Postgraduate Prospectus 2013 - Swansea University

Swansea University, Singleton Park, 

Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 205678 

www.swansea.ac.uk 

Postgraduate 2013 Swansea University 

Postgraduate 2013 

Cover Location: The Sail Bridge, Swansea Marina

A proud history 

{an exciting vision} 

As a postgraduate student at Swansea 

University, you’ll be part of a vibrant 

community that thrives on exploration 

and discovery, and you’ll join researchers 

and academics who are making a real 

impact on the health, wealth, culture, 

and wellbeing of our society. 

We’ve been equipping students for 

exceptional personal and professional 

achievement since 1920. We believe 

that postgraduate study should be about 

nurturing the creativity, innovation, and 

high-level skills necessary for a successful 

knowledge economy, and that it should 

always be inspirational. 

Our collaborative research links with 

industry are among the best in the UK, 

and our long history of working closely 

with multinational organisations ensures 

that our postgraduate programmes 

equip you with practical skills that 

meet employers’ needs. Studying in a 

research-led university means that you 

will benefit from the knowledge and skills 

of internationally renowned academics, 

many of whom lead their field. 

We’re also a university with a vision with 

plans for an ambitious campus expansion 

programme that will enable us to double 

our size and provide even more facilities 

to enhance our award-winning student 

experience. 

The new Science and Innovation Campus 

will harness Swansea University’s worldleading 

research strengths and promote 

the growth of high-technology clusters of 

companies, creating a uniquely careerenhancing 

learning environment for 

students. 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 205678 


Swanseauni 

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Welcome 

The results of the Research Assessment 

Exercise 2008 showed unequivocally that 

the University is providing high-quality 

international research leadership and the 

momentum we have gained as one of the 

UK’s most ambitious, research-led universities 

has made us a natural university of choice for 

a great many talented postgraduates. 

The pace of development is continuing. Last 

year, Swansea academics received more 

than £30 million research grant income. This 

level of research activity on campus exceeds 

that of many larger universities and ensures 

a stimulating environment for postgraduate 

work. However, this has been achieved 

without sacrificing the friendly and relaxed 

atmosphere which has always characterised 

the “Swansea experience”. 

I believe that we’ve struck the right balance of 

excellent teaching and research, matched by 

a superb quality of life. I hope you’ll join us. 

Croeso 

Dangosodd ganlyniadau Ymarferiad Asesu 

Ymchwil 2008 yn glir fod y Brifysgol yn darparu 

arweinyddiaeth ymchwil rhyngwladol o ansawdd 

uchel a bod y momentwm yr ydym wedi’i ennill 

fel o brifysgolion mwyaf uchelgeisiol y DU a 

arweinir gan ymchwil wedi ein gwneud ni’n 

ddewis prifysgol naturiol i nifer fawr o 

ôl-raddedigion talentog. 

Mae datblygiad yn parhau’n gyflym. Y llynedd, 

derbyniodd academyddion Abertawe fwy na 

£30 miliwn o incwm grant ymchwil. Mae’r 

lefel yma o weithgaredd ar y campws yn fwy 

na llawer o brifysgolion mwy ac yn sicrhau 

amgylchedd sy’n ysgogi ar gyfer gwaith ôlraddedigion. 

Fodd bynnag, cyflawnwyd hyn heb 

aberthu’r awyrgylch cyfeillgar a hamddenol a 

fu bob amser yn nodwedd o “brofiad Abertawe”. 

Credaf ein bod wedi dod o hyd i’r cydbwysedd 

cywir o addysgu ac ymchwil gwych i gyd-fynd 

ag ansawdd bywyd ardderchog. Gobeithiaf y 

byddwch yn ymuno â ni. 

As a postgraduate student, you will 

be a valued member of our academic 

community. We encourage you to be 

involved in all aspects of university 

life and to help shape the challenging 

environment in which our research and 

scholarship flourishes. 

Fel myfyryiwr ôl-raddedig, byddwch 

yn aelod gwerthfawr o’n cymuned 

academaidd. Anogwn chi i gymryd rhan 

ym mhob agwedd o fywyd y brifysgol a 

helpu llunio’r amgylchedd heriol y mae ein 

hymchwil ac ysgolheictod yn ffynnu ynddo. 

Professor Richard B. Davies 

Vice-Chancellor 

Yr Athro Richard B Davies, 

Is-ganghellor 

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Welcome to Swansea 03 

Accommodation 144 

Postgraduate pathways – ICWS 156 

Maps 178 

Great Minds at Swansea 08 

Where to eat? 146 

Careers, skills and employability 158 

History and Heritage 182 

Contents 

Student life in Swansea 12 

Research at Swansea 18 

Sport at Swansea 22 

Swansea students 26 

Welfare and disability support 147 

Students’ Union 150 

Sports clubs 151 

International students – information 

and support 152 

Study and work abroad 162 

Library and information services 166 

Welsh medium opportunities 167 

Tuition Fees, scholarships and bursaries 168 

Application and admissions 176 

Alumni 183 

Courses 

Master’s Degrees 

Engineering 50 

Medicine – Graduate Entry Programme 

Research Degrees 

Engineering 110 

Politics, International Relations and 

Ageing Studies 30 

Biosciences 32 

Business Management 34 

Childhood Studies 36 

Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology 38 

Computer Science 40 

Criminal Justice and Criminology 44 

Cymraeg – Academi Hywel Teifi 46 

Economics 48 

English 54 

Geography 56 

Health Science 60 

History 66 

Law 68 

Law: Professional Legal Training 70 

Mathematics 72 

Media and Communication Studies 74 

Medicine 76 

Mb Bch (Wales) 80 


Development Studies 82 

Psychology 84 

Translation and Interpreting Studies 86 

War and Society 89 

Ageing Studies 92 

American Studies 94 

Biosciences 96 

Business Management 98 

Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology 100 

Computer Science 102 

Criminal Justice and Criminology 104 

Cymraeg – Academi Hywel Teifi 106 

Economics 108 

English 114 

Geography 116 

Health and Social Sciences 118 

History 120 

Law 122 

Mathematics 124 

Media Studies 126 

Medicine 128 

Modern Languages and Translation 132 

Physics 134 

Development Studies 136 

Psychology 138 

Sport and Exercise Science 140 


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Your journey of discovery {continues right here} 

“Postgraduate study is 

stretching me to the very best of 

my ability and I know that when 

I’ve finished I’ll have achieved 

something I can be proud of. 

” 

Claire Thomas, 

PhD Translation 

Study and live by the sea 

When you choose to continue your 

university education, you’re embarking on 

a new adventure and a career-enhancing 

experience. 

We believe that postgraduate study at 

Swansea should be an inspiring 

experience which offers great rewards. 

Our Master’s and Research programmes 

are carried out in a dynamic, challenging 

and intellectual environment with the 

support and guidance of leading 

academics. You will have opportunities to 

be part of developments in your field and 

contribute to projects that break boundaries 

and lead discovery. 

Our campus lifestyle fosters a welcoming, 

cosmopolitan community that offers 

something for everyone. Then there’s our 

location, which gives you the best of every 

world: we’re situated in rolling parkland on 

the majestic three-mile sweep of Swansea 

Bay, and within easy reach of the bustling 

city of Swansea. 

When you choose to study at Swansea 

University, you not only become part of an 

ambitious, research-led institution but you 

also benefit from living in the one of the 

UK’s most naturally beautiful regions. It’s no 

wonder many of our graduates choose to 

stay here long after their studies. 

Funding your future 

We commit to a significant investment in 

postgraduate education. In 2011 over 

£2.68 million in postgraduate scholarships 

and bursaries was made available. 

The University Master’s Scholarships 

scheme provides several scholarships 

usually worth 75% of the standard full-time 

UK/EU tuition fee for taught Master’s and 

MRes schemes across all academic 

schools. In 2012 there were 100 Master’s 

Scholarships worth £2,700 towards fees. 

Students pursuing PhD, MPhil or MRes 

studies can apply for a wide range of 

awards including, fully-funded PhD 

Studentships and Postgrad Solutions 

Bursaries. 

For full, up-to-date details of all funding 

opportunities available please visit: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/ 

postgraduate/scholarships 

See for yourself 

Seeing is believing – so why not come and 

take a closer look? Our Open Days will 

give you a feel for campus life and what 

you can expect from the Swansea 

experience. Our Open Days for 2013 

entry see below: 

Open Days: 

Wednesday 14th November 2012 

Wednesday 6th March 2013 

Tuesday 4th June 2013 

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GREAT MINDS 

Universities are more than teaching organisations: many of the 

real battles against disease, poverty and climate change are 

taking place right now in university laboratories and seminar 

rooms. 

Studying in a research-led environment means that you benefit 

from the knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm of 

internationally renowned scholars who teach on Master’s 

programmes and supervise doctoral students. 

