MRes Humanities

If you’re interested in studying a module from this course, the Postgraduate Certificate or the Postgraduate Diploma then please email Graduate Admissions to discuss your course of study.

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Stirling is a diverse and exciting community of world-leading scholars.  We have particular strengths in the study of bibliography, book history, and publishing, translation, Scottish studies, Renaissance and eighteenth-century studies, and Gothic studies amongst many others.

Find out more about research in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

You’ll attend individual supervisory sessions and/or weekly seminars, depending on the pathway you choose. The research skills training will provide opportunities for various different learning environments. In addition, you’re entitled to take existing advanced level (level 10 or 11) tuition in the subject areas concerned and/or, where appropriate, to undertake language tuition at all levels in French, Spanish and Latin or in earlier varieties of English (Old and Middle English). Postgraduate tuition in palaeography and letterpress printing is also available.

All contributing staff are engaged in on-going research at the forefront of their disciplines, and are the authors of numerous books, articles and studies on a wide range of relevant subjects. Contributing staff also currently hold more than £1.5 million of research funding in their fields, collaborate with leading scholars from Japan to Oxford, and regularly publish with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and other internationally acclaimed academic publishers.

You’ll be part of a thriving academic community that includes a rich research culture and seminar programmes of visiting academics and industry speakers.

Fieldwork of any variety will be undertaken as needed and as arranged between you and your supervisor(s). Stirling has a rigorous risk assessment procedure which will ensure your safety during any fieldwork undertaken.

Assessment is marked on Stirling's 100-point scale and is a made through a series of essays and portfolio activities culminating in a capstone dissertation.

Because of the highly personalised nature of the MRes Humanities, semester timetables will vary considerably from student to student. In an average month, you can expect to:

• undertake much self-directed research
• meet with your supervisor(s) a number of times
• attend some seminars and workshops
• engage with other postgraduate students formally and informally
• attend audited lectures or seminars, depending on the activities you undertake as part of our Graduate Training Skills modules

In the summer months, you will have regular meetings with your dissertation supervisor.

Dr Kelsey Jackson Williams

+44 (0) 1786 466207
k.j.williams@stir.ac.uk

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Postgraduate tuition fee loans

Scottish students may be eligible to apply to the Students Award Agency for Scotland (SAAS) for loans of up to £11,500 to cover tuition fees and associated living costs.

English students can apply for a loan of up to £12,167 each year as part of the Postgraduate Masters Loan Scheme.

Welsh students can apply for financial support of up to £18,770 as a combination of grant and loan from Student Finance Wales.

Northern Irish students can apply for a postgraduate tuition fee loan of up to £5,500 from Student Finance NI.

Other sources of funding

If you have the talent, ability and drive to study with us, we want to make sure you make the most of the opportunity – regardless of your financial circumstances.

Learn more about available funding opportunities or use our scholarship finder to explore our range of scholarships.

If you’re domiciled in the UK, you can typically apply to your relevant funding body for help with living costs. This usually takes the form of student loans, grants or bursaries, and the amount awarded depends upon your personal circumstances and household income.

European Union and overseas students won’t normally be able to claim living support through SAAS or other UK public funding bodies. You should contact the relevant authority in your country to find out if you’re eligible to receive support.

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We aim to be as flexible as possible, and offer a wide range of payment methods - including the option to pay fees by instalments. Learn more about how to pay

The MRes Humanities will give you training in critical transferable skills including:

• textual analysis
• methodologies of empirical research
• close reading and deconstruction of discourses
• the expression of your ideas in coherent writing and argumentation

We offer a comprehensive employability and skills programme to help you maximise your time at university and develop the graduate attributes required by employers. We have a dedicated Faculty Employability and Skills Officer. There's also our Career and Employability Service who work in partnership with academic staff to ensure you get the best out of your University experience and are given the right opportunities to make you ready for the world of work.