Teaching and assessment for Social Research PGDip

You will explore core concepts in social science. This will allow you to understand their contribution to knowledge of the social world. You will also get a broader context in which they were developed.

We then consider how social science concepts can be applied to address contemporary social challenges.

Learn more about using core method for analysing quantitative social data. This will allow you to build and develop your abilities and confidence

You will gain an advanced level of knowledge of a range of analytic qualitative research methods.

You will assess the appropriateness of different qualitative methods for your own research project. This will allow you to develop the skills to design and conduct qualitative research of your own.

This module provides an opportunity to put research skills into practice, doing a short research project on a 'real world' issue identified by an external organisation