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Description of terms
There are different names for the types of qualification you can achieve at university, depending on the subject area and the degree which means the level of study.
When you first begin university you are called an ‘undergraduate’ studying a Bachelor’s degree. After this, you become a ‘postgraduate’ and move onto studying a Master’s degree. Once you have finished this you can study a PhD and become a doctor of your subject!
The Arts
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Kate Bright
Painting, Film-making, Ceramics
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Graham Gussin
Sculpture
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Sara Wingate Gray
Literature, Performing Arts, Libraries
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Rolake Osabia
English Literature, Black Studies, Visual Arts
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Professor Graham Welch
Music Education, Music Psychology
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Sam Wilkinson
Art, Curating, Built Environment
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Dr Ross Purves
Music technology and education
Getting into University
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David Harrison
University admissions tests, Medicine
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Ben Lund-Conlon
Applying for university
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Saam Das
Access and admissions
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Martin White
Pre-degree courses for international students
Health
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Adriana Albuquerque
Biomedicine
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Rebecca Baker
Medical Imaging
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Linzy Elton
Microbiology
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Dr Shoba Poduval
Health
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Marcus Richards
Epidemiology, Dementia, Mental Health
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Zahra Sadouki
Microbiology
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Alisia Carnemolla
Project management in medical research
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Floriaan Schmidt
Population health, machine learning and human genetics
Humanities and Social Sciences
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Karen Schucan Bird
Social Sciences
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Michael Berkowitz
Modern Jewish History, the Holocaust
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Joe Cain
Philosophy & Science and British History
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Parama Chaudhury
Economics
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Andrew Gregory
History and Philosophy of Science
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Michael Stewart
Documentary Film and Social Anthropology
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Lee Grieveson
Media & History
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François Guesnet
History, Social Sciences
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Mie Astrup Jensen
Gender and Sexuality, Sociology, Jewish and Hebrew Studies
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Cadence Kinsey
History of Art
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Effrosyni Konstantinou
Organisation Studies, Sociology, Philosophy
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Jagjeet Lally
History of South Asia
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Antony Makrinos
Classics - Greeks and Romans
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Emily Morris
Economic Development
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Dr Tim Button
Philosophy: Metaphysics, Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Language
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Sasha Stern
Jewish Studies, Ancient History, History of Science
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Dr Robert Simpson
Free Speech, Ethical and Political Issues
Languages
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Gesine Manuwald
Classics, Latin Languages and Literature
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Marta Niccolai
Italian, Literature, Theatre
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Mariam Aboelezz
Translation Studies, Linguistics
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Joana Rita Ramalho
Portuguese, Film, Comparative Literature
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Bencie Woll
Linguistics, Cognitive neuroscience
Law
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Dr Alan Brener
Law, Economics, Finance
Museums
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Tannis Davidson
Zoology, Palaeontology, Museum Studies, Heritage
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Dr Anna Garnett
Archaeology and Museum Practice
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Christina McGregor
Museum Collections
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Dr Marquard Smith
Curation, Exhibitions, Archives, and Arts Education
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Lucy Waitt
Museum Collections
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Sara Mittica
Museums Collections, Exhibitions
Maths and Sciences
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Abbie Chapman
Conservation, Geography, Oceanography, and Ecology
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Mark Fuller
Astrophysics, Astronomy & Engineering
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Simon Hoyte
Conservation and Anthropology
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David Wilson
Geochemistry, climate change, seas and oceans
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Luciano Rila
Information security, Maths Careers, and Image Processing
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Fabio Ribeiro Rodrigues
Neuroscience
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Catherine Regan
Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science
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Mat Disney
Environmental Science, Geography, Remote Sensing
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Lidunka Vočadlo
Deep Earth and Terrestrial Planetary Cores
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Ilan Kelman
Disasters, climate change, international development, humanitarianism
Technology
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Nicolas Gold
Software Engineering & Music Computing
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Nick Tyler
Civil/Transport Engineering
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Alicia Pivaro
Architecture, Urban Studies, Urban Design
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Mark Smout
Architecture and the Environment
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Duncan Wilson
Engineering, Computer Science
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Rebecca Wilson
Technology in Education
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Valerio Modungo
Robot Perception and Learning
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Dr Irina Lazar
Engineering for social change
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Professor Emanuela Tilley
Mechanical and Civil Structural Engineering, Curriculum Design