You will study alongside students and staff in our Centre for Rural Economy, which specialises in interdisciplinary social science, researching rural development and policy, food and society and the wellbeing of rural communities. You will also undertake a postgraduate research training programme in our purpose-built Doctoral Training Suite, with facilities for lectures, workshops, seminars and computer access to specialist software required for research in the social sciences and the humanities. Through studying on our course you will: identify your own research topic specialise and develop skills specific to your research learn research practice fundamentals understand research principles, data handling and analysis You take compulsory modules and optional modules, and complete a dissertation, which could be a desk-based analysis, or a study involving fieldwork or case studies. You will be encouraged to participate fully in our research culture by organising and attending seminars and reading groups and contributing to research meetings.

2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, preferably in a natural or social science, such as: human geography politics sociology planning TOEFL, IELTS results