Some of our world-class academics include: 

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1. Professor David Blackaby 

Economics 

Accomplished labour economist, working 

on econometric (multivariate) models to test 

economic theory and evaluate policy. 

Professor Blackaby’s work makes a 

substantial contribution to furthering our 

understanding of the earnings inequalities 

of ethnic minorities, women and people 

with disabilities. He is Co-Director of the 

Wales Institute of Social and Economic 

Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) 

and leader of the WISERD Advanced 

Quantitative Research Programme. 

2. Professor Huw Bowen 

History 

An internationally-renowned expert on 

the economic, imperial and maritime 

history of Britain during the eighteenth 

and nineteenth centuries, Huw is principal 

investigator on two RCUK-funded research 

projects examining the global and local 

dimensions of the Welsh copper industry. 

He is Coordinator of Cu@Swansea, a 

major heritage-led regeneration project 

funded by the Welsh Government, 

Convenor of History Research Wales and 

Co-investigator on the EPSRC-funded 

‘Bridging the Gaps’ programme. 

3. Professor Oubay Hassan 

Engineering 

Extensive experience in the development 

of computational techniques for the 

aerospace industries. He was awarded 

the MBE in January 1998 for his contribution 

to the aerodynamic design of THRUST 

SSC, the car which broke the World 

Land Speed Record. 

4. Professor Nuria 

Lorenzo-Dus 

English 

A leading expert in discourse analysis, 

media discourse and (cross-cultural) 

pragmatics, Nuria has recently concluded 

a major AHRC-funded research project on 

media communication and memory and 

is currently involved in a Spanish 

government-funded project on crosscultural 

and cross-gender communication 

with the University of Valencia. She is the 

Director of the Language Research Centre 

and Chair of the International Association 

for the Study of Spanish in Society. 

5. Professor Feng-Yu Wang 

Mathematics 

A world-leading mathematician in the field 

of Functional Inequalities and Applications. 

Awarded the National Prize of Natural 

Science (China, 1999), the Top Prize 

for Progress of Science and Technology 

(Educational Ministry of China, 1998) 

and the Top Prize of Natural Science 

(Educational Ministry of China, 2009). 

6. Professor Rodger Wood 

Psychology 

A Fellow of the British Psychological 

Society and a world authority on 

neurobehavioural disability following 

traumatic brain injury. His clinical work 

on rehabilitation after brain injury was 

recognised with a Lifetime Achievement 

Award by the Welsh Government in 

2012. 

7. Professor R. Gwynedd PARRY 

Law 

Notable legal historian whose writings 

examine law’s relationship with identity, 

language and culture. As a leading 

expositor of the concept of Welsh legal 

identity, Professor Parry’s work 

demonstrates the importance of legal 

heritage and the legal past in shaping that 

identity, informing the legal present and 

guiding the course of the legal future. An 

accomplished author in both Welsh and 

English, he is the founder and co-director 

of the Hywel Dda Research Institute. 

8. Professor Alison Pullen 

Business 

An internationally acclaimed scholar 

widely acknowledged for her cutting edge 

research into the dynamics of identity and 

gender in organisational contexts. Central 

to her work is a focus on questioning and 

changing oppressive and repressive 

workplace relations. She is a leading 

figure in management research whose 

recent projects have used feminist research 

methodologies to investigate gendered 

bullying in organisation, gendered 

identities in customer service work in the 

finance industry, and ethics, identity and 

health in the NHS. 

9. Professor Mark I. Rees 

Medicine 

Research Director of the Institute of Life 

Science, founder and Director of the 

Wales Epilepsy Research Network and 

Co-Director of Cardiovascular Research 

Group for Wales. Elected Fellow of the 

Royal College of Pathologists in 2009, 

and Honorary Fellow of the Association 

of British Neurologists. He is Chair of the 

Epilepsy Research UK Scientific Committee 

and recently was awarded a DSc from 

Swansea University for neurology 

research. 

10. Professor Rory Wilson 

Biosciences 

In 2006 Rory was awarded the Rolex 

Award for Enterprise for his creation of a 

generic animal tag, the Daily Diary that 

details the movements, behaviours and 

energy expenditures of elusive creatures 

(including man!). He leads the Swansea 

Moving Animal Research Team whose 

members use the tag to work on animals 

ranging from penguins at the poles to 

sharks on the equator. 

11. Professor Judith Phillips 

Ageing Studies 

Judith is a leading expert in Gerontology. 

She represents Wales on a number of UK 

advisory bodies and has been awarded 

over £7 million in research funding since 

2008 for work on different environments 

of ageing. 

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Swansea 

{ a breath of fresh air } 

A vibrant student city, Swansea has it all. From a thriving cultural 

and sporting scene with a premiership football club to an awesome 

night life, stunning coastal scenery to tranquil parks, and great 

shopping to the best of modern city living, Swansea is the ideal 

place to build your future. 

96% 

of our students agree that Swansea University 

is ‘a good place to be’ 

(i-graduate Student Barometer, Autumn 2011)

Out and about 

You’ll discover that Swansea and the Gower encompass the best 

of all worlds, balancing exciting city living with a natural paradise 

just a stone’s throw from your front door. Our campus sits in the midst 

of Singleton Park and Singleton Botanical Gardens, one of the four 

parks in Swansea to be awarded the 2009 “Green Flag” award. 

The University grounds themselves won the 2009 Swansea in 

Bloom Gold award. 

You’ll also be just a few footsteps from the sea… 

• our parkland campus is situated 

on the three-mile beach of 

Swansea Bay 

• the Gower Peninsula – 19 miles 

of dramatic and picturesque 

coastline – is ideal for the great 

escape when you need a break 

from lectures and the library 

• Three Cliffs Bay reached the finals 

of ITV’s “Britain’s Best View” 

• some of the UK’s best surfing 

is just around the corner 

• Worm’s Head at Rhossili voted 

“the most romantic place to see 

a sunset in the UK” by readers 

of Country Living magazine 

• clean, award-winning beaches 

– including five “Blue Flag” 

beaches – that have featured in 

national television campaigns 

A whole new world {a whole new you} 

• the fishing village of Mumbles on 

the southern tip of Swansea Bay 

is a real gem – chill out in one 

of the popular village pubs or 

sample some award-winning 

local ice-cream 

Broaden your mind 

Studying in Swansea gives you many opportunities to indulge 

your artistic and cultural side. 

At the heart of our campus is the Taliesin Arts Centre, a lively 

venue that hosts a broad programme of live drama, dance, jazz 

and world music, and cinema screenings. The Taliesin is also 

home to the Ceri Richards Gallery, which exhibits work by 

emerging and established artists, and the Egypt Centre, a 

two-storey gallery displaying over a thousand Ancient Egyptian 

objects dating back from before 3,500BC to AD500. 

If you want to venture off campus, you can: 

• visit the Dylan Thomas Centre, which hosts an annual 

Dylan Thomas Festival, regular poetry evenings and 

performances that are open to all 

• make the most of Swansea’s Grand Theatre’s Arts Wing, 

a popular comedy and jazz venue, with two exhibition areas, 

a rooftop bar and café, and a 120-seat performance space 

• explore the National Waterfront Museum, which preserves 

Wales’ rich industrial and maritime heritage, or Wales’ 

oldest museum, the Swansea Museum, which houses 

treasures from Swansea’s past 

The surrounding area is also worth 

exploring. Within just a few miles 

you’ll find: 

• Carmarthenshire – the 

“Garden of Wales” 

• “Waterfall country” – the 

Vales of Afan and Neath 

• the wild, mountainous beauty 

of the Brecon Beacons 

• countless medieval castles 

and historic monuments 

• Singleton Park houses the 

annual “Escape in the Park” 

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Cafes, culture 

{and breath-taking countryside} 

Modern and cosmopolitan with its waterfront development, 

café quarters and thriving student population, Swansea is 

also steeped in tradition, culture and character. 

Whether you’re living on or off campus, you’re always within 

easy reach of the City’s great leisure facilities and buzzing 

nightlife. Choose from a variety of pubs, clubs and bars on 

Swansea’s famous Wind Street, enjoy the atmosphere in the 

City’s £6 million leisure complex Oceana, or soak up a more 

earthy vibe in one of the many excellent live music venues 

– you’ll soon feel a part of Swansea’s social scene. 

New landmark developments, including Wales’ tallest 

building, give the place a real sense of purpose and vision, 

whilst the stunning scenery of the surrounding area means 

that you will be studying in one of the UK’s most beautiful 

locations. 

For leisure and entertainment, local venues include the LC2, 

home to the Boardrider, the world’s first deep water standing 

wave machine. The 20,000+ seat Liberty Stadium is home 

to professional football and rugby in the City, and also hosts 

major pop and rock concerts. 

And if you love film, look no further than Swansea’s 

state-of-the-art 12-screen Vue cinema and the Odeon Cinema 

complex, which also houses a ten-pin bowling alley. 

