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Faculty of Arts and Social SciencesThe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences prides itself onresearch excellence, putting high quality research provision at the centre of its culture. The Times Higher Education World University (2012) ranks Lancaster University 46thglobally for Arts and Humanities and the Faculty benefits from its position in the top tier of universities receivingresearch grants from funding agencies.

Departments/Centres46 Lancaster Institute for the

Contemporary Arts (LICA)

52 Educational Research

56 English and Creative Writing

62 European Languages and Cultures

64 Gender and Women’sStudies

68 History

72 Law

82 Linguistics and EnglishLanguage

92 Politics, Philosophy and Religion

106 The Ruskin Library andResearch Centre

108 Centre for Science Studies

110 Social Work

114 Sociology

We are home to many internationallyrenowned scholars and to a numberof major research centres including:the Centre for Corpus Approaches toSocial Science; Dynamics of Energy,Mobility and Demand ResearchCentre, the Literacy Research Centre,the Centre for Gender and Women’sStudies, the Centre for MobilitiesResearch, the Centre for ScienceStudies, the Centre for the Study ofEnvironmental Change, the RuskinCentre, and the Wordsworth Centre.

Dean of facultyProfessor Tony McEnery

Deputy Dean and Associate Dean for Postgraduate StudiesProfessor Emma Rose

Associate Dean for ResearchProfessor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

Associate Dean for EnterpriseProfessor Chris May

Associate Dean forUndergraduate StudiesProfessor Colin Rogers

Number of postgraduatestudents645 Research575 Taught

Our success is highlighted ininternational rankings, and in thefunding available. In the 2008 RAE atleast 85% of research activity in mostof the Faculty’s departments was ofan international standard. Sociologywas ranked fifth in the UK for researchquality, while the Lancaster Institutefor the Contemporary Arts (LICA) was ranked in the UK’s top three.

The Faculty generates more than£6m annually in externally fundedincome including grants from: theArts and Humanities ResearchCouncil (AHRC), Economics andSocial Research Council (ESRC),Engineering and Physical SciencesResearch Council (EPSRC), UnitedNations, European Union, BritishAcademy, Leverhulme Trust, BritishCouncil, Royal Society, NuffieldFoundation, Wellcome Trust, Local Authorities, and variouscommercial sponsors. We also have AHRC Masters and Doctoralstudentships available through aBlock Grant Partnership and manydepartments offer ESRC and EPSRCstudentships – both in conjunctionwith outside organisations andthrough our role in the North WestDoctoral Training Centre.

Key factThe Faculty of Arts andSocial Sciences offers £2m per annum to fundpostgraduate studentshipsand awards.

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As you might expect from a researchfocused faculty, all departments offer supervision at PhD level. As well as traditional style PhDs we offer practice based researchprogrammes within Creative Writingand LICA, which comprises Film, New Media, Music, Music Technologyand Theatre Studies, and Art andDesign. Our Educational Researchand Linguistics Departments alsooffer professional doctorates, whichfocus on coursework, assessment,and a shorter thesis/researchelement than the traditional PhD.

Many students will want to embark on an MA before launching intofurther research, most departmentstherefore offer one or more MastersProgrammes, including bothresearch focused MRes schemesand vocationally orientated MAprogrammes such as AppliedResearch and Consultancy, AdultLiteracy and Numeracy, CreativeWriting, and Social Work. Manyprogrammes also offer part-timeoptions for study, and some areavailable via distance learning.

Our support for research students is exemplary. We offer a researchtraining programme that offers freeaccess to modules varying fromintroductory to advanced levels, and from single sessions to fullcourses. The modules are designedto support students’ development of research skills. Specific coursesmay vary from year to year, but theytypically address research, researchmethodologies (quantitative andqualitative), writing, publishing,communication skills, and moregeneral guidance on how toundertake postgraduate work.

On a purely practical level, researchstudents will normally have access to a range of shared facilitiesincluding office space, photocopying,and telephones. Some will be offeredteaching experience with trainingthrough the University’s AssociateTeacher Programme. The FASSEnterprise Centre also offerscontacts and guidance for studentsinterested in the application ofresearch to business sectors withinthe local community and region.

Postgraduate study need not be firmly tied to the field of yourundergraduate degree. You may want to explore a new discipline or an interdisciplinary area at theinterface of several disciplines; youmay wish to sharpen your researchskills before tackling an ambitiousPhD topic; or you may be seeking aprofessional course that deepensyour understanding of your field ofwork by engaging in advanced study.Whatever your reasons for studyingfor a higher degree, we hope that you will find a course in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences thatmeets your expectations.

PhDDirector of Research StudiesFrank Dawes.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, and aresearch orientated Masters degreein an appropriate discipline plus aviable research proposal. Practicebased applicants also requiresignificant professional experience.

IELTS6.5 (minimum of 6.0 in each element)or equivalent.

AssessmentOriginal research and thesis and/orcreative practice.

further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/lica

Applications are accepted for anyarea of study in the ContemporaryArts provided that supervision is available from an appropriatemember of staff. LICA offers you theopportunity to undertake researchintegrating creative practice withtheoretical or historical work, as wellas offering more traditional researchprogrammes assessed by thesisonly. The relationship between theoryand practice, whilst approached indifferent ways by different students,forms the central theme that links and shapes the Institute’s researchpriorities and orientation.

Your research training will besupported both by LICA and byResearch Training Programmesoffered by the Faculty. Our research is outward looking, involving the wider public, professionals, and policy makers in the developmentand benefits of research. Newresearch initiatives have flourishedand we take a proactive approach toincreasing funding, linking researchto Knowledge Transfer Partnershipsand exploiting European andinternational opportunities.

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For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk

Research degreesPhD

HighWire PhD

Integrated degrees (1+3)MA Art by Research

MA Design by Research

MA Film Studies by Research

MA Music by Research

MA Theatre and Performanceby Research

Taught programmesMA in Contemporary Arts Consultancy

MA in Contemporary Arts Practice

MA in Design Management

MA Art by Research




MA Theatre and Performanceby Research

Number of postgraduatestudents90

Postgraduate enquiriesDirector of Institute: Dr Martyn Evans Tel:+44 (0)1524 510 899Email: [email protected] www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/lica

The disciplines can be studiedindividually, or combined in anypermutation. We encourage practicebased research leading to exhibition,performance, DVDs, and websites as much as academic thesisdevelopment.

LICA is committed to contemporarypractice and critical thinking in thearts and has a thriving interdisciplinaryresearch culture and outstandingcreative industry connections. Wefoster both traditional modes ofscholarship, which theorise andengage with twentieth, and twenty-first century art and culture andinnovative approaches to the studyof the more distant past.

LICA is unique in its commitment to the informed practitioner: thecontemporary artist working bothindependently and collaboratively,who not only creates resonant works, but also understands theirpractice critically, conceptually and historically.

Our facilities include:

A new £10m creative arts centrewith seminar and teaching spaces,performance and acoustic labs,public event spaces, workshops,and design studios

The Nuffield Theatre; anestablished professional touring venue

The Playroom; a sprung floor black box studio

Several small rehearsal rooms

A G5 Music Technology lab

Tie lined recording spaces

A 900 seat concert hall, featuring a fine organ, used for an International Concert Seriesfeaturing innovative artists

Labs featuring Adobe CS andApple Final Cut Studio running on dual boot IMacs

The TV unit housing a range ofdigital, Internet and video facilitiestogether with professionalproduction support

Fine art studios dedicated toindividual use (accessible 24/7)

Fabrication workshops,photography lab and life room

Equipment including casting and framing tools and cameras

The Peter Scott Gallery with anexcellent exhibition programme

A number of dedicated musicspaces

The University Library also has an extensive collection of books,scores and recordings and an unusualrange of specialist papers, includingresources dedicated to the history ofjazz and broadcasting, collated withContemporary Arts students in mind.

Lancaster Institute for theContemporary Arts (LICA)The Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) houses postgraduate research opportunities inComputer Music, Dance, Design, Design Management, Digital Arts, Film and Media, Fine Art, Live Art, Music, and Theatre and Performance.

Key factClient organisations for the Contemporary Arts Consultancyprogramme have included,FutureEverything festival,Grundy Art Gallery, Horseand Bamboo Theatre, The National Trust, DukesTheatre, Nuffield Theatre,and other local and regional community arts organisations.

Research degrees

Key factLancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (Art, Design, Music, FilmStudies, Theatre, and NewMedia) is ranked in the UK top three with 80% ofresearch classed as world or internationally leading.(RAE 2008)

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Environments:our work exploresenvironmental knowledge andawareness in dialogue with communitygroups and wider users. Cross-disciplinary work focuses on thelandscape of natural and constructedspaces, as well as the development ofproducts and services. Our researcharticulates concerns and debates inthe public sphere, regionally andinternationally with attention to urbanfutures and design for sustainability,generating new understanding of the roles for the artist and designer.

Languages of Process and Form:we interrogate the relationshipbetween thinking and making inspecific creative practices and the artefacts that result. Researchincludes ways of documentingintention and critical judgementwithin different approaches tocreative practice in visual and inter-medial art and contemporaryperformance practice, as well asexploring materials and forms aselements of creative language. We also explore the process and role of the designer (and designthinking) in changing technological,organisational and social conditions– with a focus on processes ofinteraction, knowledge exchange,conceptualising the future,management and decision making.

MA Art by Research




MA Theatre andPerformance by Research Director of StudiesDr Richard Rushton.

Duration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in a relevant discipline.

IELTS6.5 (minimum of 6.0 in each element) or equivalent.

AssessmentCoursework, presentation, thesisand/or artwork or event.


These programmes are specificallydesigned for graduates who want to prepare for doctoral study either by integrating creative practice withtheoretical or historical work, or byfocusing on traditional theoreticalresearch.

One third of your work will be taughtmodules, and two thirds will explore a continuous overarching researchproject. Students will undertake three taught modules and there are two compulsory modules:Research Methods and CriticalThinking. Students will normally take Contemporary Issues in the Arts or an alternative module fromthose available in LICA in the secondterm of study.

You will have strong supervisorsupport throughout the course and will be involved in regular group seminars during the first two academic terms.

Integrated degrees (1+3)HighWire PhD: CreatingInnovative People forRadical Change in theDigital EconomyDirector of StudiesProfessor Gordon Blair.

Discipline specific adviceProfessor Gordon Blair (Computingand Communications); Dr LeonCruickshank (Design); Dr MikeChiasson (Management).

Entry requirementsUpper second class honours degreeor Masters degree or equivalents in one of the following disciplines;Computing, Design or Management.

IELTS6.5 or equivalent.

AssessmentOriginal research and thesis.

further informationhttp://highwire.lancaster.ac.uk

HighWire is a world-class, cross-disciplinary and user centric Doctoral Training Centre atLancaster University which bringstogether our expertise in Computing, Design and Management.

We go beyond multidisciplinaryapproaches by seeking a creativefusion between three key disciplines,aiming to produce a new breed of innovative people who are able to make advances in technical,design and business innovation.

The programme’s relevance isensured by our close alignment with the needs and goals of businessand industry. We encouragetechnology exchange and earlyadoption of emerging technologies,processes and ideas. HighWiregraduates can work in challengingroles in organisations, driving radicalchange in the digital economy.

The programme spans four yearsbeginning with formal and practicaltraining, leading to a Masters of Research (MRes) and thenprogressing to PhD study.

For more information on Lancaster’sDoctoral Training Centres, please see page 12.

Our researchinterestsLICA organises its research in three themes:

Culture, Theory, and Context:the unifying theme is the advance in critical understanding of art,design, film, music, new media,theatre, performance and dance in the twentieth and twenty-firstcenturies, through interrogationsalert to both shared and particularfeatures of their cultural, social,political and theoretical contexts. A recurring question, across thedifferent media and conceptual and critical discourses, is that of the adequacy and appropriatenessof theory given the rapidly changingrequirements of artistic practices in response to changes in political,cultural, and technologicalenvironments and the increasinglycomplex relationship betweenpopular and classic forms.

Professor Rachel CooperProfessor of Design Management

My research considersdesign decision making

and design management in theurban environment. It addresses all aspects of sustainability; indeed the research direction has taken me into the realms of design for wellbeing.

LICA offers excellent opportunities for postgraduatestudy – opportunities not only to cross-disciplines within the arts, but also with leading research centres within the Facultyof Arts and Social Sciences, andacross the University such asManagement School, LancasterEnvironment Centre and InfoLab21as our interdisciplinary approachlies at the heart of our activities. The new building is a fantasticopportunity for postgraduates to develop their research.

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MA in Contemporary Arts Consultancy Director of StudiesFrank Dawes.


Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, orprofessional qualifications/experience.


AssessmentCombination of coursework (includingproject proposal, project methodology/design, client project report) anddissertation.


This is a professionally focusedprogramme for graduates who wish to work in the cultural andcreative industries. Central to the MA is a ‘live’ consultancy projectthat is undertaken with an externalorganisation (with expenses covered).The taught modules are designed to prepare you to tackle practicalproblems faced by organisations and, with advice and support fromacademic staff, to take responsibilityfor a consultancy based project. The project will help resolve practicalissues and problems faced by a client organisation from the creative industries and the cultural and heritage centre.

Typically client involvement is one to two days a week over four months,with lectures scheduled on only one or two days a week to allowflexibility to carry out project work.Students complete four modules, a consultancy project report, and a dissertation.

MA in ContemporaryArts PracticeDirector of StudiesFrank Dawes.

Duration12 months full-time.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, or anestablished arts/making practice in the relevant discipline.


AssessmentCombination of coursework(including funding proposal,presentation, essay, event planningand curation) and an exhibition/festival of students’ art practice.


PathwaysMusic (Composition, Performance,Computer Music), Dance, Digital Arts, Film and Media, Fine Art,Interdisciplinary Arts, Live Arts,Theatre and Performance.

This is also a professionally focusedMA and is designed for practisingartists and graduates who wish to develop portfolio careers in the arts. Students complete four taught modules which develop their knowledge and skills in relationto contemporary issues in the arts, business planning, marketing,event management and a placementwith an arts organisation. In additionthey will work on their arts practice(with the support of a creativementor), and develop a professionalstandard arts project which is finallypresented at a festival organised by the student cohort.

The programme benefits from the excellent Live at LICA public arts provision at Lancaster University(Nuffield Theatre, LancasterInternational Concert Series andPeter Scott Gallery) as well as awealth of national and internationalindustry connections.

MA in Design Management Director of StudiesDr David Hands.


Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in Design or a cognate discipline.


AssessmentCoursework, presentation and major research project.


MA Design Management provides avibrant and design rich environmentfor design and associated graduatesto develop an understanding ofcontemporary design management.It prepares graduates for careers as design consultants, managers,researchers and design led changemakers in private and publicorganisations as well as for doctoralstudy. You will develop modes ofthinking critical to the challengesdesign managers face across a range of real world situations. Athematic curriculum explores designmanagement from a range of futureoriented perspectives typicallyincluding service design, design forsustainability, design strategy, anddesign and branding. An ImaginationLab – an intensive project baseddesign studio – enables students to undertake a deep dive into a complex design project.

Teaching focuses on how humancentred design thinking can addresstomorrow’s challenges, preparingstudents for leadership roles viaprojects requiring complex problemsolving skills. Exploration of newdirections for people, products,services and systems is supportedthrough a programme of casestudies, live projects and visitingprofessionals. Staff who contribute to the course have broad and indepth experience in design anddesign management and are leadingexperts within their particular fields.The course concludes with a self-directed major research project often in line with career aspirations.

Taught programmes

Key factEach year LICA has four‘fees only’ bursaries to cover the course fees for thefollowing types of awards:

•Two MA bursaries forinternational students

•One MA bursary forUK/EU students

•One bursary to coverMA or PhD (1+3) fees for UK/EU students

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MA Art by Research




MA Theatre andPerformance by Research Please see entries under integrateddegrees (1+3).

