MPhil & PhD in Education
3-4 years full-time or 4-6 years part-time
Please download our guidance notes for MPhil and PhD in Education. We require an outline research proposal to be submitted with your application form and these provide the basis for an interview. There is no deadline, unless you are applying for funding. Please note that, in common with other universities, you initially register for an MPhil programme and on satisfactory completion of this upgrade to PhD registration.
Find out more about applying
We expect you to hold a good undergraduate degree and normally a Masters degree in Education or a closely related area of the Social Sciences
If your first language is not English, please check our English Language requirements
Further information is available from Myrna Felix, the Department’s Programme Administrator, on 020 7919 7302
The Department of Educational Studies offers part-fees bursaries for the MPhil/PhD programme. Download our bursary details.
Please see Tuition fees.
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Please see Staff research interests.
The Department of Educational Studies has over 50 research students from the United Kingdom, Europe and many other countries overseas. We offer research supervision in a wide range of areas within Education and welcome enquiries about possible research topics, both theoretical and empirical. Many of our research students are also practising professionals who carry out research related to their work.
We are particularly interested to hear from those who would like to work within areas such as: action research in education; art in education; bilingualism in education; children and popular culture; comparative education and international work; comprehensive education; creativity; curriculum policy and practice; development of literacy; digital technologies and education; drama in education; early childhood education and cultural diversity; early literacy and bilingualism; English in education; equity and social justice; family learning in multilingual contexts; gender studies; history of education; identities, cultures and the curriculum; mathematics education; non-formal education; out-of-school learning; policy and its contestation; race and education; science in education; sexuality and education; social class and education; spatial aspects of education; teaching of reading; visual cultures and education.
Research students in Education typically use a range of qualitative methods including ethnographic approaches, observation, narrative methods, discourse analysis, video analysis, and life histories.
See a list of recent titles and abstracts of theses that have been successfully completed.Find out more about our research degrees, including information about starting your research, upgrading to PhD registration, and submitting your thesis.
Assessment
Thesis and viva voce.
Register your interest
If you register your interest in this programme we will keep you informed about open days and send you relevant further information. If you subsequently decide to apply for this programme you will be able to use the same login details to apply.
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