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MRes Education – Part-time

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    MRes 2 years part-time

Course Description

Learn advanced techniques to analyse data and draw effective insights. You’ll focus on the education sector and enhance your research skills.

In-depth quantitative and qualitative research methods form the core of this course. This allows you to develop your skills in some of the most essential areas to progress your studies or become a working researcher in the education sector.

The course aims to:

  • teach you to systematically review alternative approaches, methodologies and paradigms of research in social and educational enquiry
  • enable you to critically evaluate the application of these approaches in the specific areas of social and educational enquiry in which you specialise
  • embed you within an active research community, to help you identify and investigate your own original research questions
  • equip you with the skills to contribute to research projects using any of the main methodologies of the social sciences

Entry Requirements

You should have a bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above.

To apply for this course you may have an undergraduate degree in any subject.

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Module Details

Year 1

Semester 1

Compulsory Units

  • Digital methods and data skills for MRes
  • Dissertation
  • Research methods in social sciences

Semester 2

Compulsory Units

  • Advanced qualitative methods
  • Advanced quantitative methods
  • Dissertation – Continued
  • Research methods in social sciences – Continued

Year 2

Semester 1

Compulsory Units

  • Contemporary issues in education research 1: critical users
  • Dissertation – Continued

Semester 2

Compulsory Units

  • Dissertation – Continued
  • Independent research essay
  • Contemporary issues in education research 2: competent producers

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