Post-Graduate Research

All Doctoral activity within the Faculty is overseen by the Faculty Post-Graduate Research Committee, which includes student representation, and is headed by the Faculty Director for Post-Graduate Research, Dr Barbara Cole. All administration at Faculty level is co-ordinated by the two research administrators, Neal Carr and Hannah Liebing. To email these staff members for further information simply click on the relevant links.

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Life Course Development:Theories & Methods
The course will enable you to appreciate different theoretical approaches and methods in the study of human development across the life course.

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Study

We provide our students with the support necessary to graduate and the very best opportunities to find work when they graduate. There are also progression routes through the different levels of study, so students always have opportunities for continuous professional development. Finally, as a student at the Institute, you have access to an unparalleled range of additional conferences and courses.

Below you can find links to al the Masters programme available in this Department.

ESRC Quota Studentships (up to £18,290 p.a. tax-free plus fees)
DoQSS has been allocated at least one of the five ESRC quota studentships offered by the Institute for entry in 2010-11. The awards are either for four years, leading to an MSc followed by PhD, or for three years leading to a PhD. Further details are given here.

Bloomsbury Studentship

Dick Wiggins as co-supervisor has won a Bloomsbury Colleges PhD Studentship with Dr James Hargreaves (at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) to offer a funded studentship on the 'social and educational determinants of sexual partner choice and HIV Risk among young women in South Africa'.
For more information, please visit Bloomsbury Colleges PhD Studentships page.
The closing date: 1st March 2010.

Life Course Development:Theories & Methods
The course is designed to enable you to appreciate different theoretical approaches and methods in the study of human development across the life course.
The course is taught by staff from the Department of Quantitative Social Science, the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, the Centre for the Economics of Education, and the Centre for Wider Benefits of Learning.
Course Code:RMRESR_AS1

Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Research
 The Department welcomes applications to undertake PhD training or post doctoral research in any of our areas of interest. There is a lively environment with a range of multidisciplinary activities and opportunities to acquire cutting-edge skills in longitudinal and mixed methods research. UK/EU students are encouraged to apply for one of the Institute's five Economic and Social Research Council  quota awards.

Current and recent thesis titles include
Choice-based Secondary School Admissions in England: Social Stratification and the Distribution of Educational Outcomes.
The relationship between management training and resource management in Local Government.
A cost-effectiveness study of School Information Systems.
A study of the motivational impact of PIs and targets on FE College agents.
Household Costs of Primary and Secondary Education in Uganda and Zambia and their Effect on Intra -Household Decision Making and Schooling Choices
Foundations for Success: The Developing Multi-Dimensional Abilities of the Child
The emotional and behavioural outcomes during adulthood for children in Local Authority care from the BCS 1970.
Returns to academic and vocational qualifications, with special reference to issues of timing.
The effects of education on health and well being.
Funding for Higher Education in Rwanda through Loans.Equity and Efficiency arguments
The impact of higher education finance policy on university participation in the UK
The impact of School composition and context on educational attainment and progress
The Return on Investment (ROI) of Private Partnerships in Public Education