Masters in Research Applied Health Studies MRes/PG Dip/PG Cert

This course offers rigorous multi-disciplinary training in traditional and innovative research methods and enables you to develop an advanced critical appreciation of key methodological debates.

• Research Designs in Health - develops a critical understanding of socio-political aspects of research, to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different research designs and to plan a research project
• Research Dilemmas and Strategies - is designed to develop advanced and specialist knowledge in the fields of research strategies and philosophical assumptions underlying research decisions
• Making Sense of Quantitative and Qualitative Data - develops advanced and specialist knowledge in the fields of both quantitative and qualitative methods
• Advanced Statistics and Data Analysis - is designed to give a thorough appreciation of handling complex data sets, analysing quantitative data and presenting numerical data graphically in an accessible fashion
• Research Dissertation - involves a requirement to present two bound copies of a formally presented dissertation of no more than 15,000 words.

Plus a specialist pathway module:

• Health Policy and Strategy - examines the broad UK health policy context within which professionals, patients and the public engage. Explore the relationship of health to wider social policies.
• Research in Social Work

Teaching typically consists of a combination of lectures, seminars and workshops for some modules and e-learning workshops, as well as one-to-one supervision and self-directed study.

Assessment in taught modules is by coursework, primarily essays, reports, mini-projects, presentations, method exercises, and a dissertation. There are no formal exams.

For the MRes (180 credits) you will complete a dissertation of 15,000 words; however the Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) may be awarded on completion of 120 credits, or a Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) on completion of 60 credits.