Roehampton University Postgraduate Prospectus 2009/10

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One of the leading new universities in the UK for research and number one for Dance and Biological Anthropology – RAE 2008

78% of research of international standing and 33% internationally excellent or world class

– RAE 2008

More National Teaching Fellows than any other London university

In the past five years applications to taught postgraduate programmes have increased by 34%

A beautiful parkland campus featuring historic buildings and lakes, and on-site student residences

Ranked first among London universities for the environment on and around campus – Times Higher Education 2009 Student Experience Survey

Four historic Colleges dating back to the 1840s, creating a strong sense of community on campus

…all this only 30 minutes from central London


ProgrammesEntry requirements/ How to apply

Index of programmes

Programme pages

Location: London map

ContentsWelcome from the Vice-Chancellor

Choose Roehampton

Stunning London campus

Academic life

Research Assessment Exercise/ Research Centres

Research publications/Recent staff successes

Visiting experts/News from the academic Schools

Research degrees/Graduate School

International

An international university

Studentprofiles

Reasons to study in the UK/London

University preparation programmes

Student support

A historic tradition/Colleges

Student services and advice

Finance

More than study

Explore central London

Explore the local area

Activities/Volunteering/ Welfare services

Sports

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to the Roehampton University postgraduate communityAs a postgraduate student, you will be part of a friendly, modern, lively community, dedicated to providing the best possible opportunities for learning and research. Our postgraduates and research students enjoy close contact with academics working at the cutting edge of their subjects and you will findyourselfbothchallengedandsupportedinthisnextstageofyouracademiccareer.

Roehampton University has a very strong and growing international reputation for its teaching and research. The results of the UK government’s 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) showed that wehaveoneofthestrongestresearchprofilesofanymodernuniversityintheUK.Overall,78%ofourresearchwas“internationallyrecognised”,with33%rated“internationallyexcellent”or“worldclass”. Two of our departments, Biological Anthropology and Dance, were assessed as being the very best in the UK.

Our beautiful and historic campus in south-west London provides a wonderfully stimulating environment in which to pursue your studies, with great research resources on your doorstep. I hope you choose Roehampton and look forward to welcoming you in person.

Professor Paul O’Prey,Vice-Chancellor

Welcome


The on-campus facilities and support services,

including our highly praised Graduate School, mean

that our students leave Roehampton prepared for a

successful career. With a tradition of undergraduate

education that stretches back to the 1840s, Roehampton

is now enjoying a reputation as one of the strongest

performers of the newer universities in research terms,

achieving excellent results in the 2008 Research

Assessment Exercise, including being rated number

one in the UK for Dance and Biological Anthropology.

Roehampton jumps

immediately to the

top of the class of

modern universities

for research strength.

—The Sunday Times

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of Roehampton students

are mature or from an

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Join our growing postgraduate community and you willbenefitfrom outstanding academic staff working at the cutting edge of their subjects. As a postgraduate you can choose from taught masters and research degree programmes across the arts, business, education, social sciences, and human and life sciences.

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Roehampton is an ideal environment in which to learn.

Our students are taught at our beautiful campus, set in

54 acres of parkland yet close to London’s many world-

class academic facilities. The University boasts an

impressive combination of modern architecture and

listed 18th-century mansions, complemented by

landscaped grounds and lakes. Richmond Park is just a

short walk away with its 2,500 acres of woodlands and

grasslands, and hundreds of free-roaming deer.

stunning London campus

Excellent facilitiesOur state-of-the-art campus facilities are central to your success as a postgraduate student. The well-resourced Library is staffed by helpful and knowledgeable librarians. Thecampusalsofeaturesarangeofamenitiesforspecificsubjects, such as dance studios and sport and bioscience laboratories. We have recently refurbished all our teaching rooms and we are progressing an ambitious programme of estate development.

Comprehensive support services

Inadditiontocampusfacilitiesweunderstandthespecificneeds of postgraduate students and have set up a strong network of support services to help you get the most out of your experience at Roehampton. In the most recent Quality Assurance Agency inspection, our Graduate School, which supports the needs of research students, was especially praised. For full details of the University’s support services, see pages 28–31.

Enhanced career prospects

Inthecurrentdifficulteconomicclimate,postgraduate study is an excellent option for those wishing to enhance their career prospects, or even change the direction of their career. Whether you are progressing to postgraduate study directly after gaining your undergraduate degree, or you are returning to study after a period of work, our programmes will equip you with the skills you need to succeed in a highly competitive job market.

Research conducted by the British Council indicates that foroverseasstudentsaUKqualificationhasadirectimpactupon their future employability with recognition of the value oflanguagefluency,cross-culturalsensitivityandindependentthinking that studying in the UK equips a student with.

The University has an excellent record of students progressingtofulfillingandrelevantemployment;justone example is Chiaki Matsubayashi, an MA Audiovisual Translation graduate who immediately found employment as a Project Manager at Technicolour, an international digital media company that offers translation services.

The University has a fantastic

campus, the dance studios are

very well equipped and the

ambience is very pleasing.

— Shrikant Subramaniam, MA South Asian

Dance Studies student from Mumbai, India

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School of Arts• CentreforDanceResearch• CentreforHearthTaxResearch• CentreforInterdisciplinaryMusicResearch• CentreforLanguageAssessmentResearch• CentreforResearchinEnglishLanguageandLinguistics• CentreforResearchinFilmandAudiovisualCultures• CentreforResearchinHistoryandTheory• CentreforResearchinModernLiteratureandCulture• CentreforResearchinPostcolonialand

Transcultural Studies• CentreforResearchinRenaissanceStudies• CentreforResearchinRomanticism• CentreforResearchinSex,GenderandSexuality• CentreforTheatreResearchinEurope• HispanicResearchCentre• NationalCentreforResearchinChildren’sLiterature• ReWrite:CentreforResearchinCreativeand

Professional Writing

School of Business and Social Sciences• CentreforOrganisationalResearch• CentreforResearchonNationalism,Ethnicityand

Multiculturalism (joint centre with University of Surrey)• CentrefortheStudyofVoluntaryandCommunityActivity• RoehamptonSocialResearchCentre

School of Education• CentreforInternationalResearchonCreativity

and Learning in Education• CentreforResearchinEducationPolicy

and Professionalism• CentreforResearchinBeliefs,Rightsand

Values in Education• EarlyChildhoodResearchCentre

School of Human and Life Sciences• CentreforAppliedResearchandAssessmentinChild

and Adolescent Wellbeing • CentreforResearchinCognition,EmotionandInteraction• CentreforResearchinEcology• CentreforResearchinEvolutionaryAnthropology• CentreforScientificandCulturalResearchinSport• ClinicalandHealthPsychologyResearchCentre• HealthSciencesResearchCentre• ResearchCentreforTherapeuticEducation

Research CentresHigh-quality research

Roehampton has a rapidly developing research culture and many of its professors are internationally renowned for their work and have an impressive track record of publication.

Research is carried out within the University’s Schools and we only recruit students to active Research Centres, ensuring that research students receive the support and stimulation of a team of colleagues, both staff and students, working insimilarfields.TheUniversity’simpressivereputationforresearch attracts students from all over the world.

academic life

The RAE rates the research output of universities across the UK every seven years, and the 2008 results cemented Roehampton’s position as one of the leading new universities for research. The University was rated number one for its researchinDance,whichhadthefifthhighestconcentration of world-class activity of any department in the country inanysubject.WealsoachievedfirstplaceintheUKinBiological Anthropology.

Roehampton’s other impressive scores in the RAE included achieving top position among London’s new universities in Drama,History,Theology,SpanishandAnthropology; second in Education, English, Sociology, Psychology and Sport;andfifthinCommunication,CultureandMedia Studies. There were also strong performances at a national levelinEducation;Communication,CultureandMedia Studies;Theology;andSociology.

The RAE classed over a third of submitted research at Roehampton as internationally excellent or world class (3*or4*–thehighestclassificationsavailable).When2*rankingisincluded,78%ofresearchsubmittedisregarded as being of an internationally recognised standard.

2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)

Alongside other enthusiastic and diverse postgraduate students

you will study under the guidance of excellent, and in some cases

world-renowned, academic staff. At Roehampton we are committed

to high-quality teaching and to ensuring that our curriculum is relevant to

today’sissues.Allofourresearchstaffteach,soyoubenefitfromthe

latest thinking in your discipline. In addition, we regularly host highly

respected guest lecturers from around the world, giving you access

tointernationalexpertsinyourfield.

Our teaching staff publish regularly in academic journals, and are

also actively engaged in the issues of the day, featuring regularly in

the media, and helping to shape policy as advisers to government,

NGOs and industry.


academic life

Research publicationsThe cutting-edge research undertaken at Roehampton not only furthers knowledge in the respective subject areas, it also feeds directly into the teaching on postgraduate programmes. Numerous research projects are currently under way at the University and recent examples of publications by staff include:

A Feminine Cinematics: Luce Irigaray, Women and Film

Dr Caroline Bainbridge, Reader in Visual Culture

This groundbreaking study intervenes in the debate around womenandfilm,analysingfilmssuchasThePiano,Orlando,Antonia’s Line and The Silences of the Palace in order to make the case that a feminine cinematics is now emerging throughthesceneofwomen’sfilmmaking.

Out of Now

Adrian Heathfield, Professor of Performance and Visual Culture

Thefirstextensivecriticalaccountofthecompletebodyofartworks of the elusive Taiwanese–American performance artist Tehching Hsieh from 1978 to 1999.

The Reality Street Book of Sonnets

Edited by Jeff Hilson, Lecturer in Creative Writing

This anthology of sonnets written from 1945 to the present day shows how modern poets have re-invented the 14-line form. There are contributions from 84 poets, ranging from Edwin Denby (born in 1903) to those currently in their 20s.

Against and For CBT: Towards a Constructive Dialogue?

Edited by Dr Richard House, Senior Lecturer in Psychotherapy, and Professor Del Loewenthal, Director of the Research Centre for Therapeutic Education (RCTE)

In line with the research that both academics pursue in the RCTE,thisbookisthefirsttoengagewithsystematiccriticalperspectives on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) from philosophical, clinical and cultural–political perspectives.

Sex and the City

Deborah Jermyn, Reader in Film and Television in the School of Arts

InthefirstacademicmonographtoexplorethelandmarkTVseries, Jermyn investigates the show’s critical and popular success as well as its lasting cultural impact.

The Tabloid Culture Reader

Edited by Dr Heather Nunn, Reader in Media and Cultural Studies, and Dr Anita Biressi, Reader in Media Cultures

This book provides a useful introduction to the historical and contemporary debates about the values, ethics and pleasures of tabloid news, entertainment and culture.

Music for Children and Young People with Complex Needs

Adam Ockelford, Professor of Music

There are around 40,000 children and young people in the UK alone with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties,yetdespitethewidelyheldbeliefthatmusicisbeneficial,provisionisatbestpatchy.Thisbookaimsto foster progress in this young discipline by identifying key issues and providing practical advice for practitioners.

Why History Matters

John Tosh, Professor of History

This book about the practical rationale of historical knowledge in contemporary Britain makes two connected arguments. First, thinking historically has a crucial part to play in the intellectual equipment of the active, concerned citizen. Second, at present this civic role is ill served by the media, by the schools, and by historians themselves.

Recent staff successes

Zachary Leader, Professor of English Literature, was one of only four people based in the UK to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship, which he will use to fund his biography of the writer Saul Bellow.

After 25 years of teaching musical savant Derek Paravicini, Professor of Music, Adam Ockelford, assisted Derek in his firstfullconcertwithanorchestra,heldattheSouthbankCentre. Derek has an extraordinary memory, which makes it possible for him to play anything on the piano after hearing it just once.

Dr Aisha Gill, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, was the only UK expert to be called upon to attend the UN's expert-group meeting on good practices in legal reform. She advised the group on the issue of harmful practices against women.

The Future of Multicultural Britain

Dr Pathik Pathak, Academic Assistant at Crucible – Roehampton’s centre for excellence in education in human rights, social justice and citizenship

This book calls for new progressive politics that confront recent concerns about diversity and secularism. Dr Pathak argues that cultural identity must be placed at the centre of our political imagination.

Revenge in Athenian Culture

Dr Fiona McHardy, Senior Lecturer in Classical Civilisation

Revenge was an all important part of the ancient Athenian mentality, intruding on all forms of life. Through a close examination of the texts, Dr McHardy reveals a complex picture of how the Athenian people viewed revenge.

Justice and Equality in Education: A Capability Perspective on Disability and Special Educational Needs

Dr Lorella Terzi, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education

In this work of applied philosophy, Dr Terzi employs a version of liberal egalitarianism in her research, and makes a unique contribution to the current debate on education provision by presenting a philosophical analysis of disability and special educational needs.


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Visiting expertsRoehampton has strong links with leading experts in theirfields,whovisittheUniversitytoenhancethelearning experience for students. Examples include:

Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Professorial FellowAward-winning children’s author whose books have sold 20 million copies in the UK and have been translated into 34 languages.

Professor J Allan Hobson of Harvard Medical School, Professorial FellowAmongthosetodiscoveranddefinerapideyemovements (REM) and the REM-sleep generators in the brain stem. On this basis he provided a brain-based explanation of the nature of dreams.

Michael Nyman, Honorary Visiting Professor of Film and MusicCelebratedcomposer(includingfilmscoresfor ThePianoandseveralPeterGreenawayfilms),musicologist and music critic.

Colin Glass, Industry FellowCo-founder of Europe’s biggest online printing company, PhotoBox Ltd, and former head of companies such as PC World, Dixons and 4D Interactive. He also runs a computer literacy programme throughout ASEAN.

Guest lectures provide a real-world

insight into the theory, which makes

the information easier to understand

and process.

— Bas Michielsen, MSc Information Systems student from the Netherlands

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News from the academic Schools

School of ArtsIn her capacity as Professorial Fellow, Dame Jacqueline Wilson gave a lecture titled From Tracy Beaker to Hetty Feather: Writing for Children Nowadays. One of the country’s most successful children’s authors, Dame Jacqueline discussed a range of topics, including how she became a professional writer, the challenges of writing for a pre-teen audience and tips for budding authors who wanted to emulate her remarkable success. She also recently worked with postgraduate Children’s Literature and Creative Writing students, offering them an insight into the requirements of a highly successful writer.

Inareflectionoftheexcellentinternationalreputationofdance research at Roehampton, 12 of our postgraduate students attended the prestigious course Seminars for New Ethnochoreologists as part of the Erasmus Intensive Programme in Norway. The group of students joined Dr Andrée Grau and Dr Ann David on the trip to the Norwegian University for Science and Technology.

Students and academics from the University’s Hispanic Research Centre launched www.justmessaging.com –thefirstinteractiveaudiovisualwebsitetogivevoiceto the plight of Saharawi refugees in south-western Algeria. The refugees are natives of the Western Sahara and have been in Algeria since the mid-1970s. Separated from family members who live in the Moroccan-controlled parts of the Western Sahara, the Saharawi are calling for a referendum to vote on their independence.

School of Business and Social SciencesStudents hailing from 14 nations completed the world’s firstErasmusMundusHumanRightsPracticemastersprogramme, which is run by Roehampton University, the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and the University of Tromsø in Norway.

Among the 21 culturally and professionally diverse students who completed the programme were an Albanianhumanrightslawyer;amemberofZimbabwe’s

MinistryofJustice,LegalandParliamentaryAffairs; and a volunteer from ActionAid India. In their studies many of the students focused on violations within their home countries, and topics such as genocide, ethnic cleansing and deportations were analysed from a cross-cultural perspective.

Approved by the EU, the programme was developed at Roehampton by the School of Business and Social Sciences, Crucible (a centre of excellence in education in human rights, social justice and citizenship), and the Research and Business DevelopmentOffice.Withanumberofhumanrightscourses,Roehampton University continues to go from strength to strength as an education leader in this area.

School of EducationTwo staff members, Dr Carrie Winstanley (who lectures on Education) and Sue Robson (who lectures on Early Childhood Studies), were awarded prestigious National Teaching Fellowship Scheme Awards by the Higher Education Academy. There are now six National Teaching Fellows associated with Roehampton, more than any London university.

Three alumni of the Erasmus Mundus Special Education Needs programme, Marie May Leon from the Seychelles and Michelle Braithwaite and Agnes Jenny Johns from Grenada, were awarded €250,000 to work in collaboration with Roehampton University to set up training in inclusive education in their island nations. The projectisbeingfundedbytheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificGroupof States and European Union Cooperation Programme in Higher Education. It will join Roehampton with teacher training colleges in the Seychelles and Grenada as well as their ministries of education.

Becky Francis, Professor of Education, co-authored an innovative set of evidence-based gender and educational resources, commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families as part of its "Gender Agenda". Working to address boys’ underachievement in literacy, and to debunk some of the many myths that have grown up around gender gaps in

education, Professor Francis worked in collaboration with the Department and academics from the University of London and the University of Birmingham to produce two new booklets for schools.

School of Human and Life SciencesDr Nat Milton, Senior Lecturer in Biological and Health Sciences, continued his internationally renowned research on Alzheimer’s disease. He discovered a novel group of compounds that prevent neurodegenerative changes in brain cells caused by the Alzheimer’s amyloid-beta peptide, which is thought to be the cause of the memory loss experienced inpatients.Thisdiscoverycouldhaveasignificantimpact on treatment and the cost of care.

The School hosted two major conferences that attracted delegatesfromaroundtheworld.TheCentreforScientificand Cultural Research in Sport hosted the third International Conference for Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise. The Centre for Applied Research and Assessment in Child and Adolescent Wellbeing hosted the third International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.

The School has initiated two awards to recognise student excellence. The Bullock Prize, yet to be awarded, will recognise the best student research project methodology. The Congreve Prize recognises student projects with notable potentialforpracticalbenefitstopublichealthorwelfare.It was recently given to MSc Clinical Neuroscience student Mary Bamgbade for her dissertation project on Cognitive Effects of Reminiscence Therapy in Elderly Adults with Dementia.