You’ll also find: 

• the City Centre and Quadrant 

shopping centre – home to a wide 

range of independent retailers and 

major high street stores. The latest 

development, a £30 million retail 

project, promises even more 

choice for shoppers 

• the Maritime Quarter – a breezy 

venue for marina scenery, sailing, 

exhibitions, pubs and places to eat 

• Swansea’s famous undercover 

market – unbeatable for fresh 

produce and local seafood 

• all the main supermarkets: Tesco, 

Co-op, Lidl and Sainsbury’s are 

closest to the University in the 

City Centre 

• nothing is too far away – there’s a 

frequent bus service, an extensive 

network of traffic-free cycle paths, 

and good coach, rail, and 

motorway connections 

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Engineering adventure 

{at 1,000mph } 

Dr Ben Evans is CFD modeller on the 

BLOODHOUND project. He is studying 

the car’s aerodynamics to understand 

how it will behave. 

His computational models have influenced 

BLOODHOUND’s design, including its 

front wheel configuration, the shape of 

the nose, and the jet engine intake. 

The CFD modelling continues to be one 

of the dominant tools used to develop 

the surface geometry of BLOODHOUND. 

The BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car (SSC) aims 

to increase the current land speed record by over 

30% to 1000mph by 2013. The five-year science 

and engineering adventure is the vision of current 

land speed record holders Sir Richard Noble 

and Wing Commander Andy Green, whose 

THRUST SSC took the record to 763mph. 

Swansea University’s primary role in the 

BLOODHOUND project has been the development 

of the pioneering Computational Fluid Dynamics 

(CFD) technology used to aerodynamically design 

the THRUST SSC. That CFD technology has since 

been further refined and customised to address 

BLOODHOUND SSC’s ambitious and specific 

challenges in science, engineering and maths. 

www.bloodhoundssc.com 

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Leading the way 

{ driving potential } 

Swansea University’s researchers are pushing back the boundaries of 

scientific and academic thought – undertaking research that has global 

significance, and which touches every aspect of society, from culture, climate 

change, and business, to engineering, science, health and well-being. 

Many of our researchers are recognised internationally for their contributions 

to their field. We are particularly proud of our productive collaborative links 

with industry, which are amongst the best in the UK. 

www.swansea.ac.uk/research 

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Predicting Sea 

Level Rises 

Swansea’ Glaciologists are working on a 

five-year, Leverhulme Trust-funded initiative to 

investigate the future stability of the Greenland 

ice sheet. The key outcome of the Greenland 

Ice Margin Prediction, Stability and Evolution 

(GLIMPSE) project will be better predictions in 

the rate of future sea level rise. 

The lack of understanding of how Greenland’s 

outlet glaciers are changing means that 

models will consistently under-predict the rate 

of sea-level rise from Greenland. The GLIMPSE 

project will help ensure these models make 

better predictions of the Greenland ice 

sheet’s future. 

Low Cost Biomedical Sensors 

Swansea researchers are using the latest 

printing technologies to develop a low 

cost biosensor capable of diagnosing a 

range of health conditions. The project 

aim is to place living antibodies into a 

suitable ink which would then be printed 

onto a compatible substrate or material 

to form a disposable sensor that can be 

mass produced at low cost. 

A printed array of antibodies will speed 

up the testing process while reducing the 

expertise and complexity of equipment 

needed – introducing the possibility of 

hand held electronic scanners and far 

quicker diagnosis. It allows this aspect 

of patient care to be moved from 

hospital or laboratory to the GP surgery, 

releasing expensive hospital resources 

for other activities. It could also prove 

invaluable for use in emergency 

humanitarian situations and in remote 

areas. 

The Richard Burton 

Centre for the Study 

of Wales 

The Centre takes its name from the 

renowned stage actor and film star. In 

2005 Richard Burton’s personal papers 

were deposited in Swansea University, 

and form a central part of the new 

Richard Burton Archive facility, which 

opened in April 2010. 

The Centre recognises and respects the 

ways in which Wales can be regarded, 

understood and valued, whilst also 

placing Wales within global contexts and 

debates to seek out appropriate 

comparative frameworks through which 

the Welsh experience may be clarified. 

Revealing secrets of 

the universe 

Physicists at Swansea are part of a 

team which has made a major research 

breakthrough: the first direct measurement 

of any kind on a pure antimatter atom. 

The team, made up of scientists from 

eight countries, were working on the 

ALPHA experiment at CERN, the 

European Organisation for Nuclear 

Research in Geneva. They were 

examining antihydrogen atoms – the 

antimatter counterpart of the simplest 

atom, hydrogen. By precise comparisons 

of hydrogen and antihydrogen, the 

ALPHA team hope to study fundamental 

symmetries between matter and 

antimatter and cast light on the puzzling 

absence of bulk antimatter in the 

universe today. 

Hywel Dda 

Research Institute 

The School of Law’s new Hywel Dda 

Research Institute provides intellectual 

leadership and direction for research 

that falls under the broad heading of 

‘Legal Wales’, the process whereby the 

legal system in Wales has acquired its 

own distinctive legal identity in response 

to constitutional change and devolution. 

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“Great migrations” 

The groundbreaking National Geographic 

Channel series chronicling epic animal 

migration was made possible through the 

expertise of a team of researchers at the 

University. Filming for the series involved 

using some of the Swansea Smart Tag 

Group’s revolutionary electronic logging 

tags, to track and analyse the behaviour of 

marine animals – including elephant seals, 

penguins, cormorants, whales, and sharks 

– around the globe. 

Innovative Ageing 

The Centre for Innovative Ageing is an 

interdisciplinary centre with a growing 

international reputation for its 

excellence in ageing research and 

training. The Centre provides a focus 

for ageing research across the 

Colleges of Human and Health 

Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. 

It is also home to the Older People 

and Ageing Research and 

Development Network, and the Wales 

Stroke Research Interest Group, and 

has strong links with the Wales 

Dementias and, Neurodegenerative 

Diseases Research Network. 

The Centre’s work is targeted at 

identifying gaps in ageing research 

and generating new interdisciplinary 

knowledge. 

www.swansea.ac.uk/research 

Exploring the origins 

of industry 

Changing face of algae 

Swansea scientists are involved in research into the cause of an abundance of harmful algal blooms in the North Atlantic and North Sea. 

The dramatic changes are akin to a garden’s bushes being replaced by grass, with a switch in the prevalence of dinoflagellates to 

diatoms – two groups which include many of the microscopic planktonic plants forming the base of the ocean’s food chain. The findings 

have shown that the changes are partly driven by increases in water temperature, a well known factor of global warming, but also of an 

increase in the windiness in the North Atlantic over the last 50 years. This windiness has profound impacts on surface nutrient levels and 

the vertical distribution of plankton. 

Swansea University and the City 

and County of Swansea have been 

awarded funding by Cadw Welsh 

Government to investigate how 

Swansea became a Mecca of 

industry through copper mining. The 

Cu@Swansea regeneration project is 

undertaking first phase work on the 

site of the former Hafod-Morfa Copper 

works in the Lower Swansea Valley. 

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The Artificial Lung 

A collaborative two-year project between Swansea 

University’s College of Engineering and industry is helping 

to develop respiratory aids that mimic the performance of 

healthy lungs. 

The project will allow immobile patients with lung disease 

to enjoy a better quality of life. The work builds on the 

collaboration between the University and the Abertawe Bro 

Morgannwg University Health Board, which has established 

Swansea as a major centre in the understanding of blood 

and its properties. Supported by the Welsh Government, the 

project aims to develop a prototype small-scale respiratory 

aid, which is capable of regulating blood oxygenation and 

carbon dioxide removal, in response to patients’ different 

metabolic requirements. 

The project runs parallel to the Global 

and Local Worlds of Welsh Copper 

project funded by the Economic and 

Social Research Centre (ESRC) which 

is enabling Swansea University and its 

partners to raise awareness of Wales’ 

internationally famed Welsh copper 

industry. 

Skeletons from the deep – the lives of Henry 

VIII’s archers 

A research project on remains from Henry VIII’s sunken flagship, the Mary Rose, is 

revealing fascinating detail about the lives of those lost on board, thanks to 21st 

Century technology. The warship, which sunk in 1545, was raised from the Solent 

in 1982 and 92 fairly complete skeletons were amongst the remains recovered. It 

is documented that there was a company of archers aboard when the ship sank, 

at a time when many archers came from Wales and the South West of England. 

Sports Scientists from the College of Engineering are basing their research on the 

biomechanical analysis of the skeletons to examine how a lifetime of using 

longbows can affect the musculoskeletal system. 

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“I’ve been really involved while I’ve 

been at Swansea in the sailing team and 

it’s been great to be able to do a lot of 

extra curricular activities. 

