History PhD
Birkbeck, University of London
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A research degree offers you the opportunity to acquire a highly advanced set of conceptual skills developed in the pursuit of new knowledge, which can be applied within or beyond an academic or scholarly context. Research training in any academic discipline helps to channel creativity into critical innovatory reasoning. The legitimate authority of original, independent research depends upon persuasive analytical arguments supported by critically evaluated evidence.An PhD is an advanced ...Read more

A research degree offers you the opportunity to acquire a highly advanced set of conceptual skills developed in the pursuit of new knowledge, which can be applied within or beyond an academic or scholarly context. Research training in any academic discipline helps to channel creativity into critical innovatory reasoning. The legitimate authority of original, independent research depends upon persuasive analytical arguments supported by critically evaluated evidence.

An PhD is an advanced postgraduate research degree that requires the submission of a substantial dissertation of 60,000 to 100,000 words. At Birkbeck, you are initially registered on an MPhil and you upgrade to a PhD after satisfactory progress in the first year or two. You need to find a suitable academic supervisor at Birkbeck, who can offer the requisite expertise to guide and support you through your research.

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SR
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24 Feb 15

This has been the best six years of my retirement. Mental exercise and fitness and inclusive for part-timers from various backgrounds. The enthusiasm of staff and students here is..Read more

SR
Student Reviewer
04 Apr 14

The tutors are great and eager to help. They realise that we have time constraints due to most of us having to work too. They answer our emails quickly. It is too crouded here..Read more

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Confirmed (or predicted) Merit or above at MA level, with a distinction in the dissertation.

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£4,712 per year

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£14,175 per year

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SR
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24 Feb 15
This has been the best six years of my retirement. Mental exercise and fitness and inclusive for part-timers from various backgrounds. The enthusiasm of staff and students here is...
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SR
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04 Apr 14
Politics, Philosophy and History BA (Hons)
The tutors are great and eager to help. They realise that we have time constraints due to most of us having to work too. They answer our emails quickly. It is too crouded here...
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Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London , London

Located in the heart of London, Birkbeck is a member of the prestigious University of London, one of the best known and most...

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Birkbeck, University of London
Malet Street Bloomsbury London Camden WC1E 7HX United Kingdom
Nearest tube station: Goodge Street  0.1 miles away Nearest train station: Euston   0.5 miles away
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