Four MRes Primatology students were recently awarded fully funded PhD positions: Chris Young at the Courant Research Centre for Evolution of Social Behaviour at Gottingen University;TabithaPriceattheCognitiveEthologyResearchGroupattheGermanPrimateCentre;KathrynShuttattheAnthropologyDepartmentatDurhamUniversity; and Jackie Ellis at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island.


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Graduate SchoolThe Graduate School is the centre of the research student community at Roehampton. It provides support for research students in many ways but particularly through its Personal Development Programme and Research Methods Training Programme. The Graduate School provides an opportunity for research students from different disciplines and backgrounds to meet, share ideas and socialise. Members of the Graduate Schoolalsobenefitfrom:

- an online portal where research students can communicate withoneanotherthroughprofiles,forums,blogs, noticeboards and shared documents

- regular email bulletins advertising research events, seminars and funding opportunities

- a common room, teaching space, dedicated PCs, laptops and lockers

- the maintenance of a library of past theses both for information and as a research resource.

In addition to the dedicated facilities of the Graduate School, the University offers the well-resourced Library (see page 31), whichspansfourfloorsandincludesquietstudyrooms,a state-of-the-art IT and media services centre and a new cybercafe. For information about the applications and admissions process, please visit the Graduate School website: www.roehampton.ac.uk/graduateschool

If you have any queries about studying for a research degree at Roehampton University, please email [email protected]

I’m a fairly ambitious person and I

dream of being a neurologist. I was

drawn to this neuroscience course

because of the opportunity to work

with such impressive international

experts and researchers.

— Masud Anwar, MSc Clinical Neuroscience student

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Research degreesRoehampton University offers a number of research degrees and a numberofdifferentroutestogainingaDoctorallevelqualification. The MPhil/PhD programme is for students who wish to devise an independent research project, which will result in an original contribution to knowledge in the subject area. The professional doctorate may beconsideredaprofessionallyorientedequivalenttotheMPhil/PhD;although there is a substantial research component, much emphasis is placed on the skills and training needed for professional practice in the field.ForfurtherinformationonProfessionalDoctoratecourses,pleasesee pages 78, 94, 96 and 101.

Every research student is assigned to at least one specialist Research Centre or Cluster based within an academic School. This model ensures that Roehampton’s students receive the support and stimulation of a team of research-active colleagues, both staff and students, engaged in similarareasofinvestigation.Inaddition,everyresearchstudentbenefitsfrom a dedicated team of supervisors whose joint wealth of expertise provides individually tailored support for our students’ research projects.

Students who undertake a postgraduate research degree at Roehampton usuallyregisterforaMasterofPhilosophy(MPhil)inthefirstinstanceand later transfer to a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). As an MPhil/PhD student, you will devise your own project which will result in an original contribution to knowledge in your subject area. Your Director of Studies and Co-Supervisor(s) will guide you in the development of your research proposal and help steer your programme according to your needs.

The University offers a comprehensive programme of research methods training and research students may take research methods training courses from any of the academic Schools. Students in the School of Business and SocialSciencesandtheSchoolofEducationbenefitbytakingmodulesfroma specially designed Social Research Methods programme.

The University also provides a range of professional and personal development programmes to equip all of our graduates for a successful future. All research students are encouraged to take the Postgraduate CertificateinLearningandTeachinginHigherEducationfreeofcharge.The University is also excited to announce the new Introduction to Supporting Learning and Teaching course, which is offered to research students with teaching/demonstrating responsibilities. This programme is jointly accredited by the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) in conjunction with Roehampton University. Those who complete the programme successfully will be able to apply for professional recognition from the Higher Education Academy. Other opportunities for personal and professional development include software support courses, academic writing support and a well-equipped student careers service.

MPhil/PhD subject area listRoehampton University is able to support research degrees across an impressive breadth of subject areas. The University also welcomes interdisciplinary research. A list of subject areas is given below but this is by no means exhaustive. For a more detailed breakdown of individual areas of expertise, please visit www.roehampton.ac.uk/ graduateschool

Art HistoryArts and Play TherapiesBusiness and Social SciencesChildren’s LiteratureClassicsCultural StudiesDanceDrama, Theatre and Performance StudiesEcologyEducationEnglish Language and LinguisticsEnglish LiteratureEvolutionary AnthropologyFilm and Television StudiesHealth SciencesHistoryJournalismLanguage Testing and AssessmentLife SciencesModern Languages (French, Spanish and/or Translation)NeurobiologyNutritionPhilosophyPsychological TherapiesPsychologySocial AnthropologySocial Policy and AdministrationSociologySports-related StudiesTheology and Religious Studies

The following doctoral programmes are also available:• DoctorateinEducation(EdD)(seepage78)• DoctorateinCounsellingPsychology(PsychD)

(see page 94)• DoctorateinForensicPsychology(PsychD)

(see page 96)• DoctorateinPsychotherapyandCounselling(PsychD)

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With over 1,000 international students from 129 countries, Roehampton has a vibrant and diverse University community.

Most masters programmes at Roehampton University can be completed in one calendar year. This allows you to gain an internationally recognisedqualification,improveyourfluencyin English as well as your career prospects in anaffordableandtime-efficientway.The University’s location in London provides a wealth of opportunities for you to undertake research vital to the successful completion of your dissertation.

The International CentreThe Centre plays an active role in helping students with their aspirations to study abroad. Staff coordinate a network of international representatives and travel to education fairs around the world to meet students considering study in the UK. This ensures that the transition from overseas to studying at Roehampton is made as easy as possible.

Home away from homeThe University’s 1,100 international students come from countries as varied as Ecuador, Japan, Norway, Sri Lanka, Turkey and the United States. These students enrich the learning and social experience at Roehampton and enable discussions to take on an international dimension.

English language supportIf English is your second language, the English Language Unit offers a range of courses to help you prepare for your postgraduate degree (see page 25 for more information). The Unit also offers support during your programme. We provide courses in essay and dissertation writing for postgraduatestudentsinspecificsubjectareas.Wealsorun general English courses for postgraduates and provide individual support to students.

Post-study workA “staying on” scheme enables international students who haveacquiredabachelordegreeorhigherqualificationin any subject from a recognised UK higher education institution to apply to stay on to work in the UK for up to two years. This is an ideal way for international students to gain both academic and work experience before returning home and thus greatly enhance their career prospects.

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My time living in London and studying at

Roehampton has allowed me to grow

academically through attending lectures and

completing assignments. I’ve also experienced

other cultures, explored the UK and Europe

on the long weekends, and grown in

independence.

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Find out more on our website: www.roehampton.ac.uk/international

WatchinternationalstudentprofilevideosonourYouTubechannel: www.youtube.com/RoehamptonUniversity


When I arrived in London, transportation from the airport to the school was already arranged and that was a big relief for me. The facilities on campus are good with spacious living arrangements and there are several activities that international students can get involved in to meet other people. I feel at home here even though I am thousands of miles from the US.

— Adrian Thomas from the US

Having worked in engineering-based areas for Turkish and international companies, I wanted to broaden my vision to take on a global perspective … The Roehampton MBA attracts a mixture of British and international students and my experience on the programme helped me to gain a better understanding of other cultures. I also learnt more about myself and made an extraordinary network of friends and contacts. I’m currently working for a Japanese corporation in London, Itochu Europe Plc, where I have the chance to put into practice many of the skills I acquired on the Roehampton MBA.

— Metin Denizsever, former MBA student from Turkey

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While working on my MA in Children’s Literature at Roehampton, I had the chance to learn from brilliant and accomplished instructors … Of course, London also offered constant opportunities for educational development and an exciting social life. I am now a member of the English Language and Literature faculty at Clayton State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Each day I try to give my students the same thoughtful and encouraging educational experience I received at Roehampton.

— Elizabeth Hayes Doane, former MA Children’s

Literature student

Making the decision to study abroad was certainly the best decision I have ever made. Roehampton offered a creative environment surrounded by beautiful greenery, in contrast to many other universities in town. The learning facilities were very good and after receiving my degree in Film and Television back in 2003, I was determined to continue within the same fieldandpursueacareerinTVproduction.AfewmonthslaterIgotmyfirstjobinTV.Inowlive in Oslo, Norway, where I work as Head of Production for the video department of a major online company.

— Aira Helen Planting, former Film and Television student

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Reasons to study in the UKRanked among the best in the world, higher education institutions in the UK attract thousands of international students from all corners of the globe. Postgraduate degree programmes in the UK are shorter and more intensive than in most other countries and teaching is underpinned by a strong research ethos.

The outstanding reputation of the education system in the UK greatly enhances graduates’ future employment prospects as well as their intellectual and personal development. For more information about working in the UK during and after your studies, see page 19.

Reasons to study in LondonRoehampton University is just half an hour from central London;thisadvantageouslocationallowsstudentsto engage with the city’s major organisations, from multinationalbusinessestoculturalbodies,andbenefitfrom the links that Roehampton staff have established with them.

With more than 350,000 students from more than 200 countries, London offers an energetic and vibrant learning environment. As one of the world’s greatest knowledge capitals, London offers students a wealth of internationally renowned facilities such as libraries and museums.

Thecityisalsoaninternationalculturalcentreforfilm,music, sport, nightlife, theatre, fashion and art. London’s many districts, each with their own distinctive character, provide opportunities for an extraordinary range of social and cultural experiences. Covent Garden, South Bank, Soho and Westminster are all within easy reach of the University. Even closer to the campus, students will findawidevarietyofplacesofinterest,shopping areas, bars and restaurants, many ideally suited for those looking for cheaper prices.

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An international university Gateway to the UK and EuropeLondon’s many airports, and coach and train stations provide inexpensive and easy access to the rest of the UK and Europe. The historic university cities of Oxford and Cambridge and the vibrant seaside resort of Brighton are an hour away by train. Many international students take the opportunity to explore Europe during their summer holidays. For many this will be a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity before pursuing their chosen career. The cities of Barcelona, Amsterdam, Paris and Rome are all within a few hours of London by plane. Travel agents offer competitive prices to students, allowing even those on a tight budget to travel across Europe.



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University preparation programmesThe Roehampton University Preparation Programmes are designed to prepare students for higher education studies at the University by developing their academic English and study skills. On the Pre-masters programme you will also have the opportunity to develop your subject knowledge before starting your postgraduate degree. Students have the same access to the University’s facilities and resources as degree students and are taught by experienced academic staff who are specialists in their subject area.

University pre-sessional programmes

The University offers pre-sessional English programmes for students about to begin their studies at Roehampton. TheprogrammesareopentoallstudentswhosefirstlanguageisnotEnglish.Yougaintheconfidenceandskillsnecessary to progress on to your chosen postgraduate programme. The pre-sessional programmes also provide a route of entry for students holding a conditional offer to study at Roehampton but whose English language skills are below the level required in the conditional offer. Various start dates are available: short intensive programmes are held at the end of the summer for students with advanced English skills, while longer summer programmes are suitable for students with a slightly lower level of English.

For more information and entry levels visit the website: www.roehampton.ac.uk/admissions/englishlanguageunit

Pre-masters Certificate

Theone-yearPre-mastersCertificateisforstudentswhowant to develop both their academic English skills and their subject knowledge before beginning a postgraduate degree. They will choose modules from one of the following pathways, taking classes with British students on degree programmes:

• Business

• Children’sLiterature

• MediaandCulturalStudies

• TESOL

• Openpathway(thispathwayistailoredtosuitstudentswho aim to take any other postgraduate degree).

International Foundation Certificate

Theone-yearInternationalFoundationCertificateis suitable for students who need more time to develop their level of English than is available on the pre-sessional programme.

For more information and entry levels, visit the website: www.roehampton.ac.uk/admissions/englishlanguageunit




CollegesDigby Stuart CollegeDigby Stuart was established in 1874 as a teacher training college for Roman Catholic women. The College owes its existence to the vision of the Society of the Sacred Heart, whose members continue to support the College and the University.

Froebel CollegeFounded in 1892, the College was established to further the values of Friedrich Froebel, the German educationalist who pioneered a holistic view of child development. It is home to the University’s School of Education and is one of the UK’s major centres for initial teacher training.

Southlands CollegeFounded in 1872, the College offers an open, valuing, challenging and learning community for all of its members. The College ethos derives from and is sustained by its Methodist foundation. It offers a range of events and activities to help build and support the community.

A historic traditionThe University has its roots in the traditions of its four constituent Colleges – Digby Stuart, Froebel, Southlands and Whitelands – which now share a single campus. All four Colleges were formed to address the needs of poor and disadvantaged children and to provide education of the highest quality. They were all pioneersintheirfieldsandhavehadaprofoundimpactontheeducationofgenerationsofchildreninthiscountry and abroad. In 1975 the four historic Colleges joined to form the Roehampton Institute of Higher Education and added a wide variety of degree programmes in the arts, social sciences and sciences. The Institute became a constituent college of the University of Surrey in 1984 and soon gained university powers for taught and research programmes before the two institutions became federated partners in 2000. Roehampton University was awarded its independent university title in 2004.

Being part of a collegiate universityStudentsatRoehamptonbenefitenormouslyfrombelongingtooneofitsfourColleges.Studyingata collegiateuniversitygivesstudentsasenseofcommunity;youarenotonlypartoftheUniversity,butwillalso have an instant identity within the smaller world of the College. The four Colleges serve as the focal points for the University’s vibrant social scene. On-campus accommodation is centred on the Colleges and there are healthy intercollegiate rivalries in sport and other traditional celebrations.

Whitelands CollegeFoundedin1841,theCollegeisoneofthefiveoldesthighereducationinstitutionsinEngland.Theflagshipwomen’s collegefortheChurchofEngland,itwasthefirstcollegeofhigher education in the UK to admit women. It occupies a 14-acre site overlooking Richmond Park and is currently home to the School of Human and Life Sciences.

student support

Roehampton University, known for

its high-quality student experience,

achieved a rating of 4.0 out of 5.0 in the

most recent National Student Survey.


Student services and adviceWe offer a range of services and

advice to help you make the most

of your time at Roehampton.

If your university experience

presents any challenges, we

have a strong support network

in place to help you.

Academic adviceAcademic Advisers provide information on issues such as the Academic Regulations and the University’s Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme.

CateringWhether you want a quick snack or a hearty meal, the University has a range of catering facilities to suit all tastes. There are 12 cafes, restaurants, and bars (some with late opening hours at the weekends) spread across all four Colleges. There are also 24-hour vending areas and a shop that stocks an array of everyday groceries.

ChaplaincyThe three Colleges with church foundations each have their own chapels and chaplains who work to build a sense of community. The University also has two mosques, a Muslim Faith Adviser, a Hindu Faith Adviser and a Rabbi.

CounsellingThe University offers a range of counselling services to support students throughout their time at Roehampton.

Medical CentreIt is recommended that all new students living in halls register with the on-campus Medical Centre. The Centre is a branch surgery of a Putney-based practice and offers appointments both during and out of University hours. The medical staff are trained to deal with a wide range of physical and mental concerns.

On-campus accommodation Accommodation is reserved for postgraduate and mature students in Whitelands College and Froebel College.Allroomsaregroupedinself-containedflatswith shared kitchens and offer internet access via data cabling or wireless network.

For information about on-campus accommodation either see the website www.roehampton.ac.uk/accommodationorcontacttheEnquiriesOffice: Tel: +44 (0)20 8392 3232 Email: [email protected]

Living off campusMany postgraduate students choose to live off campus in one of the vibrant local communities of Roehampton, Putney, Sheen or Barnes. Roehampton’s AccommodationOfficehelpsstudentstofindoff-campus accommodation and has an online list of local available properties on its StudentPad website: www.studentpad.co.uk/roehampton/accommodation-search.asp

RoehamptonAccommodationOfficeTel: +44 (0)20 8392 3166 Email: [email protected]: www.roehampton.ac.uk/accommodation

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student support Student services and advice

Disability ServicesThe Disability Services team offers students with dyslexia, disabilities and long-term medical conditions specialisedservicesthatareprivateandconfidential.Most sessions are arranged on a one-to-one basis and are either run via a drop-in service or bookable appointments.

Disability Services may be able to provide students with the following support: alternative examination arrangements, support in the Library, liaison with academic School/College, dyslexia assessments, assistance to apply for the Disabled Students’ Allowance, and access to dyslexia tutors and other support workers. This is not an exhaustive list of services;forfurtherinformation,pleasecallreception on +44 (0)20 8392 3113.

Portable hearing loop systems are available for installation in individual teaching rooms.

EmployabilityThe University has an excellent record of preparing students for employment in a wide range of interesting careers. Most students move directly from studying to employment while others choose to further their education. The Employment and Careers Service offers comprehensive advice about career options, skill enhancement, employability and volunteering. Students also have full access to these services for uptothreeyearsaftertheyhavefinishedtheirstudies at Roehampton.

IT facilitiesStudents have access to PC suites 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can also access the internet from your own laptop in the designated wireless zones on campus. Free software training is available for those needing help.

University LibraryThe University Library is the key resource for study at Roehampton. It is open seven days a week in term time, and the PC suites are normally open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Our helpful staff include a team of Academic Liaison Librarians dedicatedtosupportingyourspecificsubjectneeds.

Through our catalogue and website you can access:

- over 350,000 books, DVDs and CDs

- over 11,000 electronic journals

- a wide range of bibliographic and citation databases

- a growing collection of over 36,000 e-books.

All our e-resources are available to Roehampton students over the internet. In addition, London has more libraries than any other city in the world and they are all within easy reach of Roehampton.

The University Library building also houses:

- bookable individual study spaces

- group study spaces

- the eLearning Team, which supports our virtuallearningenvironmentStudyZone

- IT and Media Services, who support computer use and multimedia work

- laptop loan service

- archive collection, containing resources for specialist research in dance, early childhood education and children’s literature.

The facilities at Roehampton

were very good. The Library

had everything I needed;

also the service provided by

the Postgraduate Office

was excellent.

— Amanda Hallot, MSc Clinical Nutrition

student from Alfreton, Derbyshire

“

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Finance

A career investment

Postgraduate study is becoming more and more attractive in a recruitment marketsaturatedwithfirst degree holders. There are currently more than 530,000 postgraduates studying at

UK institutions.