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For students who take their sport 

seriously, it’s always refreshing to 

find a university that shares their 

commitment and ambitions. But 

we’re just as serious about 

promoting sport for all – 

whatever your level. 

A True 

Sporting 

University 

www.swansea.ac.uk/sport/varsity 

Sports Village 

Julie, MRes Computing and 

Future Interaction Technologies 

• Wales National Pool Swansea – a 50-metre 

pooland 25-metre “warm-up” pool 

“Varsity is always a massive 

fixture attracting superb support 

from University students and alumni. 

Swansea’s successful record to date 

shows the passion and preparation 

that the University shows at each 

Varsity fixture. 

” 

Alun-Wyn Jones, Wales and Ospreys 

Rugby, and Swansea graduate 

Sporting Excellence 

The University is building a reputation as a 

natural centre for sporting excellence, and 

our facilities will be instrumental in helping 

athletes to achieve their dreams at the 

London 2012 Olympics, and beyond. 

Many Olympic, Paralympic, 

Commonwealth and World Championship 

athletes have studied at Swansea 

University. Some have been products of our 

undergraduate “Elite Athletes” scholarship 

scheme; others have enhanced their 

potential as a result of the competitive and 

supportive environment here in Swansea. 

Beach and 

Watersports 

Located on the foreshore, at the very 

heart of Swansea Bay, 360 Beach 

and Watersports is a brand new 

facility offering a variety of sporting 

activities and training opportunities 

including kite surfing, paddle 

boarding, kayaking, beach volley 

ball and more. This, together with the 

Wales National Pool and our coastal 

environment, means Swansea has 

one the best water sports offerings of 

any British University. 

Varsity 

The Welsh Varsity Challenge is the biggest 

student event in Wales, and is the second 

largest of the British Varsity Games, 

behind the Oxford/Cambridge game. 

Varsity sees Swansea and Cardiff 

Universities competing in over 20 

different sports, from basketball, rowing, 

golf, and hockey to fencing, squash, and 

Ultimate Frisbee. The competition culminates 

in the showpiece rugby match, which in 2012 

took place in front of a crowd of 14,000 at the 

home of Welsh rugby, the Millennium Stadium 

in Cardiff. 

Many students have gone on to represent and gain 

contracts with semi-professional and professional 

clubs on the back of great performances in the 

Welsh Varsity Match. Previous teams fielded by 

Swansea University have included Welsh 

internationals Alun-Wyn Jones, Richie Pugh and 

Dwayne Peel. To date, Swansea has won ten of the 

sixteen Varsity rugby matches, drawing once. 

www.welshvarsity.com 

• fully equipped UniGym withover 80 fitness stations 

• indoor training centre 

• climbing wall 

• physiotherapy suite and sports massage facilities 

• multipurpose sports hall 

• rugby pitches 

• football pitches 

• cricket squares 

• tennis courts 

• all-weather pitches 

• five-a-side courts 

• lacrosse pitch 

• eight-lane athletics trackght-lane athletics track 

22 

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{Sport} 

set your goals 

Our sporting alumni include: 

• Daniel Caines 

– Athletics, GB (Olympics) 

• Jo Crerar 

– Lacrosse, England 

• Adrian Dale 

– Cricket, England 

• Martyn Davies 

– Swimming, Wales (CG) 

• Tim Dolton 

– Sailing (Global Challenge) 

• Tim Dykes 

– Golf, Wales 

• Steven Evans 


• Renee Godfrey 

– Surfing 

• Victoria Hale 


• Emma James 

– Hockey, Wales (CG) 

• Alun-Wyn Jones 

– Rugby, Wales and GB 

• Daniel Jones 

– Hockey, Wales 

• Robert Howley 

– Rugby, Wales and GB 

• Katherine Lenaghan 

– Rugby, Welsh Ladies 

• Katrina Lowe 

– Karate, England 

• Sarah Powtle – Hockey, 

Wales (CG) 

• Phillipa Roles 

– Athletics, GB (Olympics) 

• Paul Thorburn 

– Rugby, Wales 

• Stephanie Watson 

– Swimming, Scotland (CG) 

London 2012 - Swansea University had four 

student athletes and two alumni athletes competing 

in the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

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“I moved to Swansea for the degree programme as much as 

for the facilities, but of course it was ideal to be so close to the Wales 

National Pool Swansea. The University was really supportive in 

helping me to balance my studies with training and competing. 

” 

Swimmer Liz Johnson struck Gold at the Paralympic Games 

in Beijing. She graduated from Swansea in Business Management 

and Finance in 2007. 

(CG) – Commonwealth Games 

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Mithileysh, 

MRes Communication Systems 

Andrew, 

MSc Marketing 

“ 

The MBA at Swansea 

University was very relevant 

to current work practices all 

over the world. Most of my 

friends have been promoted 

going back to their different 

countries. 

” 

Linda, 

PhD Business Studies 

“ 

My supervisor has been 

absolutely brilliant, he has been 

guiding me and motivating me a lot 

in my research programme. 

” 

“ 

In terms of the campus itself, it’s a 

brilliant location. It’s right next to the beach, 

the city is nearby, the resources are brilliant, 

you can’t complain! 

” 

“ 

The staff were fantastic, they helped make 

the best of my time, it really encouraged me 

to come back and I have now enrolled on and 

started a PhD in Health. Studying these courses 

has given me the confidence and the knowledge 

to push the boundaries of my practice. 

” 

“ 

I chose to study at Swansea 

because it offered the best Master’s 

programme and I even enjoyed 

writing my dissertation with all the 

help from the staff. 

” 

“ 

I now work at Zurich 

Financial.... and I believe 

that the skills and knowledge 

I learnt at Swansea really 

helped give me the edge over 

other candidates. 

” 

Victoria, 

MSc Finance 

Nigel, 

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice 

Kate, 

MA English 

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MASTER’S DEGREES 

Master’s degrees are academically 

more demanding than undergraduate 

programmes. They require a higher 

level of self-directed learning and are 

awarded to students who demonstrate 

advanced understanding of a particular 

subject. Master’s degrees are delivered 

through a combination of taught modules 

and assessed coursework, and there is 

an expectation that students will 

complete an in-depth research project 

or dissertation. 

Master’s programmes are generally 

modular in structure, meaning that 

students follow a series of taught modules 

worth a total of 180 credits. 120 credits 

are gained from taught modules during 

Part One of the degree, and 60 credits 

from the dissertation (Part Two). All 

candidates must complete Part One 

before being allowed to progress to 

Part Two. 

Master’s programmes generally include 

research and methodology skills courses 

and specific departmental training 

courses, which are essential for students 

at Master’s level and those wishing to go 

onto higher degrees. Additional 

specialised training courses are also 

available during the academic year. 

Some Master’s programmes offer 

Postgraduate Diplomas and Postgraduate 

Certificates as exit qualifications. 

To qualify for a Postgraduate Diploma, 

students must pursue 120 credits, or 60 

credits for a Postgraduate Certificate (please 

note that not all programmes offer this exit 

qualification). Specific regulations apply. 

Choosing a Master’s programme 

The University offers a range of Master’s 

degrees, including the MA, MSc, LLM 

and MBA. 

Students can pursue postgraduate courses 

in the same subject as their undergraduate 

degree or, in many cases, outside it. 

Many of the University’s postgraduate 

courses are multidisciplinary in nature, 

allowing students to cross boundaries 

between traditional subject areas and to 

follow courses outside their first degree 

subject. 

In addition, conversion-style courses – 

available in Law, Business, Computer 

Science and Engineering – are open to 

graduates of any subject. 

MA/MSc/LLM by Research: 

Typically one year full-time, two to three 

years part-time. This is an individual 

research project written up into a thesis 

of 30,000 words. 

Is a Master’s degree right for me? 

Yes, if you want to: 

• Prepare for a research degree 

• Acquire new and specialised skills 

• Enhance your career prospects 

• Develop your subject knowledge of 

your first degree subject 

• Study an entirely new subject. 

Can I study part-time? 

Master’s, Postgraduate Diplomas and 

Postgraduate Certificates can normally be 

studied on a full-time or part-time basis in 

a wide variety of subject areas. You are 

encouraged to contact the academic 

department in question before applying. 

The part-time study option is not normally 

applicable to international students. 

For details of the University’s range of 

research degrees, please see pages 

90 – 141. 

MASTER’S DEGREES – INDEX 

30 Ageing Studies 

32 Biosciences 

34 Business Management 

36 Childhood Studies 

38 Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology 

40 Computer Science 

44 Criminal Justice and Criminology 

46 Cymraeg – Academi Hywel Teifi 

48 Economics 

50 Engineering 

54 English 

56 Geography 

60 Health Science 

66 History 

68 Law 

70 Law: Professional Legal Training 

72 Mathematics 

74 Media and Communication Studies 

76 Medicine 

80 Medicine – Graduate Entry Programme Mb Bch (Wales) 

82 Politics, International Relations and Development Studies 

84 Psychology 

86 Translation and Interpreting Studies 

89 War and Society 

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Entry requirements 

Applicants holding, or expecting to 

achieve an Honours degree 

(2.2 or above) will be considered. 

