Program Overview

This MRes provides a personalised and focused introduction to postgraduate research. It will enable you to develop into an independent researcher and produce an original research project, supported by an expert in modern languages and cultures.

Pathways are available in Basque studies, Catalan studies, Chinese studies, French studies, German studies, Hispanic studies, Italian studies, Portuguese studies, sociolinguistics, spanish studies, and translation studies. Your final award will reflect your choice of pathway.

Whichever pathway you choose, the programme provides intensive preparation for doctoral research and your future career. We’ll guide you through the research process, equipping you with transferable skills, including critical thinking, project management, written and verbal communication, and problem solving.

Training in research methodologies will be tailored to modern languages and cultural studies, as well as your specific research proposal, and a rigorous overview of current scholarship in your selected field will be provided. You’ll co-design a bespoke reading list and individual assessment tasks in preparation for a substantial piece of research.

Guided by research-active experts in the Department of Languages, Culture and Film, you’ll discover how to develop a research proposal, identify relevant evidence and sources, plan and undertake the research, and analyse and present your findings.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Theoretical frameworks for research in modern languages and discourse analysis, including text, audio-visual and digital

How to design a robust research proposal

How to identify relevant evidence and sources

How to plan and conduct a major piece of original, independent research

How to collect, interpret and analyse data and present your findings

Project management and problem-solving skills

Contemporary methodologies and key theoretical issues in cultural studies research

How to prepare a bibliography