Fees at Roehampton UniversityFees for each programme are set out on the programme pages on the website: www.roehampton.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/finance/bands.html

You can either pay the full amount on registration, for which you receive a two per cent discount, or in two instalments:thefirstuponregistrationwithacredit/debitcard and the second by direct debit in January. If you pay your fees in instalments, you will not be charged interest.

Support with financial managementRoehampton, in association with the Financial Standards Authority, has pioneered the Money Doctors scheme to helpstudentstomanagetheirfinances.Formore information call +44 (0)20 8392 3199.

DepositsInternational applicants are required to pay a deposit to secure a place.

Funding optionsMost postgraduate taught students at Roehampton are self-funded.Financecanbeasignificantfactorwhenchoosingto embark on postgraduate study and there are several ways that you can fund your studies.

TeacherswithQualifiedTeacherStatusandwhoareresidentin England are eligible to apply to Roehampton University SchoolofEducationforasubsidytosignificantlyreducethe cost of undertaking professionally relevant masters-level study. Find out more at www.roehampton.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/education

Other sources of fundingA range of foundations, charities and trusts also award partial funding for postgraduate study, from the world’s largest medical charity the Wellcome Trust, which awards hundreds of studentships each year, to the British Federation of Women Graduates, which offers a small number of cost-of-living bursaries for female postgraduates in the second year of their research degree. Grants and scholarships are also awarded by companies, trade unions, arts organisations and even wealthy individuals in their wills.

Useful funding websitesProspects,theUK’sofficialgraduatecareerswebsite:www.prospects.ac.uk

Educational Grants Advisory Service: www.family-action.org.uk/section.aspx?id=1037

Student Money: www.studentmoney.org

Association of Charitable Foundations: www.acf.org.uk

Charity Commission for England and Wales: www.charity-commission.gov.uk

British Council funding your studies website for overseas students: www.britishcouncil.org/learning-funding-your-studies.htm

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ScholarshipsRoehampton offers a generous package of scholarships specificallydesignedforinternationalstudents.Fulldetails of awards and entry criteria are available on the University’s international webpages at www.roehampton.ac.uk/international

The University has a long-standing relationship with the Society of the Sacred Heart – the Roman Catholic organisation that established Digby Stuart as a women’s teacher training college in 1874. The Society recently made a generous donation of £650,000 to the University for student scholarships. The University intends to use the gift primarily to fund competitive scholarships for postgraduate students who have been educated in a school, college or university with a Roman Catholic foundation, based on academic performance andfinancialneed.Formoreinformationvisitwww.roehampton.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/finance

Professional and career development loansThese loans can be taken out by UK and EU students for between £300 and £8,000 to help fund up to two years of study (or up to three years if the programme includes one year of relevant practical work experience). Repayment on these loans begins a minimum of one month after the student has stopped studying as the Learning and Skills Council pays the interest on the loan until that time. Repayments on the loan are then made over an agreed periodatafixedrateofinterest.Thistypeofloanisofferedby Barclays Bank, the Cooperative Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland. For more information visit: www.direct.gov.uk/cdl

A Professional and Career Development Loan is a personal loan from the bank and you are therefore responsible for repayments. Before taking out a loan, you should ensure that you will be able to manage the monthly repayments.

EmployersSome students receive full or partial funding from their employer throughout their studies. Employers value postgraduate study as it can bring additional skills and knowledge to their organisation.

Roehampton has provided me with

everything I need to embark upon a

career in teaching. The support and

advice given to trainees is outstanding.

— Rachel Taylor, former PGCE Secondary (English) student from Twickenham, now works as an English teacher at Overton Grange School

“”


The foundation of university life is the academic

experience, but there’s more than study on offer

at Roehampton. You’ll be living in London, one of

the world’s most exciting and cosmopolitan

cities, and the areas close to Roehampton

provide a wide range of social and cultural

experiences. Also, our campus has a thriving

social scene, with many societies to join and

sports to take part in.

Explore central LondonRoehampton is only 30 minutes away from the centre of London, whereyouwillfindthebestin:

Architecture – from old (Houses of Parliament, St Paul’s Cathedral) to new (the “Gherkin”, Canary Wharf)

Art – National Gallery, Tate Modern, Royal Academy of Arts

Fashion – from Bond Street boutiques to Camden Market stalls

Film – Leicester Square cinemas, National Film Theatre, internationalfilmfestivals

Museums – British Museum, Natural History Museum, Science Museum, V&A Museum

Music – 0² Arena, Wembley Stadium, Brixton Academy

Nightclubs – Fabric, Ministry of Sound, Koko

Shopping–OxfordStreet,numerousmarketssuchasSpitalfieldsand Borough Food Market

Sport – 2012 Olympics, Football (Wembley, Chelsea FC, Arsenal FC), Rugby (Twickenham), Cricket (Lord’s, the Oval)

Theatre – West End theatre district, National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

Explore the local areaBarnes – This beautiful area next to Roehampton has a peaceful village atmosphere with a green, duck pond and traditional pubs, as well as a farmers’ market, boutique shops and cafes. Its overground rail station provides a link to Waterloo station in central London.

Hammersmith – In addition to a huge range of shops, there is excellent nightlife in the many pubs, bars and clubs, and the London Apollo, where top international bands and comedians perform. The Riverside Studios contemporary arts centre incorporates a gallery and a cinema.

Kingston – In the area surrounding the historic market place of this Royal Borough there are many shops as well as pubs, clubs and a cinema. Youwillalsofindbars,restaurantsandcafesalongtheriverside.

Putney – This classy riverside district features a cinema, an arts theatre and a high street packed with shops, cafes and restaurants. The annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race begins at Putney Bridge.

Richmond – With plenty of shops, traditional pubs and a green, Richmond has the feel of an upmarket town. It offers one of the most picturesque views of the river Thames and is a great place to enjoy a long summer evening.

Richmond Park – This is the largest of London’s Royal Parks and is only a 10-minute walk from the campus. It features 2,500 acres of woodlands, ponds, gardens and grasslands, and around 650 free-roaming deer.

Shepherds Bush–YoucanshopatWestfield(thelargestin-townshopping mall in Europe), watch your favourite TV show being recorded at BBC TV Centre or catch a gig at the Shepherds Bush Empire.

Wimbledon – Home of the international tennis tournament, Wimbledon has a village-style centre with restaurants and fashion boutiques.

more than study

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Twickenham

Richmond

RoehamptonPutney

Wimbledon

Fulham

Hammersmith

WestminsterThe

London EyeTower Bridge

Greenwich

CanaryWharf

Kingston


ActivitiesThe Roehampton Students’ Union (RSU) organises a huge range of activities, meaning you will never be wonderinghowtofillyourtimeoutsideyourstudies.You can raise money for charities in the annual Raising and Giving (RAG) Week and get involved in events related to Black History Month, LGBT History Month and Go Green Week.

Ifyouhaveaspecificinterest,joinoneofthemanysocieties:

Afro-Caribbean•Alpha•AmericanFootball•Anthropology•BeerAppreciation•BigBand•Buddhism•ChristianUnion•Dance•Deviant•Education•FairTrade•Film•HumanRights•International•Islamic•JapaneseCulture•JewishResourceCentre•LGBT•MatureStudents•Music•MuslimWomen •Nutrition•PeopleandPlanet•Philosophy•Roehampton AdventurersGuild•RoehamptonEntrepreneurs•Roehampton Players•StJohnAmbulance•WhitelandsChoir

SportsIn 2012, the Olympic and Paralympic games come to London;asaRoehamptonstudentyouwillbewellpositioned to enjoy all the excitement of the build up to the biggest sporting events in the world.

The University competes in nationally organised student sports competitions and our coaches and sport scientists work alongside the RSU to ensure that athletes and teams achieve their full potential. We offer support to individual sportsmen and women who wish to represent the University in national championships. We also award a number of students with Scholarships for Sporting Excellence, and we have excellent links with a number of professional sports clubs.

There are extensive opportunities for students to gain experienceandqualificationsascoachesandleadersin sport. The University’s own sports coaching in the community project, “Move”, recruits sports ambassadors at the start of each year.

Sports clubs include:athletics•badminton•basketball•cheerleading•cricket•football•gymnastics•hockey•kickboxing•lacrosse•martialarts•netball•rowing•rugby•squash•swimming•tabletennis•tennis•triathlon •UltimateFrisbee•volleyball.

On-campus sporting facilities include:n ROEActive–astate-of-the-artfitnesscentrewith

rowing and running machines, weights and othercardiovascularfitnessequipment

n Multi-Use Games Area – aflood-lit,all-weathersurfacesuitableforfootball,netball, tennis and basketball

n grass football pitches

n studio facilities for aerobics, circuit training and martial arts.

Our teams also use excellent nearby facilities, such as the Bank of England Sports Centre, for hockey, rugby and football matches, and the NationalTennisCentreforhometennisfixtures.

VolunteeringThere are many short-, medium- and long-term volunteering opportunities available through Roehampton Community Action (RCA), the University’s volunteering centre. Volunteering can help you to gain work experience,testoutvocations,developofficeskills valued by employers, meet requirements of your programme of study, and fundraise for charities. RCA has established links with more than 60 charities and community projects, including Age Concern, Clic-Sargent, Girl Guides, Samaritans, St John Ambulance, the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, and Victim Support.

Welfare servicesThe RSU makes student wellbeing a priority by offering a range of personal support and advice on issues from academic matters and accommodation to sexual health and quitting smoking.

RSUofficersareelectedbystudentseveryMarch.Inaddition to those dealing with general issues of student welfare,wehavespecialistofficersforwomen,disabledstudents, international students, LGBT students, and alsoofficersdealingwithissuessuchasCulturalandRace Relations, and Fair Trade.

more than study


Entry requirementsEachpostgraduateprogrammehasspecificentryrequirementsbutstudents are usually expected to hold a good honours undergraduate degree from a recogniseduniversityintheUK,oranapprovedequivalentqualificationfrom overseas.Non-graduateswithappropriateprofessionalqualificationsand/or relevant experience will also be considered on an individual basis.

Programme-specificentryrequirementscanbefoundontheUniversity’swebsite:www.roehampton.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses. As the whole application is taken into account, applicants are encouraged to submit an application form in order for their full suitability for the programme to be assessed.

Applicants who do not meet the usual entry criteria may be admitted as associate studentsinthefirstinstance.Progressiontoregistrationonthefullawardwillthendepend on successful completion of one or two modules, as determined by the Programme Convener.

EU/international studentsEnglish language requirementsTaught postgraduate programmes typically seek students with a strong English language level who have achieved (or are expected to achieve prior to the start of the course) IELTS 6.5 with 6.0 or above in each band of the test or a score of 100 in the TOEFL IBT (Internet Based Test). Please note that some programmes have higherEnglishlanguagerequirements;applicantsshouldchecktheindividualprogramme webpage.

How to applyPostgraduate applications are accepted from October. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications through the University’s website at: www.roehampton.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/apply/apply.html

For further information about the University, making a postgraduate application and advice on entry requirements, please contact Enquiries at the Welcome Centre (tel: +44 (0)20 8392 3232, email: [email protected]).

Students who are unable to apply online should contact Enquiries for a hard copy of the application form.

entry requirements

London’s only campus university


Advanced Studies for the Christian Ministry .....................................42

Applied Linguistics and TESOL .........................................................42

Applied Music Education ..................................................................72

Applied Music Psychology ................................................................86

Applied Psychological Research .......................................................86

Art, Craft and Design Education ........................................................72

Art Therapy ........................................................................................87

Attachment Studies ...........................................................................87

Audiovisual Translation ......................................................................43

Ballet Studies ....................................................................................43

Biodiversity and Conservation ..........................................................90

Bioentrepreneurship ..........................................................................90

Children's Literature (on-site) ............................................................45

Children's Literature (distance-learning) ...........................................45

Choreography MFA ...........................................................................48

Clinical Neuroscience ........................................................................91

Clinical Nutrition ................................................................................91

Counselling and Psychotherapy ........................................................94

Counselling Psychology ...................................................................94

Creative and Professional Writing .....................................................48

Dance Anthropology ..........................................................................49

Dance Movement Psychotherapy .....................................................95

Dance Studies ...................................................................................49

Documentary Practices .....................................................................52

Diabetes ............................................................................................95

Dramatherapy ....................................................................................96

Early Childhood Studies ....................................................................73

Early Modern Literature and Culture .................................................52

Education ..........................................................................................74

Education (Professional Doctorate) ...................................................78

Education, Leadership and Management .........................................78

English Education ..............................................................................79

Forensic Psychology .........................................................................96

Health and Community ......................................................................97

Health Sciences.................................................................................97

Historical Research ...........................................................................53

Human Rights and International Relations ........................................58

Human Rights and Society ................................................................59

Human Rights Practice (Erasmus Mundus) .......................................59

Information Systems .........................................................................60

Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy ......................................98

International Management.................................................................61

International Management of Information Systems ..........................61

International Management with Finance ...........................................62

International Management with HRM ................................................62

International Management with Marketing ........................................63

Literature and Material Culture ..........................................................53

Marketing ..........................................................................................66

MBA (Business Administration) .........................................................66

Media, Culture and Identity ...............................................................54

Music Therapy ...................................................................................98

Non-profitManagement ....................................................................67

Obesity: Risks and Prevention ..........................................................99

Performance and Creative Research ................................................54

PGCE Primary (full-time)....................................................................80

PGCE Primary (part-time) ..................................................................80

PGCE Secondary ..............................................................................81

Play Therapy ......................................................................................99

Primate Biology and Conservation ..................................................100

Primatology .....................................................................................100

Psychotherapy and Counselling ......................................................101

Social Research Methods ........................................................... 67/82

South Asian Dance Studies ...............................................................55

Special and Inclusive Education .......................................................82

Special Education Needs (Erasmus Mundus) ...................................83

Sport and Exercise Biomechanics ..................................................103

Sport and Exercise Physiology........................................................103

Sport and Exercise Science ............................................................106

Sport Psychology ............................................................................107

Stress and Health ............................................................................107

Index of programmes

ProgrammesAdvanced Studies for the Christian Ministry

Applied Linguistics and TESOL

Audiovisual Translation

Ballet Studies

Children’s Literature (on-site)

Children’s Literature (distance learning)

Choreography MFA

Creative and Professional Writing

Dance Anthropology

Dance Studies

Documentary Practices

Early Modern Literature and Culture

Historical Research

Literature and Material Culture

Media, Culture and Identity

Performance and Creative Research

South Asian Dance Studies

The School offers a broad spectrum of

taught postgraduate programmes and

research degrees spanning literature,

history, the media, religion, philosophy,

linguistics, translation, film, performance

and dance. It also has a high reputation

for the research it conducts across these

subject areas. With its diverse programmes

and ambitious research projects, the

School has much to offer its

postgraduate students.

School of Arts



General programme informationThe aim of this taught masters programme is to produce highly educated scholars – engaged in Christian ministry in all its forms – capable of adapting to, and shaping, the intellectual needs of the church in the 21st century. We live in an age when the central intellectual challenge for academics in this field is to provide a credible and persuasive theological world-view for those working within the church. This programme provides vital resources for sustaining a self-confident church in both theological and biblical studies. It also encourages students to integrate skills and knowledge into an overall ministerial perspective to enable informed reflection on what makes for practical expertise – especially best communicative practice – in the context of the pastoral and missiological dimensions of the church.

Key areas of study:

• Old and New Testaments as canonical scripture for the church

• theological, pastoral, and missiological reflection on ministry

• great theological ideas for the church today

• research methods: theory and practice.

MTh students submit a masters dissertation (15,000 words) on a topic related to ministerial, pastoral, and/or biblical theology.

Special featuresThis programme is unique in offering advanced studies in theological and biblical scholarship in the context of ministry and mission.

Research areas:Biblical theology; systematic theology; ministerial practice; theological reflection on ministry; pastoral theology.

MTh/PGDipAdvanced Studies for the Christian Ministry

General programme informationThis programme is designed to offer English language teaching professionals the opportunity to engage with the theories and practices of language learning and assessment with a view to developing and enriching their own teaching and furthering their careers in the field of language education.

Key areas of study:

• principles and practice in language teaching

• theories of second language learning

• language testing

• issues in applied sociolinguistics

• linguistic analysis for language teaching

• research methods and dissertation.

Special featuresHolders of the DELTA will receive a credit transfer of 40 credits and so be exempted from the module Principles and Practice in Language Teaching and one optional 20-credit module.Lecturers on the programme are members of two Research Centres:

• The Centre for Language Assessment Research (CLARe) offers scholars, examining boards and government organisations a centre for training and consultancy. It is currently engaged on test development and research projects worldwide.

• The Centre for Research in English Language and Linguistics (CRELL) is a focus for a range of linguistic and applied linguistic research and runs a seminar series open to students with key speakers in a variety of areas in English language, linguistics and TESOL.

Research areas:Second language acquisition; task-based language learning; sociolinguistic and applied linguistic perspectives on TESOL; cross-cultural issues in teaching and testing; second language test development; validation; perspectives and challenges associated with benchmarking and standardisation.

MA/PGDipApplied Linguistics and TESOL

Number of credits: MTh: 180; PGDip: 120

Programme duration: MTh: full-time: 1 year; part-time: 2–4 years; PGDip: full-time: 2 semesters part-time: 1½ years

Number of credits: MA: 180, PGDip: 120

Programme duration: full-time: 1 year; part-time: 2 years

General programme informationThis programme aims to address the growing demand for translators with skills in translating audiovisual media and familiarises students with the socio-cultural, linguistic and technical dimensions that characterise this type of translation. It places significant emphasis on accessibility to the media and offers grounding in translation theory and research methods. Through your work with dedicated software and high-tech industry-standard equipment, you are equipped with the necessary skills to enter the professional market and the knowledge to pursue further research in this field.

Key areas of study:

• subtitling and surtitling

• dubbing, voice-over and video games translation

• live subtitling by respeaking

• audio description for the blind and the visually impaired

• subtitling for the deaf and the hard-of-hearing

• translation theories

• translation tools and localisation.

Special featuresThe programme is taught by academic staff and by experts from the industry who bring their professional experience into the classroom. The University’s location in London is ideal as the city has established itself as one of the main centres for translation in the world.

