Education (School of Social & Environmental Sustainability)

Entry requirements

Applicants typically require a first or upper second degree or equivalent with research components. You must demonstrate academic proficiency and a commitment to the core research themes of the School of Social & Environmental Sustainability.

Months of entry

Anytime

Course content

Based at the School of Social & Environmental Sustainability, Dumfries Campus. We draw on local and global links to be a world leader in addressing contemporary educational issues.

Our Education, Language, Policy and Sustainability research group draws on local and global links to:

• be a world leader in addressing contemporary educational issues

• make a difference for society’s most vulnerable and educationally disadvantaged.

Researchers benefit from links to the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, which aims to promote more equitable education systems through theory-driven, applied research. And the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning, which conducts inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research and development activities in adult education.

Our research group also benefits from interdisciplinary links within the School. Interests include migration, learning for sustainability and community-based education and pluralist methodologies. Our strong link with Dumfries and Galloway Local Authority provides research capacity to address the unique challenges of the South of Scotland region. We also maintain a focus on enactment and evaluation of world leading research interventions with relevance to communities across the globe.

All research students have two supervisors, providing complementary expertise. You will receive training in Dumfries. Training opportunities will also be available in Glasgow for:

• Research Design

• Qualitative Methods

• Quantitative Data Analysis

• Introduction to Social Theory for Researchers

• Applied Qualitative Methods

• Generalised Linear Models

Information for international students

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic and Academic Online (not General Training)

• 7.0 overall with no subtest less than 6.5

• IELTS One Skill Retake Accepted

• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.

Fees and funding

Fees and funding

Fees are based on the annual fee for full-time study. Tuition fees for part-time study will be charged at half the full-time annual fee.

Irish nationals who are living in the Common Travel Area of the UK, EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status, and Internationals with Indefinite Leave to remain status can also qualify for home fee status.

• Fee status and policies

Alumni discount

We offer a 20% discount to our alumni on all Postgraduate Research and full Postgraduate Taught Masters programmes. This includes University of Glasgow graduates and those who have completed a Junior Year Abroad, Exchange programme or International Summer School with us. The discount is applied at registration for students who are not in receipt of another discount or scholarship funded by the University. No additional application is required.

Possible additional fees

• Re-submission by a research student £540

• Submission for a higher degree by published work £1,355

• Submission of thesis after deadline lapsed £350

• Submission by staff in receipt of staff scholarship £790

Depending on the nature of the research project, some students will be expected to pay a bench fee (also known as research support costs) to cover additional costs. The exact amount will be provided in the offer letter.

Funding

Opportunities for postgraduate funding are available through the Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences and other grant funded programmes. Applications from self-funded students are also welcome.