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Research degreesMPhil/PhD EducationalResearch (Independent Study)

PhD Doctoral Programme inEducation and Social Justice(online, thesis and coursework)

PhD Doctoral Programme inEducational Research – Higheror Teacher Education (thesisand coursework)

PhD Doctoral Programme in E-Research and TechnologyEnhanced Learning (online,thesis and coursework)

PhD Doctoral Programme inHigher Education: Research,Evaluation and Enhancement(online, thesis and coursework)


Postgraduate enquiriesHead of Department:Dr Paul Ashwin

Educational Research: Alison SedgwickTel: +44 (0)1524 592 685Email: [email protected]

E-Research and TechnologyEnhanced Learning: Alice JesmontTel: +44 (0)1524 592 685Email: [email protected]

Education and Social Justice: Jo DickinsonTel: +44 (0)1524 593 189Email: [email protected]

Higher Education: Research,Evaluation and Enhancement: Kathryn DohertyTel: +44 (0)1524 593 572Email: [email protected]/fass/edres

The Department of EducationalResearch is a leading internationalcentre of postgraduate research ineducation. We offer world leadingPhD programmes in Education andSocial Justice, Higher Education and Technology Enhanced Learning. Our three research centres in theseareas are internationally recognisedfor the excellence and originality of their research.

The 2008 Research AssessmentExercise (RAE) confirmed our statusas one of the leading EducationDepartments in the country, with80% of our research activity judgedto be of international standing, and45% graded as world leading.

Students can join us for traditionalPhD study or taught PhD doctoralprogrammes. We encourage theinvolvement of PhD students in allaspects of departmental life, includingteaching, reading groups anddepartmental seminars. We also usedigital technologies to ensure thatour online students who are locatedin countries across the world, canparticipate in departmental activities.

Educational ResearchThe Department of Educational Research has a world-class reputation and a thriving research culture.

This PhD in Education and SocialJustice (by thesis and coursework) is a part-time structured doctoralprogramme that is undertaken entirelyonline, over four years. It enablesprofessionals world-wide, who areworking to promote social justice inor through education (in its broadestsense), to focus on issues that are atthe heart of their own professionalpractice and concerns, and tobecome autonomous researchers.

The programme offers a well-definedand supported route to a PhD: during the first two years participantsundertake modules covering keysocial justice issues, approaches and theories, as well as research and evaluation methods; in years 3 and 4 they undertake research and write a thesis supported by asupervisor. Participants benefit fromstudying within a cohort of studentswho act as critical friends and aninformal support network during the programme, and a continuednetwork throughout their careers.

Doctoral Programme in Educational ResearchHigher Education orTeacher Education (PhD)Director of StudiesProfessor Malcolm Tight.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, and Mastersor three years’ practical experienceworking in higher/further education.

IELTSOverall 6.5 with at least 6.0 for reading and writing.

AssessmentCombination of assessedcoursework and thesis.

further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/edres/study/docprog/docprog.php

This part-time programme has been developed to meet the needsof experienced professionals in theareas of higher education and furthereducation. The aim is to provide an opportunity for participants tobecome autonomous researchersand to gain deeper and more criticalinsight into their own and others’professional practices and concernsby following a directed programme.

The four year course is structured,supported and assessed, throughmodules involving directed study and residential teaching. The course is organised around a seriesof residentials, which enableparticipants to meet and socialise,engage in one to one tutorials, andparticipate in seminars and lectures.Students focus on their final researchthesis from the third year onwards.

Research degreesMPhil/PhD EducationalResearch IndependentStudyEntry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, and a viable research proposal.



further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/edres/study/postgrad/intro.htm

We welcome applications forresearch degrees (PhD or MPhil) in any area of education in which our staff have expertise. We areflexible and full- or part-time researchstudy may commence at timesthroughout the year. However a largenumber of postgraduate trainingcourses are provided (starting inOctober), and full-time students arenormally required to take some ofthese during their first year of study.

Doctoral Programme in Education and SocialJustice (PhD)Director of StudiesProfessor Carolyn Jackson.

Entry requirementsA good honours degree andpreferably a Masters degree, or its equivalent.


AssessmentCombination of coursework and thesis.

further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/edres/study/social_justice_education/index.htm

I thoroughly enjoyed studying for an MAand PhD in Educational Research at LancasterUniversity. I have benefitted enormously from being a member of such a friendly andsupportive department. Lancaster Universityhas a vibrant campus environment and I wouldhighly recommend studying here. Dr Sandra Varey

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Doctoral Programme in E-Research and TechnologyEnhanced Learning (PhD)Director of StudiesProfessor Don Passey.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, and Mastersor three years’ practical experienceworking in learning and technology.



further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/edres/study/tel/index.htm

This innovative, four year part-timetaught Doctoral Programmecombines residential teaching withonline learning for motivated, self-managing individuals who work inpositions of influence in any sector of education wishing to develop theire-learning research and practice.

Students receive training in research methodologies andpractice, followed by a period of intensive individual researchsupervised by an expert in the field. Participants benefit from a structured set of modules (over two years), residential events, and an online learning community withinwhich they receive support fromother participants and tutors.

Doctoral Programme –PhD Higher Education:Research, Evaluation and EnhancementDirector of StudiesProfessor Murray Saunders.

Entry requirementsA good honours degree andpreferably a Masters degree, or its equivalent.



further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/edres/study/higher_education_research/index.htm

This PhD in Higher EducationResearch, Evaluation andEnhancement (by thesis andcoursework) is a part-time structured doctoral programme that is undertaken entirely online,over four years. The programme aims to provide an opportunity to experienced professionals tobecome autonomous researchersand to gain deeper and more criticalinsight into their own professionalpractices and concerns.

The programme is designed forpeople working, or interested in,higher education with diverseexperience: academics; policymakers, managers; administrators;educational developers; studentlearning specialists.

The programme offers a well-defined and supported route to a PhD. During the first two yearsparticipants undertake modulescovering key issues for HigherEducation focusing on research andpractice in Higher Education policyand change, enhancing learning,teaching and assessment andevaluative practices within the HigherEducation sector. In years 3 and 4they undertake research and write a thesis supported by a supervisor.Participants benefit from studyingwith a strong team of internationalresearchers, a cohort of studentswho act as critical friends and aninformal support network during the programme that will be the basisof a continued network throughouttheir careers.

The Department’s research isorganised through three centres:here@lancaster; the Centre for SocialJustice and Wellbeing in Education;the Centre for Technology EnhancedLearning. All of our PhD students areassociate members of at least one of these research centres.

here@lancastersupports a widerange of research and evaluationwork on higher education in all itsmanifestations: teaching; research;administration; income generation.Areas of expertise include: evaluativepractice; disciplinary differences;policy implementation; learning and teaching in H.E; discourse andliteracies; change management; and research as an activity.

The Centre for Social Justice andWellbeing in Educationexploresquestions about equity, diversity,inclusion and wellbeing. We haveparticular expertise in relation to:gender; literacy; disability; migration;motivation; technologies; wideningparticipation; youth ‘at risk’; self-esteem and wellbeing. Within thisCentre, we also have a group thatspecialises in Researching Equity,Access and Participation (REAP).

The Centre for TechnologyEnhanced Learning (TEL)supports research concerned withteaching and learning with digitaltechnologies, and with wideningdigital participation across a range of populations. We seek tounderstand fundamental learningprocesses and the ways they relatespecifically to digital technologies,and we focus on learning andpedagogical approaches using digital technologies and networks to support learners from primaryschooling to higher education, as well as in the workplace.

The completion of my Doctoraltraining in Educational Research atLancaster University was one of the best career choices I have ever made. The stimulating environment andconstant encouragement from experts inthe field enabled me to develop not onlymy research skills, but my professionalidentity as an educationalist.Dr Stephen O’Connor

Our research interestsResearch degrees continued

Creative Writing

MPhil/PhDDirector of StudiesProfessor Graham Mort.

Entry requirementsMA; previous publications of high quality.


AssessmentBy thesis which should be asustained piece of creative writing of publishable standard and asubstantial piece of reflective or critical writing.

further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/english

We offer practice basedpostgraduate study in CreativeWriting and host a thrivinginternational and transculturalconstituency of PhD studentsworking across a range of literarygenres and research projects.

Our pioneering virtual learning and research facilities have enabled the PhD by distance learning fromoverseas – and facilitated ‘blended’learning on campus – bringingtogether students working in Englishfrom all over the world to sharecreative work and critical readings.

We have particular supervisorystrengths in contemporary poetry,long fiction, short fiction andresearch that explores culturaltensions and synergies.

This creative, critical and transculturalnexus, together with the expertise of supervising staff, has created avibrant and successful programme,resulting in publishing success forour students.

Former doctoral students includeAlison MacLeod, Andrew Miller and Siri Reynolds whose doctoralnovels The Changeling (Macmillan),Ingenious Pain (Sceptre), House ofRooms (Polygon) were all publishedto wide acclaim. Poems from NigelMcLoughlin’s doctoral study form the basis of his recently publishedBluechrome Press Collection, Blood,and Picador publishes RaymondRobinson’s novel, Electricity.Wigestrand published Ren Powell’spoetry book An Elastic State of Mind and Bantam Press publishedGeorge Green’s novel, Hound.

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Integrated within the Department is one of the longest establishedcreative writing schools in the UK. Creative Writing at Lancasteroffers tuition in creative writing (bothcampus based and distance learning)at both Masters and PhD level, and its staff supervise across a range of literary modes including prose(fiction and non-fiction), poetry, and screenplay.

It is also now possible to registerfor ‘Creative-Critical’ PhDs which are assessed on a 50% creativeelement and a 50% literarycriticism/theory element.

In addition to the individual expertiseof our staff, we have three researchcentres with excellent reputationsbased within the Department:

The Wordsworth CentreThis vibrant Research Centre makes full use of the Department’sphysical proximity to the Lake District and access to the rich archiveand manuscript collection held at Dove Cottage, Grasmere. We have a five year agreement with TheWordsworth Trust and are committedto developing strong links throughstudents working with the archiveand internships as well as an annual‘Immersive’ week for postgraduates.Personal research interests arecurrently in such areas as Romanticmountains and Romantic place andspace; mapping of literary spaces as well as a continuing interest in Wordsworth and the Literary Lake District.

The Centre for TransculturalWriting and ResearchThe Centre for Transcultural Writingand Research (CTWR) links writers,academics and Lancaster University’spostgraduate student community toextensive research activity in creativewriting and its impact on society. Our aim is to create a transnationaland interdisciplinary environment.

We are committed to promotingcreative writing across cultures andto studying the work of writers from a wide range of social and culturalcontexts. Current projects include afocus on African writing, internationalauthorship, poetry in public places,and Writing for Liberty – an eventsseries featuring writers and criticsthrough performance and discussion.

The Shakespeare ProgrammeThe Shakespeare Programme aims to further research on the work of Shakespeare and hiscontemporaries (male and female)with reference to literary theory and to performance. Our website is the host for the NorthernRenaissance Seminar and containsdetails of the latest research projectsundertaken by staff and students,recent conferences and outreach to schools and the community. The Shakespeare Programme alsocoordinates postgraduates pursuingMPhil and PhD degree research in early modern studies, as well asproviding enhanced opportunities for study, including workshops,theatre visits and interdisciplinaryresearch projects.

English and Creative WritingThe Department of English and Creative Writing has an excellent reputation for research across a wide range of specialisms ranging from the Early Modern period tocontemporary literature and literary/cultural theory.We also offer a substantial platform of taught Masters courses.


Research degreesEnglish Literary Studies

MPhil/PhD

Creative WritingMPhil/PhD

Integrated degrees (1+3)MA in English Literary Research

Taught programmesMA in English Literary Studies(with pathways)

MA in English Language and Literary Studies

MA in Gender and Women’sStudies and English

MA in Creative Writing

MA in Creative Writing(Distance Learning)


Postgraduate enquiriesDirector of Postgraduate Studies:Professor Lynne Pearce

Postgraduate Secretaries: Leila Atkinson, English Lyn Kellett, Creative Writing

EnglishTel:+44 (0)1524 592 235; 593 089Fax:+44 (0)1524 594 247Email:[email protected]

Creative WritingTel:+44 (0)1524 594 169 Fax:+44 (0)1524 594 247Email: [email protected]/fass/english

Key factAn international cohort means exciting links andopportunities for students.Each year we offer twoscholarships for internationalstudents to join thisprogramme, ensuring itreaches across the globe.

Research degreesEnglish Literary Studies

MPhil/PhDDirector of StudiesProfessor Lynne Pearce.

Entry requirementsAn MA in a relevant discipline and a viable research proposal.




Entry to our MPhil/PhD courses is for those who have alreadydemonstrated potential forindependent study at MA level(preparation that is now formallyrecognised by the University’s new1+3 Bursaries). We accept proposalsin all literary fields, but are particularlyinterested in matching students withthe expertise in our centres andamong our staff.

Students who are accepted areoffered excellent support andtraining, both through regularmeetings with their supervisors and dedicated seminars andworkshops (at both Departmentaland Faculty level).

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Literature and theology; literary and cultural theory; representationsof masculinity in fiction and in cinema; genre fiction; science fiction;contemporary British and Americanfiction; literature and cinema; JosephConrad; the contemporary novel of ideas; postcolonial literatures and theory; identity, memory andcommunity: ‘writing migrancy’;Salman Rushdie; theories of readingand reception; epistemology;mobility studies; T.S. Eliot;modernism; mid-century writing; life after theory; modernism and thepoetry of Wallace Stevens; gothic in literature, film and popular culture;fashion and dress in literature andpopular culture; contemporaryAmerican fiction and theology;transcultural research and writing.

Creative Writing: the Creative Writing School is able to offersupervision in poetry, fiction, short fiction, creative non-fiction and screenplays and writing for radio. Its staff, all of them well known and highly respected authors, have particular specialismsin: contemporary British poetry;contemporary short fiction;contemporary women’s poetry; Irish writing; the historical novel;biography; graphic novels;transcultural research and writing;memoir; ‘place writing’; and, creative-critical projects (which combine acritical/theoretical dissertation with a creative writing project).

19th Century Studies: theDepartment has many colleagueswho work in and across ‘the long nineteenth century’ and specialisms include:

Writing of the Romantic period;literary and cultural responses to Napoleon; Revolutionary andNapoleonic Wars; Wordsworth; Byron and Byronism; manuscriptwork and textual editing of Romanticand Victorian texts; composition and poetic process; the long poem in the eighteenth and nineteenthcenturies; Wordsworth; Tennyson;interdisciplinary connections of nineteenth century literature:painting, book illustration, film and television; the history ofWordsworth’s reception; Ruskin and romanticism; William Morris;Victorian fiction and poetry;nineteenth century eccentricity;Christian unreason; Gothic andSensation fiction; fashion and dressin nineteenth century literature;Victorian literature and theology.

Renaissance and Early ModernLiterature: staff specialisms,supported by the work of Lancaster’sinternationally renowned ShakespeareProgramme include:

Feminist approaches toShakespearean drama (includingwomen’s drama); staging cities in theplays of Richard Brome; seventeenthcentury writing and feminist criticism;women writers from the radicalreligious sects of the seventeenthcentury; early modern writing –especially translations into English.

Women’s Writing and FeministTheory: with long standing links tothe University’s Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies (now based in the Department of Sociology)colleagues based in English andCreative Writing have wide ranginginterests in feminist theory andwomen’s writing. These include:

Women’s writing in 1550-1700(especially drama); seventeenthcentury writing (especially women’swriting in the radical sects);postcolonial women’s writing;contemporary Arab women’s writing; feminist theory/genderstudies; romance studies;contemporary women’s writing;fashion, gender and the body; Irishwomen’s writing and film scripts.

20th Century Literature and CulturalTheory: the Department of Englishand Creative Writing at Lancaster hasenjoyed a national and internationalreputation for its research andteaching in contemporary literatureand literary theory for over thirtyyears. Current staff interests include:

Our research interestsMA in English LiteraryResearch Duration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent.


AssessmentCombination of coursework,research methodology portfolio and dissertation.