Research areas:Subtitling; dubbing; respeaking; audio description; subtitling for the deaf and the hard-of-hearing; lexicography. The programme can accommodate a variety of student research interests in the translation discipline.

MA/PGDipAudiovisual Translation

General programme informationThis programme celebrates the richness and breadth of ballet and develops an in-depth understanding of the form within broad cultural and artistic contexts. Through an interdisciplinary and politically informed study of theory and practice, you consider ballet in terms of the urgent debates that are found currently among the other arts.

Since its inception in 1994 the programme has been highly successful, appealing to a wide variety of students coming from the profession and a traditional undergraduate background. It is at the forefront of the field of dance studies and has played a radical role in developing scholarly thinking in ballet.

Key areas of study:

• ballet styles in class and performance and across history

• ballet companies as national institutions

• ballet and popular culture

• racism, sexism, ageism and the ballet world

• transnationalism and ballet.

Research methods are integrated into the compulsory core modules and research skills are developed further through the self-directed, individually tutored dissertation.

Special featuresThis is the only postgraduate programme of its kind currently available in Europe and in the English-speaking world. You benefit from the close links Roehampton staff have with the Royal Ballet and other dance professionals. You also benefit from contact with those on other MA dance cluster programmes and those studying for research degrees (MPhil or PhD), and from the excellent material facilities for dance at Roehampton.

Research areas:Aesthetics; politics; philosophy as pertaining to dance; dance analysis; dance–music relationships.

MA/PGDipBallet Studies

Number of credits: MA: 180; PGDip: 120



Programme duration: full-time: 1 year; part-time: 2–3 years


General programme informationThis internationally acclaimed programme involves the study of children’s books in all forms and their broader cultural influence. You explore the relationships between the adults who produce, publish and introduce books to children, and the children who are meant to read them. The programme introduces critical theories and methods, enabling you to analyse the sign systems employed in children’s literature and so to identify and evaluate the messages and value systems encoded in them.

Key areas of study:

• early children’s literature

• British children’s literature 1900 to the present

• children’s literature in translation

• creative writing for children

• critical and theoretical perspectives

• illustrations/picture books.

Special featuresRoehampton houses the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature (NCRCL), which runs the annual MA/IBBY Conference and helped establish the Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation and the post of Children’s Laureate. Dame Jacqueline Wilson, who is a Professorial Fellow at Roehampton, offers insights on how to write for children. The programme is supported by the specialist Children’s Literature Collection (including the Richmal Crompton Collection) in the University Library and librarians with an extensive knowledge of the subject.

Research areas:Translation studies; alternative forms of narrative; contemporary adolescent literature; Jungian studies; Victorian children’s literature; visual texts; children’s reading habits and choices.

MA/PGDipChildren’s Literature (on-site)

General programme informationThis popular programme involves the study of children’s books, in both written and visual forms, and their broader cultural influence. Distance learning students are not required to travel to the University at any point in the programme, although many enjoy visiting Roehampton for conferences or NCRCL “cluster talks”. For taught modules, you work through written programme materials and online resources, with self-administered learning exercises and assignments to submit to a designated tutor. Tutorial support, by telephone or email, is available throughout and you can also interact with your peers through the University’s virtual learning environment. You are assessed through coursework and a dissertation.

Key areas of study:

• British children’s literature from 1900 to the present day

• critical and theoretical perspectives

• origins and development of children’s literature

• poetry written for children

• visual texts.

Special featuresThe academic team is internationally acclaimed for its work in children’s literature and regularly hosts major conferences. The MA programme allows you to combine an overview of the subject with the opportunity to specialise in a field where original research is flourishing.

Research areas:Translation studies; alternative forms of narrative; contemporary adolescent literature; Jungian studies; visual texts; Victorian children’s literature; children’s reading habits and choices.

MA/PGDipChildren’s Literature (distance-learning)



This programme is run by the award-winning National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature (NCRCL).


Programme duration: part-time: 2–6 years

This programme is run by the award-winning National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature (NCRCL).



General programme informationThis unique programme’s focus on choreographic investigation encourages the integration of creative, technical and intellectual skills. You can maintain and develop your technical expertise by choosing from a range of contemporary dance styles and classical ballet, as well as developing studies in improvisation and dance composition. Two routes are available; one emphasises the role of the choreographer as a performer and the other examines the role of the choreographer as a director.

Key areas of study:

• choreography and improvisation

• dance as socio-cultural practice

• dance technique and performance

• looking at dance (dance analysis).

You prepare and perform original work in each semester of your first year of study and produce a sole-authored thesis concert at the end of your final year.

Special featuresThis is the only postgraduate programme of its kind currently available in Europe. It offers a breadth of study including options that explore dance and technology, and music and dance. You are offered a portfolio of technique classes (ballet, Contact, Cunningham, Graham, Limón and Release), choreography workshops, laboratory sessions, lectures, seminars, tutorials and mentored workplace learning. You also benefit from the close links Roehampton staff have with dance professionals in the UK and overseas.

Research areas:Choreographic processes; choreo-musical relationships; dance and technology; improvisation and performance.

MFAChoreography

General programme informationThis programme allows you to explore a particularly broad scope of writing disciplines. In addition to traditional creative writing pathways such as fiction and poetry, the programme offers modules on writing for children, screenwriting, creative nonfiction (a very rare option in the UK), narrative journalism, and writing and editing for the internet. You improve your writing skills through detailed and specialised encounters with writing theory and practice that expand awareness of the context and the skills needed for contemporary writing.

Key areas of study:

• creative nonfiction and narrative journalism

• screenwriting

• writing fiction

• writing for children

• writing poetry

• writing and editing for the internet.

Special featuresAll teaching staff are practising writers with links to professional publishing and other media. Dame Jacqueline Wilson, who is a Professorial Fellow at Roehampton, offers insights to students on how to write for children. The qualification and skills gained from this programme offer a number of career possibilities, including working as a professional writer, working in the publishing industry, in the media, or continuing to study for a PhD at Roehampton.

Research areas:Children’s literature; creative nonfiction; fiction; journalism; literary/narrative journalism; poetry; screenwriting; the internet.

MA/MRes/PGDipCreative and Professional Writing

Number of credits: 240

Programme duration: full-time: 2 years; part-time: 4 years

Number of credits: MA: 180; MRes: 180; PGDip: 120


General programme informationThe premise of this programme is that all dance genres – be they aboriginal dances, ballet, ballroom, or Bharathanatyam – say something about the human beings who engage in them. It explores the social construction of dance and of the dancing body cross-culturally and emphasises the different conceptualisations that exist in different parts of the world. The programme equips you, whether you are a dancer or an anthropologist, with the knowledge, awareness and research skills to work at the forefront of this new academic discipline.

Key areas of study:

• dances as socio-cultural practices and transnational commodities

• dance, globalisation and the multicultural debate

• dance, identity and ethnicity

• fieldwork as a key investigative tool.


Special featuresYou benefit from contact with those on other MA dance cluster programmes and those studying for research degrees (MPhil or PhD) and from the excellent material facilities for dance at Roehampton.

Research areas:Western theatre dance; Australian Aboriginal, Indian and Indonesian dance; identity; diasporic movements; nationalism; politics as pertaining to various dance genres; dance analysis.

MA/PGDipDance Anthropology

General programme informationThis programme explores the key issues, approaches and methods of enquiry in dance studies. The focus is on dance as a theatre art, explored from a variety of perspectives, in the context of other dance practices and the increasing interdisciplinarity of dance scholarship. The programme equips students – dance graduates, practitioners or other dance professionals – with the knowledge, current awareness and research skills to work at the forefront of this relatively young, thriving academic discipline.

Key areas of study:

• dance and the politics of identity

• dance in philosophical perspective

• dance as a socio-cultural practice

• looking at dance (dance analysis).

Optional modules include dance practice as research, and music and dance.


Special featuresYou benefit from contact with those on other MA dance cluster programmes and those studying for research degrees (MPhil or PhD), as well as from the excellent material facilities for dance at Roehampton.

Research areas:Dance analysis, politics, philosophy; music and practice as research. This broad-based programme can accommodate and develop a variety of student research interests relevant to the current concerns of the discipline.

MA/PGDipDance Studies






I love that the MFA at

Roehampton is a two-year

course because you get to

build a whole support system

around you. Your tutors and

peers really get to know your

style as a choreographer so

you receive wonderful and

individual guidance.

— Kelly Sangiuseppe, MFA Choreography

student from London

“

”


General programme informationThis is a programme in the theorised practice of documentary through digital video, photography and journalism. It draws on a range of disciplines such as film studies, documentary photography, journalism and human rights, to contextualise the processes of researching, developing, writing, shooting, editing and exhibiting the documentary.

The programme is intended for those looking to enhance and develop their production and critical skills in direct relation to documentary practices in their chosen medium but there is also an option in documentary history and theory.

Key areas of study:

• independent documentary production

• documentary photography

• documentary and journalism

• documentary research

• documentary and human rights

• film studies

• production management, promotion and distribution

• histories and theories of documentary.

Special featuresThis project-based MA requires you to develop a documentary project in your chosen medium and while doing so reflect on your practice in relationship to issues of human rights, journalism, documentary photography and film studies. All of the lecturers and associate lecturers teaching on the programme are either practising film makers or researchers active in the field, and include visiting lecturers from the industry.

Research areas:Documentary research; documentary production; documentary ethics; international documentary production; producing; documentary cinematography; editing; sound design; human rights; journalism; film studies; documentary photography; exhibition.

MADocumentary Practices

General programme informationRoehampton has a distinguished tradition of research in Renaissance studies, with a number of internationally recognised scholars producing high-profile work in this field. Based in the Centre for Research in Renaissance Studies (see www.roehampton.ac.uk/researchcentres/renaissance), the MA provides an opportunity for the interdisciplinary study of European and English Renaissance culture. Core modules engage you in conversations about the most important texts and issues of the period, while training you in the theories, skills and practical knowledge needed for MA-level work. Optional modules enable you to develop your own interests.

Key areas of study:

• theories and texts

• research methods: skills and theories

• authorship controversies

• Renaissance bodies

• the big house and estate c.1480–1750

• court, city and theatre in early modern London

• cultures of early modern food

• media Shakespeare

• Ovid in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

• early modern drama in performance.

Please note, not all options are available every year.

Special featuresThis interdisciplinary MA degree allows you to explore Renaissance literature and culture from many angles and to pursue your intellectual interests with support from tutors. MA students at Roehampton are perfectly positioned to take advantage of London’s wealth of archives, art, theatre, playing spaces and architecture in their explorations of the Renaissance.

Research areas:English literature; history; drama; art history; classical civilisation.

MA/MRes/PGDipEarly Modern Literature and Culture (1500–1700)



Number of credits: MA: 180; MRes: 180; PGDip: 120


General programme informationThe programme offers a unique combination of modules training you in a variety of historical approaches. Some modules are theoretical, others focus more on analysing primary sources. Skills are taught through the study of key social, political and cultural issues in a historical context (eg classical, medieval, early modern and modern history). Together the modules reveal some of the most influential theoretical positions and methodologies in historical scholarship today. In addition to the general MA in Historical Research, you may choose from one of three specialised pathways: Classical History, Local History (also available in distance learning mode), and Social and Cultural History.

Sample areas of study:

• theory and methods (compulsory)

• microhistory and crime

• gender and crime in Ancient Greece

• oral history

• dissertation of 15,000 words (MA only).

Special featuresThe programme is unusual in focusing on methods, skills and concepts, rather than specific periods or places. It covers a very broad scope of history, from ancient to contemporary, and incorporates diverse cultures and regions. You will be taught by nationally and internationally renowned historians with broad interests. Field trips and visits to museums and record offices are included in many modules.

Research areas:The poor and marginalised in 19th- and 20th-century London; historical writing and theory; local history; gender and crime; the history of the family; microhistory; early modern cultural history; medieval archeology; Iberian and Latin American history; oral history; classical history.

MA/MRes/PGDipHistorical Research

General programme informationConcentrating on literature from the 18th century to the present, this programme considers a diverse range of canonical, popular and forgotten texts in relation to key aspects of the study of material culture. It draws on tutors’ considerable research expertise in this area to create a lively atmosphere for investigation, dialogue and debate. The programme covers an exciting range of topics, including space, the body, consumption, the everyday, and the materiality of the text. It explores the culture of reading, the development of popular genres, and the complex and shiftinginterrelationship between objects, texts, and the culture that produces them. Specific subjects that may be explored include the history of reading, working-class fiction, sex, food, violence, death, the city, domestic space, adolescence, and addiction.

You are introduced to a range of methodologies and theoretical approaches to enable you to explore different ways of relating literary and cultural materials and perspectives.

Key areas of study:

• literature and material cultures

• literature and the history of the everyday

• the culture of reading

• the literature of war, punishment, crime, addiction, food, pain, sex, work, travel, the family, religion, race, childhood, adolescence, death

• popular literatures including biography, detective fiction, dystopian literature, cookery books, working-class fiction.

Special featuresMethodological and theoretical approaches include the history of reading; theories of high and popular literature; cultural materialism; historicism; and theories of the middlebrow.

Research areas:18th-, 19th- and 20th-century English and American literature; postcolonial literature; literature of war; food writing; travel narratives; literature of addiction; dystopian fiction; crime fiction; working-class writing; literature and race; biography; sensation fiction; literature and religion; middlebrow fiction; material cultures; the history of reading.

MA/PGDipLiterature and Material Culture1750–Present

(also available by distance learning)Number of credits: MA: 180; PGDip: 120

Programme duration: full-time: 1 year; part-time: 2–4 yearsNumber of credits: MA: 180; PGDip: 120



General programme informationThis new and innovative programme combines media and cultural studies in an interdisciplinary way. Drawing on critical theoretical methodologies from the broad spectrum of the humanities, this masters programme is distinct in its exploration of the relationship between media, culture and identity.

Key areas of study:• contemporary cultural and political issues – the politics of

identity and mediatisation

• advanced theoretical and methodological developments in cultural and media studies

• cultural theories such as Marxism and post-Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis and post-colonialism

• media and cultural industries such as TV, film, print media, indy media and the internet

• debates on the formation of social and cultural identity, emotion, visual culture, everyday life, public sphere and imagined communities.

Special featuresYou become a member of the Centre for Research in Film and Audiovisual Cultures (CRFAC), giving you access to a diverse programme of research seminars, symposia and special events organised in collaboration with institutions such as the British Film Institute. For international students, a dedicated pathway on the International Foundation Certificate feeds directly on to this programme.

Roehampton’s location in London is ideal for media and culture students. There is a multitude of relevant conferences and research seminars, and of course there is an abundance of cultural institutions and media companies in London, unrivalled by any other city in the UK.

Research areas:Media studies; cultural industries; cultural and critical theory; gender; race; ethnicity; cultural politics and policy; psychoanalysis; globalisation; television industry; television histories.

MA/PGDipMedia, Culture and Identity

General programme informationThis programme provides you with the opportunity to engage in performance as an interdisciplinary and connective practice, spanning the fields of live art, theatre, visual art, dance and new media. Exploring performance as creative research, the programme moves fluidly between practice-based and theory- oriented approaches and deploys a diverse set of critical paradigms and methods associated with Performance Studies to examine performance as a cultural phenomenon.

Key areas of study:

• interdisciplinary performance practices

• live art, experimental theatre, dance-performance, new media

• paradigms of Performance Studies, visual and cultural theory

• the artist as cultural agent/producer and public display.

Special featuresThis programme enables you to research, conceive and realise creative projects in performance. You are also asked to develop critical interrogations, reflecting on your own practices and the artistic, social and political frameworks of performance making and reception. There is a strong emphasis on creative collaboration, critical dialogue and practices of public display. The programme offers opportunities for exchange with practising performance makers and theoreticians active in the field, and may include residential work abroad.

Research areas:Performance making; creative research methodologies; the formulation, composition and realisation of ideas; performance theories and histories; visual and cultural theory; performance and live art; experimental theatre; dance and new media; public intervention, reception and display.

MA/MResPerformance and Creative Research




Programme duration: full-time: 1 year

General programme informationThis unique programme explores the history, theory, aesthetics and practice of South Asian dance forms, including Bharatanatyam and Kathak, from a global modernities, interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. Its premise is that all dance genres – be they traditional or modern – reflect the larger, cultural and political world-views of nationalism, internationalism, interculturalism, postmodernism, multiculturalism, and diasporic movements in which they are articulated.

Drawing from several disciplines including cultural studies, performance studies, gender studies, postcolonial studies, ritual studies, and dance anthropology, the programme prepares dance students, choreographers and scholars to work at the forefront of this new academic discipline.

Key areas of study:

• South Asian dance in a transnational perspective

• South Asian dance in the global diasporas

• nationalism, culture, and politics in South Asian dance

• South Asian dance and the multicultural debate

• ritual in South Asian dance and performance.

Special featuresThis is the only postgraduate programme of its kind currently available in Europe and in the English-speaking world. You benefit from the close links that Roehampton staff have with South Asian dance organisations in the UK and with overseas institutions. You also benefit from the excellent material facilities for dance at Roehampton.

Research areas:Western theatre dance; Indian dance history, theory and practice; culture and nationalisms; postcolonial theory and identity; history and aesthetics; ritual-performance; cultural and spectacle performances; transnationalism; diasporic movements; ethnicity and identity formations; dance, gender and politics.

MA/PGDipSouth Asian Dance Studies

Number of credits: MA: 180, PGDip: 120


The University has a fantastic

campus, the dance studios are very

well equipped and the ambience is

very pleasing.

— Shrikant Subramaniam, MA South Asian Dance Studies student from Mumbai, India

“”


ProgrammesHuman Rights and International Relations

Human Rights and Society

Human Rights Practice (Erasmus Mundus)

Information Systems

International Management

International Management of Information Systems International Management with Finance International Management with Human Resource Management International Management with Marketing

Marketing

MBA (Business Administration)

Non-profit Management

Social Research Methods

The School’s advantageous

location allows you to engage with

London’s world-renowned business

and commerce, not-for-profit and

voluntary sectors, and cultural and

historical heritage.

