Overview

The Education and Social Policy at Cardiff Metropolitan University has made significant progress in the development of a strong and sustainable research environment in recent years, and we achieved this through a systematic increase in our research volume, quality, impact, and capacity.

This has been facilitated by developing infrastructure, investing in research, developing our research with impact, developing our collaborative research, and developing an open-access, integrity-based, research culture.

Features

As well as many staff with well-established and emerging research profiles, a significant proportion of our lecturers are also undertaking higher degrees and are developing additional research interests to contribute to the School’s portfolio.

The Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy also has strong educational research links with Cardiff Metropolitan University’s School of Sport & Health Sciences, and School of Art and Design bringing with them co-constructed interdisciplinary foci.

Programme Structure

Our staff have a wide range of research interests spanning specialisms in:

education research and practice
English literature
creative writing
social policy
housing
social work
professional policing
criminology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-05-01 00:00:00

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Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00

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Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

83

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Education Social Policy View 52 other PhDs in Social Policy in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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83

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Other requirements

General requirements

Candidates applying for research study towards a doctoral award should normally have an upper second class honours (2:1) undergraduate degree or better from a recognised higher education institution or a postgraduate degree or a qualification deemed by the university to be equivalent to this level.
Depending on your prior research experience it is usual for you to be initially enrolled onto an MRes/PhD or MPhil/PhD.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

17600 GBP / year

≈ 17600 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

5500 GBP / year

≈ 5500 GBP / year

Living costs

Cardiff

United Kingdom

628 - 1066 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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