Integrated degrees (1+3)Key factThe Department of Englishand Creative Writing is ableto offer a number of ‘fees only’bursaries to both home/EUand overseas students on acompetitive basis. Theseinclude bursaries for MAs,PhDs and 1+3 schemes ofstudy (ie for those studentswho plan to continue with a PhD after the successfulcompletion of their MA). In addition, for the 2013-14academic year we will beadvertising one AHRC MAstudentship and one AHRCPhD studentship, which payyour fees and provide amaintenance grant. Pleasesee the Departmentalwebsite for further details.

Key factAt Lancaster we are less than an hours’ drive from the Lake District. Ourprogrammes in Romanticand Victorian Literature take full advantage of this,with field trips to explore the landscape that inspiredWordsworth, Coleridge,Southey, De Quincey,Ruskin and others.

Our English Masters by Research is a one year independent studyprogramme, which is especiallyattractive to students who alreadyknow they want to study for a PhDand have a clear sense of theirresearch interests.

The MA is an opportunity to ‘pilot’ thisresearch and undertake essentialpreparatory research methodologytraining (as required by the Arts andHumanities Research Council). From2012-13, the Department of Englishand Creative Writing will have two‘fees only’ 1+3 bursaries to awardeach year to students planning tofollow their MA with a PhD.

Students may choose to pursue an MA by Research in any area ofLiterary Studies providing a suitablesupervisor is available.

Cath NicholsPhD Creative Writing

I chose the MA in CreativeWriting at Lancaster as

it gave me the opportunity to buildup new networks in Cumbria andLancashire. It also encouraged me to think about the areas of my research that I could developwhich led me to the area I nowresearch for my PhD.

I’ve always been interested in how poetry sounds so it seemednatural to make part of my research about radio. The tutor I approached was equallyenthusiastic and my studies now include the poets’perspectives, the history of themedium, and the perspectives of radio commissioners.

The programme is mediated almostentirely by online tutorials andconferences. You will be a member of acohort of 18-20 students, exchangingwriting in a range of literary forms andcritiquing it from different social andcultural perspectives. You will each beallocated a personal tutor (an expertin your chosen genre), and our coursesite provides research trainingmodules and a cybercafé where youcan meet and communicate informally.

At the end of the Summer Term of your first year, a five day summerschool is held on campus, consistingof workshops, personal progressreviews, reading and visits by agents,publishers and writers.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – English and Creative Writing 60/61For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk

MA in Gender and Women’sStudies and English Please see entry under Departmentof Gender and Women’s Studies.

MA in Creative WritingDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.

Entry requirementsPortfolio of original writing and any undergraduate degree.


AssessmentPortfolio of creative work plus a pieceof self-critical reflective writing.


This course allows students to pursuea writing project in their chosen literaryform supported by a range of specialisttutors, a peer critiquing process intwice weekly workshops, and termlyonline conferences via the University’sVirtual Learning Environment.

A number of professional writers visit the course throughout theacademic year, giving talks in theirspecialist genres, hosting workshopsto stimulate new work or providinginsight and advice in areas of prosefiction, poetry, creative non-fictionand other literary forms. The coursealso provides a showcase event forstudents to read their work in a publicforum. This MA will develop yourwriting skills and promote reflectionupon the writing process, equippingyou to develop your experience andideas into literary form.

We offer structured advice on thepublishing industry, inviting leadingagents and publishers to visit thecourse and advise students. Recentpublishing successes of formerstudents include Justin Hill’s novelThe Drink and Dream Teahouse,Monique Roffey’s Orange Prize-shortlisted novel The White Womanon the Green Bicycle, Jacob Polley’s T.S Eliot Prize-shortlisted collectionsof poetry and Ali Shaw’s novel The Girl with Glass Feet, which was shortlisted for the Costa FirstNovel Award in 2009.

MA in Creative Writing(Distance Learning)Director of StudiesProfessor Graham Mort.

Duration24 months part-time.

Entry requirementsPortfolio of original writing and undergraduate degree.


AssessmentPortfolio of creative work plus a pieceof self-critical reflective writing.


Our distance learning MA is aninternational programme linkingstudents in the UK and overseasthrough virtual learning.

Please note these programmes are also eligible for 1+3 funding (see key fact, page 59).

MA in English Literary StudiesDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in EnglishLiterature or related subject.


AssessmentCombination of coursework,dissertation and researchmethodology portfolio.


The MA in English Literary Studies is the Department’s main taught MA in English Literature. We offer different pathways specialising in a period or area of study:

Contemporary Literary Studiesincluding Film and Media

Early Modern Literature includingShakespeare and the Renaissance

English Literary Studies. This is the most flexible pathway allowingstudy across a range of periodsand subjects

Literary and Cultural Studies which is taught with LICA and theDepartment of Sociology andexplores contemporary debates in cultural theory

Romantic and Victorian Literaturewhich allows a non-rigid approachto genre boundaries

Creative Writing which combinescritical approaches to writing with the practice of writing itself,including fiction and poetry

All pathways have core modules, to which can be added optionalmodules from the full range ofmodules. The generalist EnglishLiterary Studies is especially flexible,allowing a mix of genres and periodsand also includes creative writingoptions, giving students a uniqueopportunity to study a creative-critical MA. Importantly, students can craft a pathway that suits them.

Compulsory modules (all pathways)

Dissertation

Research Methodology

Additional compulsory modulesContemporary Literary Studies –option choices focused on period

Early Modern Literature – Bodiesand Spirits in Early ModernLiterature; Politics and Place in Early Modern Literature

Literary and Cultural Studies –Critical Debates in Cultural Studies

Romantic and Victorian Literature –option choices focused on period

Optional modules English Literary Studies studentsmay choose from any of the followingmodules (and also have access to the above compulsory elements forthe other pathways). Other pathwaysmay choose from a more limitedsubset, tied more closely to their area of specialism. Modules offeredare subject to change.

American Fiction

Film Theory and the CreativeProcess of Writing for the Screen

Locating Contemporary Poetry:The Living Tradition

Contemporary British Fiction

Bodies and Spirits in Early Modern Literature

Politics and Place in Early ModernLiterature

Post-Colonial Women’s Writing and Film

Contemporary Literature and Technology

Contemporary Gothic: Text and Screen

Romanticism and Literary Theory

19th Century Literature and Technology

On Location in the Lakes

The Victorian Novel and Film

Romance and Realism: The Evolutionof 19th Century Fiction

19th Century Literary Siblings

Literature and Film

Victorian Extremes: the Coming of Modernity

Fusions: Genres, Critical and Creative

Subcultural Fictions

Writing the 19th Century City

The Byron-Shelley Circle

Rewriting the Victorians

Special Subject Module

Additional optional modules (Literature and Cultural Studies only)

Enjoyment, Technology,Consumption

Debates in ContemporaryFeminism: Feminism and Post-Colonial Theory

Feminist Cultural Theory

Popular Visual Culture

MA in English Languageand Literary Studies Please see entry under Departmentof Linguistics and English Language.

Taught programmes

Research degreesMPhil/PhDEntry requirementsUsually an MA degree and a viable research proposal.



further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/eurolang/pg/phd

We are interested in proposals from students working in any of thedepartmental areas of expertise. Your topic may be based entirelywithin one of the four languagestaught in the Department (French,German, Hispanic, Catalan), or it maybe comparative or transcultural in scope. We also considerinterdisciplinary topics involvingcollaboration with History, English,Contemporary Arts and Performance.

62/63Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – European Languages and Cultures

Our research focuses on nationallyspecific and/or transcultural aspectsof European and global cultures andsocieties. The specialist interests of our academic staff include thelanguages and cultures of France and Francophone Africa, Germanyand Austria, Spain and the Hispanicworld, as well as their relationship with English speaking cultures andthose of the greater Europe.

Particular areas of expertise include:

Austrian literature and culturalpolitics

Authorship and celebrity

Comparative cultural studies

Cross-cultural communication

Film with particular reference to the GDR and Latin America

Francophone Africa

Latin American studies

The poetics of resistance

Translation and minority languages

Writing and migration

Together with The Centre forTranscultural Writing and Research at Lancaster, we collaborate closelywith the Universities of Manchesterand Liverpool in the organisation of research workshops and trainingprogrammes. We encouragecollaborative work between staff and research students and offerstrong support for students wishingto publish and present work atconferences. For further informationconcerning studentships oralternative sources of funding, please contact our Director ofPostgraduate Studies, Dr NickHodgin [email protected]

European Languages and CulturesThe Department of European Languages and Cultures are pioneers in multidisciplinary language studies.


Research degreesMPhil/PhD


Postgraduate enquiriesDirector of PostgraduateStudies:Dr Nick Hodgin Tel:+44 (0)1524 593 005Fax:+44 (0)1524 593 942Email: [email protected]/fass/eurolang

Taught programmesMA programmeWe are currently developing a new course enabling studentssimultaneously to obtain apostgraduate teaching qualificationand an MA within four years of studyin higher education. This highlyselective programme will offer anexceptional opportunity to anyoneinterested in teaching as a career and showing themselves capable of completing an acceleratedundergraduate course in ModernLanguages in three years.

Please address any queries aboutthis programme or any other aspectof postgraduate studies in thedepartment to [email protected]

64/65Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Gender and Women’s Studies

Established in the early 1980’s,Gender and Women’s Studies atLancaster brings together more than 40 staff and postgraduatestudents from 19 departments in the Arts and Social Sciences, as well as from other faculties in theUniversity. The Centre is distinctlyinterdisciplinary in its focus and also aims to foster links betweenacademic research and politicalmovements for gender equality and social justice.

The Centre has close links with a vibrant feminist community on campus and in the city. TheDepartment’s excellence is reflectedin a ranking within the top five in theUK (2008 RAE).

The Centre has notable staff and student alumni which includessome of the most famous feministacademics in the UK and beyond.Former directors of the Centreinclude Jackie Stacey, Sara Ahmed,Celia Lury, Bev Skeggs, Gail Lewis,Lynne Pearce, Anne-Marie Fortier,Vicky Singleton and Maureen McNeil.

Research degreesMPhil/PhDEntry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in a relevant subject and a viable research proposal.



further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/centres/gws

We accept PhD applicants whoseinterests dovetail with those of our academic staff. These are wide ranging and can bedescribed broadly as falling within the following areas:

Feminist Technoscience

Bodies

‘Race’ and Racisms

Migration Studies

Postcolonial Studies

Studies of Health and Science

Citizenship

Violence, Conflict and War

Organisational and ManagementStudies

Religious Practice, Religious Texts and Hermeneutics

Feminist Media Studies

Health and Medicine

Studies of Technology

Studies of Non-Human/Human Relations

GenderandWomen’s StudiesThe Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies is based in theDepartment of Sociology and is a cross-disciplinary forum.



Taught programmesMA in Gender and Women’sStudies

MA in Gender and Women’sStudies and English

MA in Gender and Women’sStudies and Sociology


Postgraduate enquiriesDirectors: Dr Vicky Singleton (MA)Dr Celia Roberts (PhD)Dr Imogen Tyler (PhD)Tel:+44 (0)1524 594 178Email: [email protected]/fass/centres/gws

Our researchinterestsStaff research interests are diverse,reflecting the interdisciplinary andpost disciplinary nature of research in gender and women’s studies in theCentre. They can be loosely groupedunder the following headings:

Substantive topics include:newfeminist activisms; social justice;gendered bodies and embodiment;digital and social media; queer theoryand activism; gender and health,medical care and biomedicine; healthand social movements; gender,religion and spirituality; gender,science and technology; socialreproduction; gender and education;sexuality; gender and performanceart; multiculturalisms; nationformation; migration and citizenship;gender and criminology; gender,language and discourse;human/machine relations; gender,chronic illness and disability; genderand social class; motherhood andparenting; gendered violence; genderand globalisation; inequalities.

Theoretical approaches include:feminist cultural theory; postcolonialtheory; critical discourse theory;postcolonial studies; queer theory;feminist technoscience studies;social studies of science andtechnology; gender studies; feminist theory.

Key factThe Department offers a very popular summerschool in feministtechnoscience studies.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Gender and Women’s Studies 66/67For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk

MA in Gender and Women’s StudiesDirector of StudiesDr Vicky Singleton.


Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in Sociologyor Gender and Women’s Studies (or related field).


AssessmentCoursework and dissertation.


This MA is a modular programmedesigned for those wishing tospecialise in the multidisciplinarysubjects of Gender and Women’sStudies. The course offers a widechoice of areas of study:

Compulsory modules Debates in Feminist Research

Gender, Sex and Bodies

Optional modules (Choose four; subject to change)

Beyond the Text

Bodies and Spirits


Contemporary Gothic


Engendered Education

Feminist Cultural and MediaStudies

Feminist Technoscience Studies

Gender and Language

Gender and Islam: Muslim Womenand the Qur’an

Gender and Violence

Romance and Realism

The Construction of Gender in Asian Religions

The Noir Thriller

Women in Western Religious Traditions

Women and Sexuality in the Christian Tradition

Women’s Studies Research Project

Plus a dissertation (15,000-20,000 words).

MA in Gender and Women’s Studies and EnglishDirector of StudiesDr Vicky Singleton.


Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in Sociology,or Gender and Women’s Studies or English (or related field).




Many literature students develop an interest in Gender and Women’sStudies, and many students discoverthat literature is a field to be explored.This MA offers a means of combiningthose interests at an advanced levelthrough a selection of modules:

Compulsory modulesDebates in Feminist Research

Plus one of the following modules

The Noir Thriller



Contemporary Gothic

Romance and Realism

Bodies and Spirits

Optional modules Choose four from Gender andWomen’s Studies and Englishmodules.


MA in Gender and Women’s Studies and SociologyDirector of StudiesDr Vicky Singleton.


Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in Sociologyor Gender and Women’s Studies.


AssessmentCombination of coursework and dissertation.


This MA scheme explores theintersection between empiricalsociological research and theoreticaldevelopments. It is ideal for thosewho wish to study Gender andWomen’s Studies and Sociology at an advanced level.

Compulsory modulesDebates in Feminist Research


Optional modules Choose four from Gender and Women’s Studies and Sociology modules.


Taught programmes

68/69Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – History

Regular seminars, master classes by renowned historians, conferencesand colloquia, an annual nationalpostgraduate conference, ‘Histfest’and interdisciplinary links throughoutthe Faculty provide a stimulating and friendly environment in whichpostgraduate students can achievetheir full potential.

The wide variety of internationallyrecognised research activity in theDepartment often involves specialistresearch teams of academic staff,research associates, and visitingscholars, and we are involved in a number of exciting externallyfunded projects.

Our staff retain a strong commitmentto individual research and scholarshipand through this the Department has developed expertise in areasextending from late antiquity to modern and contemporary history. Our research embracessocioeconomic, cultural, political,religious and intellectual history, and has an innovative cross-disciplinary emphasis. This breadthenables us to offer supervision andteaching in a wide range of historicalresearch specialisms. Our researchencompasses an exceptionally broad geographical scope, includingWestern and Central Europe, North Africa, The Middle East, South and East Asia, Australasia, and the Americas. This breadthenables us to offer supervision and teaching in a wide range ofhistorical research specialisms.

HistoryThe History Department at Lancaster University is one of thelargest in the country. We foster original research and supportcollaborative relationships within and outside of the disciplineand enjoy a thriving research culture.

Research degreesPhD/MPhilDirector of StudiesDr Deborah Sutton.

Entry requirementsAn MA in History or related discipline,or previous high quality publications,and a viable research proposal.


AssessmentDissertation and oral viva voceexamination.

further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/history

The Department has a lively and cosmopolitan postgraduateresearch community and we aim to help you become first classresearchers and scholars. We accept applications for a wide range of proposals and offer expertsupervision from staff within theDepartment and, where necessary,through close relationships withother departments.

Potential applicants are invited tocontact Ghislaine O’Neill email:[email protected]



Taught programmesMA in History

PgCert in Sources andApproaches in Regional and Local History


Postgraduate enquiriesPostgraduate Administrator:Ghislaine O’NeillTel:+44 (0)1524 592 549Fax:+44 (0)1524 846 102Email: [email protected]/fass/history

Key factThe Iredell Trust providesfunding for postgraduatestudents within theDepartment of History.Faculty fees bursaries are available for MA and PhD programmes and thedepartment has independentfunds to support field andarchival work and conferenceattendance. Applicants, who may be either MA or PhD students, shouldhave, or expect to obtain, at least an upper secondclass honours degree, or its equivalent, in History or a cognate discipline.

