This MRes programme provides a personalised and focused introduction to postgraduate research, allowing you to develop as an independent researcher with the support of our experts in Modern Languages and Cultures. It provides a rigorous overview of the current state of scholarship in your selected field, guides you through a programme of directed and individualised reading to the selection of a feasible research project, and allows you to complete a substantial piece of research.

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Former postgraduates in French, German and Hispanic Studies have reached senior positions at the universities of: Aberdeen, Sussex, Leeds, Sheffield, Kings College London, Loughborough, Salford and Liverpool, as well as in a variety of careers.

Former postgraduates in Modern Languages and Cultures have also gone on to careers in a wide variety of areas including journalism, law, tourism, charity work, librarianship, translation and teaching.