You also benefit from the real-world

experience of staff who are involved

in research and applied consultancy

nationally and internationally.

The fusion of social scientists with

management and computing staff

has led to the School developing a

unique profile in the areas of social

justice, citizenship, and management

in the not-for-profit sector.

The School has attracted national

recognition and funding for its centre

for excellence in citizenship, human

rights and social justice (Crucible),

which was awarded £4.5 million to

develop innovative approaches to

curriculum design, work-based and

School of Business and Social Sciences

placement learning, and applied research

into these areas. The Roehampton MBA

and masters management programmes

are fully recognised by the Chartered

Management Institute (CMI).


General programme informationThis programme deals specifically with understanding the role of human rights in world politics, and involves a critical discussion of the structures and institutions of global governance. It is ideally suited to students with a background in politics or international relations wishing to focus their disciplinary knowledge on this timely and contested area of study.

Key areas of study:

PGCert, PGDip and MA:

• interdisciplinary approaches to human rights

• research methods

• global governance and citizenship

• global political economy and social justice.

MA:

• dissertation.

Research areas:The study of genocide; human rights in international relations; not-for-profit and voluntary sector management; citizenship.

MA/PGDip/PGCertHuman Rights and International Relations

Number of credits: MA: 180; PGDip: 120; PGCert: 60

Programme duration: MA: 1–1½ years; PGDip: approx. 1 year; PGCert: approx. 10 months General programme information

This programme focuses on the use of sociological methods and theory to investigate human rights standards and abuses. The “sociology of human rights” is a relatively new but significant area of study within sociology. This programme is therefore ideally suited to students with a social science background (for example, sociology, social anthropology, social psychology) wishing to focus on this emerging subdiscipline.

Key areas of study:

PGCert, PGDip and MA:

• interdisciplinary approaches to human rights

• research methods

• human rights from a sociological perspective

• rights, citizenship and social justice.

MA:

• dissertation.

Research areas:The application of social theory to human rights; the study of genocide; globalisation; “race” and ethnicity; gender; social justice and equal opportunities; work and employment; political sociology; citizenship.

MA/PGDip/PGCertHuman Rights and Society

General programme informationThe programme is taught by three universities: Roehampton University (UK), Gothenburg University (Sweden) and Tromsø University (Norway). The programme prepares you to:

• work effectively with the protection, promotion and implementation of human rights in a changing global context

• take up careers in human rights work in civil society organisations, governments and the public sector, and business

• develop analytical expertise in human rights perspectives, contexts and organisations

• evaluate and apply this knowledge to different cases and practices

• develop programmes of action and policies

• compare analytically human rights practice across different cultures and nation-states, recognising that interpretations and practices vary in different regions of the world.

Key areas of study:

• human rights practice: an interdisciplinary approach

• human rights practice: legal perspectives

• globalisation: challenges to human rights

• human rights: society and social structure

• human rights and organisational management: civil society, the state and market.

Special featuresThis is perhaps the most practice-oriented programme of its kind currently available in Europe. You benefit from its close affiliation with Crucible – Roehampton’s centre for excellence for education in social justice, human rights and citizenship – and its placement schemes.

Research areas:Theories of human rights; indigenous rights; sociology of rights; human rights law; genocide; political communication; children’s rights; war and peace; reconciliation initiatives; globalisation; culture and ethnicity; NGOs; organisational management.

MAHuman Rights Practice – Erasmus Mundus


Programme duration: MA: 1–1½ years; PGDip: approx. 1 year; PGCert: approx. 10 months

Number of credits: 120 compulsory ECTS credits

Programme duration: 2 years

Human Rights at RoehamptonRoehampton offers a distinctive suite of masters

programmes in human rights. While the programmes concentrate on various discipline-specific aspects of human rights, they are also located within a broader,

multidisciplinary perspective through shared modules from the suite. Through these shared modules,

primarily in the first semester, you have the chance to exchange information and opinions with other students

from various backgrounds. In the second semester, you will specialise in your chosen

area, via dedicated modules, and students on the MA programme will further develop this specialist expertise

through their dissertation.

Special featuresRoehampton is home to Crucible, the only recognised centre of excellence in human rights and social justice education in

the country. The University also has a number of internationally recognised scholars in the area of criminology, human rights and

social justice, and you have the opportunity to attend regular research seminars. This provides excellent preparation for

interdisciplinary study at a higher level (MPhil or PhD), and for the workplace as well as for your ethical engagement

with the world.

Roehampton University is proud to be leading the way in the academic

study of human rights, through its internationally respected research

profile, its innovative and multidisciplinary taught programmes, and its

centre of excellence in human rights education, Crucible.

— Dr Darren O’Byrne, Principal Lecturer in Sociology and Human Rights

“”


General programme informationThis programme has been developed to address a new era of information systems that support companies whose leaders and core operations are dispersed across the globe. It aims to produce managers and leaders who have a practical and theoretical understanding of business information systems and technology within a strategic and operational context.

Key areas of study:

Core modules:

• database management systems

• international management

• research methods and skills

• information systems organisation and management

• project management

• dissertation (summer period).

Optional modules:

• e-business and commerce

• international marketing

• software engineering.

Choice of languages to be taken concurrently.

Special featuresYou gain in-depth knowledge via case studies and assessments of the importance of designing and managing information systems at a strategic level within an organisation. This prepares you for a career in a global business environment.

Research areas:Outsourcing of information systems; virtual project management; computer ethics; organisational behaviour; business ethics; career development; brand management.

MSc/PGDipInformation Systems

The MSc/PGDip International Management portfolio aims to produce managers and leaders who can do business across time zones, cultures and languages.

It offers students a grounding in key areas of business and management practice and allows those with particular interests in marketing, human resource management (HRM), finance or information systems to gain a named award in these areas. You can either follow a general programme in International Management or study for one of the following named awards in these specialist areas:

International Management of Information Systems International Management with FinanceInternational Management with MarketingInternational Management with HRM

This suite of named awards shares a common first semester allowing you the flexibility to change your area of specialisation within the first semester.

Applicants must have a minimum of a second-class honours degree in any discipline, or equivalent. Graduates for whom English is not their first language must satisfy the University’s requirement for IELTS, currently 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in each band of the test.

MSc International Management programmes

Number of credits: MSc: 180; PGDip: 120

Programme duration: full-time: 1 year; part-time 2–4 years

General programme informationThe increasing globalisation of the world economy, the expansion of world trade, the accession of many eastern European countries to the European Union, and the dramatic growth in the development of market-led economies of China, India and Russia have created a demand for managers who can operate in global and diverse multicultural contexts. This programme aims to produce managers and leaders who can do business in these challenging contexts.

Key areas of study:

Core and optional areas of study include:


• international business environment



• ethics and professional standards in international management

• dissertation (summer period)

• international financial management



• international human resource management.

MSc/PGDipInternational Management



General programme informationThe modern global economy requires a new breed of managers and leaders equipped with flexible, transferable skills and a global vision. The programme aims to produce managers and leaders who have a practical and theoretical understanding of business information systems and are able to apply this in the context of global business.

Key areas of study:

Core and optional areas of study include:

• information systems organisation and management

• international business environment




• dissertation (summer period)

• database management systems



• software engineering.

Choice of languages to be taken concurrently.

Special featuresYou gain in-depth knowledge via case studies and assessments of the importance of designing and managing information systems within a global organisation. This prepares you for a career in a global business environment.

Research areas:Outsourcing of information systems; virtual project management; computer ethics; organisational behaviour; business ethics; career development; brand management.

MSc/PGDipInternational Management of Information Systems



Special features (of all International Management programmes)With tutors’ agreement, students can choose the global organisations and topics of special interest on which to focus their coursework assignments and research projects.

Research areas:Organisational behaviour; business ethics; career development; outsourcing of IT provision; brands and brand management; international capital and financial markets; international banking; social enterprise; accounting.


The business context for managing human resources has changed significantly in recent years due to economic, political, social and technological forces. Competition in global business has led to significant interest and research into which HRM policies and practices lead to enhanced organisational performance. Another area of strategic focus for HRM, within multinational companies in particular, is the ease and speed at which knowledge can be developed and disseminated.

This pathway is designed to engage students in a critical dialogue about the strategic importance of HRM in international firms as well as competing perspectives of international HRM, drawing on current research and practice.

Key areas of study:Core and optional areas of study include:

• international HRM• cross-cultural management• dissertation (summer period) – HRM focus.

MSc/PGDipInternational Management with Human Resource Management (HRM)

Businesses and governments rely on sound financial knowledge to underpin their strategies for economic growth. This programme provides the theoretical structure for an understanding of the operations of the finance function of organisations and key elements of corporate financial management.

There is a particular focus on international capital markets and international banking. This pathway develops students for a management career where the raising and managing of capital in mixed financial environments is a fundamental feature that must be factored into any business decision making and is especially critical in the international context.

The programme exposes students to advanced finance concepts, knowledge and skills that are academically rigorous and have practical application in the workplace. It is delivered by highly qualified teaching staff with practical experience of financial management and research, and consultancy expertise in credit, banking and financial services.


• international financial management• international capital markets and banking• dissertation (summer period) – international finance

or banking focus.

MSc/PGDipInternational Management with Finance

MSc/PGDipInternational Management with Marketing

This pathway helps students analyse the marketing context in which international brands operate and to evaluate their operational options. Students investigate current research in marketing, brands and brand management, and apply branding concepts to non-traditional areas, including non-profit organisations and the public sector.

The Marketing pathway includes optional modules in “international marketing” and “brands and brand management”. For the dissertation, students choose a research problem with a marketing focus and are supported by a specialist tutor in this area.


• international marketing• brands and brand management• dissertation (summer period) – marketing focus.


Roehampton is gearing its students

for the real world. The academics are

all so passionate about their subjects,

so knowledgeable, and somehow

balanced by the thriving social justice

programme here. The opportunities

for students are amazing. There is a

vibe here – the diversity of the

students and the passion of the

students makes it feel a very

happening place to be.

— Dr Gopal Kutwaroo, Microsoft, Head of UK Forefront Security Marketing

“

”


General programme informationThe Roehampton MBA is designed to prepare those with a minimum of two years’ experience of the workplace for the challenges of senior strategic management in an international environment. Graduates of the programme often progress to more fulfilling and better-paid employment. On the MBA, students from around the world explore and debate important issues in contemporary professional management. Study is guided by a committed team of tutors who have both practical experience and expert knowledge. You develop personal managerial knowledge and sophisticated interaction and intercultural skills that are of interest to employers worldwide.

Key areas of study:• A foundation in the key operational and functional areas of

business and management (for example, finance and accounts, marketing, human resource management and organisational analysis) together with an appreciation of the contemporary context of business.

• A personal development programme that includes activities aimed at enhancing managerial skills and the opportunity to take an optional course to develop specific managerial knowledge in depth; for example, in the fields of marketing, corporate ethics, or e-learning.

• A strategic and integrative appreciation of management challenges, including an exploration of senior managerial decision making, and the implications of change and innovation.

• The application of knowledge to a personally selected management project, reported as a dissertation and supported by a business research methods module.

Research areas:Organisation leadership; organisation behaviour; career management; business ethics; brand management.

MBAMaster in Business Administration

General programme informationThis programme prepares you for employment in local, national and international non-profit organisations. It is suitable for recent graduates wanting to develop a career in the sector, for those wishing to change sectors and for those in the sector wishing to develop their understanding and broaden their skills. You are prepared for leadership and managerial roles in non-profit organisations by analysing the complex environment in which these organisations work and making appropriate responses to the distinctive challenges faced by these organisations.

Key areas of study:

• the nature of civil society and understanding the environment of non-profit organisations

• applied organisational theory and behaviour

• applied management skills – financial management, marketing and managing volunteers

• options from either human rights and global governance or international development

• reflective (service) learning and practical experience through a work placement.

Special featuresYou go on a work placement organised by the University, for two days a week with a non-profit organisation. Roehampton’s Centre for the Study of Voluntary and Community Activity holds regular seminars that you are encouraged to attend. The University is also home to Crucible, the only recognised centre of excellence in human rights and social justice education in the country.

Research areas:Volunteering; voluntary organisation impacts; independence of voluntary action.

MSc/PGDip/PGCertNon-profit Management



Number of credits: MSc: 180; PGDip: 120; PGCert: 60


General programme informationIncreasing globalisation of trade and the development of a global consumer economy requires marketing professionals that can engage with the challenges and opportunities that this presents. This programme provides you with a systematic understanding of and critical reflection on current theories, models and concepts and professional practice in marketing. The programme is designed for graduates that wish to develop a specialism in marketing within an international context.

Key areas of study:


• marketing management

• international business environment.

Optional areas of study:

• consumer behaviour

• brands and brand management

• technology marketing


• international consultancy project.

Special featuresThe programme offers you an opportunity to engage in an international consultancy project overseas. This is a supervised project undertaken with a client and coordinated by the University. There are additional costs associated with this option.

Research areas:Technology marketing; brands and brand management; political marketing.

*Subject to approval

MSc/PGDipMarketing*



General programme informationThe programme is distinctive in providing students with an exciting opportunity to develop expertise in a range of both quantitative and qualitative research methods of data collection and analysis with a focus on their application to real-world issues.

Key areas of study:

• research skills and skills needed for employment in the research field

• philosophy of social research

• the design of social research

• quantitative research methods of data collection and analysis (including use of SPSS)

• qualitative research methods of data collection and analysis (including use of CAQDAS)

• discipline-specific knowledge and skills: education or social science.

The certificate programme addresses core features of social research methods, focusing on different forms of data and how they can be collected and analysed. MA-level study is aimed at students who either want a discrete research-based MA or want to run a pilot study for an MPhil/PhD research project.

Special featuresExternal assessors rated the innovative “general research skills” module very highly and commented favourably on the assessment mix.

Research areas:Education policy; social justice – class, race and gender; education of professionals; early childhood – history and policy; music education; art education; human rights education; citizenship education; physical education; classroom ethnography; crime, social policy, ethnicity and multiculturalism; domestic violence; human rights; food; childhood; human–animal relations; globalisation; citizenship; New Labour; women in science; kinship in South Asia.

The programme has 1+3 recognition from the Economic and Social Research Council. Only three Education Departments in post-92 universities have this prestigious kitemark.

MA/PGDip/PGCertSocial Research Methods


Programme duration: full-time: 12 months; part-time: 2 years



ProgrammesApplied Music Education

Art, Craft and Design Education

Early Childhood Studies

Education

Education (Professional Doctorate)

Education Leadership and Management

English Education

PGCE Primary (full-time and part-time)

PGCE Secondary

Social Research Methods

Special and Inclusive Education

Special Education Needs (Erasmus Mundus)

The School has a strong international

reputation in the fields of education studies

and early childhood studies and is one of

the principal providers of initial teacher

education in the UK.

We have established partnerships with

education institutions in the Netherlands,

Czech Republic, Greece, Ireland, Singapore

and Malaysia to deliver masters-level

programmes off site and we support our

alumni on various educational projects in

countries such as India, the Seychelles,

Grenada, Botswana, Swaziland, Kenya

and Uganda.

Research is a strongly supported, central

element in the School of Education.

Publication and dissemination to academic

and professional communities are integral

parts of our activity. The School is

committed to increasing its contribution

to research in the field of education and

to extending its involvement in education

provision in general. It is receptive to

national change and responds positively

and appropriately to new initiatives.

School of Education



General programme informationThis new postgraduate programme offers you the opportunity to work towards the degree of MA in Applied Music Education or through one of two pathways leading to the award of:

• MA in Applied Music Education (Psychology)

• MA in Applied Music Education (Special Educational Needs)

Depending on the pathway selected, the programme is designed to enhance your professional knowledge, skills and understanding of the respective subject area within a broad educational context.

Key areas of study:

• developmental psychology of music

• comparative and international music education

• music and special educational needs

• curriculum theory, context and practice in music

• dissertation/performance project

• learning and cognition in music

• social psychology of music

• using and learning ICT in music education.

Special featuresThis is the first graduate programme of its type in the UK and it attracts students from all over the world. The programme operates in full collaboration with the Department of Psychology in Roehampton’s School of Human and Life Sciences.

Research areas:Comparative international music education; music and special educational needs; music and inclusion; social psychology of music; musical identity; psychology of musical performance; psychology of music education; informal and formal music education.

MA/PGDip/PGCertApplied Music Education

General programme informationThis programme provides opportunities to investigate and analyse the role of art, craft and design in education. It attracts teachers, lecturers and other professionals from a range of educational contexts, from Early Years settings through to primary and secondary schools and initial teacher education.

By critically reflecting upon your professional practice and studying its location within a theoretical framework, you develop a broader knowledge and deeper understanding of your field. You also undertake a practical project through which you develop your own art practice in an educational context.

Key areas of study:

• concepts and issues in art, craft and design education

• museum and gallery education

• critical and contextual studies in art, craft and design education

• practice-based work in art, craft and design.

Special featuresThe programme is taught by highly qualified and experienced tutors who are recognised as specialists in their selected areas. Teaching staff encourage you to adopt innovative approaches to coursework; several modules (including, by negotiation, the dissertation) offer opportunities for you to exhibit practical work alongside your written work. The “Learning through Art in the Museum” module is taught entirely at Tate Britain and Tate Modern.

You also benefit from the University’s Centre for International Research in Creativity and Learning in Education (CIRCLE) by attending regular seminars featuring internationally respected guest lecturers.

Research areas:Creative development in the early years; assessment in art education; museum and gallery education; cultural diversity and teachers’ contemporary art practice.

MA/PGDip/PGCertArt, Craft and Design Education


Programme duration: full-time: 12 months; part-time: 3–8 semesters



General programme informationThis programme aims to develop a deep understanding of the factors that promote the wellbeing of young children and their families by critically examining the diverse contexts of their lives. The programme content deliberately crosses different disciplinary and professional boundaries. You become part of the research community and by providing an academically rigorous postgraduate programme we draw on your professional and personal experiences to further develop your ability to critically consider issues in early childhood and their implications on pedagogy, policy and provisions.