Lancaster’s History Department isa thriving centre of historical learning.With 24 staff our range is broad, well beyond what is found in severalcomparable universities. We offer:

A chronological range, lateantiquity to modernity

Exceptionally broad geographicalscopes, including Western andCentral Europe, North Africa, TheMiddle East, South and East Asia,Australasia, and the Americas

Methodological diversity, from political history to medievalcookery, and from quantitativemethods to the history ofarchitecture and music

The Department is marked bycreative synergy and high standardsof scholarship as well as strongcollegiality.

We have a deep commitment to engagement with the localcommunity while aspiring to thehighest professional standards, and utmost reach. We are particularlyproud of our leading contribution to the history of the North West and Lancaster.

Our main areas of research are:medieval history; early modern British and Atlantic history andOceania c.1500-1800; local, regional and geographical history,with particular reference to the North West and, modern andcontemporary history, with particularfocus on cultural history.

Our current, externally fundedresearch projects include:

Victoria County History:acommunity local history project,involving over 90 volunteersworking under supervision fromLancaster University towardscreating parish histories for theVictoria County History (VCH), the leading national work ofreference for local history

Spatial Humanities: a five-yearproject funded by the EuropeanResearch Council which aims tocreate a step-change in the waythat place, space and geographyare explored in the humanities

Battlegrounds of Memory andJustice: an interdisciplinary projectwhich studies the memorialisationof past conflicts and the use ormisuse of those memories in the political and social arenas

The Temple and Modernity:a two-year project that explores the changing cultural, political and religious definitions of theHindu temple in India over the last two centuries

Norton Priory: an AHRC fundedproject working with Norton Priory Trust, Cheshire, to provideinterpretative material for the new Heritage Lottery-fundedMuseum, including biographies of individuals associated with thePriory in the medieval period toaccompany facial reconstructionsfrom skeletal remains

Our research interests

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – History 70/71

MA in HistoryDirector of StudiesDr Deborah Sutton.


Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in History or a related discipline.




This degree is designed to provideyou with the general and specifictraining necessary to pursueresearch at postgraduate level, either as a means of developingprofessional, transferrable skills or as a step to further research. Our curriculum develops boththeoretical and conceptualunderstanding and practical skills ranging from InformationTechnology to Medieval Latindepending on your individual needs.It is structured so you can either take four modules and a 25,000 word dissertation or six modules and a 15,000 word dissertation.

Modules(Subject to change, and not all available in a given year)

Researching and Writing History

History for Life

Advanced Social History

Historical Approaches to Locality and Region

Advanced Cultural History

Advanced Political History

Beyond the Text: Literature, Imageand Voice as Historical Evidence

Digital Humanities

Sources for Medieval History and Palaeography

Medieval Latin Translation for Historians

Landscape and Heritage

Historical Consultancy

School Placement Project

PgCert in Sources andApproaches in Regional and Local HistoryDirector of StudiesDr Deborah Sutton.

Duration12 months part-time online distance learning.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in History or a related discipline. We will also consider applicants with other qualifications who candemonstrate a proven interest in local or regional history.

IELTS6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in eachelement) or equivalent.

AssessmentTwo essays; independent researchproject and learning logs.



Taught programmes

Dr Sarah BarberSenior Lecturer, History

Research students inHistory at Lancaster

University have access to aunique and vast collection ofdigital documentary, cartographicand visual source relating to thehistory of the colonial Americas.Any subject of research ispossible, from a 2,000 square mile region ranging from Panamato Bermuda, Carolina to theGuianas. The Library’s RareBooks section possesses theaccounts of an eighteenth centuryBarbados factor, and members of the University have access to thousands of printed sources indigital subscription. Lancaster’sSugar House is on the site of one of the earliest sugar boilers.The weather is not quite as hot,but the chances of hurricane are less, and this is the closest to the Caribbean one can get without sailing the oceans.

This course is delivered entirelyonline. It aims to provide the skills,sources and historical contexts to undertake and understandresearch at a local or regional level, and to stimulate awareness of therole of such research for our broaderunderstanding of Britain’s past.

The course focuses on experiencesin the century and a half before 1914,a period during which the countrywas transformed from a largely rural economy to an urban, industrialpowerhouse with all the concomitantchanges that entailed in terms of social welfare, education, work,leisure, home life, health, politicalaffiliations and values.

Although national and internationaldevelopments affected everyone in the country in some way, they did not do so consistently. People’sexperiences depended on theirsocial class, whether they were male or female and, crucially, onwhere they lived. Regional and localhistories enable us to understandthese varied experiences and, indoing so, to assess how typical theymight have been.

ModulesRegional and local economies and societies

Social relationships andorganisations

Independent research project (c.5000 words)

The quality of the Lancaster MAconvinced me to continue onto a PhDprogramme. My supervisors have displayedextraordinary expertise and I have found allmembers of the Department, academic andadministrative, to be helpful and enthusiastic.Tim Corbett, 2nd year PhD student

MPhil/PhDEntry requirementsA good second class honoursdegree (for MPhil), a Masters degree (for PhD) and a viableresearch proposal.



further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/law

We welcome applications forMPhil/PhD. In order to offer the bestsupervision experience, proposalsneed to be focused within one of the following areas of interest:

Law and Society: including medicallaw; cyber law; criminal justice; criticallegal theory; jurisprudence; legalhistory; public law and property law.

International/European Law:including public/private internationallaw; international human rights law;international humanitarian law;comparative law; internationaleconomic law; European law; EUlabour law; judicial independence and accountability.

Business Law: including competitionlaw; corporate law; insolvency law;contract law; inter jurisdictionallitigation and employment law.

Criminology: including alcohol anddrug use; criminal careers; evaluationof public sector crime and welfareprojects; globalisation and crime;hate crime; night-time economies;policing, policy analysis; prevention;punishment and criminal justice;social exclusion; youth leisure andyouth subcultures.

LLM by ResearchDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.

Entry requirementsA good second class honours degreeand a viable research proposal.


Assessment30,000 word dissertation.


The LLM by Research is primarilymade available for those who wish to complete a research degree in one year (full-time) and may beparticularly suited to those whoalready have some practical expertise.

The intended subject of the researchshould normally be one in which theLaw School does not offer a taughtMasters degree. Whilst the work isprimarily individual, you will be advisedto take some research training in theform of appropriate LLM modules ormodules from the Faculty ResearchTraining Programme.

72/73Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Law


LLM by Research

Taught programmesLLM in International Businessand Corporate Law

LLM in International HumanRights Law

LLM in International HumanRights and Terrorism Law

LLM in International Law

LLM/MA in Bioethics and Medical Law

LLM/MA in Diplomacy and International Law

LLM/MA in International Lawand International Relations

LLM/MA in Environment and the Law

LLM/MA in Human Rights and the Environment

LLM Law

PgDip in Law


Postgraduate enquiriesHead of School:Professor Sigrun SkoglyTel:+44 (0)1524 592 476Email: [email protected]/fass/law

Law and criminology are studied in a seminar setting offering a broadsubject specific, knowledge basedprogramme of study. Staff in the Law School believe in the need to explore law and criminology in the light of current developments and in a learning environment wherepostgraduates and academics can work in an informal atmosphereconducive to open debate.

The Law School runs a regularResearch Seminar Programme to which outside speakers are invited and work-in-progress papersare given by staff and postgraduatemembers. Postgraduate studentsalso run their own Colloquium atwhich they can present currentresearch ideas and findings totheir peers.

We encourage the imaginative useand development of both legal andgeneral skills.

The LLM programme is a subjectspecific based degree, which isdesigned to develop knowledge and expertise in an area of specificinterest – enhancing employability for a wide range of careers.

The Law School has institutional links with major law schools in Europe and participates in theErasmus European studentexchange scheme whilst moreinformal links exist with law schools in the USA. This all helps to reinforcethe international perspectiveadvocated by the Department.

Research students are supported by supervisors who are specialist in the student’s area of interest.Taught courses in law share acommon approach beginning with research and study skills, plustaught modules, which are followedby a dissertation for the taughtprogramme candidates. Each taughtprogramme focuses on a differentarea of law.

LawThe Lancaster Law School has a thriving postgraduateprogramme, which is principally characterised by amultidisciplinary approach to the study of law as a social phenomenon.


Research degrees

Nurzhan Anuarbek(LLM)

I selected LancasterUniversity mostly for

its impressive research andstudent satisfaction ratings – plus the Lancaster Law Schooloffered an interesting LLM in International Business andCorporate Law. The staff atLancaster are friendly andsupportive and the teachingmethods are modern and up to date.

Classes comprising over 80%international students allowed me to explore different legalsystems, economic and socialaspects closer than ever and, thus, conducting research becamemore captivating and attractive.Lancaster University made me feel very comfortable with itsgreen campus setting and modernfacilities at every turn. I wouldhighly recommend LancasterUniversity as a source of reliableand modern education.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Law 74/75For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk

The School has a strong researchculture, as evidenced by consistentlyhigh performance in ResearchAssessment Exercises. In RAE 2008, 90% of the Schools’ research was rated as being worldleading, internationally excellent or internationally recognised, with100% of research active staff being included. Our research ischaracterised by its interdisciplinarynature and is focused in the followingfour areas:

International/European Law: with subfields in public international law; private international law;international human rights law;international humanitarian law;comparative law; internationaleconomic law; European law; EUlabour law; judicial independence and accountability.

Business Law:with subfields in competition law; corporate law (national and international);insolvency law; contract law; inter jurisdictional litigation andemployment law.

Law and Society:with subfields in medical law; cyber law; criminaljustice; critical legal theory;jurisprudence; legal history; public law and property law.

Criminology:with subfields in drugsand alcohol; crime; criminal justiceand hate crime.

In all four areas colleagues’ research is informed by a range ofperspectives and methodologies.

The School’s academic community is centred on the Centre for Law and Society (www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/centres/lawandsociety);

and we have strong links to thefollowing interdisciplinary researchenvironments:

The Centre for Bioethics andMedical Law www.lancaster.ac.uk/bioethics_and_medlaw

Centre for International Law and Human Rightswww.lancs.ac.uk/cilhr

British Association for CanadianStudies Legal Studies Groupwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/organisations/canadian

Law and Systems Theory Network(LaSTNet) www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/networks/lastnet

Hate Crime Research Groupwww.lancs.ac.uk/fass/groups/hate-crime/reporthate.php


Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Law 76/77

LLM in International HumanRights and Terrorism LawDirector of StudiesDr James Summers.


Entry requirementsA good second class honoursdegree, in an appropriate discipline.




This programme provides a bridgefrom undergraduate level studies (orequivalent professional experience)to research, focusing on a distinctalthough relatively broad specialism.

The core modules, combined withappropriate optional modules, lay a strong foundation in the basics of international human rights, and the law relating to terrorism. The coursework develops yourresearch skills, and ensures a solidknowledge basis is established for the dissertation, which is the main assessed component of theprogramme. Graduates completingthe programme are equipped toengage in more specialised practicalor academic research in this field.

Core modulesInternational Human Rights Law

International Law

International Terrorism and the Law

Dissertation

Optional modules(Subject to change; choose two)

Environmental Law

European Union Law

Independent Research Module

International Criminal Law

International Environmental Law

International Family Law

International Humanitarian Law(Armed Conflict)

Law and Global Health

Law of International Organisationsand Institutions

Rights of Peoples

The Right to Adequate Food as a Human Right

Any other LLM module may be takenwith permission from the Director.

LLM in International Law Director of StudiesDr James Summers.






This programme introduces you to the structure of the internationallegal system, its relationship withnational law, the sources andsubjects of international law, and thelaw’s application to contemporarysituations such as the environment,territory and the use of force. Thetaught modules give you a broadrange of options for the study ofdifferent aspects of international law,allowing you to create a programmethat matches your interests.

Core modulesInternational Law

Dissertation

Optional modules (Subject to change; choose four)

Corporations in InternationalBusiness Law

Environmental Law

European Union Law


International Business Law and Institutions




International Human Rights





Rights of Peoples




LLM in InternationalBusiness and Corporate LawDirector of StudiesDr James Summers.

Duration12 months full-time, 24 monthspart-time.





This programme is designed toensure that whatever your focus, you can combine courses to give you a coherent international andEuropean perspective on the law as it relates to business and affectscorporations. There is scope withinthe programme for you to pursuespecific interests.

Core modulesCorporations in InternationalBusiness Law

Dissertation

Optional modules(Subject to change; choose four)

Companies and Contracts

Corporate Governance

Environmental Law

European and InternationalCompetition Law

European Union Law




International Law

Insolvency Law

Intellectual Property



LLM in International Human Rights LawDirector of StudiesDr James Summers.





further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/law/prospective/postgrad/llminterhuman

This scheme is intended to appeal to students who wish to studyInternational Human Rights Law at Masters level, with the researchfocusing on a distinct althoughrelatively broad specialism.

The required courses, combined with appropriate options, lay a strong foundation in the basics ofinternational human rights which are of increasing importance today.The coursework requirements willdevelop research skills, and lay abasis for a dissertation, which is themain assessed component of theprogramme. Graduates completingthe programme will be equipped toengage in more specialised practicalor academic research in this field.

This scheme offers two optionalpathways, the programme of whichwill be confirmed by the student at registration:

(a)Studying five modules with a 20,000word dissertation (80 credits)

(b)Studying six modules with a 15,000word dissertation (60 credits)

Core modulesInternational Human Rights Law

International Law

One of the following human rights options:

— Rights of Peoples

— The Right to Adequate Food as a Human Right

— International Criminal Law

Dissertation


Environmental Law

European Union Law









Rights of Peoples



Taught programmes

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Law 78/79

LLM/MA in InternationalLaw and InternationalRelations Director of StudiesDr James Summers.


Entry requirementsA good second class honours degree.




Combining teaching from theDepartment of Politics, Philosophyand Religion (PPR) and the LawSchool, this degree develops skills,ability and knowledge in the field of International Relations. Studentswithout prior study of politics, law or international relations areencouraged, but are expected towork hard to make up the gap tomaster advanced level study of these subjects.


Major Approaches to the Study of International Relations

Dissertation


Option choices determine award of LLB or MA degree.

Environmental Law

European Union Law







International Human Rights Law





Rights of Peoples


Please see PPR Politics section for related options.

LLM/MA in Environment and LawDirector of StudiesDr James Summers.


Entry requirementsA good second class honoursdegree or equivalent.



further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/law/prospective/postgrad/llmenv

This joint programme with theLancaster Environment Centre isintended to appeal to students whowish to study the environmentalaspects of law or the legal regulationof the environment at Masters level.

This programme has a flexiblepathway of study which will define the classification of the final awardwith either an LLM or MA. Studentstake three modules from Law andthree modules from the LancasterEnvironment Centre as well as a dissertation.

Core modulesPerspectives on Environment and Development

Either Environmental Law orInternational Environmental Law

Dissertation

Optional modules in Law (Subject to change; choose two)


Environmental Law

European Union Law



International Law






International Terroism Law



Rights of Peoples



LLM/MA in Bioethics and Medical LawDirector of StudiesDr James Summers.


Entry requirementsA good second class honoursdegree, in an appropriate discipline or relevant professional qualificationand experience.




This programme is taught by the Law School and the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion(PPR) and is for those with an interestin medical ethics, and healthcarelaw, including medical students.

The programme introduces you to the fundamental analytical skills of moral philosophy and law and the principal ethical and legal issuesarising within medical research andpractice and how they are resolved.Issues include regulation of artificialreproduction; life and death decisionmaking; obtaining of informedconsent; appropriate use of genetictesting; and fair distribution of healthcare resources.

Core modulesFoundations of Bioethics

Foundations in Medical Law

Dissertation

Optional modules (Subject to change; choose three)

Selection of modules leads to either LLM or MA degree.

