Newcastle University Masters Research Training at Faculty Level Faculty of Humanities and Social...

Newcastle UniversityMasters Research

Training at Faculty Level

Faculty of Humanities

and Social Sciences

EUROPOS SĄJUNGAEuropos socialinis fondas

MYKOLO ROMERIOUNIVERSITETAS

ESRC Recognition• ‘outlets’ (ie Sociology, Politics, Law) apply for recognition to

apply for studentships

• Benchmark for RPG recruitment, and Gold StandardBased on

– Institutional provision for PGRs (Code of Practice)– Critical mass of PGRs– Submission and Completion rates– Quality of Research Environment– Meeting Research Training Guidelines

• To maintain recognition, Submission rate (60% of research studentships they fund)

ESRC Research Training Guidelines

• Generic guidelines

• Discipline specific guidelines

• 1+3 system (1 year research masters, 3 years PhD)

Impetus behind Faculty provision

• Economies of scale

• Drawing on expertise across Faculty (see academics contribute from disciplines)

• Interdisciplinarity

• Multi-disciplinary learning environment

Masters Modules at Masters Level

• Thinking about Research (10 credits)

• Dissertation Preparation (10 credits)

• Nature of Explanation and Enquiry (10 credits)

• Introduction to Qualitative Methods (20 credits)

• Introduction to Quantitative Methods (20 credits)

• Handbooks downloadable from:

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/hss/postgrad/training/

Quality Assurance of Faculty Level Modules

• My role

• Board of Studies; Staff/Student Committee

• Marking and moderation

• External Examiner

• Board of Examiners