Primary tabs
Teaching
| One to one supervision | Around four supervisions per term. The University of Cambridge publishes an annual Code of Practice which sets out the University’s expectations regarding supervision. |
|---|---|
| Seminars & classes | All PhD students are expected to attend the (normally weekly) speaker seminar that is held in their particular classical sub-discipline. First-year PhD students are encouraged to attend any of the seminars held for MPhil students. |
| Lectures | PhD students, particularly in their first year, are encouraged to take advantage of advanced undergraduate lecture courses both in the Faculty of Classics and elsewhere in the University that enable them to extend their knowledge and skills. |
| Small group teaching | Classes are available in specialist skills such as epigraphy and numismatics. There is also a class on academic German. |
| Posters and Presentations | PhD students are expected regularly to present their work to their peers in a postgraduate work-in-progress seminar. They will normally be offered an opportunity in their second or third year to present a full-scale seminar paper to the seminar that is held in their particular sub-discipline. |
Feedback
Students receive regular feedback on work in progress from their supervisors. There are also annual reviews for all doctoral students which involve sample written work being read by someone other than the main supervisor.
Assessment
Thesis / Dissertation
One thesis of no more than 80,000 words and oral examination.