Children and Health Care Law



Law and the Body

Life and Death

Paternalism, Autonomy and Consent

Public Health

Social and Ethical Issues in Human Genetics

Free choice module from any otherLLM with permission from Director.

LLM/MA in Diplomacy and International LawDirector of StudiesDr James Summers.






Collaboratively delivered via theDepartment of Politics, Philosophyand Religion (PPR) and the LawSchool, this programme has threecore modules, which examinedifferent aspects of diplomacy, foreignpolicy, and international law, providinga strong introduction to the field.

Teaching draws upon distinguishedpractitioners with experience in thefield and may include student trips to the Foreign and CommonwealthOffice in London, European Unionorganisations in Brussels andinternational organisations in Geneva.


Issues and Practice in Diplomacyand Foreign Policy

Theory and Concepts in Diplomacyand Foreign Policy

Dissertation

Optional modules (Subject to change; choose two)

Option choices determine award of LLB or MA degree.

Environmental Law

European Union Law












Rights of Peoples


Please see PPR Politics section for related options.

Taught programmes continued

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Law 80/81For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk

Optional modules from theLancaster Environment Centre(Subject to change; choose two)

Air Pollution and Climate

Chemical Risk Assessment

Climate Change and Society

Environmental Justice

Food Security, Agriculture andClimate

Sustainable Water Management:Concepts, Governance andPractice


LLM/MA in Human Rightsand the EnvironmentDirector of StudiesDr James Summers.





further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/law/prospective/postgrad/llmhumanandenv

This joint programme with theLancaster Environment Centre is intended to appeal to students who wish to study the environmentalaspects of law and human rights or the legal regulation of theenvironment through human rights at Masters level.

The programme has a flexiblepathway of study, which will definethe classification of the final awardwith either an LLM or MA. Studentstake three modules from Law andthree modules from the LancasterEnvironment Centre as well as adissertation.

Core modulesPerspectives on Environment and Development

Dissertation

Either Environmental Law orInternational Environmental Law

One of the following human rights options:— International Human Rights

— Rights of Peoples

— The Right to Adequate Food as a Human Right

Optional modules in Law(Subject to change; choose one)


Environmental Law

European Union Law



International Law









Rights of Peoples


Optional modules from theLancaster Environment Centre(Subject to change; choose two)

Air Pollution and Climate

Chemical Risk Assessment



Food Security, Agriculture andClimate

Sustainable Water Management:Concepts, Governance and Practice


LLM in LawDirector of StudiesDr James Summers.






This programme is designed for students who wish to gain a general qualification in law at the postgraduate level.

Core modulesDissertation

Optional modules(Subject to change; choose five)

Children and Health Care Law

Companies and Contracts

Corporate Governance


Environmental Law


European Union Law

Foundations in Medical Law


International Business Law and Institutions (WTO)


International Law






Insolvency Law

Intellectual Property

Law and the Body



Life and Death

Rights of Peoples


Postgraduate Diploma in LawDirector of StudiesDr James Summers.


Entry requirementsA good second class honoursdegree in an appropriate discipline.


AssessmentCoursework.


This diploma provides anintroduction to areas of law that theschool specialises in: internationallaw, international law and internationalrelations, international human rightsand terrorism law, internationalbusiness and corporate law.

Essentially, you follow the taught part of the LLM programme, but donot submit a dissertation. Therefore your core and optional modules align with those offered in the various LLM specialisations listed above.


MPhil/PhD Linguistics by Research OnlyDirector of StudiesDr Mark Sebba.

Entry requirementsMA in linguistics or a related field and a viable research proposal.

IELTS6.5 (with at least 6.0 in listening andspeaking and at least 6.5 in readingand writing) or equivalent.


further informationwww.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/phd

Classic research degrees can beundertaken full-time, part-time, or by a combination of both. You canalso register as studying away fromLancaster for part of your studies.

Proposals are accepted in a widerange of topics including: languageand media, linguistic description and theory, sociolinguistics, appliedlinguistics, corpus linguistics, criticaldiscourse analysis, language learningand teaching, bilingualism, genderand language, literacy, stylistics,language testing and pragmatics.

Students will be matched with staff interests to provide strongsupervision relationships.

MPhil/PhD in AppliedLinguistics (by Thesis and Coursework)Director of StudiesDr Diane Potts.

Duration36 months full-time (October or January start); 60 months part-time (January start).

Entry requirementsMA in Applied Linguistics or a related subject and a viableresearch proposal; possibly a high honours degree and/or relevant professional experience and a viable research proposal.


AssessmentOriginal research and thesis,assessed coursework.

further informationwww.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/phd/appling

The PhD in Applied Linguistics (by Thesis and Coursework) is theideal programme for those withprofessional experience and/or who have previously studied in the field of Applied Linguistics, and want a PhD that broadens as well as deepens their knowledge of relevant research and researchmethodologies. The programme’sflexible design allows students tochoose modules offered on any ofthe department’s MA programmes,on-campus or distance, as well as modules specific to the Thesisand Coursework programme. Many students in this programme are professionals balancing PhDstudies with full-time careers, and this contributes to the rich andstimulating academic environment.

Taught courses are covered in fourshort intensive residential events atLancaster, and students also receiveindividual supervision and academicsupport throughout their degree.

82/83Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Linguistics and English Language

We offer a range of taught Masters,ranging from English Language and Linguistics to our new DigitalLanguage and Literacies programme,including our internationallyrenowned MAs in teaching English to non-native speakers.

We also welcome PhD and MPhilstudents and offer thesis only andthesis with coursework options thatare designed to meet the needs offull-time, part-time and distancestudents. We offer maximum supportto postgraduate students via:

A postgraduate study skills coursededicated to Linguistics students

Involvement with activities in our research centres

Specialised research methods courses

Modules from across theDepartment to add breadth to studies

We are internationally recognised as leaders in the field of linguistics. In the last Research AssessmentExercise (2008) 85% of our researchwas internationally recognised and20% classified as world leading.Students and staff are engaged inactive research groups in criticaldiscourse analysis, corpus linguistics,language and gender, language testing,literacy, pragmatics and stylistics,and second language acquisition.

The Department has a state-of-the-art phonetics laboratory, cuttingedge equipment used in eye-trackingstudies and sophisticated dataanalysis software for supportingethnographic and other qualitativeresearch. The University Library’slinguistics holdings are amongEngland’s best and we havespecialist computer laboratories for teaching and research.

Our language graduates areemployed worldwide in media,education and a range of relatedcareers, as well as in academia.English teachers who have studiedwith us hold posts throughout theworld, both in teaching and in policydevelopment, whilst graduates of the MA in Language Testing are in demand at a high level ingovernmental organisations andcurriculum development centres.

Linguistics and English LanguageThe Department of Linguistics and English Language is the largest department of Linguistics in Britain.


Research degreesMPhil/PhD Linguistics by Research Only

MPhil/PhD in AppliedLinguistics (by Thesis and Coursework)

Taught programmesMA in Digital Language and Literacies

MA in Discourse Studies

MA in English Language (by distance)

MA in English Language and Literary Studies

MA in Language and Linguistics

MA in Language Testing (by distance)

MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

MA in Teaching English toSpeakers of Other Languages(TESOL, Lancaster)

MA in Teaching English toSpeakers of Other Languages(TESOL, by distance)

MA in Teaching English to Speakers of OtherLanguages (TESOL, delivered in Hong Kong)


Postgraduate enquiriesHead of Department:Professor Elena SeminoTel:+44 (0)1524 593 028 or +44 (0)1524 593 050Email: [email protected](Lancaster based MAs, MPhil/PhDin Linguistics (by Research Only),Email: [email protected] and Hong Kong basedMAs, MPhil/PhD in AppliedLinguistics (by Thesis andCoursework)www.ling.lancs.ac.uk

Professor Elena SeminoHead of Department

We offer excellentopportunities for

postgraduate study and research, including six campusbased MA programmes, threeonline MAs and PhD work byresearch or by a combination of research and coursework.Several of our postgraduatestudents have receivedprestigious international prizes for the research they producedwhile studying at Lancaster. We are friendly and accessible as a department, with an excellent reputation in both the theoretical and applied sides of our discipline.

Research degrees

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Linguistics and English Language 84/85For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk

The Department is distinguished by a broad and rich range of researchinterests. Its main areas of excellenceare: discourse studies, includingcritical discourse analysis,pragmatics, stylistics, and language,gender and sexuality; corpuslinguistics and its applications – theDepartment is a major contributor tothe University Centre for ComputerCorpus Research on Language

(UCREL); language teaching, learningand assessment, including languagetesting and diagnosis, task basedlanguage learning, second languageacquisition and learner language;literacy studies – the Departmenthosts the interdisciplinary LiteracyResearch Centre, whose membersare interested in literacies in everydaylife, online literacies and literacies inprofessional and educational contexts.

Our research interestsOther areas of special interest lie in the area of linguistic theory andlanguage description (includingcorpus based and constructiongrammar), sociolinguistics andphonetics. Methods of languageresearch pursued and developed by members of the Departmentinclude text and corpus analysis,ethnography, experiments, andsociolinguistic surveys.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Linguistics and English Language 86/87

Plus two optional modules fromCorpus Linguistics

Gender and Language

Language, Literacies and DigitalCommunication

Sociolinguistics

Stylistics

There is some flexibility to increasethe scope of the dissertation and toreduce or add optional modules if you have already covered a core area in depth.

MA in English Language (by distance)Director of StudiesProfessor Jonathan Culpeper.

Duration36 months part-time, by distancelearning.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in a relevantsubject area.



further informationwww.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/englishlanguage

This MA is designed to appeal to a wide audience, including peoplewho want to gain a furtherqualification in English Language or those, such as teachers of the A level in English Language in the UK, who have taught EnglishLanguage and want to consolidatetheir background. (N.B. Englishlanguage here refers to the study of English as a foreign language, not the practice of English).

The MA is designed for part-timestudy alongside a full-time job. Eachof the six modules, spread out overtwo years, begins with a one day face-to-face session on a Saturday at Lancaster University’s outlet in London. The remainder of thecourse is taught via the web, withassessment via coursework andlearning supported by an onlineforum. The final year involves adissertation supported by anindividual supervisor.

The MA reflects the scholarship ofthe English Language Department at Lancaster and takes a broad view of what constitutes EnglishLanguage studies. It focuses on the description and explanation of the English language, including its structure, functions and socialcontexts of use.

ModulesCorpus Linguistics

Discourse Analysis

English Grammar

History of English

Investigating Spoken English

Stylistics

MA in English Languageand Literary Studies Director of StudiesDr Julia Gillen.


Entry requirementsA good second class honoursdegree or its equivalent, in a relevant subject area.

IELTS6.5 (with at least 6.0 in listening and speaking and at least 6.5 inreading and writing) or equivalent.


further informationwww.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/lit

The MA in English Language andLiterary Studies is ideal for you if youwould like to combine your studies of English Language with the study of literature and literary theory. This MA is taught jointly by theDepartment of Linguistics andEnglish Language and theDepartment of English and CreativeWriting, allowing a great deal offlexibility to follow your own interests.

It consists of six credit-bearingmodules, of which at least two mustbe from each department, at leastone research methods course and a dissertation. Support for yourstudies is provided by the non-creditPostgraduate Academic Study Skills module, which runs in terms 1, 2 and 3.


MA in Digital Language and LiteraciesDirector of StudiesDr Julia Gillen.


Entry requirementsA good second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in a relevant subject area.



further informationwww.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/digital-language-literacies

This exciting new MA scheme offerspostgraduate students a valuablequalification in Digital Language and Literacies.

The course is based in LancasterUniversity’s renowned LiteracyResearch Centre, in the Departmentof Linguistics and English Language.Academic staff for the core modulesinclude David Barton, Julia Gillen, UtaPapen, Diane Potts and Karin Tusting.Internationally known experts in otherareas of the Department contributeteaching to these and other modules.Students on our MA courses comefrom a diverse range of backgrounds;all are distinguished by theirenthusiasm and will to succeed.

The course features an approach to digital language and literaciesthrough activities that make use ofinnovative tools and environments.Students will engage in a variety of activities, including lectures,seminars, group and individualactivities, benefiting from face-to-face as well as online interactionswith peers and staff. Skills developedwill include communication,collaboration and problem solving, as well as the more establishedacademic practices of researchingnew issues and critical reflection on theory and method.

Core modulesLanguage, Literacies and Digital Communication

Learning and Teaching in Digitally Mediated Spaces

Research Methods

Dissertation

The exact composition of the degree can be tailored to suit specific vocational, professional and academic aims. The coursebuilds on Lancaster University’sdistinctive expertise in the area,offering an internationally knownperspective on New Literacies.Support for your studies is providedby the non-credit PostgraduateAcademic Study Skills module which runs in terms 1, 2 and 3.

MA in Discourse StudiesDirector of StudiesDr Julia Gillen.





further informationwww.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/discoursestudies

This recently introduced MA is aninnovative programme specificallydesigned to give you the competenceto undertake empirical work indiscourse studies by drawing on bothlinguistic and social theory. The MAenables you to explore discourse inareas such as politics, business andmedia, whilst developing skills in arange of analytical methods. Supportfor your studies is provided by thenon-credit Postgraduate AcademicStudy Skills module which runs interms 1, 2 and 3.

Core modulesIntroduction to Discourse Studies

Critical Discourse Analysis

Pragmatics

Research Methods in Linguisticsand English Language

Dissertation

Taught programmes

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Linguistics and English Language 88/89For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk

English Language modulesBilingualism

Corpus Linguistics


English Grammar

Gender and Language

Introduction to Discourse Studies

Investigating Spoken English



Pragmatics

Sociolinguistics

Stylistics

Literary Studies modules Please see www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/english/postgrad/english/ma_pathways

MA in Language and LinguisticsDirector of StudiesDr Julia Gillen.





further informationwww.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/language-and-linguistics.php

This is our most flexible taughtprogramme. You take one coremodule and a dissertation relating to any area of language or linguisticsthat we teach.

We also offer an extendeddissertation option. Support for yourstudies is provided by the non-creditPostgraduate Academic Study Skillsmodule, which runs in terms 1, 2 and 3.

Core modulesResearch Methods in Linguisticsand English Language

Dissertation

Plus five (100 credits) chosen from the optional modules each term (20 credits each except whereindicated).

Optional modulesEnglish Grammar

Introduction to Discourse Studies

Introduction to Language Teaching 1


Language Test Construction and Evaluation

Pedagogical Grammar

Pragmatics

Second Language Acquisition

Sociolinguistics

Bilingualism

Corpus Linguistics


Gender and Language



Stylistics

Task based Language Teaching

10 credit courses:

Curriculum Design in LanguageEducation

Instructed Second LanguageAcquisition

Teacher Development in Language Education

MA in Language Testing (by distance) Director of StudiesDr Tineke Brunfaut.

Duration24 months part-time, by distance learning.

Entry requirementsA good second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent. Applicantsmust normally have three years of teaching experience and/or hold a post with responsibility for language test design,construction and evaluation.



further informationwww.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/testingdistance


Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Linguistics and English Language 90/91

Compulsory modulesSecond Language Acquisition

Trends and Issues in LanguageTeaching Methodology


Dissertation

Optional modulesCurriculum Design in Language Education



Pedagogical Grammar



Free choice modules from thoseoffered by the Department

MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages(TESOL, by distance) Director of StudiesDr Judit Kormos.


Entry requirementsA good second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, plus twoyears full-time teaching experience.



further informationwww.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/matesoldistance

This course gives you all the benefits of the excellent LancasterELT, without having to leave your work environment. The Distanceprogramme mirrors the on-campusversion closely in terms of structure,content and methods of study.

The programme is entirely webbased, and allows you to focus bothyour coursework and dissertation on issues and problems in your owneducational context.

Modules are taken in order, andassessed every 10 weeks by 5,000word assignment with a final 15,000word dissertation. LancasterUniversity staff provide excellentsupervision and support.

ModulesCommunicative PedagogicalGrammar

Curriculum Design and TeacherDevelopment in LanguageEducation


Second Language ClassroomResearch

Trends and Issues in Language Teaching Methodology

MA in Teaching English to Speakers of OtherLanguages (TESOL,delivered in Hong Kong)Director of StudiesDr Luke Harding.


