Nottingham Institute of Education

NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY - INVESTING IN EXCELLENCE

Nottingham Trent University has an outstanding reputation for our commitment to research that shapes lives and society.

Nottingham Institute of Education

The Education branch of NTU's Doctoral School is a vibrant research environment with researchers engaged in work of nationally and internationally recognised quality. We offer a number of non-funded PhD Projects throughout the year, to find out more about the projects currently available, please visit our website.

Subject areas
Research in the School is based around six Research Areas:

1. Interactive and assistive technologies
2. Leadership, partnership and collaboration
3. Lifespan development
4. Mental health and well-being
5. Pedagogical innovation
6. Promoting inclusion and transformation

In addition NTU has a ‘university-wide' pedagogy group which draws academics from all subject disciplines working with each other and a range of scholars from across the academic community in the UK, Europe and further a-field.

Training
Students have the opportunity to take part in the Researcher Development Course, a focused module based programme in research practice methodology. This practical course provides the knowledge, skills and support for you as a postgraduate research student. The course also assists in the transition into research work and into the academic community, whilst nurturing a reflexive, critical attitude to both. Nottingham Trent University is the only University in the UK to offer a Postgraduate Diploma level research practice programme.

Internationally renowned research
The University values postgraduate research and those who undertake it, and recognises the value of a thriving postgraduate research community to the future of its research profile. 

Postgraduate students are considered to be members of the wider academic community and are involved in seminars and workshops. This activity, alongside the expert supervision which guides their research, involves them in the international research community. Many members of staff have international reputations and there are a number of specialist centres, scholarly journals and a book series.

With such a diverse research culture, students are exposed to a range of research methods and benefit from the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary work across the Doctoral School.