerosol Science first year that is delivered through lectures, the wider world. There is a strong emphasis on Great Western Four+ Doctoral PhD Physics Chemical Synthesis You will be based at the University of Bristol workshops, laboratories and guided self-study, exploration and you are actively encouraged Training Partnership Physics, with its concern for understanding the Our alternative to the traditional PhD will enhance for the first seven months of your first year of and includes peer-supported learning and group to experience different research disciplines The partnership provides a multidisciplinary universe at a fundamental level, lies at the heart your research skills, enable you to choose your this Centre for Doctoral Training. During this work. PhD projects and supervisors are matched and environments before beginning your core training environment for postgraduate students of scientific discovery. The School of Physics own PhD project, encourage you to explore areas time, you will receive training in the underlying to students during the first nine months and PhD research. in NERC sciences. It offers studentships for 42 at Bristol has made major contributions to the outside your comfort zone, foster a teamwork physical science governing the properties proposals are developed through the summer of months within three research themes: Dynamic field, including the discovery of the pi meson ethos through cohort-driven research, and create and transformation of aerosols. You will then the first year, before full-time research starts in PhD Geographical Sciences Earth, Living World and Changing Planet. As (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1950) and fundamental links with industry while working on real-world undertake a research project for five months that October of your second year. PhD topics range (Physical Geography) part of your PhD studies, you will be offered advances in quantum mechanics. Researchers problems. Our research activity is underpinned could be in one of the partnering universities from theory and methodology of statistics and The School of Geographical Sciences is a leading training that equips you with a range of skills for within the school explore physics at all scales, by the latest in synthetic chemistry technologies, (Bath, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, Imperial, data science, to collaborative inter-disciplinary international centre for research. In the Times future employment in many different working from the cosmological to the sub-nuclear, such as automated reaction optimisation, Leeds, Manchester), giving you an opportunity projects with experimental scientists, government Higher Education analysis of the most recent environments. PhD projects are available in earth including strong activities in nanoscience AI for synthesis design, data-driven discovery to gain an insight into aerosols in an area agencies or industry. Research Excellence Framework assessment, and environmental science topics within the and condensed matter physics. and predictive methods. complementary to your eventual PhD research. we were ranked the top geography department Schools of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth During year two or year three, you will undertake PhD Earth Sciences in the UK. The graduate school is integral to this Sciences, Geographical Sciences and Physics. a placement hosted by the industrial partner The School of Earth Sciences has strong success. We have a large and vibrant graduate supporting your project. international links and the presence of community, with students following PhD, MSc researchers from all over the world makes for an by research and taught MSc programmes. exciting and stimulating environment. Research The graduate community has a strong involves the full breadth of the earth sciences international and interdisciplinary flavour, and and has benefited from major investment in offers an exceptional academic environment for new laboratories and equipment in the past few postgraduate research. bristol.ac.uk/pg-study bristol.ac.uk/pg-study POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE 42 FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LAW FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LAW 43
PhD Geographical Sciences PhD Management fields, local government, other public sector (Human Geography) The department encourages interdisciplinary bodies and third sector organisations. Faculty of Social Sciences The graduate community has a strong research, drawing on a range of theories and international and interdisciplinary flavour, and methodologies. We welcome students from a PhD Sociology, Politics and offers an exceptional academic environment for variety of backgrounds and experiences. We International Studies postgraduate research. Research opportunities encourage applications from strong candidates We are committed to rigorous conceptual and and Law span a variety of subjects at the leading edge of from disciplines outside the social sciences, empirical research that is politically and socially geographical research. There is also a range of management and business studies who wish to relevant and problem-orientated. We aim to exciting possibilities for interdisciplinary research convert, and from candidates with organisational advance theory, knowledge and methods at that cross research groups and departments. or commercial experience. the interface between sociology, politics and international relations. The questions addressed The Faculty of Social PhD Disability Studies explore different facets of the research process PhD Global Political Economy PhD Security, Conflict and Human Rights recognise that political structures are related The Norah Fry Research Centre is a leading and contemporary educational debates, as well This programme considers the dynamics of This programme is one of five South West in complex ways to the social conditions that Sciences and Law offers international centre specialising in research as developing skills in research methods, theory, global transformation and its policy implications. Doctoral Training Partnership interdisciplinary underlie them; likewise, social conditions are excellent support for with and for disabled adults, children