If you choose to study with us, you'll find our Department the ideal place to research, discuss, create and reflect.
The department is a highly-collaborative environment where you'll be encouraged to produce your very best work.
Over the past 50 years, it has been home to many of the world's most distinguished scholars in language studies, and has produced graduates whose work has come to define the field.
Your life in the Department
A day in the life - Astrid Morrison Parra , PhD student
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MORNING
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LUNCHTIME
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AFTERNOON
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EVENING
On the days that she has to attend classes, Astrid arrives at Whiteknights campus at 10:00am to meet her colleagues, in order to prepare for her modules and go over any assignments. Today Astrid is preparing to give a presentation for her Research Methods class - she find the Applied Linguistics and Research Methods modules useful as they help her to build up the knowledge and skills required for her research projects. On the days when she doesn’t have a class, Astrid works on research at her desk in the doctoral student office.
At lunchtime, Astrid gets a bite to eat in the cafeteria in Edith Morley or at Dolce Vita café. On the days when she doesn’t have afternoon classes, she has lunch in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø town centre, a short 10 minutes bus journey from campus. She enjoys using her lunch break to catch up with her friends and colleagues from the programme and to discuss their research.
In the afternoon, Astrid attends a lecture on Research Design, which helps her to develop her research proposals. During the lecture she presents the progress of her project, discusses her ideas and receives constructive feedback. On Tuesday afternoons, Astrid attends the Department’s weekly Applied Linguistics Research Circle seminar,