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Sport psychology is the latest scientific field to be embraced by the high-performance, professional sporting world. This programme has been designed, and is taught, by BASES-accredited sport psychologists.

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This programme is designed to offer English language teaching professionals the opportunity to engage with the theories and practices of language, learning and assessment with a view to developing and enriching their own teaching and furthering their careers in the field of language education. Key areas of study: Theories of Second Language Learning; Language Testing; Issues in Applied Linguistics; Linguistic Analysis for Language Teaching; Sociolinguistic Theory.

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Roehampton has a small, energetic team of classicists and historians offering a range of opportunities for postgraduate research. At Roehampton there are also ample opportunities for interdisciplinary work with our colleagues in Anthropology, Art History, Drama, Philosophy and Theology.

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Sport and exercise science involves the application of scientific principles to the enhancement of sport and exercise related behaviours. The traditional scientific disciplines of biomechanics, physiology and psychology are considered under this programme.

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The Centre for Language Assessment Research (CLARe) provides an international focal point for research and development in these key areas. A major area of Centre activity is research into the nature of English language proficiency, and improving methodologies for measuring this.

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Research encompasses a range of fields in primatology, including socioecology, life history strategies, communication, cognition, reproductive endocrinology, comparative morphology and crop-raiding behaviour. In addition, we investigate a number of key aspects of human evolution, particularly comparative skeletal morphology and palaeopathology of prehistoric and historic human populations, neurological evolution and the evolution of language and speech.

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The award winning National Centre for Research in Children's Literature is internationally acclaimed for its work, and offers the opportunity to specialise in a field where original research is flourishing. The Centre is a focus of research and debate on the social role of children's fiction and the high public profile it has developed in recent years. 100% of RU's submitted work in English Language and Literature was recognised either internationally or nationally for its originality, significance and rigour, with more than 30% of that work regarded as being either 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'.

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We carry out research on the distribution and ecology of a variety of invertebrate groups, notably aquatic invertebrates (with a particular strength in studies of hyporheic communities), and the insects of canopies and soils. We also study plant distributions (as indicators of land usage and wider biodiversity, with a particular interest in brownfield land).

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The English Language and Linguistics team runs a research-training programme that leads to the award of MPhil/PhD with special emphasis on sociolinguistics, applied linguistics and theoretical linguistics. RAE 2008: 100% of RU's submitted work in English Language and Literature was recognised either internationally or nationally for its originality, significance and rigour, with more than 30% of that work regarded as being either 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'.

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Students are expected to produce a research dissertation, which may be undertaken in their place of work. The dissertation may focus on issues of psychological relevance within the criminal justice system, the nature and social context of the forensic psychologist or within legal contexts or other domains where the work of a forensic psychologist is pertinent.

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