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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Research Degrees
in the
School of Earth and Environment
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Why do research degree study?
• Personal pleasure and passion for subject
• Training to become highly skilled independent
researcher
• Employability in competitive jobs marketo Corporate - higher entry level
o Entrepreneurial
o Academic
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
The School offers the following research degrees also
offered for part-time study:
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – 3 years FT
(4 year time limit to submit thesis) (most common)
• Master of Philosophy (MPhil) – 2 years FT
(3 year time limit to submit thesis)
• MSc by Research – 12 months FT INCLUDING
submission of the thesis *** 100% research *** and
no taught element therefore must already possess
good research skills
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – 3 years FT or 5 years PT + OT
• 100,000 words (300 pages) thesis
• Examined by viva voce with normally one Internal Examiner
and one External Examiner
• Must demonstrate:• own work
• originality
• critical ability
• work of publishable quality
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – 3 years FT or 5 years PT + OT
Two option of formats for PhD thesis: 1. Standard thesis:
Normally between 6-9 chapters including introduction, methodology, discussion, results chapters, conclusions and future work, references.
2. Alternative format thesis:To include journal publications – minimum of 3, to be bound between and linked together by an extensive Introduction and summary and conclusions chapter.
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) – 2 years FT or 4 years PT + OT
• 60,000 words (200 pages) thesis
• Examined by viva voce with one Internal Examiner and one
External Examiner
• Must demonstrate:• own work
• contribution to knowledge and scholarship
• publishable quality
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Master of Science by Research (MSc by Research) – 12
months FT or 24 months PT (including writing of thesis/no OT)
• 30,000 words (100 pages) thesis
• Examined by viva voce with one Internal Examiner and one
External Examiner
• Examiners are asked to comment on:• quality of research
• whether work is of publishable quality
NOTE: A Taught MSc is often more appropriate because if offers modules in
research training as well as a large independent research project.
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Entry requirements (all courses):
Minimum 2.1 UK Bachelors (or equivalent); but
Additional skills and qualifications often desirable
with intense competition for funding, eg, Masters with
appropriate research element.
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Cost of studentship:
UK/EU Tuition Fees: £4,250 per annum; ~£13.5K for 3 years
Overseas Tuition Fees: £19,750 per annum; ~£60,000 for 3 years
Stipend/living expenses: UK Research Council stipends currently
~£14,000 pa tax free. Recommend no less than ~£12Kpa for living costs.
Research Training and Support Grant
Conference funds
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
UK Research Councils:
7 Councils but 3 relevant to School of Earth and Environment:
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Research Council – Doctoral Training:The School is currently involved in the following Centres for Doctoral
Training Excellence:
• ESRC White Rose DTP
• NERC SPHERES Leeds/York DTP
• EPSRC Technologies for a Low Carbon Future
• EPSRC Fluid Dynamics
• EPSRC Bioenergy
• EPSRC Nuclear Fuel Cycle
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
UK Research Councils Scholarships
(UK/EU)
Types of awards:
• NERC and ESRC Doctoral Training Partnerships / Centres (DTPs / DTCs / CDTs)
• NERC and ESRC Industrial CASE / Collaborative / Network
• NERC and EPSRC Project awards (tied to a grant)
IMPORTANT: Applications are made through the department and not the
research council.
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Other funding sources:• Charities, foundations, trusts, overseas governments, employers
• University scholarships:
• China Scholarships Council-Leeds Partnership
• URS (University Research Scholarships)
• Endowed scholarships (eg, Frank Stell, Frank Parkinson)
• Leeds Doctoral Awards
• Professional and Career Development Loans. You can apply to borrow up to
around £10K for courses of up to 2 years and sometimes 3 years duration.
Interest payable upon completion of course.
• Government Student Loans: Up to ~£9K for Master’s degrees but expected to roll
out for PhDs from around 2018. Loan starts 1 August each year. Interest payable.
• Leeds Alumni Bursary: Up to 10% reduction in tuition fees for Leeds graduates.
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
About the School
• Admits ~60 postgraduate researchers (PGRs) each year
• Currently has ~240 PGRs in School
• 30% currently international and EU (non-UK)
• Currently over 125 research-active staff members
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
About the School
Rated as one of the best for research
power in Earth and Environmental
Science for REF2014
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Evidence of breadth and impact identified for REF 2014
submission (5 year period) includes:• publishing 1603 ISI-listed research outputs, attracting 15,394 citations
• publishing 62 articles in prestigious journals (Science and Nature group)
• publishing 66 articles among the top 1% of all cited in geosciences
• winning £56.8M of research funding, including £36.6M from RCUK & Royal Society
• hosting prestigious centres for research (eg, NCAS and CCCEP)
• hosting a cluster of established industry-facing research consortia
• forming a strategic partnership with the UK Met Office (UKMO)
• providing 5 Lead Authors on all 3 working groups of the 5th IPCC Assessment Report
• having staff named in 586 unique news stories about our research
• being ranked 12th in the World (3rd in UK) by QS for Academic Reputation in Earth
Science
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Evidence of breadth and impact identified for REF 2014
submission (5 year period) includes:
Supporting our success in the last 5 years, the School has:
• seen a major investment in infrastructure and facilities, including spending £23.5M to
unify the School in a new state-of-the-art building for Earth and environmental research
(development and investment is ongoing)
• seen growth in the number of regular academic staff by 26% from 72 to 91 FTEs (now
increased to 118 FTEs)
• annual research income has risen by 70% (from £8.3M to £14.1M)
At the heart of this strategy is an ambition to increase the quantity of world-leading research
outputs and societal impacts. The number of SEE journal papers increased from 209 in 2007
to 270 in 2012; these papers are having much greater impact, with the citation rate
increasing from 2.9 to 4.7 cites per paper in the calendar year after publication,
compared to a disciplinary average of less than 2.0 cites per paper per year.
