Wellbeing MRes – 2019 entry only

University of Sussex

Postgraduate

In Brighton

£ 8,500 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    1 Year

Ageing, cultural and collective sources of wellbeing, children, migration, spirituality, place, health and mental health in relation to wellbeing – you have the opportunity to explore diverse topics on this course.

This MRes provides a strong grounding in theory and methodology, drawing on disciplines such as social work, psychology, economics, anthropology, medicine and sociology.

You’ll learn from leading scholars working in a range of innovative and interdisciplinary projects. This means you’ll be able to apply your knowledge to projects that are shaping policy and practice.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

About this course

You’ll be equipped to work in a variety of ways in the growing and dynamic field of wellbeing. This will include playing leading roles in a diverse range of health and social care organisations where the ‘wellbeing agenda’ is key.

The course will also open prospects for research careers in the increasingly wide range of research projects on wellbeing in the UK and internationally.

You’ll specialise in your chosen aspects of wellbeing, for example:

services for ageing populations
children
migrants
those with health and mental health problems.

Graduate destinations
97% of students from the Department of Social Work and Social Care were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent School of Education and Social Work graduates have gone on to jobs including:

programme manager for community housing, Good Health Projects Ltd
project worker, Barnado’s
community gardener, Brighton and Hove Food Partnership.

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

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Subjects

  • Academic
  • Research
  • Dissertation
  • Methods
  • Design
  • Migration
  • Refugees
  • Quantitative
  • Analytical
  • Analysis

Course programme

Modules

These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
  • Academic and Research Skills MAIED
  • Dissertation - MRes
  • Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Perspectives on Wellbeing Research
  • Policy and Practice in Wellbeing
  • Researching Wellbeing: skills,methods and design
Options

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.
  • Childhood and Youth in Global Perspective; Rights, Protection and Justice
  • Migration, Refugees and Wellbeing
  • Theories of Wellbeing

Additional information

International students: £16,750 per year

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