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Advanced Research Design

Course Overview

This Advanced Research Design module aims to equip you with skills to find, appraise and utilise research, as well as plan and design a piece of research work. It seeks to prepare you to define a suitable research question and to use this as a basis for identifying appropriate research methodologies for a small-scale research project or dissertation.

This module is designed to enable you to plan and outline a rationale for a piece of primary research, secondary analysis, literature review or audit. It focuses on research as part of a body of evidence used for health and social care practice, and provides an overview of methodologies and methods commonly used in health and social care policies and working environments.

Key Facts

• Course Code: HESC7016
• Start Dates: September 2025 / January 2026
• Application Deadline: 1 August (for a September start) - on campus delivery, 1 December (for a January start) - distance learning
• Location: Headington, Distance learning
• School(s): School of Psychology, Social Work and Public Health
• Academic Level: 7
• Academic Credits: 20

Entry Requirements

• You must normally be from a healthcare background and have support from a manager to undertake this module of study.
• In addition to the academic entry qualifications, if your first language is not English you must demonstrate that your level of English is appropriate for study at postgraduate level. An IELTS overall score of 6.5 is required for this course.

Tuition Fees

• 2025 / 26: CPD Home (UK) part time, £1,000 per module if taken as a standalone module or £1,210 per module if taken as part of an award bearing course
• Payment Information: Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.
• Financial Support and Scholarships: For general sources of financial support, see our Fees and funding pages.
• Additional Costs: Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course are detailed below.

Assessment

• You will be assessed 100% through coursework.
• The module can be taken as a standalone module over 12 weeks or as part of a programme of study.
• The module is delivered on campus in the September run and online in the January run.