MRes Urban Research

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MRes Urban Research

  • Entry requirements Entry requirements A first degree in a relevant subject. Applicants with relevant professional experience may be accepted with fewer qualifications. Please contact the programme director to discuss.
  • Academic title MRes Urban Research
  • Course description MRes: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time
    PgDip: 9 months full-time; 18 months part-time

    This programme provides excellent research training prior to a PhD and/or for employment in research or policy analysis in the public or voluntary sectors or in private practice.

    Content

    You will take three compulsory courses, three optional courses and a dissertation.

    Compulsory courses

        * Social science statistics 1
        * Qualitative methods
        * Introduction to social theory for researchers
        *
    Urban theory.

    Three optional courses from a list of over 20 courses, including

        * Changing cities and neighbourhoods
        * Housing market analysis
        * Sustainable housing
        * Risk and the environment
        * Contemporary government and governance (urban)
        * Economic development and employment
        * Policy analysis
        * Regenerating cities: strategies and evaluation
        * Housing and social inclusion
        * Regeneration and health
        * Crime and community safety
        * Strategic management and decision-making
        * Partnership working and joined up government
        * Spatial planning strategies
        * Neighbourhood regeneration and community participation
        * Designing places
        * Advanced qualitative methods
        * Social science statistics 2.
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