Critical and Cultural Theory

Programme aims

The PhD programme aims to offer knowledge and expertise to take you on to a role in Higher Education, or employment requiring high-level skills in research or advanced subject knowledge.

Distinctive features

• The School has a dynamic interdisciplinary research culture with a variety of seminar series;
• The School offers a wide selection of research training opportunities, including a thesis workshop and reading groups;
• Continuing PhD students attend a fortnightly reading group and a weekly skills training session;
• PhD students are encouraged to publish;
• The School has a dedicated suite for its research students with computing facilities, networked information and access to email and Internet;
• As from their second year, students have the opportunity for teaching on the School’s undergraduate degree programmes, and receive mentoring sessions from a full-time member of staff;
• The School makes funding available each year for postgraduate research students who wish to attend conferences or undertake library archive visits that are related to their PhD studies.

Key facts

Postgraduate research courses

There are a number of possible entry routes to our postgraduate research courses. We will consider applicants who have successfully completed a Masters from a recognised Jordanian institution.

In some cases, we will consider applicants who only have a Bachelor's degree (minimum Second Class, Higher Division), although applicants may be required to complete a Master's course at Cardiff University prior to embarking upon PhD studies.