Entry requirements: Normally a Masters degree in a related discipline. Applicants without a Masters degree should normally have a good upper second-class degree in a related
discipline
Full-time: 3 years
Part-time: 7 years
Programme Leader: Professor Anthony King
Telephone +44 (0) 1962 827291
Email Tony.King@winchester.ac.uk
If English is not your first language: IELTS 6.5 (including 6.5 in academic writing) or a TOEFL score of 575 (paper-based) or 232 (computerbased) or equivalent
Start dates: September and February
Application process: Contact the Programme Leader for more information
This form of doctorate is largely made up of the submitted publications or other forms of creative output (art-works, records of performances etc). The work submitted must be broadly comparable to a PhD or ProfD thesis, that is, six peer-reviewed articles, or one/two books or creative equivalents. The material must be linked in an intellectually coherent way, which will be brought out in a 10,000-word context statement that forms an introduction to the submitted work.
The context statement will give the aims of the thesis, and link the submitted material together. It will also discuss the nature of the research, demonstrating the original contribution made by the submitted work, and provide an explanation of the project design(s) and methodologies. The statement will also make clear what contribution the candidate has made, in the case of coauthored or multi-authored publications or outputs.
Applicants for this programme, once accepted, will be allocated a Director of Studies, to advise on the content statement and the preparation of the submitted material.
It is expected that this form of doctoral study will take much less time than the usual thesis-based MPhil/PhD or ProfD, because the submitted work is already in the public domain. However, the final submission for examination must take place no less than six months after approval of candidature.