The School of Law has a thriving community of around 30 doctoral students and provides a supportive and friendly environment in which to pursue PhD and MPhil studies in law or criminology. A research degree gives you the chance to pursue a research project based around your own passions and interests, leading to a qualification which can open the door to an academic career or boost employment prospects outside academia. Key features include: Supervision from our world class faculty with a breadth of industrial and academic knowledge; A variety of studentship opportunities through the ESRC doctoral training centres and those offered by the University; An environment in which you can develop and enhance transferable skills such as problem solving, independent thinking, project management, and critical thinking; The availability of structured training, interdisciplinary seminars, dedicated research facilities and software from both the School and University. Students engage in a period of supervised research leading to the production of a thesis which is then presented for oral examination. The academic expertise in the School is wide-ranging and we invite applications in the following areas: Cybercrime and Terrorism; Medical Law; Neurocriminology and Bioethics; Probation and Offender Management services; Sentencing and Courts; Sex Work; Violent and Sex Offenders; Youth Justice. A thesis of no more than 60,000 words is submitted, which demonstrates original research that contributes significantly to the subject area. This is then followed by an oral examination of the thesis (viva).