and their argumentation and evaluation. You are encouraged to analyse the impact of pathways delivered in partnership with the affected in complex ways by political structures. families. The centre is known for its work to economic globalisation, examine relationships Universities of Bath and Exeter. It explicitly research and research- include people with intellectual disabilities in the EdD Education: Learning, Leadership between global governance and inequality, recognises that traditional approaches to South West Doctoral Training related activities, and research process, as well as the development of and Policy and understand that analysis and resolution security and conflict must encompass different Partnership (ESRC) accessible, easy-to-understand information and The EdD programme, which carries the same of many of the key problems that confront disciplinary perspectives on issues of human (in) The South West Doctoral Training Partnership actively cultivates an the dissemination of research findings in multiple academic status as a PhD, is designed for humanity in the 21st century require new security to develop better strategies for resolving comprises the Universities of Bristol, Bath, inter-school, inter- formats to different audiences. mid-career education professionals in a range and interdisciplinary academic approaches, conflicts and protecting human rights. This Exeter, Plymouth and UWE and is accredited of settings, including schools, further education innovative methods and policy agendas. PhD responds directly to these challenges and by the Economic and Social Sciences Research disciplinary ethos. PhD Economics and higher education, whose work requires equips researchers with the interdisciplinary skills Council. As well as developing tailored training The Department of Economics has a distinctive them to have a high level of research capability. PhD Health and Wellbeing required to shape research, policy and practice. programmes for our students and staff, the PhD Accounting and Finance focus and reputation, combining high-level You can study at your own pace (full- or part- The South West Doctoral Training Partnership partnership also supports a wide variety of The most recent UK-wide research assessment, advances in economic theory, structural time) with our modular programme of intensive Health and Wellbeing pathway enables students PhD Social Policy collaborative activities, including events and REF2014, rated 78 per cent of the school’s modelling and econometrics with innovative two-and-a-half day units taught in Bristol. to cultivate the skills needed to develop and Our research engages with and influences student placements in public, private and civic research in business and management as research in public policy. Many of our PhD evaluate interventions and strategies to improve national and international policy. Our society organisations. ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. graduates pursue careers in research, in DEdPsy Educational Psychology health behaviour. Your work will make a major policy experts come from a wide variety of The particular strengths of the department lie academia or elsewhere. The Doctor of Educational Psychology (DEdPsy) impact on the social science underpinnings backgrounds in social policy research, social PhD Sustainable Futures in applied financial econometrics, empirical is a research degree accredited by the British of avoidable health problems, and will build work, sociology, poverty, gender violence, Sustainability research asks how human finance, financial reporting and auditing, PhD Education Psychological Society and the Health and Care research capacity at the interface of biomedical disability studies, childhood studies, health wellbeing can be maintained and enhanced in management accounting, public sector We offer high-quality supervision by Professions Council. The degree serves as the and social sciences, both within and beyond and social care, urban studies history, human the long term, given rising populations, limited accounting and accounting for sustainability. internationally recognised scholars in areas entry qualification for professional practice and academia. geography, economics, psychology, physical natural resources and a fragile environment. including educational psychology, education employment in educational psychology. It has activity nutrition and health sciences, and family The field, with its clear applied focus and strong PhD Advanced Quantitative Methods policy, higher education, teaching and learning been designed to meet the professional training PhD Law and child welfare, based within seven specialist strategic future-directed policy implications, This pathway is for social scientists who want in schools, professional development, learning in needs of educational psychologists and reflects A wide variety of subject areas are covered in research centres. has social sciences at its heart. It also requires to learn advanced quantitative methods for the city, non-formal education, lifelong learning a shift in orientation in professional training that the Law School. This reflects a range of different a broad interdisciplinary approach and an secondary data analysis and apply these and assessment. You will be part of a large, is implicit in a research degree. approaches to legal research – doctrinal, PhD Social Work understanding of economics, law, the politics methods appropriately to answer particular diverse doctoral community in an atmosphere socio-legal/interdisciplinary and theoretical. The Our research examines policy and social and psychology of sustainability, and the substantive questions from their disciplines. It is that is exciting, creative and welcoming. PhD Exercise, Nutrition and Health school has a strong portfolio in human rights, work areas that affect us all in day-to-day life, geography and demographics of those affected. also for statistically trained researchers whose Our research focuses on physical activity and housing, governance and regulation, criminal influences and challenges policies implemented interests are more methodological. Projects EdD Education (Hong Kong) nutrition, and their associations with health justice, the legal profession, and family law and