LocationChinese University of Hong Kong.

Entry requirementsA good second class honours degree,or its equivalent, plus at least twoyears language teaching experience.



further informationEmail: [email protected]

www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/overseas/tesol

This is an exciting collaborationbetween Lancaster and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.The programme allows Hong Kong-based language teachers to take upprofessionally relevant and practicallyorientated training alongside theirteaching work.

The Chinese University of Hong Kongprovides administrative and learningsupport, and Lancaster staff visit todeliver modules in short, intensiveunits. The programme comprises six taught modules, an investigativedissertation, and initial support viaface-to-face foundation module.

Modules selected fromClassroom Language Assessment

Corpus Linguistics and LanguageTeaching

Curriculum Design and TeacherDevelopment in LanguageEducation

English Grammar


Task-based Language Teaching

Trends and Issues in LanguageTeaching Methodology

Research Methods

Module availability varies from year to year.


This programme is designed to meet the needs of professionals who have responsibilities forlanguage testing and evaluation atinstitutional, regional or national level.It provides you with a solid groundingin language test design, constructionand evaluation, and in researchdesign. This ensures that the testingand evaluation policies you createwithin your own contexts conform to international standards for validityand reliability.

With a three day orientation seminarto launch the course, a series of ten week web based modules, and a dissertation, it is ideal for part-time learning. It offers maximumopportunity to base your courseworkand dissertation on issues andproblems within your owneducational contexts.

ModulesBackground to Applied Linguisticsfor Language Testing

Issues in Language Testing


Research Methods

Statistics for Language Testing

MA in Teaching English as a ForeignLanguage (TEFL)Director of StudiesDr Jenefer Philp.


Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in a relevantsubject area and less than two years of foreign language teachingexperience.



further informationwww.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/tefl

Lancaster’s programmes in secondlanguage learning, testing andteaching are world renowned for excellence and the MA TEFLprogramme is a perfect introductionfor newcomers to the teaching ofEnglish as a foreign language,offering a strong practical orientation.

Lancaster’s graduates holdprofessional teaching positionsaround the world, and some pursuedoctoral studies and a universityteaching position. Support for yourstudies is provided by the non-creditPostgraduate Academic Study Skillsmodule, which runs in terms 1, 2 and 3.

The programme is modular.

Compulsory modulesClassroom Language Assessment




Dissertation

Optional modulesCurriculum Design in LanguageEducation


Pedagogical Grammar




Free choice modules from thoseoffered by the Department

MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages(TESOL, Lancaster)Director of StudiesDr Jenefer Philp.


Entry requirementsA good second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, plus over two years of full-time foreignlanguage teaching experience.



further informationwww.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/matesol

This programme is designed toprovide coherent coverage of a broad range of areas, offeringexperienced practitionerspreparation for more responsiblepositions in language teaching and testing, teacher training, ELT curriculum and materialsdevelopment, and further research.Many students are now in leadinglanguage teaching and policypositions across the world. Supportfor your studies is provided by thenon-credit Postgraduate AcademicStudy Skills module, which runs interms 1, 2 and 3.


92/93Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences –Politics, Philosophy and Religion

PhilosophyMA in Philosophy

MA/LLM in Bioethics and Medical Law

MA in Philosophy and Religion

MA in Politics and Philosophy

MA in Politics, Philosophy and Religion

PgCert in Philosophy

ReligionMA in Religious Studies

MA in Diplomacy and Religion

MA in Religion and Conflict

MA in Philosophy and Religion


PgCert in Religious Studies

Postgraduate enquiriesTel:+44 (0)1524 594 262Email: [email protected] www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/ppr

Lancaster University is one of onlytwo universities in the world to have a PPR Department. This reflects our commitment to the pursuit ofexcellence within distinct disciplinaryfields whilst developing researchactivities which address contemporaryglobal issues connecting politics,philosophy and religion.

Lancaster is an ideal place tocomplete PhD research in any ofthese fields, offering supervision in a vast range of research interests.We have many research groups and initiatives that enhance thepostgraduate experience, such asthe research clusters in Philosophy of Mind and Psychology.

All disciplines within the Department have excellent links with other departments, leading to jointly offered courses exploring, for example, International Law andPolitics. Our excellence is celebratedand the importance of our research in religion is evidenced in both high ratings in research studies and our frequent presence ascommentators in the media. We also act as consultants to nationaland international organisations.

The reputation of the Departmenttogether with our focus oninternational developments meanswe have a student population fromaround the world, enhancing thepostgraduate experience.

The Department also offers a huge choice of taught Masterscourses, all of which are delivered via core modules with a specialistfocus, optional modules within the discipline (and sometimes beyond),and a dissertation that is usuallylinked to the specialism.

Research degreesMPhil/PhDEntry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, and a viable research proposal.



further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/ppr

Research proposals are welcomed in the Department, and we particularly welcomeproposals reflecting the currentfocus of each branch of theDepartment or the special interest of any members of our staff.

Politics and International Relationsat Lancaster is innovative,interdisciplinary and post-disciplinary.Research proposals reflecting thisare especially encouraged fromthose seeking to undertake MPhil or PhD research degrees.

Within Philosophyourdistinctiveness lies in the plurality of approaches to the subject.

Our strengths in the areas ofphilosophy of mind and psychology,political philosophy, post KantianEuropean philosophy, and appliedphilosophy and bioethics, mean wecan offer a wide range of supervisionpossibilities.

In Religionour primary focus on religion and spirituality in the contemporary world means we are ideally positioned tocontribute to topics of growingconcern within the academicdiscipline of Religious Studies,including the often unexpectedchanges and developments takingplace in connection with religion,spirituality, philosophy, and social and cultural change. We particularlywelcome interest in Buddhism,Christianity, Hinduism, and Japanesereligions; the social and culturaltransformations of contemporaryreligion and spirituality; sociology ofreligion; religion and popular culture;modern religious thought and history;new religious movements; womenand religion; and methodologicalissues in the study of religion.

Each discipline has a strong approach to supporting students,whether through reading groups,research methods study classes,opportunities to present and reviewresearch projects or links withexternal presenters. There is good support from the library and a vigorous seminar programme. We enjoy good working relationships with related departments and centres,and joint supervision arrangementsare possible.

Politics,Philosophyand ReligionThe Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion (PPR)comprises an internationally renowned body of academic staffand professional researchers with specialist knowledge in, orexpertise spanning, each of its three distinctive subject areas.



Integrated degrees (1+3)MRes International Relations

Taught programmesPolitics

MA in International Relations

MA in Politics

MA in Conflict, Developmentand Security

MA in Diplomacy and ForeignPolicy

MA/LLM in Diplomacy and International Law

MA in Diplomacy andInternational Relations (by Distance Learning)

MA in Diplomacy and Religion

MA in Conflict Resolution andPeace Studies

LLM/MA in International Lawand International Relations

MA in Politics and Philosophy

MA in Religion and Conflict


MSc in Politics, Philosophy and Management

PgCert in Politics andInternational Relations

Professor Christopher MayProfessor of Political Economy

Professor May researchesintellectual property rights and the information society. He is currently working with the National Consumer Council to expand their coverage ofintellectual property issues, and has recently completed thefirst independent book lengthstudy of the World IntellectualProperty Organisation.

No one can ignoreintellectual property

nowadays and my researchexamines such issues as whyAIDS medicines cost so much,why music downloading is often illegal and how ownershipof information disrupts many of the benefits of the Internet forpeople in Africa.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Politics, Philosophy and Religion 94/95For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk

As a multi-and inter-disciplinarydepartment, Politics, Philosophy and Religion academics have adiverse range of research interestsreflected in the modules that we offer in our Masters programmes.These interests fall into the threebroad disciplinary groups. As adynamic department we are alwaysadding new areas so the following is not an exhaustive list.

From Politics our broad researchinterests include political theory,international relations, development,peace and conflict studies, politicaleconomy, diplomacy, public policyand administration, electoral studiesand area studies.

From Philosophyour researchinterests include feminist philosophyand theory, philosophy of science,politics, mind, language, technology,applied ethics, bioethics, moralphilosophy, aesthetics, andmetaphysics.

From Religionour research interestsinclude sociology of religion; religionand society; religion and modernity;philosophy of religion; postmodernismand theology; continental philosophy,Asian religion, Christian theology,traditional and contemporary Muslimthought and practice.

Our academics forge links withacademics within the Departmentand across the world. Researchcollaborations take place withresearchers and research partnerorganisations from UK universitiesand in Europe, Asia, the United States,Latin America and Australasia.

The Department is home to aresearch centre on Religion andSociety, and the Richardson Institutefor Peace and Conflict Studies, and has many informal researchclusters including politicalphilosophy, diplomacy, LatinAmerican politics, political economyand globalisation, internationalrelations theory, China, Middle Eastpolitics, continental philosophy,friendship, complexity, public policy,security and the environment.


Key factThe MA in ConflictResolution and PeaceStudies is connected to theRichardson Institute, theinternationally renownedPeace Studies centreestablished in 1959.

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Politics and InternationalRelations

MA in InternationalRelationsDuration12 months full-time, 24 monthspart-time.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent. Relevantprofessional qualifications andexperience will also be considered.




This is a broad based programme of study for those wishing to gain a thorough grounding in the theory,structure and working of the moderninternational system. Students takefive taught modules each assessedby a 5,000 word essay.

Core modulesMajor Approaches to the Study of International Relations

Theory and Method inPostgraduate Studies

Dissertation (20,000 words)

MA in PoliticsDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





This is a flexible programme allowing you to choose a combinationof modules (from the domestic to the global) that best suits yourbackground and interests in thebroad arena of politics. Students take five modules each assessed bya 5,000 word essay. You will find themodule list at the end of the PoliticsMA course listings.

Core modulesTheory and Method inPostgraduate Studies


MA in Conflict,Development and SecurityDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





This MA is ideal for those consideringemployment in the field of humanitarianassistance and post conflictreconstruction. It is also relevant to practitioners wishing to study thepolitics of aid. The programme builds oncritical policy research and consultancythat has been completed for a widerange of international organisations.

It addresses the increasing overlapbetween ‘development’ and ‘security’and explores the significance ofglobalisation for the emergence ofinternal, regionalised and networkedforms of conflict and instability.

This analysis will broaden yourunderstanding of the present crisis in global security as you go on to study the recent and current responses in humanitarian,developmental and security terms,particularly the links between aid and politics.

Core modulesTheorising Security and War




MRes in InternationalRelationsDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





The MRes in International Relationsprovides research training ininternational relations as a socialscience. It provides you with anunderstanding of the majortheoretical and epistemologicaldebates in the social sciences, and also gives you an introduction to quantitative and qualitative datacollection and analysis.

This research training is coupled with, and customised for, research in international relations. It addresseskey concepts, methodological and epistemological issues, and data collection and analysis ininternational relations. Theprogramme mainly consists ofcompulsory courses but you maytake one optional course in the areaof your designated thesis topic.

ModulesIn most cases all five taught modulesare compulsory, although a case can be made with the PostgraduateDirector for one of them to bereplaced with an optional module.


Theory and Methods

Introduction to the Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Qualitative Methods in SocialScience

Advanced Data Analysis andComputing for Social Research

Integrated degrees (1+3) Taught programmes

Christopher PartridgeProfessor of Religious Studies

For the past decade much of Professor Partridge’s researchhas focused on new religions,alternative spiritualities, the re-enchantment of theWest, and the spirituality ofcontemporary popular culture.He co-edits the book series,Studies in Popular Music.

I have a particular interestin the development of

research into spirituality andpopular music subcultures. My current work focuses on thesocial and spiritual significance of reggae and dance music.


The programme aims to helpstudents to realise their academicpotential, by encouraging choice andindependence in their studies. Basedon the distance learning pedagogicalprinciples, it employs a wide variety of online learning tools to enhancestudents’ learning experience. Studythroughout the whole programme iscomprehensively supported throughsupervised online group discussions,web seminars and individualacademic supervision to ensure anengaging and enjoyable distancelearning experience.

Core modules Theory and Method inPostgraduate Studies

Dissertation


Theorising Security and War

Theory and Concepts in Diplomacyand Foreign Policy


MA in Diplomacy and ReligionDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





This programme is designed toencourage students to consider the practical processes, ideologicaldynamics and theoreticaldimensions involved in the interfaceof diplomacy and religion.

The programme is relevant to thosethinking about or currently working in diplomacy, international NGOs, and international policy and politics,and core modules are supported by selected modules from a list at the end of the Politics section.

Distinguished diplomatic and foreignpolicy practitioners directly contributeto elements of the programme.Students may also opt to participatein trips to, for example, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London,European Union organisations inBrussels and internationalorganisations in Geneva.

Students take five taught moduleseach assessed by a 5,000 word essay.

Core modulesStudying Religion

Theory and Method inPostgraduate Study


Plus:

Theory and Concepts in Diplomacyand Foreign Policy; or


MA in Conflict Resolution and Peace StudiesDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





This MA programme is designed tocritically examine the theoretical andmethodological issues surroundingthe dynamics of peace and conflict in the contemporary world. Theprogramme engages with the work of leading peace and conflict studiesscholars at both conceptual andempirical levels and draws onevidence from a range of recentarmed conflicts.

The programme also addressestechniques in conflict resolution suchas mediation in order to deepen ourunderstanding and develop practicalskills in conflict analysis and usesoptional modules from the Politics list to support the core programme.


Core modulesConflict Management andContemporary Conflicts




MA in Diplomacy and Foreign PolicyDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





This programme is designed tointroduce students to theories,issues and processes connectedwith diplomacy and foreign policy.The programme is especially relevant to those thinking about or currently working in diplomacy,international NGOs, and internationalpolicy and politics.

Distinguished diplomatic and foreignpolicy practitioners contribute to theprogramme and student trips areplanned to, for example, the Foreignand Commonwealth Office in London,European Union organisations in Brussels and internationalorganisations in Geneva.


Core modules Theory and Concepts in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy




MA/LLM in Diplomacy and International LawDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





Designed to introduce students to the fields of diplomacy andinternational law, this programmedraws upon modules from both PPR and Law, leading to an LLM orMA depending on selected units.Students take five taught moduleseach assessed by a 5,000 wordessay. Optional modules from Politicsfollow at the end of the MA listings.See also page 78.

Core modulesTheory and Concepts in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy


International Law (from the Law School)


MA in Diplomacy andInternational Relations (by Distance Learning)Duration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.



AssessmentCoursework (participation in weeklylearning activities and a 5,000 wordessay) and a dissertation.


This new MA programme inDiplomacy and InternationalRelations is designed to introducestudents to theories, issues and processes connected withdiplomacy, foreign policy andinternational relations. Theprogramme is especially relevant to those thinking about or currentlyworking in diplomacy, internationalNGOs, and international policy and politics. Building on our alreadyvery successful campus-basedprogramme, this distance learningmaster course offers convenienceand flexibility in terms of study timeand location.

This programme is delivered entirelyonline. It begins in early October, with an online orientation sessionconducted through a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and web conferencing system. Thisintroduces students to course tutors,familiarises students with therequirement of the programme andonline learning tools and resources.



This unique multidisciplinaryprogramme is designed to allowstudents to undertake sustained andfocused study across the disciplinesof Politics, Philosophy and Religion. It particularly encourages students to explore the interface betweenthese related areas, and allows for selection of optional modules across the whole department.



What is Philosophy? Methods, Aims, Debates

Studying Religion



MSc in Politics, Philosophy andManagementPlease see entry under Organisation,Work and Technology.

PgCert in Politics andInternational RelationsDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.

Entry requirementsA good second class degree, or equivalent, in any subject. Relevant professional experiencemay be considered in lieu of standardqualifications. Students not meetingthe standard entry qualifications may be asked to write a 3,000 word essay to demonstrate theiracademic abilities.


AssessmentCoursework


The PgCert provides you with anopportunity to study at postgraduatelevel even if you are not initiallyconsidering pursuing an entire MAprogramme. The PgCert can be takenas a standalone qualification, whereyou can focus on a particular area, oryou can progress onto the relevantMA programme.