Key areas of study:

• critical reflections on early childhood

• play, representation and communication

• wellbeing in the earliest years

• historical approaches to early childhood

• research methodology and enquiry

• dissertation.

Special features• The programme builds on Froebelian principles, which stress the

value of play in the care and education of young children.

• With its association with Froebel College and its internationally renowned Froebel Archive for Childhood Studies, the programme has developed an international reputation in the field and has attracted students at postgraduate level from around the world.

• Our focus is on raising critical awareness of early childhood issues from various global perspectives by integrating practice, theory and research.

• The programme is designed for professionals from a variety of backgrounds who work with young children, including those involved in education, health and social services as well as for those who are involved in developing the early years workforce such as further education college lecturers, and for non-professionals who have a particular interest in the early childhood field.

MA/PGDip/PGCertEarly Childhood Studies


Programme duration: full-time: 12–18 months; part-time: 3–8 semesters. Normally taught in evening sessions. Some modules are taught in intensive day and weekend sessions.

I studied for my initial degree at

Roehampton and enjoyed the

experience so much that it was my

first and only choice for my MA.

The flexibility of the modules allowed

me to do as little or as much as

I could manage.

— Carlene Bremner, MA Early Childhood Studies student from Balham, London

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Research areas:Effective environments for early learning and development; historical aspects of early childhood education; policy development in the early childhood field; principles and practice of work with children under three; the development of the professional role in the early childhood sector; social relationships and children’s creative thinking; health issues in early childhood.


General programme informationThe programme has been designed to provide flexible opportunities for practising professionals working in education, and in related professions, to widen and deepen their theoretical perspectives and critically reflect on the implications for their practice.

Within the MA Education, you can specialise in a range of curriculum areas including:

• Literacy

• Mathematics

• Science

• ICT

• Physical Education.

Other pathways include Management and Leadership, and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

Alternatively, you can select from a range of options that gives the award of MA Education. A selection of examples of masters-level modules available within the taught postgraduate scheme is listed below.

Key areas of study:

• dissertation

• research methodology and enquiry in education

• international perspectives on professional practice in education, which uses both reflective and comparative methods.

In addition, other modules are available:

• Independent Study in Education

• APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning)

• Context of Professional Practice

• IPPPE: International Perspectives in Special and Inclusive Education.

For your dissertation, you may select from a broad range of possible research areas (see below).

MA/PGDip/PGCertEducation

If you would like to follow a qualification that leads to Qualified Teacher Status, please see the PGCE programmes on pages 80 and 81.



Special featuresThe programme allows you either to specialise in a particular area of interest or design for yourself a wide programme of study to reflect on the varied but linked aspects of education in today’s and tomorrow’s world.

Research areas:Science and technology education; teacher education in policy; social justice; education management and leadership; education of professionals; music education; art education; language; social and cultural studies; human rights education; early childhood studies; citizenship education; religious education; physical education; mathematics education; multiculturalism and education.

A sample of our most popular modules on the MA EducationLiteracy, Culture and MediaThis module aims to encourage participants to develop a critical understanding of the teaching of literacy in the 21st century through exploring print and multimedia texts within a socio-cultural perspective.

Language in ActionThis module considers children’s use of language both in and out of the school environment. Through close exploration and analysis of children’s use of language, you are encouraged to develop an understanding of children’s language development in action.

Reading: Politics and PedagogyThis module provides an informed and critical understanding of the complexities, issues and debates that surround the teaching of reading both in the past and present, enabling you to gain a thorough understanding of the reading process.

International Perspectives on Professional Practice in EducationThis module encourages you to use literature as an evidence base in your chosen field when applying reflective and comparative methods. You reflect on personal and practical education experiences and then examine and analyse similarities, differences and alternatives from contemporary and relevant books, journal articles and web sources.

Primary ScienceThis module provides a rationale for the inclusion of science within the primary curriculum, analyses the history and philosophy of science education, and reflects on curriculum

theories and practices in primary science. Each of these themes is considered both theoretically and in relation to the individual’s beliefs and classroom practices.

Secondary ScienceThis module is designed to extend the knowledge and improve the practice of professionals working within secondary science education. It enables you to develop a critical understanding of the ways in which learning and teaching science have changed over time and how these changes have an impact on classroom practice.

Teaching Physical EducationThis module aims to develop your understanding of holistic approaches to effective teaching and learning in physical education. The context examined is primarily school-based, but wider links to other educational environments will be made where appropriate. Key elements are the synthesis of disciplinary conceptual frameworks and their application to your own professional context. You will engage in critical appraisal of current approaches to teaching and learning in the subject and explore the potential for developing physically educated learners.

Primary MathematicsThis module offers development opportunities for those with an interest in primary maths education, including practising teachers, curriculum leaders, advisory teachers and consultants, and focuses on a range of issues concerning pedagogy, subject knowledge, curriculum policy, innovation and teacher development.

Leading and Managing Teaching and LearningThis module aims to explore the place of leaders and managers in the discourse surrounding the quality of teaching and learning. It will involve a consideration of the debates about what makes a successful learning culture and what it means to enable pupils and students to become effective, enthusiastic and independent learners.

Design and Technology: Designing and MakingThis module encourages you to identify and critically evaluate examples of good practice. You devise, develop and implement your own brief, and analyse and evaluate your work within the contexts of classroom practices and the management of design and technology in schools.

Theories of Second Language LearningThis module is designed for MA Education students who have a language-teaching background and/or an academic background in TESOL or Applied Linguistics. The module aims to develop such students’ critical understanding of the processes of second language learning by introducing them to a range of theoretical approaches as well as more practically orientated research findings.

Linguistic Analysis for Language TeachingThis module aims to provide such students with theoretical and analytical tools that will enhance their understanding of both how language is structured and of how it is used in a range of communicative events. Students apply these insights to practical tasks of language analysis in an educational setting.

For information on the range of further modules available within the taught postgraduate scheme, visit www.roehampton.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/education

The course has enabled me to

pick out issues for debate; to form

arguments; to understand different

perspectives to the argument; to

counter-argue; to develop skills

in arbitration and to become a

detailed researcher.

— Marlon Moncrieffe, former MA Education student

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General programme informationThis innovative part-time programme leading to the award of Doctor of Education (EdD) is aimed at busy professionals who wish to undertake a substantial investigation into an area of current professional practice in education or training. It aims to provide you with a thorough grounding in theory and practice of educational research, professional competence, and transferable employment skills.

The EdD is offered jointly by Roehampton University and Kingston University, and builds upon the existing successful programmes at masters level and extensive PhD work. Between them, the two universities can offer a range of knowledge which extends from pre-school learning to educational gerontology, in public and private sectors, together with nationally recognised expertise in research methods training.

Key areas of study:

Stage 1 (years 1 and 2)

All students take the following three core modules:

• Professionalism in Education

• Perspectives on Teaching and Learning

• Educational Research Philosophy and Practice.

In addition to the core modules, students complete a pathway module in Teaching and Learning.

Stage 2 (years 3–5)

You undertake a research project reported in a thesis (or equivalent) of approximately 45,000 words.

Entry qualificationsTypically, applicants will have completed M-level study in Education or a related field, and be in a professional role in education with at least two years’ experience. You should also be looking forward to contributing to the development of theoretically informed reflective practice in your particular professional setting. Applications should be directed to the Research Office.

EdD (Doctorate)Education

General programme informationThis programme is underpinned by a model of critically reflective practice. It is designed to offer professionals the opportunity to engage in the processes of systematic and analytical enquiry into the theories and practices of education leadership and management, with a view to improving their own practice. The programme provides a range of flexible opportunities for professionals working in education. It is primarily aimed at all those in leadership, management and administrative roles and those aspiring to such roles across the whole range of educational settings and levels.

Key areas of study:

• the educational organisation in its environment

• leading and managing people in education

• change strategy and implementation

• leading and managing teaching and learning

• research methods and enquiry.

Special featuresThe programme allows you to specialise in particular areas of interest to reflect the work you do in your professional role in education leadership/management so your study has an immediate relevance and also prepares you for your future development.

Research areas:These include education policy, enhancement and quality, inspection and review systems. The programme has links with a variety of Research Centres within the School of Education such those for policy and professionalism; beliefs, rights and values; early childhood; and creativity and learning.

MA/PGDip/PGCertEducation Leadership and Management

Programme duration: part-time: 5 years Number of credits: MA: 180; PGDip: 120; PGCert: 60


General programme informationThis programme provides opportunities for primary and secondary teachers to explore and analyse the centrality of English in education. The programme covers the teaching and learning of English in all age phases and modules offered cover a breadth of relevant areas and are assessed in a range of ways.

Key areas of study:

• reading: politics and pedagogy

• literacy, culture and media

• language in action

• teaching texts

• teaching phonics: issues and debates

• children as readers.

Suggested dissertation topics:

• teaching literature through drama

• cultural influences on literacy learning

• the teaching and learning of reading

• gender and literacy

• EAL and literacy

• the teaching of poetry

• developmental spelling

• teaching the bilingual child.

Special featuresSessions are taught in a dedicated teaching space, which houses a collection of children’s books, academic journals and relevant theoretical reading.

Research areas:Children’s literature; poetry; drama; phonics; reading and response at Key Stages 2 and 3.

MA/PGDip/PGCertEnglish Education


Programme duration: full-time: 12 months; part-time: 3–8 semesters The School of Education is based

in the historic Froebel College,

founded in 1892 on the principles

of Friedrich Froebel, who created

the kindergarten and introduced

the training of women teachers

for young children.


General programme informationFor full details of this programme, please see the Roehampton University Teacher Education Prospectus.

The PGCE Primary programmes, full-time and part-time, are for graduates intending to qualify as primary school teachers. The programmes lead to PGCE qualifications at either of two levels the Postgraduate Certificate in Education at masters level (HE4) or the Professional Graduate Certificate in Education at honours level (HE3). Both qualifications carry the recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

The PGCE aims to prepare primary teachers who can organise their pupils’ learning appropriately and effectively and who are reflective practitioners, committed to continuous improvement in their professional practice.

In particular, the programme aims to foster the following qualities in student teachers:

• a recognition of cultural and linguistic diversity and their implications for teaching and learning

• an awareness of the active nature of learning

• an understanding of the different needs of individual learners

• respect for children.

The full-time programme starts in September and the part-time programme starts in January with completion in the following July. Due to high demand for these programmes, it is recommended that applications are made as early as possible. All applicants must have spent a minimum of two weeks in a mainstream state UK primary school in a relevant key stage or early years setting, and be able to discuss this experience at

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) PrimaryProfessional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Primary

These qualifications lead to Qualified Teacher Status.


Programme duration: full-time: 1 year; part-time: 18 months/5 terms

GTTR codes: see webpage

Age phase: full-time: Foundation Stage/Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2

part-time: Foundation Stage/Key Stage 1 only

interview. We also expect applicants to have broader experience of diverse groups of children of the relevant age range, both inside and outside the classroom.

School experienceFull-timeThe practical experience in school includes a preliminary school observation (which is arranged by students) and two blocks of school experience.

Part-timeThis element of the programme requires full-time commitment. The practical experience in school is organised into three blocks, including an introductory school experience in the first year and two main placements in the second year.

The school experience total for both full-time and part-time students is a minimum of 90 days; block placements are organised by the University in its partnership schools.

Special featuresThe programmes cover all subjects and areas of learning within the National Curriculum for KS1 and KS2 and the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.

Roehampton is one of the largest providers of initial teacher education in the UK and recent Ofsted inspections of primary provision have been extremely positive, with management and quality assurance rated as outstanding.

General programme informationFor full details of this programme, please see the Roehampton University Teacher Education Prospectus.

Two qualifications are available for graduates intending to teach their specialist subject within the secondary age range: the Postgraduate Certificate in Education at masters level (HE4) and the Professional Graduate Certificate in Education at honours level (HE3). Both qualifications carry the recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

The programme is for graduates intending to teach their specialist subject within the 11–19 age range. When applying for a place, you select a single subject of study which will qualify you to teach it in secondary schools. The subjects on offer currently are:

• Art and Design

• Business Education

• Design and Technology

• English

• History

• Mathematics

• Modern Foreign Languages

• Music

• Religious Education

• Science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics).

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) SecondaryProfessional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Secondary

These qualifications lead to Qualified Teacher Status.

Number of credits: 60 M-level + 90 P-level or 60 HE3 + 90 P-level


GTTR codes: see webpage

Key areas of studyThe programme has two components: school-based experience and university-based studies. School-based work includes observation of experienced teachers at work, team teaching, and taking increasing responsibility for teaching whole classes.

University-based work is mainly subject-focused but is supported by Professional Studies common to all subjects, which are taught in mixed subject groups. The time spent in the University gives you time to prepare for and evaluate school-based work. It also allows the sharing of experiences with other trainee teachers.

Special featuresWhichever subject you follow, you benefit from the strong links that exist between the University and local secondary schools. Practising teachers contribute to all the programmes and staff are involved in both research and in-service work with local schools. You gain extensive experience of teaching in two different schools, building on the work done in the University with the support and guidance of school subject mentors.

“The friendly, expert tuition on offer at

Roehampton combined with two fantastic

school placements have given me the

confidence to take on what is a challenging

yet ultimately rewarding job.

— Jerome Marshall, former PGCE Primary student from Rochester in Kent, now works as a teacher at Glenbrook Primary School in Clapham, London

”

Roehampton has provided me with

everything I need to embark upon a career

in teaching. The support and advice given

to trainees is outstanding and I would

recommend the course to any future

trainee teachers.

— Rachel Taylor, PGCE Secondary (English) graduate from Twickenham, now works as an English teacher at Overton Grange School

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General programme informationThe concept of Special and Inclusive Education requires a new breed of professionals equipped with both a secure knowledge and understanding of special and inclusive practice while having due regard for the political, legislative and social inclusion agenda that is driving inclusion in the local and international context. This innovative programme reflects on these key themes. It examines approaches used to meet personalised needs and to manage special and inclusive provision while reflecting on the influences and potential tensions between practice and the wider socio-political and legislative inclusion agenda.

The programme attracts local and international teachers and multi-professional agencies working in the field of Special and Inclusive Education. It offers participants the opportunity to complete a Certificate (60 credits), a Diploma (120 credits) or a full MA award (180 credits) in Special and Inclusive Education.

Key areas of study:

MA, required modules:

• dissertation (60 credits)

• international perspectives on professional practice in education 1 (20 credits)

• research methodology and enquiry in education 1 (20 credits)

• research methodology and enquiry in education 2 (20 credits).

Optional 20-credit modules:

• autism: principles and practice

• dyslexia: principles and practice

• behaviour management: support for learning

• leading and managing special and inclusive education

• teaching and learning in special and inclusive education

• context of professional practice.

Special featuresThe MA programme is delivered in a variety of international contexts, which enhances its currency and the experience of tutors involved in its delivery.

MA/PGDip/PGCertSpecial and Inclusive Education

General programme informationThis one-year full-time programme is taught by Roehampton University in the UK, Fontys University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands and Charles University in the Czech Republic. The three partners equally contribute to the programme and share responsibility for its delivery. You are based in the Netherlands for most of the programme, but are also taught in the UK and the Czech Republic for short periods of time. The programme is taught in English. The programme is designed for students within the UK, Europe and the wider international community. Applicants must successfully complete 90 ECTS (Roehampton equivalent is 180 credits at masters level).

Key areas of study:

• dissertation (compulsory)

• international perspectives on professional practice in education (compulsory, co-taught by all three partner universities)

• research methodology and enquiry in education (compulsory, taught in the UK and the Netherlands by Roehampton University tutors)

• students choose to do two of the following three modules: inclusion (the Netherlands), inclusive society – inclusive education (Czech Republic), and APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning).

MASpecial Education Needs (SEN) – Erasmus Mundus



Number of credits: 90 ECTS

Programme duration: full-time: 12 monthsGeneral programme informationThe programme is distinctive in providing you with an exciting opportunity to develop expertise in a range of both quantitative and qualitative research methods of data collection and analysis with a focus on their application to real-world issues.

Key areas of study:

• research skills and skills needed for employment in the research field

• philosophy of social research

• the design of social research

• quantitative research methods of data collection and analysis (including use of SPSS)

• qualitative research methods of data collection and analysis (including use of CAQDAS)

• discipline-specific knowledge and skills: education or social science.

The certificate programme addresses core features of social research methods, focusing on different forms of data and how they can be collected and analysed. MA-level study is aimed at students who either want a discrete research-based MA or want to run a pilot study for an MPhil/PhD research project.

Special featuresExternal assessors rated the innovative “general research skills” module very highly and commented favourably on the assessment mix.

Research areas:Education policy; social justice – class, race and gender; education of professionals; early childhood – history and policy; music education; art education; human rights education; citizenship education; physical education; classroom ethnography; crime, social policy, ethnicity and multiculturalism; domestic violence; human rights; food; childhood; human–animal relations; globalisation; citizenship; New Labour; women in science; kinship in South Asia.

The programme has 1+3 recognition from the Economic and Social Research Council. Only three Education Departments in post-92 universities have this prestigious kitemark.

MA/PGDip/PGCertSocial Research Methods



The programme allows for selection of:• three optional modules to make up a Certificate award to

support practice-based knowledge and skills or to support leadership and management in the field of SEN and Inclusion

• six 20-credit modules to make up a Diploma in Special and Inclusive Education

OR• three optional modules plus all modules from the “MA Required

modules” to make up the full MA award.

Research areas:Professional development and inclusion; promoting inclusion: principles, practices and provision; perspectives and challenges; autistic spectrum disorders; developmental dyslexia; sociology of education (policy sociology); the capability approach to impairment; the development of the socio-political and human rights approach to disability; cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary research.


