The field of educational research sets as objectives to explore notions, theories and trends within the filed, to define and transfer types, characteristics and shared terminology, to describe and utilise methods and techniques of quantitative and qualitative research in a critical manner towards the concrete educational phenomenon. The educational research student, passionate about conducting research, has to immerse him/herself in research projects and research teams and throughout the studies gains reflexive, critical and analytical competencies and the ability to innovate the existing educational practices.
Making use of other disciplines like psychology, anthropology, sociology and philosophy, educational research sets out to conduct its activity in a rigorous and systematic way. Due to the broad base for the methodology of educational research, the results are not always generalizable and have to be interpreted in the context of the used methodology.
The Ph.D. programme of ESCP Europe at the Paris campus aims at preparing researching professors for high-level management academic institutions. The main goal of the Ph.D. program is to help its students acquire the fundamental skills of a teacher-researcher. Through these teachings, students work towards their thesis, a research project of great importance and of the utmost quality.
This international pathway for the EdD programme is taught through a combination of intensive week-long courses in London and by distance learning. The programme is designed for an international body of practitioners in education, health and related fields who would like to extend their professional expertise and training and develop skills in research, evaluation and reflection on practice. It offers exciting opportunities for a cross-cultural and global examination of professionalism in education.
We offer supervision for MPhil and PhD students in education and related social studies. The Institute of Education, University of London (IOE) tops the league table for education research, according to the latest official audit of UK universities and across all subjects, the IOE's performance places it in the top 10 universities in the UK.
The Doctor in Education (EdD) is a research degree for experienced professionals from education and related fields who would like to extend their professional understanding and develop skills in research, evaluation and high-level reflection on practice. The student cohort provides an important element of the programme.
The vision behind this doctoral program is not restricted to the labouring problems and to the directly productive citizens. The scope of the program is very inclusive: it includes the problems of everyone in any situation, either workers or users or visitors. It is related and concerns to everyone. Children, young and aged people, unemployed and retired persons are not excluded.
Roskilde University
The Graduate School in Lifelong Learning is a special doctoral programme based in the interdisciplinary research environment of the Adult Education Research Group. It was assigned the status as a Graduate School in 1999, and since funded by the Danish Research Academy.
Queen Mary, University of London
We welcome postgraduate students and visiting research fellows to undertake research in our areas of interest (see below). Research students are registered for University of London degrees (MPhil/PhD) and work under the supervision of members of academic staff. Students may receive financial support (research studentships) offered by the research councils (including CASE studentships in collaboration with an industrial sponsor).
Queen Mary, University of London
We welcome postgraduate students and visiting research fellows to undertake research in our areas of interest (see below). Research students are registered for University of London degrees (MPhil/PhD) and work under the supervision of members of academic staff.
Kings College London
The Institute's research activity explores a wide range of national and international higher education issues. Participants may examine topics of a generic nature such as learning, assessment and quality, and issues stemming from teaching and learning in their own academic disciplines.
University of Essex
This allows students to undertake research in the field of psychoanalytic studies.
University of Maribor
Within the framework of the Education in Engineering doctoral study, candidates upgrade their undergraduate knowledge and competencies, so that they are able to work in all fields of education, from primary to secondary, post-secondary, higher education and university education. They are also qualified for independent research and development work on demanding national and international projects. They can find employment in education in primary and secondary technical schools, technical grammar schools and faculties and as organisers and heads of educational departments and organisers and implementers of different vocational education courses in economy and the non-economic sector.
Open University of the Netherlands
CELSTEC, the Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies of the Open Universiteit, offers a PhD programme in the field of Learning Sciences and Technologies. You can do the programme as an internal PhD, applying for a research position in order to do a research project defined by the organisation, or as an external PhD. As an external PhD you choose your own research topic and - when accepted - you do the research in your own time under the supervision of a CELSTEC supervisor.