Postgraduate research

Kathy Rees

PhD English Literature
Kathy Rees

“Reviewing my experience since I started in January 2010, I realise that the key factor in my enjoyment of the research process is having a supervisor who is really interested in my topic and my progress: the written feedback on my writing is both challenging and inspiring while every tutorial represents a 'leap' in my learning curve. Further expertise is provided by my supervisory team, whose knowledge of the period and experience of the research process is invaluable. As well as working on my thesis, I have enjoyed presenting papers at conferences. Though I am still at an early stage in my PhD travels, I feel very secure and supported as I venture into each stage of the journey.”


Our department has over 50 students working on MPhils or PhDs, both full and part-time. Most of our research students have teaching responsibilities in the department or have gained experience in co-ordinating conferences.

We offer research degrees in the following areas:

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For some examples of titles previously submitted by our postgraduate students, please see our research topics page.

We have close links with the University of Cambridge's Faculty of English, Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies and Centre for Research into Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, and have run joint postgraduate conferences in the past which have attracted delegates from around the country.

If you would like advice with any aspect of your application, or on funding and training, please contact either Professor Sarah Brown (Faculty Director of Research Students) or Helen Jones (Faculty Research Administrator).

We are a friendly, energetic Department with all the superb facilities that Cambridge has to offer, including a copyright library on our doorstep, plus a host of multi-media, video and radio production facilities.





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