The thesis route involves undertaking a supervised piece of original research and submitting a thesis of up to 100,000 words.
The PhD by Portfolio route provides the option of using existing or previous projects and associated outputs and writing a critical overview which draws these together into a coherent story.
As with the thesis route, the portfolio is expected to demonstrate an independent and original contribution to knowledge.
A maximum of three projects with associated outputs.
Yes, projects may be related to professional practice, and / or derived from empirical or conceptual investigation.
- Project / programme reports
- Project / programme materials
- Feedback from project sponsors
- Published books / chapters / journal papers
- Conference proceedings
- Patents
- Surveys
- Exhibitions / productions / artefacts
- CD / DVD / video / film presentations
- Software programmes
- Multimedia packages
- Design materials
- Maps