Education (Research)

Established in 1892, the School of Education at Aberystwyth University is one of the oldest Education departments in the UK.

Our mission is to combine the best of our traditions for academic excellence with the most up-to-date methods in teaching, student engagement and research.

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. .

Research in the School of Education focuses on three key areas.

Teaching, learning and teaching:

• how learners learn

• subject knowledge and understanding

• ICT and learning

• teachers and professional learning

• curriculum development

• assessment for learning

• bilingual education.

Childhood Studies:

• how children develop and learn

• gender studies

• language acquisition and development

• health and well-being

• healthy schools

• additional learning needs.

Educational policy:

• partnership and collaboration in education

• rural education

• workforce development in education

• leadership in education

• community education

• national and local educational policy and the impact on small schools.