Candidates with non-standard entry 

qualifications are encouraged to apply 

and may be admitted on the basis of 

relevant work experience or professional 

qualifications with requisite approval. Two 

years employment experience in local 

authorities, health, private and voluntary 

organisations and industry will be 

considered as relevant. 

Population ageing is an issue that will 

dominate the twenty-first century. It is 

unprecedented and profound and will 

have an enduring effect across the globe. 

Changes in the population structure will 

touch all aspects of life, from family 

composition and living arrangements, 

to social support, economic activity, and 

social security, as well as the consumption 

of goods and leisure activity. 

This degree will: 

• equip you with the skills necessary for 

a rewarding career working with older 

people, and managing and delivering 

services for an older population 

• help you to gain transferable skills, 

including team working, communication, 

presentation, and analytical skills 

• prepare you for a research degree. 

English Language requirement: 

IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each 

component) or Swansea University 

recognised equivalent. 

Assessment 

The Master’s degree is available by 

assessed coursework and a dissertation 

of around 20,000 words. The dissertation 

may be based on a literature review or 

empirically grounded research. 

MSc in Ageing Studies 

This programme acknowledges that 

ageing is accompanied by biological 

changes, but takes a holistic approach to 

ageing. It shifts the central focus from the 

medical model of ageing, to one that 

encompasses a range of disciplines, 

viewing the process as a positive 

experience. 

The staff delivering the course have 

connections to policy makers that are 

unparalleled in other parts of the UK. The 

course is also exceptional in its 

acknowledgment of differences in policy 

between the devolved countries of the UK, 

and in the global context. 

Scholarships and Bursaries 

A range of postgraduate scholarships and 

bursaries is available. 

For details, please visit 

www.swansea.ac.uk/scholarships/ 

Postgraduate 

Compulsory Modules 

• Population Ageing and Policy: 

An Introduction 

• Perspectives on Ageing 

• Foundations in Research 

• Health and Ageing 

Optional Modules* 

• Policies and Practices for an 

Ageing Population 

• Critical Practice with Older People 

• Environment and Ageing 

• Older People, Citizenship 

and Participation 

* We reserve the right to withdraw 

optional modules 

How can I find out more? 

Visit our website: 


humanandhealthsciences/ 

postgraduate/taughtmasters 

Contact the Admissions Tutor: 

Dr. Sarah Hillcoat-Nallétamby, 

Centre for Innovative Ageing 

Email: s.hillcoat-nalletamby@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: + 44 (0)1792 295783 

How the degree is structured 

The programme is comprised of six 

modules and a dissertation. Each module 

provides the opportunity to examine 

cutting-edge debates and issues on 

ageing in an international context. 

The programme is offered on a full-time 

or part-time basis. Full-time students attend 

lectures one day per week and will 

normally complete six modules and submit 

their dissertation by the end of the first 

year. Part-time students normally take two 

years to complete six modules, and a 

further year to complete the dissertation. 

Visit the University: 

see page 174 for details 

Applications can be made online at: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/applyonline 

– see pages 176 – 177 for further 

information 

For details of research degrees 

available in Ageing Studies, please see 

page 92. 

“The most enjoyable part of the course was having access to such 

a wide variety of specialist speakers. Video conferencing facilities 

enable students to discuss issues in such places as Ireland and India. 

This global perspective was fascinating and enabled a more critical 

view of more local issues. 

I would definitely recommend Swansea University to other students, 

particularly the MSc in Ageing Studies course. In fact, I have already 

persuaded a colleague to enrol in the course next year! Apart from 

the practical benefits, such as a well stocked library, numerous coffee 

shops and the beautiful location, Swansea University is staffed with a 

variety of expert and helpful people, committed to the development of 

students. 

” 

Robert Workman, 

MSc Ageing Studies 

Master’s Degrees – Ageing Studies 

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Biosciences 


A 2.2 degree is normally required for the 

MSc programme, and a 2.1 degree for 

the MRes programmes. 



component and 6.0 in writing) or 

Swansea University recognised equivalent. 



bursaries is available. For details, please 

visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/scholarships/ 


The diverse habitats available locally set 

Swansea apart for study and research. 

These habitats are located on the nearby 

Gower Peninsula (a site of Special 

Scientific Interest, and the UK’s first Area 

of Outstanding Natural Beauty), in the 

Swansea Valley and further afield in the 

Brecon Beacons National Park and 

Pembrokeshire. 

How the degrees are structured 

MSc programmes are modular in structure. 

Students must obtain a total of 180 credits 

to qualify for the degree. This is made up 

of 120 credits in Part One (the taught 

element) and a project (Part Two) which is 

worth 60 credits and culminates in a 

research project/dissertation. Students 

must successfully complete Part One before 

being allowed to progress to Part Two. 

MRes programmes consist of 180 credits: 

60 credits for taught components and 120 

credits for the research project dissertation. 

The Department houses the £2 million 

Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research 

(CSAR). Operating from state-of-the-art 

controlled environment facilities, the CSAR 

team carries out research and 

technological development, training and 

advice on behalf of commercial farmers/ 

aquaculture service providers, funding 

agencies and governmental institutions, in 

the UK and internationally. Equipped with 

modern, fully programmable recirculating 

aquaculture systems, CSAR is designed for 

applied research on a diverse range of 

aquatic organisms, from temperate to 

tropical and marine to freshwater 

environments. In addition to its own top 

quality experimental facilities, CSAR has 

direct access to comprehensive expertise 

and laboratories across the Swansea 

University campus, encompassing 

biochemistry, molecular biology, 

physiology, histo-pathology, water 

chemistry, systems engineering, bioprocessing 

technologies and complex 

fluids processing. 

Areas of specialty include: nutritional 

requirements and feed formulation/ 

evaluation for farmed fish and shellfish; 

crustacean applied immunology and 

health management; microalgal 

biotechnology; water quality control and 

biosecurity management in recirculating 

aquaculture systems; and bioremediation 

and valorisation of aquaculture effluents. 

As well as offering applied research 

services from its Swansea University base, 

the CSAR team provides information and 

advice to industry and governments. 

Recent examples include developing the 

aquaculture section of the Wales Fisheries 

Strategy (2008) and its associated 

Implementation Plan, and formation of the 

Welsh Aquaculture Producers’ Association 

(WAPA). 

Education and training activities at CSAR 

include hosting a vibrant research 

studentship (PhD) programme, supervising 

MSc and MRes research projects, 

vocational training for undergraduate and 

postgraduate students and tailored training 

courses for industry and public institution 

personnel. 

For full details of the modules available, 

please visit the website. 

The Department benefits from an extensive 

range of modern analytical equipment, 

specialised culture facilities for a range of 

organisms, and a custom designed 12.5m 

coastal research vessel, the RV Noctiluca. 

Assessment 

The taught Master’s and MRes degrees 

are assessed through a combination of 

examinations, coursework and a 

dissertation or research project. 

Together with the Department of 

Geography, the Department of 

Biosciences forms the multidisciplinary 

Institute for Environmental Sustainability to 

provide additional research facilities of 

relevance to pure and applied 

environmental research. 

We offer one MSc and two MRes 

programmes which equip students with 

skills relevant for a rewarding career in a 

range of diverse fields, including 

sustainable aquaculture and fisheries, 

aquatic ecology, conservation biology 

and natural resource management. Our 

comprehensive programme also helps 

students gain transferable skills, including 

team working, communication, 

presentation, and analytical skills. 

MSc Environmental Biology: Conservation 

and Resource Management 

This course emphasises the relationships 

between living organisms and the terrestrial, 

freshwater and marine environments, as 

well as the interactions that result from 

natural and anthropogenic processes. 

Advanced training is offered in the 

interpretation of local and global 

environmental issues, field and theoretical 

aspects of biology and ecology, and in 

analytical techniques. 



www.swansea.ac.uk/biosci 

Contact the Postgraduate 

Recruitment Officer: 

Tel: + 44 (0)1792 295142 



Modules include: 

• Science skills and research methods 

• Conservation of aquatic resources 

• Scientific literature review 

• Ecosystems 

• Remote sensing of the changing 

environment 

• Environmental Impact Assessment 

Visiting external experts deliver selected 

materials, and students also benefit from 

visits and field work to off-site locations 

(for example, local artificial wetlands). 

MRes programmes 

In addition to the taught Master’s 

programme, the Department offers two 

one-year research Master’s degrees. They 

consist of one-third taught material and 

two-thirds research. 

MRes Aquatic Ecology and Conservation 

This MRes offers research training in the 

fields of aquatic ecology and conservation. 

