How to use this Handbook The Doctoral College is responsible for the administration and organisation of PhD research at Ulster. Their website contains a wealth of information on every aspect of the PhD process and students are advised to spend some time familiarising themselves with the information available on it. https://www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/current-phd-researchers This handbook has been devised to provide students with information specific to the subject area of Modern Languages and Linguistics. The Doctoral College website will inform you of the PhD process at an Institutional level while this handbook will detail the important contacts and processes at a subject level. If you cannot find the information you require in this booklet, it is most likely to be found on the Doctoral College website. Failing that, the contact list contained herein will direct you to the best person to answer any queries you may have.