Social Science Research (Sport and Exercise Science) MSc

Loughborough University

Accredited by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), our prestigious MSc Social Science Research programme is designed for students interested in a research career in academia or industry.This programme has a strong focus on research. All pathways share three core modules covering qualitative and quantitative research, research design, practice and ethics in the context of social science research, taught by the School of Social Sciences and Humanities. Graduates from this programme will be fully equipped to independently undertake research, whether they intend to progress onto a PhD or a career in research. Students on the Sport and Exercise pathways will take pathway-specific modules with the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences. Research within the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences is multidisciplinary, drawing on the full spectrum of natural and social sciences, and is focused on issues of contemporary concern at international, national and local levels. Recent research projects have explored: human rights in sport; levels of BAME representation in football leadership and coaching; safeguarding in, around and through sport, promoting physical activity in workplaces; eating for optimal health and wellbeing; athlete mental health; and Sport For A Better World? - a social scientific investigation of the Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) sector.