Postgraduate studies

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The Centre for Living Sustainability (CLS) supports a lively student environment for postgraduate studies in the social sciences and humanities. The postgraduate student experience at UHI has been consistently rated as the best in Scotland.

At CLS, we have many community partnerships in the Highlands and Islands and internationally. What’s unique about studying with us is the bespoke opportunities we create for applied research on real-world social problems. Students benefit from many networking opportunities, across disciplines and with community organisations.

Taught Masters

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MSc Social Research

Become a confident social scientist with this Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) approved MSc.  This taught programme can be followed online from anywhere in the world.  

Apply online for the MSc Social Research

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Postgraduate Research Degrees

In a Masters by Research (MRes), you can dive into a subject you are passionate about to develop transferrable skills for further research and your career.  Research degrees at masters level involve independent in-depth study, working on a research topic of your own choice.

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MRes Community Engagement

Develop expertise in socially engaged research.  

To apply contact the Programme Lead, Sarah Wagner at sarah.wagner.ic@uhi.ac.uk 

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MRes Psychology

For full information, simply click on the link and scroll down to the section headed Psychology.

To apply contact Maxinne Connolly-Panagopoulos at maxinne.connolly-panagopoulos.ic@uhi.ac.uk

 

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MRes Eco-Literature or Renaissance Drama or Science Fiction and Fantasy

For full information, simply click on the link and scroll down to the section headed Literature

To apply contact Ian Blyth at ian.blyth.ic@uhi.ac.uk  or Lesley Mickel at lesley.mickel.ic@uhi.ac.uk

 

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MRes Sustainable landscapes and technology in the built environment

For full information, simply click on the link and scroll down to the section headed Sustainable landscapes and technology in the built environment

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PhD Sustainability Studies, PhD Health, PhD Northern Studies, or PhD Environmental Science

To apply for a PhD, find a researcher in your subject area.  For more information about PhDs at UHI Inverness and for help connecting with experts in your field, contact pgrrecruitment.ic@uhi.ac.uk 

Studentship opportunities are available through UHI and Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS). 

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Student experiences

Laura Graham, MSc student at UHI Inverness, completed a funded research placement with CLS, working hands-on at a care home to improve residents’ place attachment through Virtual Reality and other digital tech.

“I’m so grateful for the student research placement. The opportunity for personal growth and upskilling my research techniques under the supervision of accomplished personnel made the whole experience unparallel to what I could have hoped for. The best part: I’m taking away some great memories of working with some wonderful people.”

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Examples of postgraduate research projects

  • Contributing cross cultural meaning to sentiment analysis: A case study of qualitative data sets on youth and uncertainty from Ethiopia and Nepal - PhD Sustainability (SGSSS studentship)
  • (How) does trust matter in microentrepreneurs' access to finance? Exploring demand-side perspectives on entrepreneurial financing in informal contexts - MRes Community Engagement
  • Children's Rights in the Age of AI: Community-led Approaches to Equitable Digital Education for Adolescents in Marginalised Communities - MRes Community Engagement
  • From Awareness to Action: Investigating Public Attitudes and Decision-Making Factors for Air Source Heat Pumps in Rural Scotland - MRes Sustainable Landscapes and Technology in the Built Environment
  • After attention: The act of reading as community building and environmental activism - PhD Sustainability
  • Snow roads, snowlessness and snowstalgia: Investigating the impact of climate change on communities to Scotland's skiing industry - MRes Forestry
  • Ecotourism and freshwater biodiversity conservation in Scottish lochs - PhD Sustainability
  • The governance of rewilding in Scotland: Discourse, process and practice - PhD Sustainability
  • A changing landscape of practices in the context of sustainable forest management - PhD Sustainability