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Criminology PgDip/MRes

University of Glasgow

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  • Qualification

    MRes - Master of Research

  • Location

    University of Glasgow

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 year

Course summary

The Masters in Criminology by research will help you to better understand the harms and conflicts that we criminalise and penalise, the harms and conflicts that criminalisation and penalisation cause, and how we might develop responses which could create fairer and safer societies rather than exacerbating social inequalities. A vibrant research community in criminology supports you to become excellent researchers who are theoretically informed, methodologically skilled and actively engaged in public dialogue about crime and justice.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

This programme will prepare you for a career as a researcher or for undertaking a PhD in criminological or criminal justice research. It is recognised for an Economic and Social Research Council 1+3 award through the Scottish Doctoral Training Centre.

You will be able to collaborate with and have access to others who care about doing justice in better ways and to better effect.

Our staff are involved in many research projects and networks in Scotland, the UK, and internationally. As well as guaranteeing support from postgraduate researcher supervisors at the cutting edge of the discipline, this creates opportunities for students to engage in dialogue with related government departments, criminal justice organisations, NGOs, people with lived experience of criminal justice and activist groups seeking justice reform and/or abolition.

Glasgow is a founding partner and administrative base of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) which spans five Scottish universities (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier, Stirling and Strathclyde). For staff and postgraduate researchers, SCCJR opens up access to a wide range of activities and development opportunities.

There will be training opportunities in research methods and skills, not just in established quantitative and qualitative methods, but also in mixed methods research and in more recent or emerging approaches such as creative, visual and digital methods.

You will be able to develop new theoretical, conceptual and interdisciplinary approaches to studying crime and justice.

There will be opportunities to participate numerous training and professional development activities, many of them student-led, often in collaboration with our partners in the SCCJR.

We also offer a diverse programme of regular seminars features leading scholars in the field and informal working lunches, where we seek regular postgraduate researcher contributions.

Though we draw on a wide range of disciplines, our approach to criminology at Glasgow is rooted in and informed principally by sociological analyses of crime and punishment. We insist on interrogating the relationships between criminal and social justice and injustice.

Application deadline

16 August 2024

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University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

  • University League Table

    31st

  • Campus address

    University of Glasgow - Gilmorehill (Main) Campus, University Of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, Glasgow, City Of, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

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A wide range of international scholarships are available, including Global Excellence scholarships.
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Pre-sessional English language provision is available prior to starting university, with English language support options for the duration of study.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Sociology

    6th out of 101 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 210
    210 100%

    1st

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    73.0 73%

    11th

    3

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    2.99 75%

    78th

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