Key Facts
Course Code X3010
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Qualification
MPhil
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Course duration
1 year
Available for September start 2025
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The School of Education offers both MPhil and PhD degrees. These are research-based degrees, in which students undertake individual research projects under close academic supervision from within the department. They can be studied full or part-time.
The MPhil normally takes one year of full-time research (two years part-time), after which students complete and submit a dissertation of around 60,000 words.
The PhD normally takes three years of full-time research (five years part-time), after which students complete and submit a dissertation of 80-100,000 words.
Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent.
English Language Requirements IELTS 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent
Other Requirements Applicants should submit a full research proposal at the point of application
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Research Interests
Research supervision is available in a number of areas, including childhood studies, rural education and pedagogic research.
Some of the research themes within the Department include:
- Pedagogic research including:
- learning and teaching
- subject knowledge and understanding
- ICT assessment
- assessment for learning
- achievement
- bilingual context
- Childhood Studies including:
- how children learn; gender studies
- achievement
- health and wellbeing studies
- healthy schools
- curriculum development in Wales and elsewhere in the UK
- special educational needs
- Rural Education including:
- partnerships in education;
- community education
- National and local educational policy and the impact on small schools
- 14-19 Learning Pathway
- adult education