Online Social Research Evaluation Degree :: Accredited Universities

This course offers the opportunity to:
• Access modules which are delivered via the University’s virtual learning environment.
• Critically study research methods and data analysis appropriate for social research.
• Enhance your skills anywhere in the world.
• Access online teaching, discussion groups, tutorial support, tests and assessments.
• Gain a degree without university attendance.
• Receive teaching and support from experienced and active researchers who are acknowledged experts in their fields.

The course is designed to meet the postgraduate training requirements of the UK Economic and Social Research Council. This may also meet your training needs if you are undertaking doctoral research related to social science, appraising research, undertaking workplace research or commissioning research in a wide range of professions including health, education and criminal justice.

Entry Requirements

You must have either:
• An Honours degree at 2:1 or above, where at least half of the module credits covered one or more social science disciplines.
• Substantial relevant work experience where you have undertaken empirical social research or management experience, such as leading research projects and commissioning and appraising social research proposals.

If you were educated outside the UK, you are required to have International English Language Testing System (IELTS) at a score of 6.5 with no lower than a 6.0 in any single component.

You will require very good English language skills, especially on modules involving qualitative analysis.

If you have alternative qualifications or experience please contact us for advice before applying.

You will require access to a computer, which is capable of playing video and audio files via the Internet, as well as word processing and e-mail. In order to run some of the analytic software, your computer must have a minimum of Windows XP or a similar up-to-date operating system so you can run Windows XP. You will also require constant Internet access and a headphone/microphone combination.

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Research in exercise science/sport and physical activity and nutrition, include epidemiological, behavioural and social science analyses of activity in whole populations and special groups such as older adults; studies of muscle and bone metabolism and physiology of muscle, particularly as these relate to sporting performance and other forms of physical performance and endurance, and to precursors of chronic disease; and movement analysis and sport performance relating particularly to motor skill acquisition, perception and action, movement economy, and gait and falls in older adults.

Research in the discipline of nutrition also includes measurement and evaluation of food sources, sports nutrition, and diet and disease with a particular interest in cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes and osteoporosis.

Entry Requirements

Entry to all higher degree by research awards is subject to the availability of an appropriate supervisor in the area of research. It is essential (or recommended) that you must discuss your research interests/proposed program with potential supervisors prior to applying. Go to Application Procedure and Forms for prospective research candidates for full details.

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Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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This new and unique PhD in Education and Social Justice (by thesis and coursework) is a part-time structured PhD programme that is undertaken entirely online, over 4 years. It provides a well-defined and supported route to a PhD for people around the world. The programme is designed so that participants can study entirely from home and whilst in full- or part-time employment.

Tutors are internationally renowned researchers/practitioners, based in one of the best Education Departments in the UK, in a University ranked in the top 200 world-wide and top 10 in the UK. The Department has an established and excellent reputation for doctoral provision; the PhD in Education and Social Justice is a new addition to our suite of doctoral programmes, one of which has been running since 1995. There are close links between the Education and Social Justice doctoral programme and the Department's Centre for Social Justice and Wellbeing in Education.

We have designed the programme to enable issues, theories, methods and evaluations to be applied specifically to the particular concerns, contexts and priorities of the organisations and environments in which participants are working. The programme builds a mutually supportive spirit among participants who all have overlapping professional and academic interests. This means that participants benefit tremendously from studying within a cohort of students who act as critical friends and an informal support network during the programme, and a continued network throughout their careers.

Entry Requirements

a good honours degree from a British university or CNAA, and preferably a Master's degree; or

qualifications of a comparable standard from a university or recognised degree awarding body in another country;
an acceptable fluency in written and spoken English. For students whose first language is not English an English Language Test Certificate will be required.

IELTS - Overall 6.5 with at least 6.0 for reading and writing
Pearson PTE Academic - 62 (with 51 in each communicative skill)
Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) - Grade C

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There is an increasing need for health professionals to be directly or indirectly involved with a range of research, evaluation, clinical audit and quality improvement activities as part of their practice. Current policy and practice developments are also placing greater emphasis on the Clinical Academic Career pathway and there are now many health professionals with a clinical/practice and research focus to their roles. These developments point to the need for rigorous, high-quality interdisciplinary and flexible research programmes to prepare health professionals for these challenging and rewarding roles.

The MRes Health Research provides this. There is a strong emphasis placed on the application of knowledge and skills. The course can be taken as an advanced qualification in its own right or as excellent preparation for doctoral level study. Students can choose to study for a postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or Master's degree. Stand-alone modules are also available for those interested in Continuing Professional Development.

The course has been designed to suit students from a range of backgrounds. Most students (and graduates) have a health professional qualification e.g. nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, occupational therapy. Other students are from the social care or research sectors. Our students are from across the UK and overseas with most choosing to study remotely online as that offers flexibility around their work and family commitments.

Course objectives
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The MRes Health Research develops skilled and knowledgeable multi-disciplinary health care researchers, able to understand and confidently use research techniques appropriate to their practice/subject area. Helping students to become conversant with approaches used by other social and healthcare researchers is also key as well as developing practical research skills, for example, in user involvement and the use of new technologies.

The course builds capacity and capability in individuals, and the healthcare workforce more generally, by promoting lifelong learning. It supports those who wish to access a range of research career pathways, and/or further research training by advancing knowledge, research and practice in different settings. There is a focus on both skills and experience concurrently and an emphasis on proactive team and network collaborations.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of a second class Honours degree (2.1 preferred) or equivalent in a relevant subject. Applicants without these formal qualifications but with significant appropriate/relevant work/life experience are encouraged to apply.

English language requirements
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If English is not your first language, you must provide evidence of your proficiency such as a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 (6.0 in all bands).

If you don’t meet the required score you may be able to register for one of our pre-sessional English courses. To register you must hold a conditional offer for your course and have an IELTS score 0.5 or 1.0 below the required standard.

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hese courses provide advanced training in social research skills and policy evaluation in subject areas informed by social policy concerns. Modules on quantitative and qualitative methods and policy evaluation form the core of the programme. Participants in the MSc will also take two specialist modules and a linked independent study module in which they will demonstrate the application of research skills. The specialist modules are:

- Researching Social Inequality and Exclusion;
- Researching Peace and Conflict in Divided Societies.

Students will acquire a range of knowledge and skills needed for full participation in the contemporary knowledge economy and in the public, private and voluntary sector labour markets.

What makes the programme stand out?

These courses offer opportunities for a flexible learning experience, with the aim of facilitating wider participation and more efficient use of participants' time. They enable students to access postgraduate educaton in the social sciences on a part-time, on-line mode.

Who will the programme be of interest to?

This suite of courses is designed to meet the needs of people locally, nationally and internationally who are interested in developing research and evaluation skills in subject areas informed by social policy concerns. This includes those employed in the public, private and voluntary sectors. This focus is reflected in the content of the specialist modules and in the independent research module.

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements are normally a BA Hons or BSc Hons degree in one of the social sciences or in a cognate area including a research methods component. Compensation for cognate work experience may be made at the discretion of the University.

International students
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Applicants must have a minimum acceptable score for the British Council IELTS of 6.0 (5.5 or above in reading, writing, listening and speaking) or equivalent.

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