[Maths-Education] Re: Doctorate in Education (EdD) call for applications

[Tony Brown]

The Doctor of Education (EdD) programme at Manchester Metropolitan
University (MMU) is designed to enable professionals to acquire a major
qualification through researching and renewing their own professional
practice. The programme emphasises critical intervention in policy, practice
and debate built through the study of a variety of academic disciplines.


The long-established and highly regarded programme
recruits every two years and is currently accepting
applications to join the next cohort of students
commencing in September 2016. Students are typically
drawn from an array of disciplines including HE lecturing,
teaching, inspection, nursing, social work, youth and
community work, museum and gallery studies, and
professionals working within institutes for social policy
and planning.

The Doctorate of Education sits within the Education
and Social Research Institute at MMU. ESRI is one of
the leading centres for applied educational research and
evaluation. In the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise 67%
of the Institute’s research was rated as ‘worldleading’ or
‘internationally excellent, with 100% of our research Impact
being rated ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.
The Institute has an outstanding portfolio of research
grants and publications, regularly organizes national
and international seminars and workshops and other
services to research. The course team includes most of the
Institute’s twelve professors. ESRI is based at new Brooks
Building on the Birley Campus in central Manchester.

The programme seeks to place the student in a more
critically informed relationship with current educational
debates, particularly as they impact on notions of
‘professionalism’. It is intended that such a critical platform
will help them come to their own conclusions about what
the implications are for their practice as professionals, and
intervene in educational debates appropriately.
Part A of the programme comprises ten study weekends
and two student conferences over two years. Five
assignments are completed, all focused on professionalism
and research methods and linked to the student’s
immediate professional concerns. Part B, the thesis
element, comprises independent research, often in the
student’s own work location, culminating in a thesis
shaped around professional development and intervention.
Students are encouraged to publish their work and past
students have had an excellent record of moving to more
senior positions during their studies.

Entry Requirements
Prospective students will ordinarily possess a masters
degree and selection will also be based on an interview
including discussion of a piece of recent writing. The
principal criterion, however, is a demonstrated capacity
to combine imaginative work-based research with
contemporary theoretical analysis. Interviews will be
taking place during spring/summer 2016.

Further Information
For admissions enquiries contact:
Barbara Ashcroft
Email:  b.ashcroft at mmu.ac.uk<mailto:b.ashcroft at mmu.ac.uk> | Tel: +44 (0)161 247 2320
To find out more about ESRI, visit our website at:
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Professor Tony Brown

Educational and Social Research Institute

Manchester Metropolitan University

Birley 1.06, 53 Bonsall Street, Manchester, M15 6GX, UK

Office 0161 247 2320; Home 0161 434 6355

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