University of Derby
Faculty of Education, Health and Sciences

Our Faculty is diverse, innovative and geared around helping you to succeed. Studying one of our postgraduate courses will:

• Inspire you
• Challenge you
• Build your knowledge and passion for your subject
• Help you to further your career
• Give you the chance to network and share ideas with people who share your enthusiasm.

We've got postgraduate courses in each of our three main areas; Education, Health and Social Care and Science.

Our courses are designed for you

• We've got a huge variety of courses for you to choose from. You can choose a taught or research based postgraduate degree.
• With your development in mind, we've tried to make sure there's lots of opportunities for you to progress from Postgraduate Certificate level right up to Doctorate level.
• We know many of you will be studying and working. So we have a variety of online courses, distance learning courses and flexible study times including evening and weekend classes. Our flexible courses mean there will be something to suit you.

Find a taught postgraduate course for you

Find a research degree for you

Our research is of international standard

We're proud to be a university which puts teaching first, but that doesn't mean we're standing still on research, especially in Education, Health and Sciences.

• Our biological sciences research has been classed as of international significance in a recent government assessment.
• Our research is being built to match our undergraduate and postgraduate courses so that everything we learn we pass down to you. We think this is really important.
• We've got a designated Research Leader in each of our schools to take research development forward across the faculty.

A little bit about our research groups

Biological Sciences Research Group

The Biological Sciences Research Group has produced research which has been graded as of international significance in recent government assessments. Because of the calibre of our scientists and research students, the areas of interest in this group are varying. They include evolutionary ecology, molecular biology, human/health biology, conservation biology and plants and the environment.

Read more about Doctor Karim Vahed's highly acclaimed work

Find out more about the Biological Sciences Research Group

Human and Physical Environments Research Group

The focus for this group is on the natural behaviour of the Earth system, the impact on the physical environment of human activities and society's response to climate and environmental change. So it's a group which really focuses upon the modern issues which have a major impact on the world today.

Find out more about the Human and Physical Environments Research Group

The Centre for Psychological Research

This group has a range of specialisms from parapsychology, health psychology, cognitive psychology and more. One particular area of interest is developing educational applications of Second Life and other interactive virtual worlds. These projects are developing problem based learning in virtual environments, and using virtual learning environments to promote the 'education for sustainable development' agenda, so they have real application today.

The Second Life is also being used to research unconscious attitudes to green issues.

Find out more about the Centre for Psychological Research

The Research Centre for Education and Career Development

As a postgraduate student you'll automatically become a part of this research group which will help to develop your study and give you the opportunity to question and debate current thought in the field of education. Our research areas include early years, lifelong learning and professionalism.

Find out more about the Research Centre for Education and Career Development

Society, Religion and Belief Research Group

The specialism for this group is how religions, beliefs and values are changing in significance for individuals, groups and organisations in contemporary society. We are currently actively researching issues such as feminism, religious discrimination and the analysis of Sacred Texts, amongst others.

Read about Kristin Aune's research on modern feminism

Find out more about our Society, Religion and Belief Research Group

Applied Mental Health Research Group

Our research group interest includes clinical supervision, chronic fatigue syndrome, gestalt psychotherapy and more. Recent studies in this group have researched bipolar depression, and the group are collaborating with the University of Glasgow on research which focuses on the neurophysiology of self criticism.

Find out more about the Applied Mental Health Research Group

All our learning from research feeds into our teaching to make it the best possible experience for you.

We care about your career

There's no question that a postgraduate degree on your CV will look great on your CV. But what also helps is a postgraduate degree that stands out more than the rest. We're proud to say that lots of our postgraduate courses are accredited by organisations such as the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the Ergonomics Society, the Consortium for the Accreditation of Sonographic Education (CASE) and many more. So you can be sure of the quality of the teaching you'll receive, whilst boosting your CV at the same time.

Accolades

• This year our teacher training courses, including our PGCE Primary, were rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted. And we were rated third best in the country for initial teacher education in the National Student Survey.

Fantastic facilities

We're here to help you get the most out of your study. So we've invested into your learning environment. Our Clinical Skills Suite provides a first class learning environment for our radiography, nursing and occupational therapy students, with a state of the art imaging suite, replica hospital ward, counselling rooms and domestic living suite. And our psychology students can utilise our psychological observation suite. It's a great space for conducting research, and includes the latest eye tracker equipment.

We've invested in dedicated art and dance studios which create the perfect learning environment for our Art Therapy and Dance Therapy students.

The university has invested heavily in technology enhanced learning, so if you have online modules or you're thinking of taking one of our fully online courses, you can be reassured that we've got the equipment to ensure your learning is a success.

Find out what it's like to study a postgraduate degree in Education, Health and Sciences

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More about Derby, the university...

• Our Library had a huge facelift last year and is a great learning space for you. With over 1,200 study places, 300+ computer workstations, more than 300,000 books and subscriptions to 2,000 UK and overseas magazines you'll not struggle for inspiration. And you can access our online resources such as journals from anywhere in the world.
• But it's not just about study. We're currently building a new gym to complement our all weather sport pitches, dance studio and tennis courts.

...and Derby, the city

• Derby has the highest average salaries of any city outside London, so it's a great place to further your career.
• Derby is the UK's second city for job creation.
• Local businesses are prestigious and elite; they include Rolls Royce, Toyota, Citibank and Bombardier.
• We're a multicultural city with at least 182 nationalities and 71 languages. This creates a vibrant place to live, work and study.
• We're not as far away as you might think! There are 35 trains from Derby to London every week day and we're close to East Midlands and Birmingham International airports.
• And after all that study you can relax and unwind at the weekend in the beautiful Peak District National Park, which is right on the doorstep.

Find out more

Open days

We hold open days throughout the year to give you the opportunity to meet our team, find out more about the course and get a feel for Derby.

• Saturday 5 February 2011
• Saturday 11 June 2011
• Saturday 3 September 2011
• Saturday 8 October 2011
• Saturday 29 October 2011
• Saturday 26 November 2011

All our open days are from 10am until 3pm. Book online at www.derby.ac.uk/opendays

If you can't make it to Derby don't worry, you can take a video tour of our campus

Virtual open days

Or if you're thinking of studying online, log on to our virtual open days:

• Wednesday 1 December: 6pm - 7pm (UK time)
• Wednesday 2 March: 6pm - 7pm (UK time)
• Wednesday 13 July: 6pm - 7pm (UK time)

Order a postgraduate prospectus

Go to our dedicated postgraduate web pages

Talk to us

You can call our Education, Health and Sciences reception on 01332 591703 and they'll be able to put you in touch with the course leader for the course you're interested in.

Opening times are Monday-Thursday 8.30am-5pm and Friday 8.30am-4.30pm

Or email fehs@derby.ac.uk