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To apply for a research degree, please make sure you fulfill the entry requirements and then complete the online research degree application form and upload your supporting documents.
You should have a good honours degree (2:1 or above) or masters degree or equivalent in the relevant subject area.
International applicants should be aware of our research degree English language requirements
The unit was established on Professor Michael Preston-Shoot’s arrival at the University of Bedfordshire in 2003.
It quickly established itself nationally and internationally for its work on the interface between law and social work, on needs mapping and outcomes for service users, and on the involvement of ‘experts by experience’ in research. More recently its focus has extended to work on the interface between law and medical education, and on governance arrangements with procedures for safeguarding adults.
The unit has enjoyed well-established relationships with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), the Isle of Man Government, the Department of Health, the higher education academy subject centres for social work (SWAP), legal education (UKCLE) and medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine (MeDEV), and several councils with social services responsibilities.
Go to Research activities to date for further details.
Research» Institute of Applied Social Research» Research centres» Social Work, Professional Practice and Law Research Centre
