Structure and supervision
Structure
Research students can register for either full-time (usually 3-4 years) or part-time (up to 7 years) study.
Supervision
Our postgraduate research students benefit from the highest standard of supervision. A specialist supervisor, assisted by a research mentor, will direct your work on a one-to-one basis. However, your progress will also be monitored by the Graduate Studies Committee which will identify training needs through annual appraisals and provide an additional source of advice and encouragement. The whole process of research supervision and training is coordinated and closely monitored by the Graduate School in the Humanities and Social Sciences, which offers both generic and subject specific training and support for our postgraduate community.
Please see the School of History Staff List for further details on staff research interests.
Handbook
The School of History at Queen Mary, University of London requires its research students to complete a training programme as a compulsory part of their studies. The purpose of this programme is to enhance the management and quality of the students’ historical research throughout their period of study and to help prepare them for their future careers. Each student’s training programme is constructed on a needs-based approach by selecting elements from the Department’s menu of research training provision in generic and subject-specific skills.The programme is devised and agreed between the research student, their supervisory team and the School’s Director of Graduate Studies on an annual basis throughout the period of study. It draws on the resources of the Department, the Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate School, other sectors within Queen Mary and the training provision for historians at the Institute of Historical Research to offer doctoral students the necessary skills they require to complete their research and to develop their careers thereafter. The History Department pays for any training needed outside the Department or Queen Mary.
Doctoral Record
The Doctoral Research Record - which applies to all research students registered from September 2009 onwards - is designed to assist research students in good management of their work and to document the progress of their research. It is for their own compilation (although some records require collaboration with supervisors) and should be viewed as a tool to advance an individual's studies and skills towards the successful completion of a doctorate. The Doctoral Research Record is also a component of the annual appraisal system of the Department of History.
Appraisal (carried out annually) Upgrade (for students who began before September 2010) N .B. Upgrade materials should be copied electronically to the Research and Communications Officer.Stretton Fund
The Stretton Fund is an endowment which can be utilised by research students to supplement travel costs incurred as part of their historical research. Applications should be made to the Head of the Department with the backing of one's supervisor. Payments are made retrospectively (i.e. after the travel has been undertaken). Approved applications should be submitted to the Research and Communications Officer accompanied by receipts of purchase.
Research Degrees Office
For further information about College regulations and other doctoral matters please visit the RDO website.