Dissertation

You will undertake a piece of independent research which results in a 30,000 word dissertation which is submitted on an assigned date in August.

You have considerable freedom to define your own dissertation project — it must be a feasible project that one or more staff members have the expertise to supervise. You are expected to have a defined research proposal before applying to this programme and you can discuss this further with the Programme Director or directly with members of academic staff working in your area of interest.

Example dissertation topics

Past dissertation topics have included:

  • Scottish-Irish Encounters: People, Land and the Military, c.1800-1922.
  • Causes and Results of the Forfeiture of the Lordship of the Isles: 1493-1506.
  • The Labour Party Right and Britain's Entry into the Common Market.
  • 'Let us be cool, calm - and elected': party strategy and the 'centre' in the run-up to the 1983 general election.
  • Narrating the Hong Kong Handover: An analysis of the remembered experiences of uniformed personnel during the transition years

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