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School of Education

Research Degrees

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The School of Education offers full-time and part-time opportunities to study for the PhD and MPhil degrees. The study may be through the medium of Welsh or English. Specialist research areas in the School of Education include

  • Welsh-medium education
  • bilingual education
  • mathematics education
  • language and literacy
  • science education
  • post-compulsory education
  • mentoring
  • school effectiveness
  • Special Educational Needs / Additional Learning Needs
  • Intercultural Studies in Education

While the specialist research areas listed above are typically the ones where expert research supervision can be provided, other curriculum areas may be possible.

A PhD typically takes three years full-time and five or six years part-time. The MPhil degree is usually completed in two years full-time and three or four years part-time. There are no specific School of Education and Lifelong Learning courses or modules that are taken when completing a research degree. However, the University offers skills modules (e.g., in statistical analysis or the use of computers) for all its PhD and MPhil students.

A scholarship, covering all fees plus a subsistence allowance, is available every three years and is allocated by open competition.

Applications are invited from all those who have good first degrees, irrespective of discipline. Those with a Masters degree are normally exempted from the probationary year.

For further information

Further details, including application forms, are available from the course administrator:

Mrs Gwen Hughes
School of Education
Bangor University
Normal Site
Holyhead Road
Bangor
Gwynedd LL57 2PX

Tel: (01248) 382932

e-mail: eds056@bangor.ac.uk