Research training is provided in the Department through two week long seminars every academic year (in May and November). These intensive research weeks are vital in creating a lively international research community in which staff and students exchange intellectual ideas and share good practice in relation to doctoral research. The research weeks include student presentations of work in progress, staff seminars presentations, reading groups, research skills training sessions and guest speaker slots.

The two intensive research weeks are also complemented by a fortnightly seminar series of invited speakers, which is attended by staff, PhD and MA students and through a programme of research skills training sessions offered by the University’s Postgraduate Skills Development Programme.