The dissertation module provides students with the opportunity to select and explore a topic in-depth through an independent research project under the...

Dissertation on Education Studies (EDPS0028)

The dissertation module provides students with the opportunity to select and explore a topic in-depth through an independent research project under the guidance of a supervisor throughout the academic year and supported by weekly workshops in the Autumn term.

A research proposal (1,500 words, /- 10%,) is submitted in the Autumn term and provides the foundation for subsequent dissertation research. The research proposal counts for 20% of the module assessment. The full dissertation (8,500 words, +/- 10%) is submitted in the Summer term and counts for 80% of the module assessment.

Dissertations:

provide the opportunity to explore a topic in-depth.
	are based on either empirical or theoretical (library-based) research.
	can be practice-oriented and address professional or policy issues.
	Allow you to develop the methods, skills and techniques required for research and for further postgraduate study.
	are based on independent study, supported by a supervisor and workshop sessions.

What do we mean by elites, how does education help to create and support them, and how do they maintain social inequalities in different societies and around...

Elites, Education and Inequalities (EDPS0020)

What do we mean by elites, how does education help to create and support them, and how do they maintain social inequalities in different societies and around the world? The concepts of ‘elites’, ‘elite institutions’, ‘the upper class’ are variously used, often meaning different things, and are often the imaginary against which we understand our own lives (those with more power, more money, more opportunities, better lives?). Through this module we will explore how we define ‘elite’, how you become elite, the effect of the elites on our everyday lives, and how we can all play a role in challenging inequalities in our communities. This module will allow us to create new understandings of how elites are shaping the social, geographical, cultural and emotional spaces of our everyday lives, and to examine and discuss case-studies of elite educational institutions such as English public schools, universities around the world, and international schools.