Processes in the aquatic environment differ 

in key areas from those in the terrestrial 

environment, and this course aims to 

provide students with the practical skills to 

enable them to carry out a piece of 

scientific research on the ecological issues 

underpinning the conservation and 

management of aquatic ecosystems. 

Recent European, national and regional 




information 

For details of the research degrees 

available in Biosciences please see 

page 96. 

legislation have reinforced the need to 

develop frameworks for the sustainable 

use of water and the wider aquatic 

environment. The course will furnish 

students with the ability to engage in a 

piece of independent research leading to 

a dissertation written as a scientific paper. 





The course will appeal to graduates who 

want to engage in aquatic ecology 

research. It offers an excellent one year 

platform for students wishing to pursue a 

PhD at a later stage. 

MRes Sustainable Aquaculture 

and Fisheries 

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing 

food production sectors worldwide, 

providing food for millions of people and 

constituting an essential source of income 

for many rural economies. The large scale 

and rapid growth rate of the aquaculture 

sector is inevitably accompanied by 

sustainability challenges. Some farming 

practices lead to the depletion of natural 

resources and, significant negative impact 

aquatic ecosystems. 

This MRes offers research training in the 

fields of sustainable aquaculture and 

fisheries. The programme specifically 

focuses on the interface between 

aquaculture and fisheries and the 

sustainability issues surrounding the 

exploitation of aquatic resources. The 

course will furnish students with the ability 

to engage on a piece of independent 

research leading to a dissertation written 

as a scientific research paper. Students 

benefit from access to the University’s fully 

resourced, state-of-the-art Centre for 

Sustainable Aquatic Research, and from 

the position of the University at the cutting 

edge of aquatic biology research. 





This course will appeal to graduates who 

want to engage in aquaculture and 

fisheries research. It offers an excellent 

one-year platform for students wishing to 

pursue a PhD at a later stage. 

Master’s Degrees – Biosciences 

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Business Management 

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MBA: you will need at least a 2.2 degree 

or equivalent and be able to demonstrate 

an ability to benefit from, and contribute 

to, the programme. Candidates from a 

range of work experience backgrounds 

are welcome to apply and each 

application will be considered on its 

merits. The majority of MBA students hold 

at least two year’s work experience, 

although this is not compulsory. 

Masters in Management: you will need at 

least a 2.2 degree, or equivalent in a 

non-business subject. Work experience is 

not required. 

Management is about making decisions 

and getting the most from people at all 

levels in all types of organisations. It is 

interdisciplinary: social, environmental, 

psychological, economic, and technical 

factors play important roles. 

Business Management at Swansea 

provides a core of taught Master’s courses 

that offer an academically rewarding 

experience and an excellent foundation for 

a wide range of careers. The Business 

School has been accredited by 

professional bodies, including: 

• The Chartered Institute of Marketing 

(CIM) 

• The Chartered Institute of Management 

Accountants (CIMA) 

• The Association of Chartered Certified 

Accountants (ACCA) 

These degrees will: 

• equip you with skills relevant for a 

rewarding management career in 

sectors such as retail, manufacturing, 

finance, accounting, and the public 

sector 




• prepare you for a research degree 

MSc in Marketing, MSc in Finance and 

MSc in International Banking and Finance: 

you will need at least a 2.2 degree or 

equivalent in a related subject. Work 

experience is not required. 


IELTS 6.5 (minimum of 6.0 in each 


recognised equivalent. For international 

students, alternative pathways into the 

MSc Management, MSc Finance, and 

MSc International Banking and Finance 

are available via our partner, International 

College Wales Swansea. For information 

see: www.icws.navitas.com 

MBA 

For candidates seeking to accelerate their 

career in management, the MBA provides 

a comprehensive set of skills and an 

in-depth knowledge of the principal 

managerial disciplines. 

The full-time MBA at Swansea University is 

a twelve-month programme. Part One, 

from October to May, consists of two 

semesters covering the following modules: 

• Managing Finance 

• Managing People 

• Managing Markets 

• Managing Processes 

• Management Skills 

• Strategic Case Analyses 

• Report Preparation 

• Two Elective Modules 

The two elective modules are selected 

from options which may include: 

• Corporate Responsibility and Business 

Ethics 

• E-Business 

• Financial Markets and Institutions 

• Financial Derivatives and Risk 

Management 

• International Management 

• Leadership 

• Cultures and Organisations 

• Consumer Behaviour 

• Management of International Finance 


Each of the taught Master’s programmes 

combines academic excellence with a 

practice-oriented perspective, ensuring 

that content is both intellectually 

demanding and relevant to the practical 

world of management. 

Assessment 

The taught Master’s degrees are assessed 

by means of coursework and/or 

examinations completed for each module, 

and a project/dissertation of up to 

20,000 words. 

Part Two, a management project, starts in 

July. The project enables students to 

develop, integrate and apply the 

concepts, skills and techniques acquired 

during the MBA programme to address a 

management problem or issue. The report 

allows students to focus their analysis on a 

company or organisation. The Business 

School is actively engaged in a number of 

collaborative projects with the business 

community and encourages students to 

capitalise on its extensive network of 

partner companies and organisations. 

MSc Management Programmes 

• MSc Management 

• MSc Management (HRM) 

• MSc Management (International 

Management) 

• MSc Management (International 

Standards) 

• MSc Management (Marketing) 

• MSc Management (Finance) 

All six Masters in Management degrees 

are intensive, twelve-month, generalist 

management programmes that have been 

designed primarily to meet the needs of 

graduates who have not previously 

specialised in Business Management. 

The programmes develop a sound 

understanding of a broad range of 

management disciplines, enhance 




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employability, and equip graduates with 

a sound knowledge and understanding of 

the key theories and current topics within 

their chosen field. Each of the 

programmes covers the main business 

and management subjects and allows 

students to focus on a specific area (such 

as HRM, marketing, finance, international 

management, or international standards), 

or to continue studying the main general 

areas of management in more depth. 

MSc Marketing 

The MSc Marketing is a twelve-month, 

full-time CIM accredited programme that 

has been designed for Business and 

Management (or related) graduates. 

Taught by experienced marketing 

professionals with a wealth of industry 

experience, this programme combines the 

academic theory of marketing with a 

practical perspective that closely reflects 

true to life marketing issues and situations, 

facilitating a sound understanding of 

marketing. The programme will extend 

students’ existing knowledge, whether 

from previous study or practical 

experience, and has a proven track 

record of enhancing employability. 



www.swansea.ac.uk/business 

Contact the Postgraduate Office: 

Email: sbe.pg@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 606862 

MSc Finance 

The MSc Finance is a twelve-month, 

full-time programme that has been 

designed for Business and Management 

(or related) graduates or those with a 

strong quantitative background, who are 

seeking a specialist programme to enable 

an accelerated start to a career in finance. 

The programme combines the academic 

theory of finance with a strong practical 

perspective closely related to the world of 

finance, facilitating a sound understanding 

of finance and associated areas. The 

programme will extend students’ existing 

knowledge, whether from previous study 

or practical experience, and has 

consistently produced successful, 

high-achieving graduates. 

MSc International Banking and Finance 

The MSc International Banking and 

Finance is a twelve-month, full-time 

programme aimed at Business or 

Management graduates (or those with 

appropriate and relevant work experience) 

who wish to acquire a solid foundation in 

international banking and finance which 

will equip them for careers in banking, 

trading or financial analysis. 






information 


available in Business Management, 

please see page 98. 

Graduates of this programme will develop 

an advanced understanding of the 

principles and techniques of international 

finance, development, trade and banking, 

a knowledge of the activities of financial 

markets and financial institutions in 

advanced and emerging economies, 

and an appreciation of the role of risk 

management in complex organisations. 

Facilities 

Postgraduate students have access to 

dedicated IT facilities within both the 

University’s Library and Information Centre 

and the Business School: The School has 

extensive PC and multi-user computer 

facilities which give students access to 

a wide range of software including the 

latest Microsoft packages, statistical 

packages such as SPSS and SAS, and 

a range of specialist Business and 

Economics software including Nvivo, 

EViews, STATA and Datastream. 

Additional software and support is 

available through the University’s central 

Information Services and Systems (ISS). 

This includes a comprehensive digital 

library of resources which includes iFind 

Research, official publications and 

journals, library catalogues, Athens and 

a comprehensive online reference 

collection. 

Master’s Degrees – Business Management 

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Childhood Studies 


Applicants will be required to undergo a 

Criminal Records Bureau/police check. 

A 2:1 degree in a cognate discipline is 

requested on entry, although applicants 

who have extensive experience of working 

within a related field can apply via the 

non-graduate route. 


IELTS 6.5 or Swansea University 

recognised equivalent 

The College of Human and Health 

Sciences is committed to providing a 

genuinely interdisciplinary approach to 

the study of children and childhood. Our 

Academic team have expertise within the 

fields of education, psychology, sociology, 

health and social care. 