This programme aims to provide you with a secure knowledge of themajor theories, concepts and issuesrelating to Politics and InternationalRelations in a variety of intellectualtraditions and historical andcontemporary contexts. You will gain a systematic understanding of a range of debates anddiscussions raised by past andpresent approaches to the subject. In addition, the PgCert will equip youwith the necessary skills appropriateto evaluating, analysing andinterpreting both academic andpractitioner approaches to Politicsand International Relations.

In addition to the core module of Major Approaches to the Study of International Relations you willchoose two optional modules fromthe range available in the Departmentof Politics, Philosophy and Religion.

Taught modules in Politics and International RelationsChoices will be guided by the Mastersspecialism in many cases, but othersallow a free choice from the followinglist. Modules offered may vary year to year.


Approaches to Peace Studies

International Organisation andForeign Policy

Globalisation, the State andDemocracy in the Third World

US Foreign Policy

International Political Economy and the ‘Digital Age’

States, Markets and Globalisation

The European Union

Politics and International Relationsof the Middle East

Conflict Transformation and Resolution

Conflict Management andContemporary Conflicts

Comparative Defence Policy

Security and Modernity

Globalisation: Its Meanings,Causes and Consequences

Conflict, International Interventionand Global Governance

Theorising Security and War

Political Theory and Modernity:Order, Value and Critique

Politics and Policy-Making in the UK

Politics and Policy-Making in Liberal Democracy

Theories and Concepts inDiplomacy and Foreign Policy


Social Capital: Making Democracy Work

Diasporas and Minorities of the Middle East

International Relations and Politics of South Asia


LLM/MA in InternationalLaw and InternationalRelationsDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





This degree scheme is taught jointly with the Law School. It offers you the opportunity to study various politico-legal aspectsof the international system by means of complementary coursesoffered by the two departments.

Please see page 79 of the LawSchool section for more information.

A minimum of two modules must be chosen from each department.


International Law (from the Law School)


Please see Politics list for module options.

MA in Politics and PhilosophyDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





This interdisciplinary programme is designed to allow students toundertake sustained and focusedstudy in the disciplines of politics and philosophy. Students take fivetaught modules each assessed by a 5,000 word essay.

Core modules Major Approaches to the Study of International Relations

What is Philosophy? Methods,Aims, Debates



MA in Religion and ConflictDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





This interdisciplinary programme is designed to allow students toundertake sustained and focusedstudy across the disciplines ofpolitics and religion, with particularattention to the topic of conflict.





Plus:

Conflict Transformation and Resolution; or

Conflict Management andContemporary Conflicts

MA in Politics, Philosophy and ReligionDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.






Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Politics, Philosophy and Religion 102/103For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk

PhilosophyMA in PhilosophyDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





This is a flexible programme, which builds on its core modules byallowing you to choose from the fullrange of optional modules offered inthe subject area and, where relevant,from across the Department. It isideal for students preparing for a PhD in Philosophy, or simply seekingto deepen their understanding of the discipline. Optional modulesare listed at the end of the taughtcourses in Philosophy. Students take five taught modules eachassessed by a 5,000 word essay.

Core modulesWhat is Philosophy? Methods, Aims, Debates



MA/LLM in Bioethics and Medical LawPlease see details in Law section.

MA in Philosophy and ReligionDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





This interdisciplinary programme is designed to allow students toundertake sustained and focusedstudy in the disciplines of Philosophyand Religion. It encourages studywhich relates to the interface ofPhilosophy and Religion. Studentstake five taught modules eachassessed by a 5,000 word essay.Optional modules are listed at theend of the respective taught courses.

Core modulesWhat is Philosophy? Methods, Aims, Debates

Studying Religion

Theory and Methods inPostgraduate Studies


MA in Politics and PhilosophyPlease see the Politics section forinformation. Optional Courses inPhilosophy are shown at the end of the Philosophy course listings.

MA in Politics, Philosophy and ReligionPlease see the Politics section forinformation. Optional Courses inPhilosophy are shown at the end of the Philosophy course listings.

PgCert in PhilosophyDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.

Entry requirementsA good second class degree, orequivalent, in any subject. Relevantprofessional experience may beconsidered in lieu of standardqualifications. Students not meetingthe standard entry qualifications may be asked to write a 3,000 word essay to demonstrate theiracademic abilities.




The PgCert provides you with anopportunity to study at postgraduatelevel even if you are not initiallyconsidering pursuing an entire MA programme. The PgCert can betaken as a standalone qualification,where you can focus on a particulararea, or you can progress onto therelevant MA programme.

Taught programmes continuedThis programme aims to provide you with a secure knowledge of themajor theories, concepts and issuesrelating to Philosophy in a variety ofintellectual traditions and historicaland contemporary contexts. You willgain a systematic understanding of a range of debates and discussionsraised by past and presentapproaches to the philosophicalreflection. In addition, the PgCert willequip you with the necessary skillsappropriate to evaluating, analysingand interpreting both academic andpractitioner approaches to Philosophy.

In addition to the core module ofWhat is Philosophy you will choosetwo optional modules from the rangeavailable in the Department ofPolitics, Philosophy and Religion.

Taught modules in PhilosophyChoices will be guided by the Mastersspecialism in many cases, but othersallow a free choice from the followinglist. Modules offered may vary year to year.

What is Philosophy?

Philosophy of Mind and Psychology

Doing Contemporary Philosophy

Foundations of Bioethics

Children and Health

Paternalism, Autonomy and Consent

Social and Ethical Issues in Human Genetics

Public Health and Ethical and Legal Issues

Ethics and Governance

Issues in Environmental Philosophy

Existentialism

Issues in Philosophy of the Sciences

Issues in Practical Philosophy

Religious Studies

MA in Religious StudiesDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.





This is a broad programme foranyone interested in the academicstudy of religion.



Theory and Methods inPostgraduate Studies


MA in Diplomacy and ReligionPlease see entry in Politics section.Religious Studies optional moduleslisted at end of taught course listings.

MA in Religion and ConflictPlease see entry in Politics section.Religious Studies optional moduleslisted at end of taught course listings.

MA in Philosophy and ReligionPlease see entry in Philosophysection. Religious Studies optionalmodules listed at end of taughtcourse listings.

MA in Politics, Philosophy and ReligionPlease see entry in Politics section.Religious Studies optional moduleslisted at end of taught course listings.

PgCert in Religious StudiesDuration12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.

Entry requirementsA good second class degree, or equivalent, in any subject. Relevant professional experiencemay be considered in lieu of standardqualifications. Students not meetingthe standard entry qualifications may be asked to write a 3,000 word essay to demonstrate theiracademic abilities.




Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Politics, Philosophy and ReligionFor more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk

The PgCert provides you with anopportunity to study at postgraduatelevel even if you are not initiallyconsidering pursuing an entire MAprogramme. The PgCert can be takenas a standalone qualification, whereyou can focus on a particular area, oryou can progress onto the relevantMA programme.

This programme aims to provide you with a secure knowledge of themajor theories, concepts and issuesrelating to Religion in a variety ofintellectual traditions and historicaland contemporary contexts. You willgain a systematic understanding of a range of debates and discussionsraised by past and present religiousbelief and practice. In addition, the PgCert will equip you with thenecessary skills appropriate toevaluating, analysing and interpretingboth academic and practitionerapproaches to Religion.

In addition to the core module ofStudying Religion you will choose two optional modules from the range available in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion.

Taught modules in Religious StudiesChoices will be guided by the Mastersspecialism in many cases, but othersallow a free choice from the followinglist. Modules offered may vary year to year.

Studying Religion

Religion, Popular Culture and Cultural Studies

Spirit Possession in Contemporary Social Contexts

Nineteenth Century ReligiousThought

Twentieth Century ReligiousThought

Construction of Gender in Asian Religions

Classical Islam

Religion and PsychoanalyticThought

Buddhism: State and Society

Spirituality: Asian Perspectives

Secularity/Sacrality

The Qur’an: Hermeneutics and Gender Politics

Contemporary Issues in South Asian Religions

Pilgrimage

World Christianity: Local Issuesand Global Processes

Interrogating Political and Religious Spaces


I felt that Lancaster offered me an exciting challenging religious outlook,which would broaden my education. The rich variety in religion attracted me,because it meant that there was a lot tochoose from in terms of modules.Alice Gomez Postgraduate Religious Studies

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MPhil/PhDEntry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent and a viable research proposal.



further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/ruskin

Applications are invited for thedegrees (MPhil and PhD) in any area of study relating to John Ruskin and his circle. In addition to individual supervision, you willbenefit from the opportunity toattend and present your work to the weekly Ruskin Seminar andpublish in our in-house journal the Ruskin Review and Bulletin.

As one of our postgraduate studentsyou will have privileged access to the Ruskin Library and be able tocarry out research using a variety of materials from the collection.

MA in English Literary Research Please also see entry under English and Creative Writing.

The Ruskin Library and ResearchCentre is particularly interested inapplications for MA by Researchdegrees. Applications would bemade via the Department of Englishand Creative Writing but studentswould also be members of the Ruskin Library and Research Centre,with full access to the collection. It would suit those wishing to focuson nineteenth century studies,Ruskin and his circle, and thosewishing to experience research using an original archive collection.

106/107Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – The Ruskin Library and Research Centre


MA in English Literary Research


Postgraduate enquiriesDirector: Professor Stephen Wildman

Research Library and Research Centre:Tel:+44 (0)1524 593 589Fax:+44 (0)1524 593 580Email: [email protected]/fass/ruskin

The Ruskin Library and ResearchCentre actively promotes researchon John Ruskin and his circle bycarrying out specific researchprojects resulting in publications and exhibitions, by holding a weeklyresearch seminar and annual public lecture and by organisingconferences and colloquia.

The Centre leads the research effort associated with the use of the collections housed in the RuskinLibrary and Brantwood, including theediting of unpublished material. TheCentre has wide associations withother academic centres, museumsand galleries in Britain and overseas.

While studying Ruskin at Lancasteryou will benefit from gainingknowledge, skills and experiencein handling important written andvisual materials which are universallyvalued, especially in careers in the creative and cultural sector.

We also have a range of onlineresources:

www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/ruskin/empi

www.lancaster.ac.uk/depts/ruskinlib/eSoV

www.lancaster.ac.uk/depts/ruskinlib/Pages/Works

The Ruskin Library and Research CentreThe experience of studying Ruskin at Lancaster is second to none, with privileged access to the collections for research purposes.


Research degrees

The research interests of the staffnaturally centre on John Ruskin andhis own main interests: the writings of friends such as Thomas Carlyleand the Brownings; the art andarchitecture of the nineteenthcentury; landscape and culturaltravel, especially in continentalEurope; European history since theMiddle Ages, chiefly as it affectedfavourite places such as Rouen,Venice and Switzerland; contemporaryeconomic and religious debate; and natural history, notably geologyand botany.

There is a wider concern for theprinciples of related areas of study,such as textual criticism, editing, arthistorical analysis and curatorship,and for the dissemination of word and image in the digital age.


Key factThe Ruskin Library offers students and other users an unparalleledcollection in an exceptional building. Designed by the architect Sir Richard MacCormac and opened in 1998, it houses the largestsingle holding of material relating to John Ruskin (1819-1900) and his world. Among more than 4,000 manuscripts are 29 volumesof his diary notebooks, as well as many hundreds of letters, mostly still unpublished.

Ruskin’s extraordinary range of interests – from art, architectureand landscape to geology, botany and economics – offers a wealth of research opportunities. Along with some 400 books from Ruskin’s library is a comprehensive collection of his writingsin all significant editions of English, and many other languages.Books about Ruskin run from early commentaries in the 1850s to the latest academic publications, allowing students the rarefacility of easy cross-reference.

Ruskin’s output as an artist is represented by over 1,000 drawingsand watercolours, all of which connect his published work and his daily life in England and abroad; there is also a substantialcollection of Daguerreotypes and other historic photographs.



further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/centres/css

We offer supervision for MPhils orPhDs in all of our areas of expertise – science, technology, policy analysis, new genetic technologies,environment and technologies,information and communicationstechnologies and risk.

Recent and current PhDs topics have included studies of: surgery;environmental visitor attractions;organic farming; the future of mobile telecommunications; library information systems; policyand training in nanomedicine, and technologies and politicaltransformation in Eastern Europe.

We have worked with organisationssuch as The Body Shop; the NHS;Bovis Construction Group; theForestry Commission; theDepartment of the Environment,Transport and the Regions; Friends of the Earth; Unilever; English Nature;and Transport 2000 in recent andpast CASE (ESRC) Funding awards.

108/109Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Centre for Science Studies



Postgraduate enquiriesDirectors:Professor Lucy SuchmanDr Adrian MacKenzieTel:+ 44 (0)1524 594 178Email: [email protected]/fass/centres/css

We engage in interdisciplinaryresearch across the boundaries of science, technology and publicpolicy, including collaborationbetween specialists in the naturalsciences, social sciences andhumanities.

Located in the Sociology Department,our staff comprises STS internationallyrecognised figures includingProfessors Maureen McNeil,Elizabeth Shove, Lucy Suchman, and Brian Wynne, and a large numberof equally renowned scholars fromacross the University.

We organise a programme ofworkshops, seminars and readinggroups throughout the academicyear and convene postgraduatecourses informed by our research.We participate in the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)North West Doctoral Training Centre(NWDTC), through a pathway inScience, Technology, Innovation and Social Practices (STISP). We are also closely affiliated withLancaster’s Centre for the Study of Environmental Change, the Centrefor Gender and Women’s Studies,and the ESRC Centre for Economicand Social Aspects of Genomics.

STS is an interdisciplinary fielddrawing together anthropology,history, philosophy and sociology of science and technology. Our aim is to generate critical understandingof the complex interweaving ofscience and society, nature andculture that informs contemporarytechnoscience from carbonemissions to the World Wide Web.

We are distinctive in:

Our strong emphasis on creativetheorising as manifest in actornetwork theory and its aftermath,relations of science and public,cultural studies of science, and feminist and postcolonialscience studies;

Our orientation to qualitativeempirical research; and

Our commitment to constructiveinterventions in contemporaryscience and technology practiceand policy

Research degreesMPhil/PhDEntry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in a relevant subject, including Sociology, Geography, Philosophy,Linguistics, Anthropology, Science or Engineering, and a viable research proposal.

Centre for Science StudiesThe Centre for Science Studies is a vibrant internationalcentre of excellence in Science, Technology and Society (STS).


We specialise in a range of researchareas including:

Computing, design, informationand communications technologies

Organisations, work andtechnology

Construction, infrastructures and energy

Large scale technologies,disasters and crisis management

Bodies, health and medicine,including reproductivetechnologies

Technologies of mobility

Military technologies

Policy and public engagement

Environment, ecology and culture

Genomics and biotechnology

Farming, food and human-animalrelations

New reproductive technologies

Risk and the public understandingof science

For further details visit:www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/centres/css/profiles


Disability Research.Some social work staff members have core roles in the University’s Centrefor Disability Research (CeDR) andorganise the biennial DisabilityStudies Conference held here. The conference is internationallyrespected and makes a significantcontribution to the University’s profileand status in Disability Studies.

Drugs and Alcohol Research.Somesocial work staff members haveestablished a strong regional andnational profile of research exploringand analysing emerging drug trendsand the relationship between drugspolicy, law enforcement models andactivities, and user motivations andbehaviour. The research has shapedstrategic level activities in the regionand nationally.

Integrated degrees (1+3)MRes in Child WelfareDirector of StudiesDharman Jeyasingham.

Duration12 months full-time, 24-36 monthspart-time.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent butexceptions may be made forcandidates with substantial practice experience or other relevant qualifications.


AssessmentAssignments and dissertation.


The course can be taken on a full-time or flexible part-time basisand consists of six taught modulesplus a 15,000 word dissertation.

This programme enables you to gain the knowledge and analyticalskills needed to enhance childwelfare practice. Essential researchtraining will allow you to make better use of agency data, undertakesmall scale agency based actionresearch, and make informed use of national and international researchfor best practice.

