Universities United Kingdom University of Bristol Courses MSc Social Work Research

MSc Social Work Research
at University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 28,700
Country Rank-
Duration12 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 85

Program Overview

This programme creates links between social work research and practice in a range of settings. You will be taught the necessary skills to undertake research into social work and social care as practice-based professionals or as postgraduate research students.

This degree helps you acquire vital tools to maximise your work in addressing real issues of concern with policymakers, managers, practitioners and service users in social work and care.

The programme provides core research training in philosophy and research design in the social sciences, along with introductions to and further approaches in quantitative and qualitative methods in the social sciences.

Course Content
Year 1

The programme can also be studied on a part-time basis over 2-5 years.

The programme leads to one of two awards and is organised so that a student entering with the intention of studying for the PG diploma has the opportunity to progress to the MSc, provided they have achieved a pass mark of 50% in all coursework and have the requisite credit points.

The programme is delivered through a combination of intensive block teaching and weekly delivery so as to be most accessible to postgraduate students, busy policy professionals and practitioners. The delivery of units on the programme is designed to allow students to accumulate credits flexibly and organise the patterns of attendance to suit their own needs and circumstances.

Unit name
- Philosophy and Research Design in the Social Sciences (SPS)
- Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SPS)
- Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SPS)
- Social Work Research Dissertation
Students take 20 credit points from the following:
- Further Quantitative Methods
- Further Qualitative Methods
Students take 40 credit points from the following:

SPOLM0016/SPOLM0017 can only be taken as an optional unit if not already taken as a mandatory unit.
- Further Quantitative Methods
- Further Qualitative Methods
- Digital Public Services
- Researching Child and Family Welfare
- Inclusive Research with Disabled People
- Supervised Independent Study
- The Economics of Public Policy
- Disabled Childhoods
- Gender and Violence: International and Global Perspectives
- The International Analysis of Poverty and Social Exclusion
- Migration, asylum and human rights: EU and global policy perspectives.
- Health and Health Care in a Global Context
- Public Management and Organisations
- Cities, Housing and Public Policy
- Policy Analysis
- Corruption and Public Policy
Entry Requirement
Applicants who hold a bachelor's degree from an accepted Indian university with a minimum of GPA of 6/10 or 60% will be considered for admission to a master's degree (the requirement will depend on your undergraduate university and the programme you have applied for).
Applicants to our Law programmes can be considered with minimum grades of 55-60% from an accepted Indian university.
Applicants who hold a first class master's degree from a prestigious university will be considered for admission to PhD study.

Fees & Scholarships

International Tuition Fees:

£28700 per year

Career Prospect

The programme emphasises the development of social work and social research and analysis methods, as well as substantive knowledge. Graduates from our MSc Social Work Research can go on to careers as social work and care researchers or analysts, or research commissioners/managers in public or private agencies, both in the UK and internationally.

Potential employers include local or central government departments, voluntary or charitable organisations, national or international non-governmental organisations, or global institutions such as the United Nations.

Alternatively, our MSc provides students with the core training to further their career in academic research with a PhD in Social Work.

Cost Of Studying At University of Bristol

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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MSc Social Work Research at University of Bristol