Specialist Training Modules

Our Specialist Training improves the quality of PhD work, creates networking opportunities regionally and nationally, and brings cutting-edge expert knowledge to the heart of doctoral training.

View Training Modules (2026/27 academic year)

Training Modules open to all MGS DTP researchers (click on the names below for further details. Modules will be in person, unless otherwise stated).

Modules without dates will be updated as soon as dates are available.
Code	Title	Credits
EPID4033	Systematic Reviews (weekly from 25 Janaury 2027)	10
LAWW4129	Children and Research (not running in 2025/26)	10
NURS4049	Mixed Methods in Health Research (online, Friday 14 and 21 May)	10
NURS4072	Individual & Group Interviews (In person, Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 May 2027)	10
NURS4075	Individual & Group Interviews (Online, Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 May 2027)	10
PHARM4005	Social Epidemiology: theories and methods for understanding the social determinants of health (not running in 2025/26)	10
PSGY4002	Advanced Methods in Psychology (weekly from 26 January 2027)	20
PSGY4013	Analytical Research Methods (4 sessions weekly, from 25 February 2027)	10
SOCI4063	Doing Ethnography (In person, Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 May 2027))	10

View Other Specialist Modules offered by Schools and Departments

Specialist modules offered by Schools and Departments open to some MGS DTP researchers depending on prior expertise and requirements (Click on the names below for full details. Modules will be in person, unless otherwise stated).

Modules without dates will be updated as soon as dates are available.
Code	Title	Credits
PSGY4008	Current Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience (weekly from 26 January 2027)	10
SOCI4005	Researching the Social: Contemporary Debates in Sociology (weekly from 25 January 2027)	20
SOCI4069	Investigating Social Policy (weekly from 29 January 2027)	20
SOCW4008	Contemporary Issues and Debates in Social Work (weekly from 28 January 2027)	20

Find Out About Training elsewhere in the Consortium (ESRC-funded students only)

In addition to their home institution offering, ESRC-funded students will have the option to take training across the consortium. Examples include Digital Methods and Big Social Data (Warwick), Q-Methodology, A Systematic Approach for Interpretive Research Design (Birmingham); and Methodological Implications of Critical Realism (Loughborough).

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Nottingham ESRC Doctoral Training Programmes

University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 4708
email: esrc-dtc@nottingham.ac.uk

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