Featured Departments: Social Sciences

University College Falmouth is a specialist Art, Design, Media and Performance College located over three campuses in Devon and Cornwall. UCF has a reputation locally, nationally and internationally as a place to find great talent, innovation and the industry stars of the future. Our Campuses Minutes from the beach, our Woodlane Campus houses light and airy studio spaces, graphic design suites equipped with a range of specialist software and even an outdoor sculpture canopy. On our Tremough Campus, the Photography Centre provides ...

Cardiff is a successful, thriving and cosmopolitan university with a long history of service and achievement and an international reputation for high-quality teaching and research, reflected in our academic staff and cosmopolitan student community, with some 6000 postgraduates from more than 100 countries. Cardiff’s vision is to be a world-leading university. We seek to realise the full potential of our academic community through working to achieve the highest international standards in teaching, research and other activities.

Why study with us? The University of Leicester is a leading UK University with a proud past and an exciting future. We deliver high quality postgraduate and professional education and create research that has impact internationally. SEVEN GREAT REASONS TO STUDY WITH THE UNIVERISTY OF LEICESTER A MAJOR PLAYER The University is a major provider of postgraduate education. We take postgraduate education seriously. Almost half of our students are studying at this level and this means that as a student at Leicester you will be part of a ...

The University of Plymouth is a vibrant and friendly university, with a strong record of excellence and innovation across our teaching, research and enterprise activities. We also have a well established reputation for high quality postgraduate student support. Consistently ranked one of the top modern universities in the UK, Plymouth is a national leader for teaching excellence and has four government-funded Centres for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, the maximum awarded to any single institution, nine National Teaching Fellowships** ...

Whether you are studying for a taught Masters course, or embarking on a research degree, Liverpool John Moores University can offer you a supportive academic environment, well structured programmes and access to extensive specialist resources. Over 90% of our full time postgraduate students are in full time employment within six months of completing their programme – this is higher than the national average for postgraduate students from other UK universities. Our postgraduate programmes are delivered by academics involved in innovative ...

The University of Hull is a first class, research-led University. We support a wide range of core disciplines and a network of successful interdisciplinary research opportunities. With grade 5 rated departments in politics, law, geography, history, music and English, we enjoy an international reputation for the quality of our research and expertise. The flight simulator and commercially viable liquid crystal displays are just two of the fruits of our labour, and good examples of our ‘real-world’ approach.

The Department of Sociology is now widely recognised as one of the leading research and teaching centres in the United Kingdom, and has an established cluster of research centres pursuing work at a national and international level. We offer a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes and on our web pages you can find out detailed information about the Department, about its degrees, about admissions policy and procedures, and about its staff and their research interests. We are an open and friendly Department keen to ...

The College delivers excellence in graduate education through effective engagement with a highly productive academic research environment. The bedrock of this community lies with a solid foundation of prestigious eminent scholars recognised across the world for their path-breaking research and intellectual reasoning. There are six schools in the College: Business; Divinity, History and Philosophy; Education; Language and Literature; Law and Social Science. Additionally there are several Research Centres, including: ...

The School of Geography at Southampton is one of Britain's leading centres for geographical research, with excellent facilities, a strong publication record, and a thriving research culture. In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise the School was graded 5A, confirming its position among the top geography research departments in the UK. The Graduate School currently has around 50 full-time and part-time students from the UK and overseas funded by research councils and other agencies. The Graduate School captures all that’s good about research: ...

ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY Why Choose Aberystwyth? Situated on the shores of Cardigan Bay, with a backdrop of stunning scenery in mid-Wales, there are many reasons, both academic and social, for choosing Aberystwyth for your Postgraduate studies: • Traditional University established in 1872 • Excellence in teaching and research • Research led University • Information services that are among the best in the UK • Access to the National Library of Wales, adjacent to the campus • Extensive choice of courses

The Institute of Work, Health & Organisations - An International Postgraduate Rsearch Institute in Applied The Institute aims to be: A world-class centre of excellence in research A quality provider of postgraduate education Influential in policy research and development. A centre for dissemination of information on research, education, policy and practice We are committed to 'making a difference' and to the promotion of 'healthy people, healthy organisations and healthy communities'. This mission drives both our research and ...

Our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes range from fundamental biology and environmental science, through the theory and practice of sustainable ...

The Department of Management Learning and Leadership is the leading academic centre in Europe solely committed to the critique and improvement of ...

The Institute of Work Psychology (IWP) is home to one of the largest groups of occupational psychology academics in Europe and has a longstanding ...

A highly research active Sociology and Socio-Cultural Studies area within the School of Social & Political Studies, we are 'recognised' by the ESRC ...

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is the leading social science institution in the world. Many of the world's leading ...