Entry requirementsEntry A good honours degree in a related discipline is required. Students without a Masters degree in a relevant discipline will be required to undertake a taught research training programme in their first year. Students should submit a research outline which must be approved by the Course Director.
Academic titlePhD/MPhil Social Policy, Sociology
Course descriptionThe School of Social Sciences provides a stimulating and supportive environment for postgraduate training. The emphasis is on small groups, close working relationships between students and supervisors, and development towards full professional participation in the subject area. For research students we are able to provide both a full ESRC recognised research training programme and high quality expert supervision across a broad spectrum of subjects.
Research Interests of the Social Policy/Sociology Team
The research interests of current staff include:
Social Policy
* Comparative social policy
* The historical sociology of health
* Health policies and devolution
* Mental illness and learning disabilities
* Ageing and social change
* Housing policy
Sociology
* Ethnographic and ethnomethodological studies of work
* Conversation analysis
* Membership categorisation analysis
* Schooling and social interaction
* Culture and media
* Popular culture
* Language and social interaction
* Identity and diversity
* Childhood and family
Current graduate students are conducting research on:
* The social organisation of net-based learning
* Migration, ideas of national belonging and policy responses in Wales and Ireland
* The economic and social significance of the SARS outbreaks
* Wales in a global neighbourhood
* Categorisation and special educational needs: implementing the SEN code of practice
* The social construction of Welsh identity
* The use of the Welsh language in the voluntary sector in Wales
* The role of programme evaluation in the public sector organisatio