Given the current emphasis within children’s services onevidence based practice and robustanalytic skills, the MRes is ideal forincreasing employability. It is also anessential stepping stone for furtherresearch at doctoral level for thosewanting to work in policy, research orteaching by opening doors to fundedPhD places.

Compulsory modulesAdvances in Child Protection

Social Pedagogy and Child Welfare

Strengths Based Approaches inChild Welfare

Quantitative Methods in SocialWork Research

Qualitative Methods in SocialSciences

Optional modules (select one)Social Data Analysis

Analysing Text and Talk

110/111Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Social Work


Integrated degreesMRes in Child Welfare

Taught programmesMA/PgDip in Social Work

MRes in Child Welfare

PgCert in Child Welfare Practice

MA/PgDip/PgCert in AdvancedSocial Work


Postgraduate enquiriesDirector of Social Work:Professor Corinne May-ChahalTel:+ 44 (0)1524 594 098Email:[email protected] www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/sociology

Throughout social work research and teaching, considerable emphasisis placed on linking theory, research,professional practice and servicedevelopment.

Social work provides both staff andresearch students with a collegial andsupportive environment for a widerange of research activity. This coversboth theoretically innovative work, forexample, on the processes of globalchange and applied policy orientatedwork with a focus on informingeffective social work practice.

The co-operative approach toresearch which characterises social work at Lancaster means that its staff work across disciplinaryboundaries and topic areas. However,the research interests of staff can be divided into the following broadareas of interest:

Children and young people

Disability

Drugs and alcohol

Critical analysis of social welfareand social policy

Research degreesMPhil/PhDDirectors of Research StudiesDr Celia Roberts and Dr Imogen Tyler.

Entry requirementsA Masters degree or an uppersecond class honours degree, with aviable research proposal. Equivalentsare accepted and support is given in completing research proposals.

ELTS7.0 or equivalent.


further informationwww.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/sociology

We believe that matching wellqualified, able, and enthusiastic PhD and MPhil students withsupervisors who have relevantexperience, expertise, and researchinterests, makes a healthy researchenvironment. To this end we designour procedures to give candidates as much information as possibleabout our research and to allow us to judge a candidate’s ability toundertake research at this level.

SocialWorkSocial Work at Lancaster University is based in the Departmentof Sociology. It is one the best places to study social work inthe UK and has a very strong record in applied social researchin social work, disability studies and social welfare policy.

Our research record is wellestablished in the fields of drugs,youth offending, disability studies,theories of welfare, gender andsexuality, child and family care,community care and social work.Recent work has been informed by agrowing emphasis on issues of equalopportunities, social justice, povertyand social exclusion. We have variousjoint research projects with otherdepartments and are interested inpromoting collaborative research.

We welcome applications fromstudents wishing to undertake theirresearch degree within this unit.

Our researchinterestsAcademic staff in social work play an active role in informing policy formulation by engaging in strategic research partnershipswith regional, national, statutory, and third sector organisations,especially concerning social work with children and families,disability, and drugs use. By their very nature such researchcollaborations are cross-disciplinaryand these types of partnershipscharacterise our distinctive researchprofile with a number of clusters of research activity:

Children and Young People is a longestablished research concentrationand strength for social work atLancaster.


Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences – Social Work 112/113For more information please go to www.lancaster.ac.uk

Taught programmesMA/PgDip in Social WorkProgramme AdministratorTracy Davies.

DurationMA: 24 months full-timePgDip:21 months full-time.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent and relevant experience.


Application procedureApply via UCAS using course code L508. www.ucas.ac.uk

AssessmentFieldwork placements, coursework,presentations, examinations anddissertation.

This programme, which offers both an academic award and aprofessional qualification in socialwork, prepares you for careers in abroad range of social work agenciesand settings.

The teaching emphasis is on issues relevant to social workpractice in contemporary Britain, and explores the ways in whichsociology, law, social policy andpsychology inform and enhanceprofessional social work.

Social work staff work in partnershipwith local stakeholders, including themain statutory and voluntary socialwork agencies in the North-West, and the programme offers 200 daysof placement practice learning (170days on placement and 30 skillsdevelopment days in the University).

The social work programme includesa focus upon:

Policy and Legal Contexts of Social Work

The Research Minded Practitioner

Preparation for Practice 1

Social Work and Adult Social Care

Social Work with Children andFamilies

Social Work with Young People

Preparation for Practice 2

Social Divisions and SocialDiversity

Mental Health and Distress

Social Work and Drug Use

MRes in Child Welfare Please see entries under integrateddegrees (1+3).

PgCert in Child Welfare PracticeDirector of StudiesDharman Jeyasingham.


Entry requirementsUndergraduate degree, or significantpractical experience.


AssessmentAssignments.


This is a part-time postgraduatecertificate that will enable you toenhance both your theoreticalknowledge and skills base in childwelfare practice. The course willintroduce you to the very latestresearch for practice including childcare and safeguarding discussions,new practice skills (especially inemerging technologies), bestpractice sharing, and knowledgeexchange with service users.

Upon successful completion of thecertificate you can choose to progressto the Masters in Child Welfare.

Core modulesAdvances in Child Protection:learning from Serious Case Reviews,common pitfalls in reasoning,investigative work and analysis,models of risk assessment, updatesin safeguarding policy

Strengths Based Approaches in Child Welfare:principles andpractice skills, evidence base,family group conferencing, safety planning, new research

Social Pedagogy and ChildWelfare: theoretical approaches in social pedagogy, researchevidence, reflexivity andrelationships in the residentialspace, developing pedagogic toolswith children and young people

MA/PgDip/PgCert inAdvanced Social WorkDirector of StudiesDharman Jeyasingham.

DurationMA: 24-60 months part-time.PgDip: 24-60 months part-time.PgCert:12-60 months part-time.

Entry requirementsA lower second class honoursdegree in social Work or a socialscience subject or a degree levelqualification in a related profession,such as nursing or a Masters degreein Social Work.


AssessmentWritten assignments. A dissertationis required for the MA.

This programme is primarily for socialworkers who have been working asqualified practitioners for at least ayear and who are at the ‘social worker’and ‘experienced social worker’levels of the Professional CapabilitiesFramework. Modules are also open toother professionals who are engagedin complex work in related areas, forexample health visitors, nurses, policeofficers, people working in therapeuticroles and those who have responsibilityfor commissioning services.

The programme will support you todevelop skills in critical analysis andreflection on your practice, to engagewith current knowledge and to useknowledge and theory to inform yourjudgments, decision making andpractice more widely. You can take a single module or study a number of modules over a maximum of fiveyears and accumulate academiccredits which can lead to aPostgraduate Certificate, Diploma or MA.

The programme is delivered using a blend of onsite teaching and learning supported by a virtuallearning environment. You will carry out work relating directly to your current or recent practice,developing analytical and reflexiveskills. There is an emphasisthroughout the programme ondeveloping skills in engaging withtheory and knowledge to informpractice.

Workshops are timetabled to beaccessible for students who aretravelling to Lancaster from otherparts of the UK.

Modules relating to specific areas of social work practice (optional):

Advances in child protection

Strengths based approaches in child welfare

Social pedagogy in child welfare

Assessment and decision makingin the context of child neglect

Social approaches to working with voice hearing, unusual beliefsand paranoia

Personalisation andcommissioning

Critical approaches tosafeguarding adults

Modules relating to specialist or complex areas across serviceareas (optional):

Professional supervision

Understanding leadership and management

Leading and managing people

Leading others through change

Working with difference anddiversity

Practice education

Key factStudy online, and at six one-day workshops, for a PgCert in ChildWelfare – great flexibility to study while you work, for students interested inprogressing to advanced/senior worker roles.

Dr Carolyn TaylorSenior Lecturer in AppliedSocial Science

Dr Taylor is a member of theChild Welfare Research Unit. She is author (with Sue White) of Practising Reflexivity in Health and Welfare: MakingKnowledge (Buckingham Open University 2000).

In Social Work atLancaster University

we maintain a collegial andsupportive environment for wide ranging research activity for research students and staff.There are opportunities to carryout theoretically informed work as well as applied, policy orientedwork, all of which are focused oninforming social work practice.

Key factThe NHS Business Services Authority offerssome bursaries for the MA/PgDip in Social Work. See www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/students.aspx

The MA/PgDip in Social Work leads to theopportunity to apply toregister as a social workerwith the Health and CareProfessions Council.

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Integrated degrees (1+3)MA in Sociological Research

MRes in Child Welfare

Taught programmesMA in Sociology

MA in Sociological Research

MA in Gender and Women’sStudies and Sociology

MA in Media and CulturalStudies

MA in Environment, Culture and Society

MA/PgDip/PgCert AdvancedSocial Work

MA/PgDip in Social Work

PgCert in Child Welfare Practice


Postgraduate enquiriesTel:+44 (0)1524 593148 or +44 (0)1524 524148Email: [email protected]/fass/sociology

Our staff are at the internationalforefront of research and publishingand half of them are Professors whohave been promoted because oftheir prominence in research andscholarship. As one of the top ratedSociology departments in the UK we pride ourselves on pushing socialtheory and sociology into new andoften post-disciplinary directions.

Postgraduate students are a crucialpart of our friendly, cosmopolitandepartment, and are valued as vitalcontributors to our lively and vibrantresearch culture which attracts bothBritish and international students. We also offer an exceptionally wide-ranging research student trainingprogramme.

Our research is funded from a varietyof sources including the Economicand Social Research Council (ESRC),the Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council (EPSRC)and the European Commission.

Research degreesMPhil/PhD Doctoral DirectorDr Celia Roberts and Dr Imogen Tyler.

Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in a relevant subject and a viable research proposal.




We have over 100 research students, making this one of thelargest and most successful centresfor sociological PhDs in Europe.

SociologyLancaster has one of the top Sociology departments in the UK and includes some of the foremost sociologists in Europe.

We place great emphasis on theimportance of the relationshipbetween yourself and yoursupervisor and welcome applicationsthat match any of our staff interestsor those of our research centres.

We ensure that you are assigned a supervisor whose current activeresearch interests and expertisematch your chosen topic of research.Close working relations are enjoyedwith cognate departments atLancaster, and in many cases there is joint supervision.

A wide-ranging seminar programmeis organised in the Department and includes departmental staffseminars with visiting speakers;weekly postgraduate seminars andresearch, group meetings on sciencestudies, gender, race, class, mobilitiesresearch, environment and culture,children and young people, disabilitystudies, and drugs and alcoholresearch, plus various readinggroups. You are encouraged to attend relevant MA taught courses.


The Department is also home to a number of leading internationalresearch centres in whichpostgraduate students are fully involved:

Centre for Mobilities Research(CEMORE): the study of ‘mobilities’ is a newly emerging interdisciplinaryfield in which Lancaster University is developing particular strengths.Research has been funded by ESRC, EPSRC, the Department for Transport, the Departmentof Trade and Industry and theForestry Commission.

Centre for Science Studies (CSS):please see separate entry on page 108.

Centre for the Study ofEnvironmental Change (CSEC):CSEC has an established reputationfor researching environment andtechnology issues in a distinctiveway, combining qualitative researchwith social theoretical questions and a critical engagement with public policy.

Sociology at Lancaster was rankedfifth in the UK by the 2008 ResearchAssessment Exercise, and in the top fifty in the world according to the QS World University Rankings, once againconfirming our international standing.Dr Bron Szerszynski, Head of Department

Social Work at Lancaster: please see separate entry on page 110.

Cultural Political Economy ResearchCentre: CPERC promotes culturalpolitical economy as a trans- andpost-disciplinary research paradigm and as a capacity-building resourcefor the wider academic communitywithin and beyond Lancaster.

Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies (CGWS): pleasesee separate entry on page 64.

Lancaster’s Sociology Department is well known for its leading role indeveloping social theory by applyingit to substantive research topics suchas gender, media, science andtechnology studies, environmentalchange, political economy, socialwork, disability studies and socialwelfare policy and doing so in a waywhich is open to other disciplines.


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MA in SociologyDirector of StudiesProfessor Andrew Sayer.


Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in a relevantsocial science.




This interdisciplinary programmeaddresses both recent key concernsand enduring intellectual traditionswithin sociology and related socialsciences. The core modules ground you in theory, methods andanalytical tools, and options allow you to apply them to particularissues. For the dissertation you will conduct independent study with a supervisor, choosing from a range of areas similar in scope to the options offered.

Compulsory modulesContemporary Debates in Sociology

Research Projects in Practice

Dissertation

Optional modules Choose three; options may vary from year to year.

Anthropology of Cybercultures

Capitalism and Crisis

Consumer Society

Critical Debates in Media and Cultural Studies

Debates in Gender Research

Ecology, Conservation and Culture

Environment and Culture: Issues,Politics and Institutions

Feminist Cultural Theory and Practice


Gender and Violence


Mobility, Society and Change

Policy, Publics and Expertise

Science, Technology and Society

Social and Cultural Theory

Visual and Sensory Culture

MA in SociologicalResearchPlease see entry under integrateddegrees (1+3).

MA in Gender and Women’sStudies and SociologyPlease see entry under Gender and Women’s Studies.

MA in Media and Cultural StudiesDirector of StudiesDr Debra Ferreday.


Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in a relevantsocial science.




This degree provides students withthe theoretical and methodologicalgrounding they need to carry outindependent research in media and cultural studies.

The course introduces you to the keytexts, debates and thinkers in mediaand cultural studies, ranging from thework of classical cultural theoriststhrough to contemporary writing on new media, globalised culture,science and technology studies, and queer theory.

You will be encouraged to reflectcritically on the role of popular mediain structuring our everyday lives. The course examines the role ofmedia in reproducing, disseminatingand challenging hegemonic powerrelations, as well as thinking throughthe ways in which gender, sexualityand ‘race’ are constructed in relationto global media cultures.

This is not a vocational or practice-based degree.


MA in SociologicalResearchDirector of StudiesProfessor Andrew Sayer.


Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in a relevant social science.




This MA provides a rigorousintroduction to key issues in socialscience methodology, expands yourproficiency in a range of researchskills, and prepares you for furtheradvanced research in the socialsciences. It is an ideal stepping stone to a PhD and opens access to ESRC funding programmes.

The course comprises the followingmodules and a dissertation (workingclosely with a member of staff).

Compulsory modulesResearch Projects in Practice

Either Contemporary Debate inSociological Theory or Science,Technology and Society

Secondary Data Analysis

Quantitative Research Methods

Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Philosophies of Social Science

Dissertation

Optional modulesChoose one from

Discourse Analysis

A substantive sociology module

Methods Lab

MRes in Child WelfarePlease see entry under Social Work.

Integrated degrees (1+3) Taught programmes

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MA in Environment, Culture and SocietyDirector of StudiesDr Claire Waterton.


Entry requirementsAn upper second class honoursdegree, or its equivalent, in a relevant social science.




This is a degree aimed at those whowant to engage critically, practicallyand creatively with global and localenvironmental problems. The coursebrings together insights from social,cultural and environmental theoriesand approaches. Students canchoose from a selection of social andnatural science modules offered bythe Department of Sociology andLancaster Environment Centre (LEC).

Compulsory modulesEnvironment and Culture

Researching Environment and Culture

Dissertation

Optional modulesChoose four; options may vary from year to year.



Perspectives on Environment and Development

Policy, Publics and Expertise

Social and Cultural Theory

Philosophies of Social Science

European and InternationalEnvironmental Law


Capitalism and Crisis

Theories of Economy & Society

Disaster Management

Environmental Auditing

Geoinformatics

Environmental Management

Geological Hazards

Environmental Toxicology

Modelling EnvironmentalProcesses

Wildlife Monitoring Techniques

Conservation Biology

Habitat Management

Food Security, Agriculture andClimate Change

Sustainable Water Management:Concepts, Governance andPractice

MA/PgDip/PGgCert inAdvanced Social WorkPlease see entry under Social Workon page 113.

MA/PgDip in Social WorkPlease see entry under Social Workon page 112.

PgCert in Child Welfare PracticePlease see entry under Social Workon page 112.


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