Socio-Cultural Studies of Sport and Exercise MRes

Teaching

You are taught through a combination of formal lectures, seminars and individual tutorials with your supervisory team.

Contact time

In a typical week you will have around 3 - 6 contact hours of teaching. The precise contact hours will depend on the order in which you complete the taught modules. During the final module (Thesis), you will normally have slightly less contact with your supervisory team as you would be expecting to carry out you own research, but it is dependent on your research area.

Independent self-study

In addition to the contact time offered in modules and by your supervisory team, you are expected to undertake independent study, with a specific focus on your own research area. It is expected that you will:

• be research active; agree research activity with their Director of Studies (DoS)
• study flexibly and efficiently. This pattern of study may be varied with the prior agreement of the DoS
• submit work to their DoS for evaluative comment as the research proceeds
• respond to any suggestions regarding the development of work submitted
• maintain regular contact with all supervisors who will ensure that the fullest advice on the research project is maintained

Independent learning is supported by a range of excellent learning facilities, including the Hive and library resources, the Research School, the virtual learning environment, and extensive electronic learning resources.

Duration

• 1 year full-time
• 2-3 years part-time

Timetables

RTP405 consists of 8 taught 2.5 hour sessions, and MSPO4067 is delivered via weekly evening classes over a 12 week period in semester 1. All other modules are flexible in order to allow students to engage with their own research.

Teaching staff

Teaching is informed by current research and all lecturers included in the delivery of MRes modules have a higher level research qualification and are active researchers. You can learn more about the staff by visiting our staff profiles.

The team includes:

Dr Clare Rhoden
c.rhoden@worc.ac.uk
Emotions, emotional regulation, self-efficacy, ageing stereotypes, physical activity and ageing, sport psychology

Dr Rachael Bullingham
r.bullingham@worc.ac.uk
Homophobia (schools and sport), Physical Education teaching, delivery of rugby in schools

Dr Paul Blakey
p.blakey@worc.ac.uk
Sports Event Impacts, Small and Medium-sized Sport Enterprises, Sport Sponsorship, Social Sport Marketing

Dr Gyozo Molnar
g.molnar@worc.ac.uk
Globalisation, labour migration, the Olympic movement, sociology of the body, post-colonial societies and gender issues

Assessment

Each module has one or more formal or 'summative' assessments which are graded and count towards the overall module grade.

Assessment methods include research proposals, research presentation, methodological critique and writing of an MRes thesis.

Over the duration of your studies you will be required to complete:

1 x research proposal (2000 words)
1 x data handling assignment (2000 words)
1 x written assignment (3-5000 words)
1 x ethics form (1500 words)
1 x 30 minute presentation
1 x literature review (2000 words)
1 x researcher development plan
1 x research thesis (including interim review)(maximum of 30000 words).

Feedback

You will receive feedback on practice assessments and on formal assessments undertaken by coursework. Feedback on examination performance is available upon request from the module leader. Feedback is intended to support learning and you are encouraged to discuss it with personal academic tutors and module tutors as appropriate.

We aim to provide you with feedback on formal course work assessments within 20 working days of hand-in.

Programme specification

For comprehensive details on the aims and intended learning outcomes of the course, and the means by which these are achieved through learning, teaching and assessment, please download the latest programme specification document.