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PhD supervision is normally available in the following areas of research:

Private education and development
Quantitative and qualitative research on private schools for the poor in Africa and Asia; educational technology; self-organising systems and educational technology for children in remote and rural areas; curriculum and pedagogy for development; the right to education; philosophical underpinnings of private education/the role of the state in education.

Philosophy of education
Theories of learning; teachers professional learning; political philosophy of education; critical historical approach to theories of psychology.

Research methodologies in education
Professional enquiry through action research; reflective enquiry; meta-analysis and systematic reviewing; exploring pupil views of learning ; qualitative methodologies (most education academics/researchers); quantitative analysis; pupil involvement in research; visual methodologies; narrative interviewing; discourse and classroom observation; theory of change; video interaction guidance.

Theoretical frameworks in education
Thinking skills/teaching for understanding; social constructivist and social constructionist psychology; community of enquiry; learning to learn; developing metacognition.

Teaching and learning
Pedagogy and teachers professional learning; teaching and learning in higher education; history of science; history of education; language and education; impact of ICT on pupils attitudes and attainment; pupil participation in learning; early years education; mathematics education; coaching and teachers professional learning, narrative therapy; professional learning of language teachers.

Enquiry-based teaching approaches

Internationalisation in Higher Education

School effectiveness and improvement

Behaviour, attendance and emotional/social/communication strategies including counselling; emotional intelligence/literacy; community-orientated schooling; school buildings.

School counselling

Creativity in education

Inclusive education

Parent/school relations

Multi-agency working

Contents

Our Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate School provides training in professional/key skills and research techniques and hosts postgraduate events.

Requirements

An upper-second-class Honours degree and a master's degree, or international equivalents, in a relevant subject.

Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 6.5 (with 6.5 in writing), Pearson's PTE Academic Test 62 or equivalent.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band: 6.5

IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa.

The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.

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