How is research applied to the teaching on this course?
The research rich learning approach, which encourages you to become an active inquirer and participant in your own learning, is at the heart of the teaching and learning approach on this course.
In the first two years of study, you will learn about a range of research approaches, from people who are actively involved in carrying out research around health and social care issues. For example, some of our staff are involved in a new £16 million national project to address health inequalities in the country and the prevention of poor health.
How does Northumbria approach Health and Social Care research?
Our staff are also involved in writing books, book chapters, journal articles and reports for government and charitable organisations. These works are intended to be read by a wide range of people, including students, other academics, policy makers and practitioners. For example, Colin Cameron who teaches on this degree has edited a widely used student textbook on Disability Studies
These experiences will hopefully inform your studies into Health and Social Care and how you approach your research project. You will be encouraged to identify and select topics you are interested in, and to think about potential research issues from a range of perspectives.
In your final year, you undertake a research project that will allow you to study a topic you are interested in in detail and help to prepare you for the professional and/or academic world beyond this degree.