PhD Social Policy, Sociology

at Bangor University

Research Areas

Social Policy and Sociology with specialisations in:

• Comparative Social Policy

• The historical sociology of health

• Health Policies and devolution

• Mental illness and learning disabilities

• Ageing and social change

• Housing Policy

• Ethnographic and ethnomethodological studies of work

• Conversation Analysis

• Membership categorisation analysis

• Schooling and social interaction

• Culture and Media

• Popular Culture

• Language and social interaction

• Identity and diversity

• Childhood and family

Communities and Social Networks with specialisations in:

• Community and locality

• Activism and citizenship in rural areas

• Lifestyles and environment

• Civil society in Wales

• Environment and sustainability

• Food and farming cultures

• Later life, generations and the lifecourse

• The shaping of European identities

Minority Languages and Cultures with specialisations in:

• Language

• Migration

• Identity and belonging

Current graduate students are conducting research on:

• The social organisation of net-based learning

• Migration, ideas of national belonging and policy responses in Wales and Ireland

• The economic and social significance of the SARS outbreaks

• Wales in a global neighbourhood

• Categorisation and special educational needs: implementing the SEN code of practice

• The social construction of Welsh identity

• The use of the Welsh language in the voluntary sector in Wales

• The role of programme evaluation in the public sector organisation

A good honours degree in a related discipline is required. Students without a Masters degree in a relevant discipline will be required to undertake a taught research training programme in their first year. Students should submit a research outline which must be approved by the Course Director.

For those whose first language is not English or Welsh, the minimum English language requirements is:

• IELTS: 6.5 (with no individual score lower than 6.0)

• Pearson PTE: 62 (with no individual score lower than 58)

• Cambridge English Test – Advanced: 176 (with no individual score lower than 169)

Tuition Fee Per Year

£15,750