By the end of the PhD, all NWSSDTP-funded students are expected to be aware of the breadth of their field of enquiry, the range of constituent specialisms and the resulting spread of research paradigms and theoretical positions. However, students do not need to demonstrate detailed/ in-depth understanding of all paradigms and approaches, only in-depth knowledge of those area relevant to their work.

Students should be able to demonstrate they are:

• well informed of the latest thinking and ideas in their field of enquiry – including subject knowledge, theoretical positions and research methods – from a range of perspectives
• able to appreciate the basis on which the knowledge in the field has been derived
• able to use this knowledge to make a reasoned defence of the theoretical traditions and research techniques that they ultimately may have chosen (or rejected) during their research.

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