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
About the School
Leader for the
NERC SPHERES Leeds/York DTP
– one of 15 Doctoral Training
Partnerships for the UK’s
£100m investment
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
5 Research Institutes within the School
• Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS)
• Earth Surface Science Institute (ESSI)
• Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics (IGT)
• Sustainability Research Institute (SRI)
• Institute of Applied Geoscience (IAG)
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric
Science (ICAS)Aims to understand the physical and chemical processes that govern the behaviour of
the Earth’s atmosphere.
• Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
• Climate change and impacts
• Dynamics and clouds
• Hosts the Priestley International Centre for Climate Change
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Earth Surface Science Institute (ESSI)Examines past and present environmental climatic conditions and the
processes that produce them.
• Sedimentology
• Geochemistry of the modern and ancient
environments
• Palaeontology, palaeoenvironments, and
palaeoclimates
• Engineering and hydrogeology
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics (IGT)Dedicated to understanding the structure and evolution of the Earth from the core to
the surface.
• Deep Earth
• Volcanology
• Geodynamics and tectonics
• High temperature geochemistry
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Institute of Applied Geoscience (IAG)Researches fundamental geoscience with application and impact towards energy,
environmental, industrial and infrastructural problems.
• Applied Geophysics
• Basins and Structural Geology
• Geomechanics, Engineering and Petrophysics
• Minerals and Ore Geology
• Sedimentology
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Sustainability Research Institute (SRI)Studies climate change, biodiversity, water resources, land cover, agriculture,
environmental risks and social responsibility.
• Economics and policy for sustainability
• Environment and development
• Social and political dimensions of sustainability
• Business and organisations for sustainable societies
• Energy and climate change mitigation
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
For the latest newsletters and videos
for our Research Institutes visit:
http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Training and Support
Our PGRs are continuously monitored/supported -
• Oral presentations
• Written reports
• Regular meetings with supervisors
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Training and Support
• Commitment to ‘supplying’ employable graduates
• Wide range of Faculty and University courses providing
generic and research-specific skills
• Publications Masterclass to develop full potential and
recognition through annual Publications Prizes
• PGRs agree a training plan each year with supervisors
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Training and Support
Support
Academic: Supervisor(s)
Pastoral: Supervisor(s), Postgraduate Research Tutor,
Deputy Tutors, Administrator
Training: Industrial collaborators, Faculty Skills Training
Hub, Health & Safety, University
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Careers• The University runs a ‘Town or Gown’ event each year
• The Faculty runs courses for PGRs who want to stay in academia, in
writing grant proposals, networking, etc. and PGRs also get support from
supervision teams, conference attendance, etc.
• The Career Service holds 1-2-1 meetings upon request
• The Faculty has put together a working group to focus on careers for
UGs, PGTs, and PGRs
• The School employs an Employability Officer, Linda Hartland.
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Careers
Our PhD graduates have entered the following professions in recent
years:
• Academia (Post Doctoral Research Assistants, Lecturer, etc) in
overseas institutions (USA, Australia, Europe) as well as the UK
• Government (NNL, Met Office)
• Industry – management
• Media
• Teaching – senior positions
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Our Future…. REF 2020
(Research Excellence Framework)
Seeking to be in the top 3 for Earth and Environmental
Sciences nationally for 2020
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
IF INTERESTED:
First steps:
• Talk to members of staff in research topic areas that
are of interest to you
• Look at proposed projects on School web pages.
• Note deadlines/timescales: study application
deadline is normally dictated by Scholarship
Competition deadline.
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
• Formal study application on-line
• Supporting documents: statement of motivation (funded or
advertised projects) OR research proposal (generally, if you have
your own sponsorship), transcripts, certificates, CV (curriculum
vitae/resumé), 2 academic references
• School will check qualifications and seek supervisor(s)
• University will make the offer of a study place
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER:
The offer of a study place from the University will always
be conditional upon funding.
Funding/sponsorship is a separate procedure.
BUT
You will often need the offer of a place to be eligible for
any scholarship/funding award.
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School of Earth and EnvironmentFACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT
Web addresses:
http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk (click ‘research degrees’ under ‘Study here’)
http://www.nercdtp.leeds.ac.uk/
http://wrdtc.ac.uk/
http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/
http://scholarships.leeds.ac.uk
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/foe/skills
Questions?