This is the report module for the MA Sociology of Education programme. The Report is 7,500 words and will be submitted on a topic negotiated between the...

Report on Sociology of Education (EDPS0085)

This is the report module for the MA Sociology of Education programme. The Report is 7,500 words and will be submitted on a topic negotiated between the student and their tutor. It is intended that the writing of a Report will offer an opportunity for the student to produce a piece of sustained writing, constituting critical theoretical/conceptual analysis on a topic of direct interest to them.

This is a compulsory module in the second year of the BA Education Studies programme. It provides a detailed analysis of education policy and the underlying...

Policy and Politics in Education (EDPS0018)

This is a compulsory module in the second year of the BA Education Studies programme. It provides a detailed analysis of education policy and the underlying political trends behind how governments around the world have chosen to organise education. It covers major debates within education policy-making and considers the numerous ways in which politicians have sought to change education systems through policy. This involves an examination of different policy areas and their relationship to the social and economic context of the time, using sociological approaches. The module examines a range of case studies looking at the enactment of policy in practice across all areas of education.

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This module will provide a wide set of data driven approaches that are relevant for solving process engineering problems. While large amount of data is...

Data Driven Process Engineering  (CENG0063)

The module offers some hands-on experience of selected laboratory techniques in cell biology with a focus on microscopy, to understand how to apply them to...

Advanced Practical Cell Biology  (CELL0022)

The module offers some hands-on experience of selected laboratory techniques in cell biology with a focus on microscopy, to understand how to apply them to address novel scientific questions and help make the transition from student to scientist.

You will discover the relative advantages of the techniques, some brief background on how they work, receive training in applying them to real biological problems and in scientific skills in data and critical analysis, interpretation and scientific communication.  You will be engaged in a mixture of hands-on experiments and subsequent practical image processing and data analysis; small group discussions; skills-based sessions; and theory-based tutorials.  Sessions will be led by scientists currently using these techniques and you will have opportunity to see how they apply them to address fundamental cell and tissue function and how this might provide leads to potential new targets for disease therapy.

The module is assessed by a project and two smaller pieces of take-home coursework based on presenting your scientific findings; the two shorter assessments and draft version of the project are due during the module itself and the final project submission by latest April.  There is opportunity for peer and tutor feedback prior to final submission of assessments. There is no final exam.

Note from academic year 2023-24 the restrictions on this module will change to the following: students should have taken CELL0009 and CELL0010 OR CELL0009 and CELL0023 in their second year.

Module organization is shared: Dr Louise Cramer (l.cramer@ucl.ac.uk) and Dr Janos Kriston-Vizi (j.kriston@ucl.ac.uk).