Prof Simon Glendinning CBG.7.01, Prof Christopher Anderson CBG.6.05, Dr Abigail Innes CBG.6.03 and Prof Jonathan Hopkin CBG.6.01

This course is compulsory on the MPhil/PhD in European Studies. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

The course is recommended for those second and third year PhD students in the Government Department whose research focuses on European topics.

Presentation and detailed discussion of PhD related research, outlines and progression. Discussion of thesis chapters and related doctoral research, with an emphasis on research design and methodology. Practice conference panel sessions. A detailed syllabus is fixed at the start of each term.

This course is delivered through a combination of seminars and lectures totalling a minimum of 30 hours across the Autumn and Winter Terms. It will be delivered through online and/or in-person seminars.

There is no examination for this course. Regular attendance and active participation is required. All students are required: to present at least one substantial chapter/paper draft; to act as a discussant on another paper; and to read papers in advance of the seminar in which they are discussed.