PhD Law, Risk and Compliance

The CFCI brings our expertise in finance, economics, corporate accountability and law together to provide an appropriate hub to explore the synergetic and inter-disciplinary nature of such research problems external drivers of financial and economic contemporary problems facing global businesses. As a PG researcher within the Centre you will be encouraged to access and engage with our academic staff, become an active member of our lively PhD community and take the opportunity to enhance and promote your research to the widest possible audience The CFCI creates many opportunities for our PGR community. Some of our activities include 1) PGR Community Building Events: regular meetings focusing on students experience and networking. 2) CFCI Seminar Series: held at regular intervals (weekly or fortnightly) with guest presentations from existing members, international visiting researchers and invited speakers and 3) Specialised Research Workshops: specialised research workshops, e.g. quantitative research methodology and software skills.

LRC has a team of multi-disciplinary world leading experts on financial crime, transnational criminal law, and corporate governance. We are the only and leading research centre in the world which is studying criminal aspects of tax crimes with particular focus on human factors., We engage with and produce multi-disciplinary research results primarily for end-user stakeholders (e.g. international organisations (EU, NATO, Council of Europe), LEAs, businesses, banks, government agencies, judiciary, and legal practitioners). Hence, the drive and design for impact is built in our research from the start. Furthermore, we provide opportunities for early career academics and our PGRs in these endeavours for their respective personal development and exposure to advanced, comparative and international / collaborative research. The quality, relevance and demonstrable impact of our research are demonstrated not only by our publications but also by the external funding we have gained from prestigious organisations including ESRC, H2020, EU HERCULE. An EU funded - a three year - ongoing project, PROTAX, has already produced evidence of impact in a number of countries. Equally, our work for the City of London Police inform staff development programme on fraud investigation methods and enhance the competence of law enforcement agencies.

A minimum of a 2-1 first degree in a relevant discipline subject area with a minimum 60 percent mark in the project element or equivalent with a minimum 60 percent overall module average.
In the event of a first degree classification of less than 2-1 a Masters Degree in a relevant subject area will be considered as an equivalent.
The Masters must have been attained with minimum overall marks at merit level 60 percent In addition the dissertation or equivalent element in the Masters must also have been attained with a minimum mark of merit level 60 percent.
Or higher where stipulated against a specific opportunity.
At the point of application international applicants are required to demonstrate their English language proficiency through the attainment of or booking of an approved English language test The tests accepted for admission to a research degree at Coventry University are.
IELTS Academic IELTS for UKVI Academic demonstrating an overall score of 7.0 or above with a minimum of 6.5 in each of the four sections.
TOEFL iBT TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition Online demonstrating an overall score of 95 or higher with no section below 21.