MRes Psychology
Full-time, Part-time
Location • City and Collegiate
Subject area • Psychology
Related subjects • Sociology and politics • Research degrees
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This course builds on your previous training in research methods and statistics and develops your understanding of current methodological debates and advances in psychology.
The course provides a balance of training in qualitative and quantitative methods and you develop specialist interests to meet your needs. Your dissertation allows you to go on to carry out future research as part of a PhD. You can also go on to research careers in areas of the private or public sector such as healthcare or education.
It is ideal if you have an undergraduate degree in psychology, or a degree that includes a large component of psychology.
The course is hosted by the Faculty of Development and Society Graduate School. The Graduate School website provides a communication hub for students and staff engaged in research, information about our research work, and useful contact information.
You study a range of research methods including
• experimental design
• multivariate statistical analysis
• use of computer software to generate experiments and analyse data
• life-history research
• case study
• ethnography
• media analysis
If your current qualifications do not meet the British Psychological Society’s requirement for graduate basis for registration (GBR) you may still be eligible to enrol on this course. Please contact us for more information.
Our staff are currently involved in research areas including
• death, dying and bereavement
• autism
• health psychology
• belief, religion, forgiveness and mental health
• language comprehension and production (psycholinguistics)
• language and literacy development
• prejudice and discrimination
• forensic psychology
• stress and coping
• cognitive development
• cognition and emotion
• discursive psychology
• computer mediated communication
The course is flexible, available as either evening or daytime sessions to fit around your other commitments.
Short courses/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate
You can take individual modules as short courses or combine them towards a PgDip/PgCert Research Methods in Psychology.
If you want to pursue a career in psychology which requires GBR you may first wish to take our psychology conversion course.
Other routes in the programme are listed on the MRes Social Sciences programme.
This is a flexible course that gives you a strong background in the practice and theory of psychological research and prepares you for a research career. You work with specialists to develop your skills and research interests through evening or daytime sessions which means you can fit your studies around your other commitments.
Related courses
- MSc Health Psychology (Full-time, Part-time)
- MRes Social Sciences Programme (Full-time, Part-time)
- MSc/PgDip Psychology (Full-time, Part-time)
- MSc Forensic Psychology (Full-time, Part-time)
- MSc/PgDip/PgCert Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience (Full-time, Part-time)
- MSc/PgDip Developmental Psychology (Full-time, Part-time)
- MRes Social Work (Full-time, Part-time)
- MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology (Full-time, Part-time)
- MRes Cultural Studies (Full-time, Part-time)
Full-time – one year
Part-time – typically three years
Depending on your route and starting time in the year (September or January), classes run in the evenings and/or in blocks of study during the day. Please contact us for more details.
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Typically £5,355 for the course
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £10,980 for the course
2014/15 academic year
Typically £11,250 for the course
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
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Our research may lead all over the world. Here a major tourist site, Gullfoss in Iceland, was part of a conference fieldtrip.
Psychology facilities
We have recently updated our laboratory facilities to enable more flexible and dedicated teaching of research methods and statistics. There is also space for more general purpose laboratory work such as running focus groups and one-to-one interviews.
Main psychology laboratory
This contains teaching space with PCs and space for non-computerised research teaching. You can access dedicated software including E-Prime experiment generator software to run computerised experiments. You can also analyse quantitative data using both SPSS and AMOS statistical packages, and qualitative data using the NVivo package.
Eye tracking laboratory
Using advanced technology, the ASL 501 Pan-tilt eye-tracker is a non-obtrusive eye-tracker which does not require head mounted tracking equipment. This is currently a laboratory-based tracker but is being adapted for portability to enable eye-tracking research in the field.
Psychophysiology laboratory
This houses electroencephalograph (EEG) facilities, allowing recording from up to 32 sites on the scalp for the collection of fine detailed EEG information. We also have more basic psychophysiology apparatus, such as heart-rate and skin-conductance recording equipment.
Low-level vision laboratory.
This facility has dedicated equipment especially suited to fine grained manipulation of stimulus intensities and durations, particularly suited to low-level vision research.
We also have access to a number of other research facilities which are available through arrangement with other sections of the University. There are considerable laboratory facilities within the Centre for Sports and Exercise Science including soundproof and climate control rooms, as well as facilities within the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing.
Dr Allen Goodwin, senior lecturer (1:35)
Dr Allen Goodwin talks about the completion of dissertations for postgraduate psychology courses – what they are, how to go about choosing a topic and how it will benefit you in the future.
Dr Iain Garner, head of programmes (2:04)
Dr Iain Garner provides an overview of the postgraduate psychology department at Sheffield Hallam – what subjects you will be exposed to, how the courses are structured and how you will benefit from your time at Sheffield Hallam.
A graduate perspective (1:58)
One of our graduates talks about their experiences on the course and how it has helped her achieve her career aims.
Staff profiles
Visit the Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics website to view profiles of the staff who teach in this subject area.
