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.
of postgraduate students agreed that staff are good at explaining things
(Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES), 2020)of postgraduate students agreed that their dissertation supervisor provides helpful progress on their progress
(Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES), 2020)of postgraduate students agreed that the course has enhanced their academic ability
(Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES), 2020)
"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

Pingping Xie
Current PhD Student (2019-)
MSc Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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 MSc TESOL is brought to you via online and face-to-face modes. you will explore the fundamentals of language teaching, the processes of learning and teaching languages, and the study of language itself. We focus on both theory and practice, and will help you develop the knowledge and skills required to conduct research in a language education context, and be part of a vibrant and internationally experienced community of language education scholars and teachers." Dr Ibrar Bhatt
Lecturer in Education
MSc Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

"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