A PhD is the highest academic award for which a student can be registered. This programme allows you to explore and pursue a research project built around a substantial piece of work, which has to show evidence of original contribution to knowledge.
A full-time PhD is a three-year programme of research and culminates in the production of a large-scale piece of written work in the form of a research thesis that should not normally exceed 80,000 words.
Alternatively in Drama, Theatre and Performance, it is possible to pursue a process of Practice Research where the submission includes material in other than written form and the written commentary is normally a minimum of 10,000 words.