The School of Law has a thriving community of doctoral students and provides a supportive and friendly environment in which to pursue MPhil in law and 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; State of the art facilities; 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. 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).