入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求： A good honours degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional qualification.
英语要求：IELTS score of at least 6.5 is required
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £10,400
课程特征 Course Features：
This programme combines education research with a range of modules from the existing MSc in Social Research to provide students with a flexible opportunity to develop and apply their knowledge and understanding of the research process.
This award is intended for those who wish to deepen their knowledge of education and social research theory and practice, either before taking up employment, whilst in employment as part of a career development programme or going on to pursue doctoral research. The degree provides students with a relevant, advanced and sophisticated understanding of research processes within an education context.
•Provides specific, policy relevant research skills
•Flexible structure
•Opportunity to undertake a professional research placement instead of the dissertation
课程内容 Course Content ：
The programme can be taken as a series of separate stand alone modules. There is a postgraduate diploma and MSc stage to the programme. The PgDip element comprises all the taught modules with the exception of the dissertation or work-based placement, students can step off at this stage with this qualification. A further period spent researching and writing a dissertation leads to the MSc award.
If you study on a full-time basis, the MSc programme lasts one calendar year, starting in September. Attendance is for two full days a week during term times; these teaching days are at present timetabled for Mondays and Fridays.
•Social research design
•Philosophical and methodological foundations of the social sciences
•Quantitative analysis using SPSS, descriptive and bivariate statistics.
•Qualitative approaches to social research
•Practical fieldwork skills
•Project planning
•Placement option available
•Wide range of education modules available from Integrated Master Programme
•Specific education research training
职业机会 Career Opportunities:
This programme is suited equally to those wishing to pursue an academic research career and those seeking employment in a professional educational research environment. Publishing, media, leisure, museums, social research, the police, teaching, local and central government, and the voluntary sector are all areas where our alumni can be found.