We currently offer two taught Master’s 

programmes, the MA in Childhood Studies 

and the MA in Developmental and 

Therapeutic Play. 

Both courses attract students from a variety 

of backgrounds, for example health, 

education, children’s services and social 

work professionals, as well as new 

graduates of cognate disciplines. 


• provide you with a solid foundation for 

a rewarding career working with 

children and young people or enhance 

the repertoire of skills relevant to your 

current role 




• prepare you for a research degree or 

further professional training. 




visit; www.swansea.ac.uk/scholarships/ 

Postgraduate. 


Each of the taught Master’s programmes 

combines academic excellence with a 

practice-oriented perspective, ensuring 

that content is both intellectually 

demanding and relevant to the practical 

world of working with children. The 

degrees are generally comprised of a 

range of compulsory and optional 

modules and a research project/ 

MA Childhood Studies 

Childhood Studies is a multidisciplinary 

postgraduate programme which involves 

exploring how children develop from birth, 

how they begin to learn and think for 

themselves, and how their development is 

influenced by their families and the 

communities in which they live. It explores 

topics from broad historical, psychological, 

and sociological perspectives. This course 

will appeal to all students who wish to 

develop their careers working with 

children from birth through to eighteen. 

The programme covers a broad range of 

issues and encourages students to critically 

reflect on their practice, addressing theory 

and research specific to their own interests. 

Compulsory modules include: 

• Children’s Rights and Safeguarding 

• Researching Childhood 

• Understanding and Observing Child 

Development 

• Child Health 

Optional modules include: 

• Perspectives on Play 

• Therapeutic Work with Children 

• Advanced Practice with Children 

• The Montessori Method within 

Contemporary Early Years Practice 

• Thesis 

dissertation, which provides the opportunity 

to explore in depth an area of particular 

interest. 

Assessment 

The taught Master’s degrees are assessed 

by means of coursework completed for 

each module (which might include essays, 

presentations and practical portfolios), and 

a dissertation of approximately 20,000 

words. 

MA Developmental and Therapeutic Play 

Play is integral to a range of children’s 

services. This scheme offers an exciting 

opportunity to study children’s play at an 

advanced academic level, combining 

demanding intellectual work with fieldwork 

experience and sophisticated reflection. 

The aim of the course is to deepen 

understanding about the developmental 

and therapeutic potential of play across 

a range of contexts and to facilitate the 

development of professional skills that can 

strengthen and broaden children’s 

repertoire of play behaviours. The focus 

is on ensuring that environments and 

interactions maximise the inherent value 

of play, and on being able to identify 

when further assistance may be required. 

The course focuses on children’s growing 

ability to play, as well as development 

through play and variation in children’s 

play. 

Graduates of the MA in Developmental 

and Therapeutic Play have gained 

employment in a range of interesting 

contexts. Positions have included work 

with domestic violence teams, the prison 

service, teaching and behavioural support 

work and counselling services. Some have 

also set up their own businesses, are 

pursuing research degrees or further 

clinical training. It attracts professionals 




humanandhealthsciences 

Contact the Admissions Tutors: 

Dr. Justine Howard 

Email: j.l.howard@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602830 

from a wide range of contexts as well as 

new graduates wishing to pursue careers 

in children’s services. 


• Play Theory and Practice 

• Therapeutic Work with Children 

• Perspectives on Play 

• Understanding and Observing Child 

Development 

• Research Methods 

• Thesis 

The MA Developmental and 

Therapeutic Play can also be studied 

at PgCert or PgDip level. 

Dawn Alderson 

Email: d.a.alderson@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 518695 

Susan Williams 

Programme Administrator 

Email: susan.r.williams@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0) 1792 518697 






information 

“I studied my undergraduate degree at Swansea and due to 

the excellent level of teaching, the resources on campus and the 

postgraduate course they offered in Childhood Studies I decided 

to return. The support I received was also excellent especially the 

careers service when I was finishing my undergraduate degree as 

they helped me with my CV and filling out application forms. 

” 

Hayley Scotto-D’Abusco, 

MA Childhood Studies 

“Developmental and Therapeutic Play is very transferable to 

classroom work with children because the programme is essentially 

all about the most effective ways to support and nurture children. 

” 

Laura Patterson, 

MA Developmental and Therapeutic Play 

Master’s Degrees – Childhood Studies 

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Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology 


Normally a 2.1 degree, or equivalent, in 

an Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences 

subject. 






The full-time course structure is split across 

the year with three modules offered in 

each academic semester (a total of six 

modules in Part One) and then a 

dissertation over the summer (Part Two). 

From the empire building of Alexander, 

the Caesars, and Rameses II, to the wit 

and wisdom of Aristotle, Plato, and 

Cicero, the ancient world has captivated 

us for thousands of years. 


at Swansea University encompasses 

history and literature, archaeology and 

art, and philosophy and religion to shed 

light on the ancient civilisations that 

shaped our modern world. 


• equip you with skills relevant to careers 

in a wide variety of roles, including 

management, administration in the 

private and public sectors 

• provide you with a solid foundation for 

a rewarding career in teaching, 

heritage management, and museum 

work 


including team working, imaginative 

problem-solving, communication, 



Each scheme includes some compulsory 

modules, and the number is made up by 

choosing from a list of options. The 

dissertation component is written on a 

specialist research topic of your choosing. 

Part-time students normally take three 

modules in each of their two years 

(compulsory methodology modules in the 

first year) and write their dissertation in the 

third year. 

Modules deal with literary texts; 

documentary evidence; archaeological 

evidence; and the study of sexuality, 

religion and society. Students are required 

to study Greek or Latin, or Ancient 

Egyptian at an appropriate level. 

The purpose-built Egypt Centre on campus 

is an invaluable asset, housing around 

3,000 objects from Ancient Egypt. The 

collection illustrates more than 4,000 

years of human development, from the 

prehistoric to the early Christian era, and 

plays an integral role to teaching and 

research. 

Taught Courses 

The Department offers four taught MA 

schemes: 

studies the material culture and language 

of ancient Egypt. Compulsory modules 

include Understanding Ancient Egyptian 

Culture and Egyptian language. 

The MA Ancient History and Classical 

Civilisation studies the history, culture, 

and languages of the classical world. 

Compulsory modules include Research 

Methodologies in Ancient History and 

Classical Culture and either Ancient Greek 

or Latin. A wide range of optional modules 

is also available. 

For a full list of compulsory and optional 

modules please refer to the website. 

Regular research seminars and lectures are 

run by the Research Institute for Arts and 

Humanities (RIAH), which students are 

encouraged to attend. 

Assessment 

Assessment is based on in-course written 

work and oral presentations, and a 

dissertation of 15,000-20,000 words. 

and either Ancient Greek or Latin or both. 

A wide range of optional modules is 

also available. 

studies Greek and Latin language, 

literature, and civilisation. Compulsory 

modules include Narrative Genres and 

Theory, and both Ancient Greek and Latin. 

A wide range of optional modules is also 

available. 






The Department of Classics, Ancient 

History and Egyptology may, at its own 

discretion, enter strong applicants for a 

Swansea University studentship. 



www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities 

Contact the Arts and Humanities 

Postgraduate Admissions Office: 

Email: pgahadmissions@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: + 44 (0)1792 606980/606981 



“I studied the MA programme in Ancient Egyptian Culture at 

Swansea University. After graduating I worked for a year in Cairo as an 

assistant to the Secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. I have 

returned to Swansea to earn my PhD in Egyptology and become a 

university professor. My time at Swansea helped me to make important 

connections and put me in an excellent position to succeed in the field 

of Egyptology. 

” 

Jennifer Willoughby, 

MA Ancient Egyptian Culture 



– see pages 176 – 177 for 

further information 


available in Classics, Ancient History 

and Egyptology, please see page 100. 

Master’s Degrees – Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology 

is the first of its kind in the world. It is 

designed for students who have an interest 

in the narrative literature of Greece and 

Rome (e.g. epic poetry, fiction, 

historiography). Compulsory modules 

include Narrative Genres and Theory, 

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Computer Science 

40 


MRes: normally a 2.1 degree in Computer 

Science, Mathematics, or a closely related 

discipline. 

MSc in Advanced Computer Science (all 

pathways); MSc Modelling, Uncertainty 

and Data: a 2.2 Honours degree (or 

above) in Computer Science or other 

relevant discipline. 

MSc in Computer Science: a 2.2 Honours 

degree (or above) not in Computer 

Science. 

Computer Science affects every aspect of 

our lives, placing increasing demands on 

education, business, and industry to 

ensure that the workforce of the future is 

equipped with the skills necessary to 

thrive in the Digital Age. Computer 

Science at Swansea is at the heart of the 

technological innovation that is redefining 

the way we live, learn, and work. 

