Postgraduate Taught
Achieve Your Potential with a Postgraduate Degree from SSESW
Our postgraduate courses connect a range of social science disciplines including Education, Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work.
SSESW is uniquely placed to offer exciting opportunities for students wishing to expand their academic and professional knowledge in a dynamic and inter-disciplinary environment. Students are taught by world leading experts within a culture that fosters intellectual curiosity and harnesses research and communication skills.
Our tailored and accredited professional courses are designed in partnership with key professional agencies with the aim of equipping students with the transferable skills that they need for professional practice.
93%
of postgraduate students agreed that staff are good at explaining things
(Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES), 2020)85%
of postgraduate students agreed that their dissertation supervisor provides helpful progress on their progress
(Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES), 2020) 87%
of postgraduate students agreed that the course has enhanced their academic ability
(Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES), 2020)
Education Postgraduate Pathways
We provide a range of postgraduate programmes for pre-service and in-service teachers as well as educational leaders.
Applied Behaviour Analysis
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Children's Rights
Educational Leadership
Educational Studies
Inclusion and Special Educational Needs
Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages
Initial Teacher Education (PGCE)
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Health and Social Care Postgraduate Pathways
Postgraduate and post-qualifying courses include:
Cognitive Behavioural Practice | PG Certificate
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy | PG Diploma
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Trauma) | MSc
Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law | PG Diploma
Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law | MSc
Social Work for Children, Young People and Families | PG Certificate
Social Work for Children, Young People and Families | PG Diploma
Social Work for Children, Young People and Families | MSc
Social Science Postgraduate Pathways
We offer a number of social science courses at postgraduate level.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Undertaking postgraduate study in SSESW offers students an opportunity to consolidate a range of highly transferable skills which can be applied to roles in any field. Our graduates are typically promoted to senior positions in training, management, and research across a range of diverse settings in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
EMPLOYABILITY
Our careers team offer one to one guidance, employability skills sessions, eg. CV writing and interview technique and job search advice. Careers and recruitment fairs and presentations from a variety of employers and alumni also help our students gain important insights to help shape their future career.
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INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
We have an active international postgraduate student body who, alongside all our students, seek to make a social difference in Northern Ireland and elsewhere. With their experience and expertise our International Student Ambassadors offer an insight into life and study at Queen's to those interested in applying.
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
Based in the beautifully restored and remodelled Victorian Lynn library, this fully-accessible exclusive postgraduate hub has modern, hi-tech meeting and group study rooms, a silent study area and social spaces creating a vibrant hub for intellectual exchange and collaboration.
"The course provided me with detailed knowledge regarding the concepts and principles of behaviour analysis, as well as the knowledge and importance of assessments. It also helped me further understand what triggers certain behaviours and how I can successfully modify them." Christiana Axiak (Malta)
Applied Behaviour Analysis
Where are they now?
Marc Harvey
Service Improvement Lead (Dementia)
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
PG Diploma Applied Social Studies
Andrew Patterson
Statistics and Research Officer
NISRA at The Executive Office
BA (Hons) Criminology
MRes Social Science Research
Tori Coulter
Science Teacher,
NI Post-Primary School
PGCE Science (2021), Excellence in Teaching Award
Meet our Programme Directors
"The Specialist MSc in CBT (Trauma) is designed to train staff in the treatment of PTSD and trauma related disorders using psychological therapies that have a strong evidence base. The course will help to increase the skill base of mental health staff to practice at this specialist level." Dr Michael Duffy
Senior Lecturer in Social Work
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy programmes
"The IPGCE course is delivered online. Students taking the course come from a wide range of countries and contexts and we welcome this collaborative learning. Placement schools and block placements are the best way to link theory and practice and students are really enthusiastic about completing time in a school setting." Dr Jennifer Roberts
Lecturer in Education
International Postgraduate Certificate in Education
“The MSc in Youth Justice provides an opportunity for recent graduates, and those working in policy and practice, to enhance their understanding of contemporary youth issues, system responses to young people and the discourse of children’s rights. Importantly, it aims to enhance the ability of students to apply their learning to policy, practice and research through auditing rights compliance, designing research tools, writing comment pieces/blogs and carrying out their own research on an area of youth justice, youth policy or youth practice.” Dr Siobhán McAlister
Lecturer in Criminology
Youth Justice