Psychology – MRes

This course builds on your previous training in research methods and statistics and develops your understanding of current methodological debates and advances in psychology.

The course provides a balance of training in qualitative and quantitative methods and you develop specialist interests to meet your needs. Your dissertation allows you to go on to carry out future research as part of a PhD. You can also go on to research careers in areas of the private or public sector such as healthcare or education.

It is ideal if you have an undergraduate degree in psychology, or a degree that includes a large component of psychology.

The course is hosted by the Faculty of Development and Society Graduate School. The Graduate School website provides a communication hub for students and staff engaged in research, information about our research work, and useful contact information.

You study a range of research methods including • experimental design
• multivariate statistical analysis
• use of computer software to generate experiments and analyse data
• life-history research
• case study
• ethnography
• media analysis

If your current qualifications do not meet the British Psychological Society’s requirement for graduate basis for registration (GBR) you may still be eligible to enrol on this course. Please contact us for more information.

Our staff are currently involved in research areas including
• death, dying and bereavement
• autism
• health psychology
• belief, religion, forgiveness and mental health
• language comprehension and production (psycholinguistics)
• language and literacy development
• prejudice and discrimination
• forensic psychology
• stress and coping
• cognitive development
• cognition and emotion
• discursive psychology
• computer mediated communication

The course is flexible, available as either evening or daytime sessions to fit around your other commitments.

Short courses/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate
You can take individual modules as short courses or combine them towards a PgDip/PgCert Research Methods in Psychology.

If you want to pursue a career in psychology which requires GBR you may first wish to take our psychology conversion course.

Other routes in the programme are listed on the MRes Social Sciences programme.