Education PhD (3 years) (Research)

Research supervision is available in the following areas:

• special educational needs and social inclusion

• early and pre-school education

• information and communication technologies and learning

• teaching in further and higher education

• effective schools, managing change and target setting

• educational policy and practice

• curriculum in schools

• education in the inner city

• micro politics of schools

• ethnic and gender issues in school education

• management in education

• Education for sustainability and outdoor learning

• Philosophy of Education

• TESOL

• Professional Practice and Pedagogy

• Educational Transitions

Types of PhDs

3-year PhD
You may be offered a 3-year PhD if:

you have an existing MSc that included extensive research skills training
a well-developed research proposal
We may also take into account if you have any professional experience that you may have. Particularly if this includes significant research expertise.

3.5-year PhD
You may be offered a 3.5-year PhD with Research Training course if:

you have an existing MSc that included some research skills elements
you are transferring from another disciplinary area with different research skills
you are undertaking an interdisciplinary PhD with different skills needed
you need to further develop your proposal
These means that you need additional skills to undertake your PhD.

4-year PhD
You may be offered a 4-year PhD with Research Training course if:

you have an existing MSc that did not include research skills
you are moving from one discipline to another in social sciences. The other discipline may have had completely different research skill needs
you do not have a well-developed research proposal
An assessment of your application by School staff will determine which of the three pathways you may be offered.