ProgrammesApplied Music Psychology

Applied Psychological Research

Art Therapy

Attachment Studies

Biodiversity and Conservation

Bioentrepreneurship

Clinical Neuroscience

Clinical Nutrition

Counselling and Psychotherapy

Counselling Psychology

Dance Movement Psychotherapy

Diabetes

Dramatherapy

Forensic Psychology

Health and Community

Health Sciences

Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy

Music Therapy

Obesity: Risks and Prevention

Play Therapy

Primate Biology and Conservation

Primatology

Psychotherapy and Counselling

Sport and Exercise Biomechanics

Sport and Exercise Physiology

Sport and Exercise Science

Sport Psychology

Stress and Health

The School boasts state-of-the-art

laboratory and teaching facilities on

the University’s beautiful Whitelands

site. The staff includes a number of

internationally renowned academics

as well as professionally accredited

and experienced consultants

and trainers.

The School has recently attracted external research funding from:

• Natural Environment Research Council

• Economic and Social Research Council

• European Union

• Training and Mobility of Researchers

• EU CONNECT

• NHS

• Novartis

• Numico

• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

• Prince’s Trust

• PPP Medical Healthcare Trust

• LSB Leakey Foundation

• Freshwater Biological Association

• Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.

School of Human

and Life Sciences


General programme informationMusic Psychology is an exciting subdiscipline of psychology, which combines a number of theoretical approaches and research methodologies to answer interesting and important questions on the relationship between music and human perception, cognition and emotion. Insights into the way in which we listen to, perform and compose music help us address important issues in the areas of brain function, language processing, memory, problem solving and creativity. At the same time, music fulfils important social functions, which have been subject of much research and debate.

Music Psychology has many practical applications (eg in the areas of retail and media). In addition, the ever-increasing use of music as a healing and therapeutic medium makes it even more important for experts to understand psychological and neurological mechanisms and processes that underpin our experience of music..Key areas of study:

• theoretical perspectives in music psychology

• research methods (quantitative and qualitative)

• music perception and cognition

• commercial applications

• social and developmental psychology of music

• i ntroduction to clinical and therapeutic applications

• psychology of musical performance

• neuropsychology of music.

Special featuresThe programme brings together expertise of psychologists, educationalists, musicians and special needs experts and the focus is on applying theoretical insights in real-life settings including commercial, media, clinical, educational, community and special needs.

Research areas:Music perception and cognition; emotion and music; musical identities; music and the brain; psychology of musical performance; music and special needs.

MSc/MAApplied Music Psychology

General programme informationThe programme is distinctive in enabling you to develop expertise in the application of quantitative and qualitative research to real-world issues. It also provides a sound basis for further training in doctoral-level research and the psychology professions.

Key areas of study:

The PGCert programme includes modules on:

• quantitative data collection and analysis

• experimental design, data collection and analysis

• qualitative data collection and analysis.

The PGDip programme builds on this by allowing you to choose from a range of research methods and applied topics and thereby develop more specialist expertise.

Examples of applied topics include adult psychopathology, autism, child psychopathology and cognitive neuroscience.

Examples of applied methods include ANOVA, conversation analysis, correlation analysis, discourse analysis, multiple regression analysis, narrative analysis and phenomenology.

The MSc programme builds on this by enabling you to investigate issues of particular relevance in a research dissertation using a method of your choice.

Special featuresTopics will be taught by experts in the area (eg clinical, developmental and health psychologists) and depending on the choice of optional modules and selection of dissertation topic, you will be eligible to chose a named endorsement (eg child development, cognitive neuroscience, psychopathology). This will highlight your commitment and expertise in the particular area.

MSc/PGDip/PGCertApplied Psychological Research





General programme informationThe programme provides theoretical and practice-based knowledge together with supervised clinical placement. Theory is underpinned by Jungian analytical psychology, and you are encouraged to continue to develop your identity as an artist while training to be a therapist. This programme is approved by the Health Professions Council and leads to a nationally recognised professional qualification. In addition Roehampton University provides a range of opportunities for qualified arts therapists to continue studying in the areas of research as well as attending continuing professional development (CPD) courses.

Key areas of study:

• art therapy training group

• art therapy workshops

• art therapy clinical placements (and supervision)

• introduction to other arts therapies

• theory and practice of art therapy: assessment, evaluation and research

• theory and practice of art therapy: perspectives from developmental psychology and psychodynamics

• theory and practice of art therapy: Jungian analytic psychology.

You remain in personal therapy throughout your training.

Special featuresPart-time students complete an intensive week at the beginning of the training. All students follow a course of study that features:• an emphasis on a Jungian analytic psychology model of

art therapy

• an exploration of the unconscious through symbols

• child developmental psychology, psychoanalytical and philosophical theories.

Research areas:Art therapy and deficits of imagination in children with autism; art therapy and schizophrenia; the relationship between drawing style and selfconcept in primary school children; the use of mandala images in art therapy.

MAArt Therapy

General programme informationThe programme offers practical and theoretical training in Patricia Crittenden’s Dynamic Maturational Model (DMM) of attachment. You will be able to learn two validated attachment assessments, for use with infants and children up to the age of five years. In addition you will receive an introduction to attachment assessments for older children and adults. The programme will suit clinicians and practitioners from a wide range of health and social care disciplines as well as students interested in attachment research at masters or PhD level.

Key areas of study:

• competing theories in attachment studies

• using and coding the CARE-Index (adult-child interaction suitable for children aged 1 day to about 3 ½ years)

• using and coding the Preschool Assessment of Attachment (Strange Situation Procedure with Children aged 19 months to 5 years)

• current trends and approaches in neuroscience and attachment

• overview of other procedures such as Narrative Stems, the School Aged Assessment of attachment and the Adult Attachment Interview

• clinical intervention seminar

• forensic use of attachment assessments

• research.

Special featuresThis programme is unique in teaching the uses and analysis of specialist assessment procedures as part of a mainstream MSc programme. The DMM is the only truly developmental model of attachment currently available and particularly sensitive to variations in cultures and to the attachment strategies of distressed and atypical populations of people.

Research areas:There is a wide research base to draw on, including children who are fostered or adopted; the assessment of parenting; adult and child mental health; adult attachment and neuro-imaging; the forensic use of attachment studies in child protection and the penal system.

MScAttachment Studies*



Number of credits: MSc: 180

Programme duration: full time: 18–24 months; part time 2–3 years

*Subject to validation



General programme informationThis programme takes a cutting-edge, practical approach to biodiversity and conservation where you consider the ecological principles and methodologies fundamental to biodiversity management and the conservation of species and habitats. It provides the skills needed to participate in this challenging area and is intended for new graduates and for those who are already working in fields such as nature reserve management and local government.

Assessment is by submission of practical reports, essays and seminars, and by examination. MRes students conduct a substantial research dissertation (120 credits) that provides an introduction to PhD-level research, enabling development of key skills in project design, planning and data analysis. MSc students also undertake a research project (60 credits) combined with a greater number of taught courses.

Key areas of study:

• critical assessment of methods for surveying and monitoring the impact of global change

• evaluation of the role of theory and the application of scientific strategies in biodiversity management and species and habitat conservation

• research methods including statistical analysis, literature review and project management.

Special featuresYou enhance your expertise in current issues through attendance at a regular seminar series and interaction with experts from institutions of international significance. Roehampton’s proximity to cutting-edge facilities in London such as Kew, the Kew Library and the British Library greatly enhance the student learning experience.

Research areas:Canopy ecology; environmental effects on plant development; soil ecology; aquatic ecology.

MSc/MResBiodiversity and Conservation

General programme informationThis programme is designed for students with a background in medicine, life sciences or technology who wish to work with development of new products and services for research, drug discovery, or diagnostics and treatment of disease.

Bioentrepreneurship is a relatively new field of knowledge, bringing together discoveries and inventions in biomedicine, life science and technology with processes in innovation and business. The purpose is to transfer ideas into products and services that ultimately improve people’s health. This programme will give you a theoretical and practical basic competence in core areas of bioscience-based business.

Key areas of study:

• identifying commercial potential

• intellectual property

• what is required to set up a business?

• how existing bioscience businesses, from the small health centre to the multinational pharmaceutical giants, are set up and run

• the importance of patents

• application of practical bioscience skills in a commercial setting.

Special featuresTeaching and supervision is provided by academic researchers with international reputations and considerable business experience. The programme leader has an international reputation in drug discovery, has taken inventions through the patent process and has managed the research teams in biotechnology companies he founded.

Research areas:The programme is focused on strategic and operative issues in the biomedical sector. The 60-credit Research Project gives the opportunity to carry out an individual project, under the supervision of a leading expert, in a range of biological science areas including diabetes, neuroscience, nutrition, obesity and stress biology. The Research Report will allow you to look at a biological problem and to consider the commercial potential of your own research.

MSc/PGDip/PGCertBioentrepreneurship

Number of credits: MSc/MRes: 180




A PGCert Bioentrepreneurship programme by distance learning is also available.

General programme informationThe programme offers an exciting opportunity to study modern neuroscience with a focus on clinical implications. It gives an insight into recent advances in neurosciences relevant to neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases. The development of research skills is central to the programme and a research project is the core of the full MSc training.

The PGDip option is particularly suitable for health professionals who are interested in updating their knowledge without conducting a research project. The option of a PGCert (60 credits) contributes towards a well-balanced suite of programmes. This programme can accommodate students from a range of backgrounds including new graduates from life sciences or psychology as well as health professionals who hold non-traditional qualifications, giving them an opportunity to advance their theoretical knowledge and to develop their academic skills.

Key areas of study:

• clinical relevance of recent developments in neuroscience

• brain imaging techniques and their applications in neurology and psychiatry

• neurobiological mechanisms of brain disorders

• effects of nutrition and addiction on brain function

• research methods.

Special features

The programme is delivered in a student-friendly way using a wide variety of teaching methods. You benefit from the contribution of expert guest speakers and access to our high-specification modern biomedical and computer laboratories.

Research areas:Brain, health and illness; brain neurochemistry; health psychology; models of human brain disorders.

MSc/PGDip/PGCertClinical Neuroscience

General programme informationThis was the first MSc in Clinical Nutrition to be established in the UK (in 1995) and has gained an international reputation, attracting students from around the world. The programme considers the patient’s journey from birth to extreme age in the context of the metabolic response to injury, to surgery or to chronic disease. Effective nutrition assessment and the organisation of nutrition support teams is considered in relation to all techniques of artificial nutrition support. The programme is designed for all members of nutrition support teams and is also suitable for students who wish to pursue clinically based nutrition research. The programme does not offer a qualification in dietetics.

Key areas of study:

• macronutrient and micronutrient metabolism in health and disease

• nutrient digestion and absorption and gastrointestinal disease

• nutritional support in paediatric, adult, older adult and critically ill patients

• the effect of disease on nutrition status and of nutrition status on outcome


Special featuresGuest lecturers eminent in their field of study and external collaborators from well-known medical schools and nutrition departments contribute to the programme. You experience interactive lectures and seminars, work in small groups, and practical classes. The MSc is accredited with the Nutrition Society.

Research areas:Dietary management strategies in women with polycystic ovary syndrome; RNA turnover in different patient groups; the role of brain–gut interaction in obesity, eating disorders, and irritable bowel syndrome; the role of the enteric nervous system in known intestinal diseases; vitamin E status in health and disease.

MSc/PGDip/PGCertClinical Nutrition


Programme duration: full-time: 1 year; part-time: 2–4 years(also available by distance learning)Number of credits: MSc: 180; PGDip: 120; PGCert: 60



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General programme informationThe MSc is designed as both a stand-alone programme and as part of and progression to the PsychD award. The programme offers you a clear path to United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) registration as a psychotherapeutic counsellor and/or psychotherapist. The PGCert year focuses on practice, the PGDip year on theoretical implications and the MSc year on relational research.

Key areas of study:

• integration of relational approaches through exploration of phenomenology through the main therapeutic modalities (humanism, existentialism, psychoanalysis and postmodernism)

• ethical and professional issues in relation to practice and supervision

• evidence-based practice and relational research

• phenomenology, and developments such as postmodernism

• time-limited (short- and long-term) and open-ended therapy.

Special featuresThis is a practitioner programme. In all years use is made of learning communities and, within these, therapeutic groups, practice sessions on the implications of theory for practice, case presentations and academic group supervision.

Research areas:This programme is attached to the Research Centre for Therapeutic Education at the University and benefits from its wide-ranging and innovative research base and seminar programmes.

MSc/PGDip/PGCertCounselling and Psychotherapy (UKCP)

General programme informationThis programme equips you for chartered status as a counselling psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS). All candidates must have the graduate basis for registration (GBR) with the BPS, a 2:1 in psychology or equivalent, and experience in an emotionally demanding helper role.

This three-year PsychD programme is an integrated, competence-based programme that construes the therapeutic encounter as relational. This unifying theme runs throughout the three years.

Key areas of study:

• the relational model, an integrative framework for psychological therapy incorporating person-centred and psychodynamic approaches

• cognitive behavioural approaches

• research training

• personal development

• placements and supervision.

Special featuresThis programme is well established, has an excellent reputation and is taught by experienced practitioners and researchers. Teaching and learning takes an interactive form, with an emphasis on participation in skills sessions, seminars and workshops. The subject area is multidisciplinary and trainees join a community of practitioners in training including psychotherapists and counsellors.

If you wish to exit the programme with an MSc there is an option to do an MSc dissertation rather than a doctoral-level thesis. The MSc does not confer practitioner status in the UK, but may be of interest to overseas applicants in particular.

Research areasThis programme takes place within the Research Centre in Therapeutic Education. Examples of research areas include existential analytic psychotherapy; heuristic enquiry; conversation and narrative analysis; group psychotherapy; diversity and anti-oppressive practice.

PsychDCounselling Psychology (BPS)


Programme duration: part-time: 3 academic years over 6 semesters

Number of credits: D-Level: 360; M-Level: 240


General programme informationThis innovative programme is designed to prepare you for professional practice as a dance movement psychotherapist. The unique training comprises an integrated range of theoretical, experiential and clinical areas combined with cutting-edge research. The philosophical framework of the training promotes a social constructionist approach to dance movement psychotherapy. The social construct model actively promotes embodied performance practices, mutual influence and the construction of social and power differentials between client and therapist. You are encouraged to develop a self-reflexive practice and the ability for critical reflection on creative processes. On successful completion of the programme, you are entitled to register as a member of the professional body, the Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy (ADMP UK).

Key areas of study:

• contemporary and historical approaches to dance movement psychotherapy

• the social construction of meaning in relation to the body, gender, class, ethnicity and culture

• embodied performance practice

• dance/movement improvisation

• fieldwork placements and supervision

• the body, play and child development

• client embodiment: clinical placement and supervision (one to two days a week).

Special features

The programme offers opportunities for you to explore and expand movement preferences, ways of interacting with others, belief systems, prejudices and values. Emphasis is placed on you developing your own style as a dance movement psychotherapist. You also have the opportunity to perform and exhibit your ongoing work in a yearly Arts Therapies Exhibition.

Research areas:Staff are involved in seminal research in the field and have links with various Research Centres across the University.

MADance Movement Psychotherapy

General programme informationThis innovative multi-professional programme is dedicated to meeting the learning needs of those providing clinical services to patients with diabetes within primary healthcare and in hospital. It is delivered by a partnership of the School of Human and Life Sciences and clinicians practising within diabetes and endocrinology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the Royal London Hospital’s Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine.

All clinical members of the teaching team are actively engaged within the National Health Service, either in hospitals or in the community.

This programme is suitable for healthcare professionals (nurses and doctors) working in the field of diabetes. All students must hold a post where they can show that they have principal responsibility for the care of people with diabetes.

Key areas of study:

• background to diabetic complications

• managing diabetes and the organisation required to provide high-quality care

• people as patients and future developments.

Special featuresThe programmes are available on a part-time attendance basis as well as through distance learning. You may elect to mix both modes of study within your individual programme. As well as attending lectures from those eminent in the field of diabetes care, you refine your communication and practical skills.

Research areas:Research carried out by students has included experiences of type II diabetes within the South Asian community in the UK; “Living with diabetes”, which covers aspects such as professional patient relationships and negotiating healthy lifestyles; evaluation of education sessions for people with type I diabetes; diabetic autonomic neuropathy: mechanisms of neurophatic changes.

MSc/PGDip/PGcertDiabetes


Programme duration: part-time: 3 years, full-time: 2 years


Programme duration: part-time: 2–4 years; distance learning: 2–4 years


General programme informationBased on the ritual theatre model of dramatherapy, this unique programme provides opportunities for the theoretical, practical and clinical exploration of ritual and drama for healing and change. The part-time structure includes monthly weekend attendance and one intensive week per year. The programme is approved by the Health Professions Council and leads to a nationally recognised professional qualification.

Key areas of study:

• clinical governance

• clinical placement and supervision

• therapeutic stories

• individual and group process

• ritual theatre

• working with myths

• paratheatrical explorations

• individual dramatherapy

• crafting theatres of the psyche

• therapeutic theatre

• the art of structure

• dramatherapy and closure.

Special featuresYou are trained to facilitate an in-depth therapeutic process and devise therapeutic performances. You also undertake an original piece of research into dramatherapy practice.

Research areas:Individual dramatherapy in schizophrenia; perception and evaluation of therapeutic outcomes from therapist and client perspectives; the role of race, culture and gender; the use of roleplay in dramatherapy with borderline personalities; therapeutic scenarios and resistance; creativity and destructiveness.

MADramatherapy


Programme duration: part-time: 3 years

General programme informationThis is a unique opportunity for Chartered Forensic Psychologists to obtain a doctoral degree specifically relating to their work as practitioners. Student research is undertaken in the School of Human and Life Sciences, which runs a number of highly innovative professional doctorate programmes and is well placed to provide support to those pursuing the PsychD in Forensic Psychology.

Key areas of study:

You are expected to produce a research dissertation, which could be undertaken in your place of work. The dissertation may focus on issues of psychological relevance within the criminal justice system (eg in prison settings), the nature and social context of the forensic psychologist (eg the specific needs of certain offender populations) or within legal contexts or other domains where the work of a forensic psychologist is pertinent. Other areas of research may be possible providing there is relevant expertise within the School.

Special featuresYou can expect a supportive research culture with regular seminars and workshops. Relevant modules from the MSc in Applied Psychological Research can be taken to enhance methodological skills in qualitative and/or quantitative methods. There is also an opportunity of an SPSS refresher course for those interested in engaging in quantitative research.

