Research in the Faculty of Arts extends across a diverse range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, embracing traditional, emerging and cross-disciplinary subjects. Staff in the Faculty enjoy international reputations in their chosen fields, reflected in the high level of publications-books, articles, chapters and conference papers-generated by Faculty academics each year.The Master of Philosophy (MPhil) may be complete in one to two years full-time or two to four years part-time and requires candidates to undertake research and write a thesis of 40,000-60,000 words on an approved topic under the supervision of a member of the academic staff.