SP501     
Research Student Seminar

This information is for the 2023/24 session.

Teacher responsible

Dr Timothy Hildebrandt

Availability

This course is compulsory on the MPhil/PhD in Social Policy. This course is available on the MPhil/PhD in Social Policy. This course is not available as an outside option.

Course content

The course for first year students provides structured sessions for MPhil students (e.g. the MPhil/PhD process, ethics, risk). It also provides the forum in which first year full-time and second year part-time MPhil students must present their work to fellow students and staff in advance of submitting their major review (upgrade) document.

The course for second and third year students provides workshops on a range of topics including career pathways, attending conferences and publishing as well as opportunities to discuss their research with fellow students.

Teaching

First year provision will be delivered by a series of seminars across the teaching year.

Second and third year: Workshops will be arranged through the year.

 

All teaching will be in accordance with the LSE Academic Code (https://info.lse.ac.uk/current-students/lse-academic-code) which specifies a "minimum of two hours taught contact time per week when the course is running in the Autumn Term (AT) and/or Winter Term (WT)". Social Policy courses are predominantly taught through a combination of in-person Lectures and In person classes/seminars. Further information will be provided by the Course Convenor in the first lecture of the course.

 

The course will be delivered in both AT and WT.

 

Formative coursework

There will be an opportunity/expectation that students will give a presentation of their research which will provide helpful feedback for their Major Review (Upgrade).

Key facts

Department: Social Policy

Total students 2022/23: 10

Average class size 2022/23: 10

Value: Non-credit bearing

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Personal development skills

  • Self-management
  • Team working
  • Problem solving
  • Communication
  • Application of numeracy skills
  • Specialist skills