Research areas:Sex offending; child abuse; domestic violence; addictive behaviours; anxiety and psychopathy; psychology and the legal system.

PsychDForensic Psychology


Programme duration: minimum 30 months, maximum 40 months

General programme informationThis programme reflects current shifts in health and healthcare toward the community setting. It aims to examine what is meant by community together with the organisation and practice of health in the community in relation to long-term conditions and specific client groups.

Drawing on the disciplines of sociology and psychology, you develop and broaden your understanding of the practice of healthcare. You also develop professional knowledge and skills relating to health and healthcare in the community from an organisational and practical level.

The programme is designed for professionals wishing to broaden their experience toward health in the community and for those who wish to enter the field from other disciplines.

Key areas of study:

• community and health in a changing society

• sociology/psychology of long-term chronic illness

• communication in healthcare

• ethics and the law

• social issues in health

• food diets and society

• qualitative approaches to health research.

Special featuresThe programme addresses issues of community development from a qualitative perspective that considers the role of the voluntary and local authority sectors. The programme draws on your prior experiences and encourages interaction and discussion of healthcare in a modern society.

Research areas:Health, food and diet; medical knowledge/medical education; qualitative methods; relationships between community and health; social aspects of diabetes; sociology of health, food and diet.

MSc/PGDipHealth and Community



General programme informationThe programme is designed to provide a biopsychological perspective on the nature and study of human behaviour and health, with an emphasis on the contemporary developments in the social and biological sciences.

A social context is provided for these studies through anthropological, psychological and sociological perspectives on health and healthcare. The broad spectrum of biological approaches from molecular to evolutionary studies also presents a diverse range of theories and methods for the study of human behaviour and health.

You develop your research skills through the study of research methods, a research project (MSc students only) and contact with active researchers.

Key areas of study:

• assessment of health and wellbeing

• evolution and genetics

• principles of neurobiology

• rhythms, mood and sleep

• social, psychological and biological approaches to health and disease.

Special featuresThis programme deals with a wide range of health issues from stress to sleep, and looks at the aetiology and symptomology of what can be complex processes. The programme is supported by a strong academic staff team of biological and health scientists. The School of Human and Life Sciences’ active Health Sciences Research Centre holds regular seminars.

Research areas:The biological basis of behaviour is an increasingly important aspect of understanding health and illness. Research is central to clinical practice in this area and previous students have done research on subjects ranging from attitudes to medication to insomnia.

MSc/PGDipHealth Sciences




General programme informationThis innovative programme draws on the 20 years of accumulated teaching and practice experience of the staff team to offer academic progression and professional training in the field of psychological therapy. The MA takes three academic years to complete, with attendance at the University for one day a week. From the second year, you are required to spend the equivalent of another day a week in one or more counselling placements. The programme includes all the training necessary for eligibility to apply for individual practitioner accreditation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Applications for BACP accreditation may only be made after at least one year of independent supervised counselling practice following graduation.

Key areas of study:

In response to recent developments in the field, an integrative relational model is taught and you are encouraged to learn about different approaches to counselling and psychotherapy.Teaching includes:

• life-span developmental theories

• therapeutic skills practice in small groups

• supervision of client work in small groups

• critical analysis of approaches to counselling and psychotherapy.

You are required to be in personal therapy throughout the programme.

Special featuresAll members of staff are qualified, experienced counselling and psychotherapy practitioners and teachers in higher education. The programme takes a critical look at person-centred, psychodynamic and cognitive models of theory and practice.

Research areas:The programme is attached to the Research Centre for Therapeutic Education, in which opportunities exist for researching many areas of clinical theory and practice.

MAIntegrative Counselling and Psychotherapy


Programme duration: 3 years (attendance one day a week in the first year)

General programme informationThis programme aims to help individuals to develop skills and self-understanding through a primarily non-verbal relationship in music. Work takes place individually or in groups. Music is viewed as an expression or manifestation of ourselves. Through the use of improvised music the therapist facilitates the individual’s move towards increased wellbeing in the form of specific therapeutic aims. The programme leads to a qualification that allows you to apply for registration with the Health Professions Council, which confers legal status for practice as a music therapist in the UK.

Key areas of study:

• clinical context for music therapy

• music studies: clinical improvisation

• mother/infant observation

• music therapy theory

• clinical case work and supervision

• personal therapy

• i ntroduction to research

• dissertation

• research project.

Special featuresThe programme emphasises the emotional development of the student practitioner together with clinical exploration through critical enquiry. The practitioner is constantly observing on an intuitive and empirical level, and forming initial hypotheses that are then tested for their validity in the light of clinical evidence.

Research areas:The programme has links with a variety of Research Centres within the School of Human and Life Sciences. Staff who teach on the programme are active researchers with strong publication records within the field.

MAMusic Therapy


Programme duration: full-time: 2 years; part-time: 3–4 years

General programme informationObesity has now reached pandemic proportions, affecting populations as well as individuals in developed and developing countries. Understanding what the major risk factors are for obesity is a complex issue and is an important aim of this exciting new programme. A solid scientific base on obesity risks as well as important prevention strategies will enable you to design interventions and research projects for combating obesity for all ages. As the challenges surrounding this contemporary issue are greater now than ever before, graduates of this programme will have extremely good opportunities of employment within health services (including the National Health Service in the UK), the food supply industry and research institutions.

Key areas of study:

• obesity as a risk for chronic disease

• how does culture and lifestyle lead to obesity?

• the role of diet and exercise

• basic metabolic principles

• planning interventions and evaluating their effectiveness

• communication, coaching and ethics in dealing with chronic conditions.

Special featuresGuest lecturers eminent in their field of study and external collaborators from well-known medical schools and nutrition departments contribute to the programme. You experience interactive lectures and seminars, work in small groups, practical classes, and computer-based exercises.

Research areas:Cultural and lifestyle issues relating to obesity; diabetes and depression; polycystic ovary syndrome; bariatric surgery; regulation of appetite; development of food preferences; school-based interventions; variations in energy intake and expenditure in response to eating or skipping breakfast; activity-specific energy expenditure.

MSc/PGDip/PGCertObesity: Risks and Prevention



General programme informationBased on a person-centred model of therapy, the programme emphasises the use of play within a therapeutic relationship to facilitate therapeutic change. It prepares you for clinical practice, predominantly with children, as a professional therapist within the public and private sectors. The programme leads to a qualification that allows you to apply for registration with the British Association for Play Therapy. The modules are designed to train you for therapeutic practice that is theoretically sound and emotionally aware.

Key areas of study:

• developmental psychology and play

• play therapy methods

• play therapy practice (and supervision)

• working with loss and trauma

• young child observations

• the therapeutic process

• research and clinical efficacy

• personal development.

Special featuresThe programme encompasses theoretical, practical and experiential learning. You also consider attachment theory, trauma and the psychology of child development.

Research areas:Child-centred play therapy and the use of therapeutic boundaries; play therapy and unresolved bereavement issues; play therapy in schools; the efficacy of play therapy; play therapy and different cultural beliefs.

MAPlay Therapy




General programme informationThe programme combines the study of primate biology with its application to conservation issues in primatology. Work in the laboratory and in the field, as well as theoretical investigations equip students from biological and/or environmental backgrounds with the intellectual and practical skills required for advanced research in conservation (eg a PhD) and for consultancy work.

Key areas of study:• primate conservation issues (habitat loss and alteration,

hunting, conservation genetics, ex situ and in situ conservation, human–wildlife conflict, attitudes to primates, ecotourism, conservation strategies)

• ecology and behaviour (methods used in surveying and gathering biological information, methods of recording behaviour in the field)

• reproduction (laboratory techniques for gathering data and analysing reproductive hormone data in wild and captive primates; the evolution of mating strategies)

• zoos and museums as a resource for the study of primates and the ethics of studying captive primates

• ecological principles and their application to biodiversity management and species conservation.

Special featuresYou carry out behavioural investigations on captive and semi-free-ranging animals in zoos and monkey parks; learn how to interpret and use GIS data; and carry out analyses in our hormone laboratory. An in-depth study of conservation and ecology looks at general conservation questions (eg the impact of climate change) and specific issues related to primates (eg the bushmeat trade). You also undertake a substantial piece of original research.

Research areas:Socio-ecology; human–wildlife interactions; ecotourism; reproductive biology; communication; cognition; life-history evolution.

MScPrimate Biology and Conservation



General programme informationThis unique opportunity to study primate biology in depth provides the skills needed to undertake research in primatology and an ideal qualification for anyone wishing to study for a PhD in this field. The programme encourages you to carry out original research through laboratory analysis and fieldwork, and to put your findings into a theoretical context.

Key areas of study:

• behavioural ecology

• fieldwork methods

• life-history evolution

• analysis of physical and behavioural adaptations

• phylogenetic reconstructions and comparative analysis

• reproductive biology (including practical laboratory work)

• zoos and museums as resources for the study of primates.

Special featuresA key part of the programme is a substantial research project. You generally spend several months carrying out field and/or laboratory work on wild or captive primates or using museum collections. Previous students have worked at field sites in a number of countries, including Nigeria, Uganda, Madagascar, Puerto Rico, Borneo and Gibraltar. We have a large number of contacts with suitable field sites but you are also encouraged to make your own contacts when appropriate.

Research areas:Socio-ecology; reproductive biology; communication; cognition; life-history evolution; human–wildlife interactions.

MResPrimatology


Programme duration: 1 year

General programme informationIn addition to the aims of the MSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy, this Professional Doctorate programme offers an exciting and innovative opportunity that further develops practice and research within an ongoing professional training with a clear path to United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) registration as a psychotherapist.

The programme is also suitable for experienced counsellors and psychotherapists who are already qualified and wish to advance their development both academically and as practitioners and supervisors. Furthermore, there is the opportunity to carry out a piece of original research, which forms an integral part of this programme.

Key areas of study:

• exploration of phenomenology providing a grounding and continuing development in the integration of relational approaches to counselling and psychotherapy through humanistic, existential and analytic psychotherapy

• an opportunity to study European philosophy and consider this in the light of contemporary 21st-century practice

• a comparative study of research methods, with an emphasis on qualitative and relational approaches, and the opportunity to carry out an in-depth research study in a chosen area

• a consideration of ethical and professional issues in psychotherapy and counselling as applied to practice, research and supervision.

PsychDPsychotherapy and Counselling (UKCP)


Programme duration: part-time: 5 years minimum (including MSc years)

Special featuresThis is a practitioner-based programme taking you to high levels of practice and research as well as a deeper understanding of the issues in this field. In all years use is made of learning communities and, within these, therapeutic groups, practice sessions on the implications of theory for practice, case presentations and academic group supervision.

Research areas:This programme is attached to the Research Centre for Therapeutic Education at the University and benefits from its wide-ranging and innovative research base and seminar programmes.


General programme informationThrough this innovative programme you make a critical examination of the theoretical bases of physiological assessment and intervention methods, as well as develop the knowledge and practical skills required to meet the specific needs of the client, be it optimal performance or improved health.

For information on the special features of the sport programmes at Roehampton, see the previous page.

Key areas of study:

• physiological assessment

• physiology of sport and exercise performance

• nutritional aspects of sport and exercise performance

• professional practice

• research dissertation (60 credits: MSc only)


An optional module can be taken in biomechanics, psychology or sport injuries.

MSc/PGDipSport and Exercise Physiology



General programme informationThis pioneering programme offers you the opportunity to focus your study on the theoretical and practical aspects of sport and exercise biomechanics. It addresses the biomechanist’s need to appreciate how theoretical biomechanics can enhance technique and to develop an understanding of the mechanics of injury development and rehabilitation.

For information on the special features of the sport programmes at Roehampton, see the previous page.

Key areas of study:

• biomechanical assessment

• the musculoskeletal system in health, injury and disease

• advanced biomechanics of gait




An optional module can be taken in physiology, psychology or nutrition.

MSc/PGDipSport and Exercise Biomechanics



Sport at RoehamptonWell-established, successful masters programmes

Roehampton University has been successfully delivering quality masters programmes across the

Sport Science disciplines for over 10 years. This wealth of experience has been used to develop high-

level academic, yet practical, degree programmes that enable students to develop the knowledge and skills required for the sport science professions in a

stimulating and enjoyable environment.

Consultancy-active staffAll Sport Science staff are actively engaged in providing

consultancy support and many are accredited by professional bodies such as the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and the British

Psychological Society (BPS). Recent contracts include providing support to West Ham, Chelsea and Fulham

football clubs, various Olympic athletes, the Lawn Tennis Association, British Fencing, the All England Netball

Association, and Hampshire County Cricket Club. You benefit greatly through these links due to the

opportunities for internships, scholarships and assisting with consultancy/research projects.

Research-active staffSport Science staff are engaged in the research of a

wide range of subject areas that relate to performance enhancement, including the biomechanics of running

gait and injury; amputees, prostheses and the disabled athlete; heat acclimatisation; sports nutrition; career

transitions; overtraining/burnout; and the psychology of injury. A diversity of research method experience also

allows staff to supervise an array of innovative and high-calibre dissertations. All students are invited to attend

seminars held by the University’s Centre for Scientific and Cultural Research in Sport (CSCRS).

State-of-the-art laboratory facilitiesThe Sport Performance, Assessment and Rehabilitation

Centre (SPARC) is a state-of-the-art laboratory facility for biomechanics and physiology. It is the best laboratory of

its type in London and gained BASES re-accreditation in 2008. As we are keen for students to gain high-level

assessment skills, modules ensure you are taught how to use these facilities and are given open access to further

develop your skills.

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General programme informationInterest in stress is increasing in terms of scientific research as well as the rapidly growing commercial stress management sector. This programme provides an academically respectable and science-based qualification in the study of stress, dealing specifically with the mechanisms by which psychological stress can induce illnesses and examining issues of measurement, prevalence and management.

You look at how psychological states can affect physical wellbeing, in particular the role of stress in the development of various diseases, such as coronary heart disease (the biggest killer in the west) and metabolic disorders including diabetes and mental illnesses. It is important to emphasise that this programme is not intended to be a general counselling course as it focuses specifically on the psychobiology of stress.

Key areas of study:

• health and stress assessment

• stress management: methods and issues

• the effect of psychological states on organic function

• the role of stress in changing patterns of disease

• types of stress and responses to stress.

Special featuresThis programme deals with the specifics of how stress affects particular illnesses and includes a practical module on the problem of assessing stress levels. It also looks at various approaches to reducing stress, particularly in the workplace.

Research areas:Stress medicine and psychoneuroimmunology are growth areas in modern medicine. Research into occupational stress is increasingly important in the modern context.

MSc/PGDipStress and Health



General programme informationThis programme is designed and taught by BASES-accredited/BPS-chartered sport psychologists and aims to provide the knowledge and practical skills that they have found to be essential. Specifically, the programme critically examines the philosophical and theoretical basis of assessment, support and intervention, to give an informed and holistic perspective on the profession. It is delivered in a manner that supports and stimulates your active engagement in your professional development and provides invaluable experience of aspects of being a sport psychologist.

For information on the special features of the sport programmes at Roehampton, see page 102.

Key areas of study:

• psychological assessment

• approaches to psychological support

• practical interventions in sport psychology




Optional modules can be followed in sport psychology, nutrition, physiology, biomechanics or sports injuries.

MSc/PGDipSport Psychology



General programme informationThis unique programme gives you the opportunity to examine critically the theoretical bases of assessment methods and their practical application within at least two disciplines from physiology, psychology and biomechanics. It is suitable if you are aiming to develop your skills and enter the consultancy, research or lecturing professions, and offers you a means of studying sport and exercise from a multidisciplinary standpoint in an exciting, practical, yet academic way.

For information on the special features of the sport programmes at Roehampton, see page 102.

Key areas of study:

• modules relating to assessment and providing scientific support within:

• physiology

• biomechanics

• psychology



Optional modules can be followed in nutrition or sports injuries.

MSc/PGDipSport and Exercise Science



General programme informationThis programme is ideal for students who are interested in focusing on a specific research area at masters level as two-thirds of the programme is based around the completion of an extended research project. Each student is supervised by a member of staff experienced in research to ensure a high standard of work. Potential areas of research are highlighted in the ‘Research-active staff’ section on page 102, along with information on other special features of the sport programmes at Roehampton.

Key areas of study:

• research dissertation (120 credit) – this is predominantly supported through individual supervisory tutorials

• research methods (20 credits)

• two of the three following 20-credit modules from the MSc programmes: Psychological Assessment, Physiological Assessment, Biomechanical Assessment.

MResSport and Exercise Science




Close to the heart of London

Roehampton University is just half an hour from central London; this advantageous location allows students to engage with the city’s major organisations, from multi-

national businesses to cultural bodies, and benefit from the links that Roehampton staff have established with them.

We have links with Natural History Museum • National Gallery • V&A Museum • London Zoo • Royal Botanic

Gardens, Kew • 30 St Mary Axe (aka the Gherkin) • Museum of London • Canary Wharf • Wimbledon

Common • Houses of Parliament • Royal Opera House • Theatre district • Hampton Court Palace • Imperial

War Museum • BBC • Wimbledon tennis • Bevis Marks Synagogue • Buddhapadipa Temple • Westminster

Abbey • London Central Mosque • Shri Swaminarayan Mandir • Richmond Park

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Every effort has been made to ensure that the information given in this publication is accurate at the time of going to print and the University will use all reasonable efforts to deliver the programmes as

described. However, the University reserves the right, without notice, to withdraw or change the programmes or programme combinations included in this prospectus, to alter tuition fees, entry

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One of the leading new universities in the UK for research and number one for Dance and Biological Anthropology – RAE 2008

78% of research of international standing and 33% internationally excellent or world class

– RAE 2008

More National Teaching Fellows than any other London university

In the past five years applications to taught postgraduate programmes have increased by 34%

A beautiful parkland campus featuring historic buildings and lakes, and on-site student residences

Ranked first among London universities for the environment on and around campus – Times Higher Education 2009 Student Experience Survey

Four historic Colleges dating back to the 1840s, creating a strong sense of community on campus

…all this only 30 minutes from central London

Documents

Roehampton University Postgraduate Prospectus 2009/10