Online Masters in Educational and
Social Research (OMRes)
Academic Direction: Institute of Education
The Institute
of Education is the ‘Lead College’ and is responsible for the
quality assurance of the Online Masters in Educational and Social
Research. Founded in 1902, the Institute has a distinguished reputation
for its programmes of study and its research into educational planning,
practice, theory and policy. The Programme Director for these
qualifications is Dr Will Gibson who is based with the Institute's
Doctoral School.
The Doctoral
School provides ESRC recognised courses for research training
and skills development. One of its main goals is to enhance the research
student experience at the Institute of Education through offering the
best possible environment to support research and professional
development.
The Institute of
Education is a major specialist national and international centre of
educational research. It is the largest university centre of educational
research and one of the largest centres of social science research in
the United Kingdom and provides expert supervision in a wide range of
fields within education and related areas.