Research degrees are offered under two subject headings: History and Philosophy of Science, and Science and Technology Studies. Students may specialise in the history of science, the philosophy of science, science communication and public engagement, the sociology of science, science communication and public engagement, the sociology of science and technology, science technology policy research, or a suitable combination of those fields. Research areas: History of science: history of physics, of biology, of chemistry and of astronomy; Philosophy of science: philosophy of physics, of chemistry and of medicine; Science and the media: science communication and scientists’ use of the media; public understanding of science; science and journalism; Public engagement with science. Recent graduate students have gone on to pursue academic careers at the postdoctoral level and teaching fellow level in various universities, including the Universities of Cambridge, Sheffield and Westminster, and UCL.