For Students

The resources on this website are developed to help lecturers and tutors improve the learning experience of all students in philosophy, theology, religious studies, history and philosophy of science and related subjects.

We also think that many of these resources will be of direct value to you in finding out the different ways learning and teaching techniques are developing for your discipline(s) so that you can better engage with your own learning experience and take full advantage of the opportunities available from higher education. Additionally, you might also find that you want to disagree with some of the thinking behind these developments and make your own voice heard: we certainly want to make sure that we incorporate student needs in our future development, so do contact us if you have any suggestions.

The materials are free for use by all students and staff in UK higher education. Feel free to browse through any of the materials on the website and use them as part of your reflection on your learning.

Undergraduates

In November 2007 we ran a student focus group, inviting 12 undergraduate Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies students to spend two days with us to talk about their experiences of studying for a degree. For more information about what happened at the focus group see the Student Focus Group Report.

We hope you find our Employability Guide useful.

You might also find the information we have about Personal Development Planning useful.

The JISC-funded 'Awesome' project provides information about dissertation writing that we hope you find useful. Whether you're wondering how to use supervision, write an introduction or achieve clarity through the 'fog index' you will find advice on these and many other vexing tasks. We hope you will enjoy the content already contributed by philosophy tutors and students and that you feel able to add content yourself.

Postgraduates

You might find the pages about our AHRC-funded doctoral training programme useful.