Kielitieteen tutkinnot (MPhil/PhD).

Kielitieteen tohtoriohjelma on tiukka, jäsennelty koulutusohjelma, jossa on erilaisia aktiviteetteja ja vaatimuksia koko ohjelman ajan.

All students register in year 1 of the programme as MPhil students. The upgrade from MPhil to PhD registration takes place at the end of the first academic session for full-time students (or at the end of the second academic session for part-time students).

All new MPhil/PhD students are provided with a supervisory committee of three members, comprising a main or primary supervisor, and a second and third supervisor. The split in time commitment across the supervisory committee is 60:25:15. In the first year, students are expected to meet their main supervisor on a bi-weekly basis for a period of at least one hour.

The student’s primary supervisor is always a member of the Department in which the student is registered. The second and third supervisors, who act in a supplementary advisory capacity, may be from the same Department, or other Departments/Centres in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures or in Departments/Centres in the other Faculties of the School.

Depending on the nature of the research, joint supervision is sometimes recommended, under the direction of two primary supervisors. In such cases, the student has only one further supervisor on their committee.

Opiskelijan edistymistä valvoo edelleen laitoksen tutkimusohjaaja.

Year 1

Ensimmäisenä vuonna opiskelijat valmistautuvat tutkimukseen seuraamalla laitoksen tutkimustutorin koolle kutsumaa kielitieteen tutkimuskoulutusseminaaria (RTS), jota tukee Academic Development Directorate (ADD) -koulutus.

Students may also be encouraged by supervisors to attend additional taught courses relevant to their research and to their training needs. These may include specialist disciplinary, language or regional culture courses or research training in other Departments outside the Faculty.

All MPhil/PhD students are encouraged to attend the talks of the departmental seminar series or those organised by the Centre for Language Pedagogy or the Centre for Translation Studies. In addition, there are special PhD seminars in which advanced PhD students present their work and which are open to staff and students.

Vuoden 1 kokopäiväisten opiskelijoiden (osa-aikaisten opiskelijoiden vuosi 2) on toimitettava ydinluku ja tutkimusehdotus (noin 10 000 sanaa), jotka sisältävät tyypillisesti seuraavat elementit:

• Research rationale and context of the proposed research
• Main research questions
• Literature review
• Theoretical and methodological framework and considerations
• Proposed research methods
• Ethical issues (where applicable)
• Outline structure of PhD dissertation
• Schedule of research and writing
• Bibliography

Adjustments to one or more of these sections, including additions or deletions where appropriate, are possible by prior arrangements between the students and lead supervisors.

Päivitys MPhilistä PhD-statukseen perustuu opiskelijan tutkimuskomitean arvioon ydinluvusta ja tutkimusehdotuksesta sekä 20-30 minuutin suulliseen esitykseen, jota seuraa keskustelu. Suullinen esitys annetaan laitoksen henkilökunnalle, valvontatoimikunnan jäsenille ja tutkijoille. Tätä seuraa 10-15 minuutin haastattelu opiskelijan ja toimikunnan välillä. Kun päivitysprosessi on suoritettu onnistuneesti, opiskelijat päivitetään virallisesti tohtoriksi ja jatkavat toiselle vuodelle. (Jos arvioijat katsovat, että ydinluvussa tai tutkimusehdotuksessa on puutteita, opiskelijoita pyydetään tarkistamaan se tyydyttävällä tavalla ennen kuin tohtorintutkinto voidaan vahvistaa.) Opiskelijat eivät yleensä saa siirtyä toiselle vuodelle ennen kuin päivitysprosessi on valmis.

Year 2

The second year (or part-time equivalent) is normally spent engaged in research. This may be by any combination of fieldwork and research in libraries and the material collection as agreed between the student and the supervisor(s).

Year 3

The third year (or part-time equivalent) is devoted to writing up research for the PhD thesis. During this time, students will normally give a presentation in the PhD seminar series organised by the Departmental Research Tutor, which is open to staff members and other research students. During the third year (or part-time equivalent) students will present draft chapters to their main supervisor for comment, before completing a final draft of the thesis. Once a full draft is complete, the work is assessed by all members of the supervisory committee and the student can either submit the thesis or move on to Continuation Status to be given a further 12 months to complete the thesis and submit for examination.

The thesis must be completed within 48 months from the time of registration (or part-time equivalent).

The thesis – not to exceed 100,000 words in length – is examined by two leading authorities in the field.

SOAS myöntää tohtorintutkinnot vuoden 2013 rekisteröinnistä lähtien, ja niihin sovelletaan SOAS määräyksiä.

Graduates of the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics leave SOAS not only with linguistic and cultural expertise, but also with skills in written and oral communication, analysis and problem solving.

Recent graduates have been hired by:

• Africa Matters
• Amnesty International
• Arab British Chamber of Commerce
• BBC World Service
• British High Commission
• Council for British Research in the Levant
• Department for International Development
• Edelman
• Embassy of Jordan
• Ernst & Young
• Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Google
• Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
• Middle East Eye
• Saïd Foundation
• TalkAbout Speech Therapy
• The Black Curriculum
• The Telegraph
• United Nations Development Programme
• UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
• Wall Street Journal