MRes Psychology

Northumbria University, Newcastle

Our staff here at Northumbria University are actively engaged in exciting research on a range of topics, in a research environment rated as internationally excellent (3) and world-leading (4) (REF 2021).You will work in a professional research environment and develop advanced research skills that will enable you to plan, execute, analyse and disseminate high-quality psychological research. This includes access to state of the art laboratories, equipped with industry standard equipment, meaning that you graduate with all of the familiarity of working in a research lab. This is a major advantage when it comes to seeking employment.You will learn from those at the forefront of their fields. In fact, our strength in psychology research has significantly increased. This places us 15th in the UK for research power (REF 2021).With the opportunity to work both individually and collaboratively on research projects you will gain valuable critical and transferable skills and an understanding of the professional and ethical issues relating to producing research. You will graduate with your Psychology MRes ready for employment in a research context, or doctoral level training in psychological research or applied psychology.Assessments and interactive activities are reflective of the kinds of tasks which active researchers engage with. For example, on this course, you will participate in a journal club, learn to conduct a collaborative pre-registered replication study, present your work in an MRes poster session and develop programming skills for conducting sophisticated data analysis and building experiments.Much of your learning will be hands on, and you will have substantial choice in developing and running a range of qualitative and quantitative studies on topics which align with your own research interests, under the guidance of our expert staff.