by governments and institutions, and may involve applying statistical methods used This programme is taught by University of Bristol across the lifespan. The primary areas of focus practice. The school usually has 50 research investigates the issues, factors and attitudes This doctoral programme is in other disciplines to social science problems, staff in Hong Kong, as part of a long partnership include biomedical, psychosocial and socio- postgraduates at any one time. underlying the social concerns that make available via distance learning. or developing novel statistical methods for with the School of Continuing and Professional environmental aspects of physical activity, the headlines every day. Previous University See pp8-9 for more information. analysing social science data. Education at City University of Hong Kong. We sedentary behaviour and nutrition. of Bristol social work students have entered employment in higher education, policy-related bristol.ac.uk/pg-study bristol.ac.uk/pg-study POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GUIDE 44 INDEX OUR LOCATION 45 Index Our location
Accounting and Finance PhD p42 Health and Wellbeing PhD p42 Bristol is located in the south west of the United Addiction Research Clinical Training (MRC) PhD Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies PhD/MPhil p34 Advanced Composites PhD p36 History PhD/MPhil p34 Kingdom, about 100 miles (160 kilometres) west of Advanced Quantitative Methods PhD p42 History of Art PhD/MPhil p34 London, and has excellent road, rail and air links. The Aerosol Science PhD p40 Innovation and Entrepreneurship PhD p34 Aerospace Engineering PhD/MScR p36 Integrative Cardiovascular Science (BHF) main University campus is at the heart of the city and Anatomy PhD/MD/MScR p38 (subject to approval) PhD p39 Anthropology and Archaeology PhD/MPhil p34 Interactive Artificial Intelligence PhD p36 is easily accessible by public and private transport. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Italian PhD/MPhil p34 and Advanced Computing (UKRI) PhD Law PhD p42 Biochemistry PhD/MD/MScR p39 Management PhD p42 By road How to find us Biological Sciences PhD/MScR p39 Mathematics PhD/MScR p40 Bristol has excellent road links, enabling easy University of Bristol Cellular and Molecular Medicine PhD/MD/MScR p39 Mechanical Engineering PhD/MScR p36 Beacon House Chemistry PhD/MScR p40 Medieval Studies PhD/MPhil p34 access to the city from all over the UK. The M4 Civil Engineering PhD/MScR p36 Molecular, Genetic and Lifecourse Epidemiology and M5 motorways put London and Birmingham Queens Road Classics and Ancient History PhD/MPhil p34 (Wellcome Trust) PhD p38 within a two-hour drive, while regular bus Bristol BS8 1SE services link the Clifton campus with the city Composites Manufacture EngD p36 Music PhD/MPhil/MMus p34 Email: [email protected] Neural Dynamics (Wellcome Trust) (subject to approval) PhD p39 centre and Stoke Bishop halls of residence. Computational Statistics and Data Science: COMPASS PhD p40 Tel: +44 (0)117 394 1649 Computer Science PhD/MScR p36 Nuclear Energy Futures (EPSRC Centre for You can find more detailed directions to the Creative Writing PhD/MPhil p34 Doctoral Training) PhD campus at bristol.ac.uk/maps/directions. Cyber Security (TIPS at Scale) PhD p36 Oral and Dental Sciences PhD/MScR p38 Digital Health and Care PhD p36 Orthodontics (Doctorate in Dental Surgery)* DDS p38 By train Disability Studies PhD p42 Philosophy PhD/MPhil p34 Bristol has two main railway stations – Bristol Physics PhD/MScR p40 Dynamic Molecular Cell Biology (Wellcome Trust) Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway; we Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience PhD/MD/MScR p39 (subject to approval) PhD p39 advise you arrive at Temple Meads as it is Earth Sciences PhD/MScR p40 Population Health Sciences PhD/MD/DSc/MScR p38 much closer to the Clifton campus. Buses Economics PhD p42 Psychology PhD/MScR p39 run from Temple Meads to the campus every Education PhD p42 Quantum Engineering PhD p40 Education (Hong Kong) EdD p42 Religion and Theology PhD/MPhil p34 10-15 minutes at peak times, or you can Education: Learning, Leadership and Policy EdD p42 Robotics and Autonomous Systems PhD p36 walk in 30-40 minutes. The nearest local train Educational Psychology DEdPsy p42 Russian and Czech PhD/MPhil p34 station to the campus is Clifton Down. Electrical and Electronic Engineering PhD/MScR p36 Security, Conflict and Human Rights PhD p42 Engineering Mathematics PhD p36 Social Policy PhD p42 By plane English Literature PhD/MPhil p34 Social Work PhD p42 Bristol Airport is 13 kilometres south of the city Exercise, Nutrition and Health PhD p42 Sociology, Politics and International Studies PhD p42 and operates scheduled flights between many Film and Television PhD/MPhil p34 South West Biosciences (SWBio) Doctoral Training UK and European cities. If you are arriving French PhD/MPhil p34 Partnership (BBSRC) (subject to approval) PhD p39 into London, there are direct coach services South West Doctoral Training Partnership (ESRC) PhD/MSc/MRes p42 Functional Nanomaterials (subject to approval) PhD p40 between Heathrow, Gatwick and Bristol. Future Innovation in Non-Destructive Evaluation EngD/PhD p36 South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (AHRC) PhD Alternatively, there are good rail connections Geographical Sciences (Human Geography) PhD/MPhil p42 Sustainable Futures PhD p42 from Heathrow and Gatwick Airports to Geographical Sciences (Physical Geography) PhD/MScR p40 Technology Enhanced Chemical Synthesis PhD p40 London National Rail terminals. The train German PhD/MPhil p34 Theatre and Performance PhD/MPhil p34 journey from London Paddington to Bristol Global Environmental Challenges MScR p40 Translation PhD/MPhil p34 Temple Meads takes just under two hours. Global Political Economy PhD p42 Translational Health Sciences PhD/MD/DSc/MScR p38 Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership (NERC) PhD p40 Veterinary Sciences PhD/MScR p38 GW4 BioMed Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC) PhD *Please be aware that new students are recruited to this programme every three years. The next GW4 FRESH (NERC Centre for Doctoral Training) PhD intake will start in autumn 2020. bristol.ac.uk/pg-study