Course details

The PhD in Education is a research degree, aiming to support students in engaging in an educational project of the highest academic standard, aligned with their own research interests. Students work with a lead supervisor and the support of the departmental PhD advisory team, to undertake a major research activity and write a substantial doctoral thesis. This research work is supported by a customised series of taught modules (agreed annually with the department and the supervisor) which is completed with a cohort of fellow PhD students.

Entry Requirements

To be eligible a candidate must have reached a high honours standard at the Examination for the Primary Degree (normally an overall 2.1 honours award at bachelors or masters level), or presented such other evidence as will satisfy the Head of Department and Faculty of his/her suitability.

Minimum English language requirements:

  • IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
  • TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
  • TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
  • PTE (Pearson): 62

Module

  • EXPLORING QUALITY IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
  • QUALITATIVE METHODS
  • EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND POLICY IN EDUCATION
  • RESEARCH PARADIGMS, ETHICS AND CRITICAL WRITING
  • INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS
  • THE SCHOOL AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
  • CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON EDUCATION
  • INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL RESEARCH
  • CONTEXTUALISING AND COMMUNICATING YOUR RESEARCH
  • MOVING TOWARDS EQUALITY? HEGEMONY, MISRECOGNITION AND RESISTANCE IN EDUCATION
  • QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
  • CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN EDUCATION
  • ACTION RESEARCH IN EDUCATION
  • THE SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
  • EDUCATION RESEARCH SUPPORT SEMINARS
  • CRITICAL READING AND LITERATURE IN THESIS RESEARCH
  • PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN POSTGRADUATE TEACHING & LEARNING : TUTORS & DEMONSTRATORS
  • THE CRAFT AND LOGICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH II
  • TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
  • THE CRAFT AND LOGICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH I
  • ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SKILLS (CONFERENCE PRESENTATION)
  • ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SKILLS (PUBLICATION)
  • SEMINAR SERIES
  • WINTER/SUMMER SCHOOL
  • PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY MODULE
  • FINDING INFORMATION FOR YOUR THESIS
  • ACADEMIC WRITING MODULE
  • CREATIVE THINKING & PROBLEM SOLVING
  • SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE
  • CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXTS
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Maynooth University

This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.

Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.

  • In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
  • Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.  
  • Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
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