MSc Applied Educational & Social Research

The Applied Educational & Social Research Postgraduate Taught course is a part-time master’s programme offered by the University of Strathclyde. This course provides students with the necessary research skills required for employment in the public, voluntary, and private sectors. Course Content: The course covers topics such as Research Design, both Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Policy Analysis and Evaluation, Theory and Practice of Social Research, and Issues and Approaches in Applied Research. Students are taught how to plan, conduct, analyse and use applied research, making them attractive candidates for employers seeking social and educational research skills.Key Modules: The modules of the course include Research for Educational and Social Change, Educational and Social Research in Action, and Issues and Approaches in Applied Research. Future Careers: Graduates from this course can find employment in a variety of sectors like policy development and implementation in education, health, governance and the voluntary sector, social research in research bodies (universities, market research companies etc.), government and non-government organisations, etc.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.