Facilities 

The Department is well equipped for 

teaching, and is continually upgrading 

its laboratories to ensure equipment is 

up-to-date – equipment is never more than 

three years old, and rarely more than two. 

Currently, students use three fully 

networked laboratories: one, running 

Windows; another running Linux; and a 

project laboratory, containing specialised 

equipment. These laboratories support a 

wide range of software, including the 

programming languages Java, C# and 

the .net framework, C, C++, Haskell 

and Prolog among many; integrated 

programme development environments 

such as Visual Studio and Netbeans; the 

widely-used Microsoft Office package; 

web access tools; and many special 

purpose software tools including graphical 

rendering and image manipulation tools; 

expert system production tools; concurrent 

system modelling tools; World Wide Web 

authoring tools; and databases. 





Candidates with substantial relevant 

experience are also encouraged to apply. 

Assessment 

The taught Master’s and MRes degrees 

are assessed through a combination of 


dissertation or research project. 



rewarding career in a range of diverse 

fields, including hi-tech companies and 

the public sector 

• provide an elite education of direct 

relevance to research and development 

problems in the Information and 

Communication Technology sector 





MSc/Diploma/Certificate 


This generalist MSc is intended for 

graduates from disciplines other than 

Computer Science, who wish to pursue a 

career in the Computing/IT industry. The 

programme is intensive, and starts with an 

assumption of no prior knowledge beyond 

basic IT skills and GCSE-equivalent 

Mathematics. 

MSc/Diploma/Certificate 

Advanced Computer Science 

This flexible programme allows students 

to specialise in a range of different areas. 

Currently the specialised pathways 

include: 

• Software Technology 

• Human Computer Interaction 








www.swansea.ac.uk/compsci 



Tel: +44 (0)1792 295142 

• Visual Computing 

• Safe and Secure Systems 

Students will be awarded an MSc 

in Advanced Computer Science 

with chosen specialism. It will also 

be possible to study for an MSc in 

Advanced Computer Science without 

choosing a particular specialism. 

MSc Modelling, Uncertainty and Data 

This MSc programme is offered jointly by 

the Departments of Computer Science, 

Mathematics and Physics. It provides a 

structured introduction to several modern 

modelling approaches, focusing on 

techniques and strategies best suited to 

physical systems displaying uncertainty, 

that require High Performance Computing, 

or that generate large data sets. The 

resulting portfolio of cross-cutting 

techniques covering both theory and 

applications will enable the graduate to 

acquire a broad range of the skills needed 

for the study of (interdisciplinary) problems 

in the physical, information and 

environmental sciences. The admissions 

process is coordinated by the Mathematics 

Department – see page 72. 

MRes Visual Computing 

An MRes is ideal preparation for following 

a career of research or specialism within 

the area of study. In particular the MRes in 


MSc/Diploma/Certificate Advanced 

Computer Science and MSc/Diploma/ 

Certificate Computer Science 

Dr J A Sharp 

Email: j.a.sharp@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295560 

Dr A G Setzer 

Email: a.g.setzer@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 513368 

MRes Visual Computing 

Dr X Xie 

Email: x.xie@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602916 

Visual Computing seeks to prepare 

graduates for further research in the areas 

of Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, 

Medical Imaging, and Scientific 

Visualisation. 

We seek strongly motivated students who 

are able to carry out substantial individual 

study. Such students are likely to want to 

control their own time, carry out curiosity 

driven research to an advanced level, 

and follow self-study material in 

advanced topics. 

Students will decide upon their topic of 

research in discussion with their supervisor 

in an exciting and recent area of Visual 

Computing. In collaboration with their 

supervisor the student will evaluate current 

research and carry their own research 

programme based on the contribution 

they will make. 

The research programme is supported 

by taught courses covering useful literature 

and skills. Taught modules include 

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 

Data Visualisation, Graphics Processor 

Programming, and State-of-the-Art Visual 

Computing. 

MRes Logic and Computation 

Logic is about what we can express, 

compute and reason. In the twentieth 

century, formal logic developed into one 

MRes/MSc/Diploma/Certificate 

Computing and Future 

Interaction Technologies (FIT) 

Professor M Jones 

Email: matt.jones@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295259 

MRes Logic and Computation 

Dr A G Setzer 

Email: a.g.setzer@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 513368 


Dr I M Davies 

Email: i.m.davies @swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44(0)1792 602760 

of the great intellectual disciplines, having 

a profound influence in philosophy, 

linguistics, mathematics, computer 

science, and electronics. In computing, 

throughout the century, logic has been the 

primary source of ideas and techniques 

for the theoretical and practical 

development of programming. Today, as 

the scope of programming technology 

expands, and the horizon of users’ 

applications widens, research in logic 

and its applications in software and 

hardware development is thriving. 

Taught modules include Critical Systems, 

Concepts of Programming Languages, IT 

Security, Artificial Intelligence, and Design 

Patterns and Generic Programming. 

MRes Computing and Future 

Interaction Technologies (FIT) 

The FIT MRes is designed for students who 

wish to learn and practise the science 

underlying new interaction technologies. 

After undertaking a FIT MRes programme, 

students will be able to demonstrate: 

• understanding and knowledge of 

fundamental technical concepts, and 

current ideas concerning future 

interaction technologies, mobile 

technologies, appliance design, 

web-based and security-related 

interaction 






information 


available in Computer Science, please 

see page 102. 

• understanding and knowledge of 

usability issues including interface 

design, user cognition, testing, and 

evaluation 

• a substantial knowledge of the 

advanced literature and issues within IT 

• the knowledge and understanding of 

appropriate analysis and evaluation 

techniques including their limitations 

• the application of computer science to 

human computer and mobile interaction 

issues 


MSc programmes are delivered through a 

combination of compulsory and optional 

modules, and a dissertation. Teaching is 

by a mixture of formal lectures, tutorials, 

workshops, and scheduled laboratory 

classes. The wide range of modules 

includes: 

Software Technology 

• Distributed Object-Oriented 

Programming 

• High Performance Computing in 

C/C++ 

• Design Patterns and Generic 

Programming 

• Advanced Database Systems 

Master’s Degrees – Computer Science 

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Human Computer-Interaction 

• Interaction Technologies: Hardware and 

Devices 

• Interaction Technologies: Lab and Field 

Work 

• Interactive Systems Design 

• Interaction Technologies: Information 

Retrieval 

• Interaction Technologies: 

Seminars and Reading 

Visual Computing 

• Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 

• Data Visualisation 

• Research Methodology 

• Visual Computing Project Development 

Safe and Secure Systems 

• Critical Systems 

• IT Security: Theory and Practice 

• Software Testing 

• Embedded Systems 

• Modelling and Verification Techniques 

• Logic for Computer Science 

“I chose to study Computer Science in Swansea University because 

of its international reputation of high quality computer science research. 

My MRes in Human Computer Interaction was particularly stimulating 

and exposed me to great opportunities to collaborate with some world 

leading researchers in the field of computer science, psychology and 

health care. I am now in the second year of my PhD, researching ways 

of designing user friendly and safe interactive medical devices. Apart 

from my research, I enjoy the vibrant and affordable student life as well 

as walking on the beach on my way into the university. 

” 

Patrick Oladimeji, 

PhD Computer Science 

For a full list of modules please contact the 

Admissions Tutor. 

approximately one-third of these degrees 

is delivered through taught modules, with 

the balance achieved through a large, 

research-style project. The MRes project 

requires a very substantial research 

component that is contributing to the field 

in an explicit way rather than merely 

applying existing knowledge. 

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Criminal Justice and Criminology 


Normally a good Honours degree 

(first-class or 2.1) in an appropriate 

discipline, or a minimum of two year’s 

relevant and responsible work experience. 

Students who have previously studied in a 

related discipline are encouraged to 

apply, as are those currently working in 

the field of criminal justice who can 

contribute to the programme through their 

personal experience, and who can apply 

learning on the programme in their 

professional setting. 

Criminology is the study of why people 

commit unlawful acts; how – and why 

– we characterise crime in the way we 

do, and how the criminal justice system 

works. It encompasses a range of 

academic fields, including history, social 

policy, politics, and sociology, to provide 

a view of crime from a social and 

individual perspective, and it looks 

critically at how the sentencing system 

works. 

The Department of Criminology at 

Swansea University has an internationally 

recognised reputation in research, 

particularly in the evaluation of offender 

management and probation work, youth 

justice and crime prevention. It has close 

links with Probation Services in South 

Wales and the Channel Islands, and with 

local Youth Offending Teams, and is 

accredited by the ESRC as a postgraduate 

training provider. 

Students studying Criminology at Swansea 

University benefit from being taught by 

academic staff who have been recognised 

for their teaching excellence and who have 

“real life” experience in this area. The 

Department regularly receives high student 

satisfaction scores and boasts an impressive 

graduate employment rate of 96%. 


IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 

in each component) or Swansea University 



Each taught Master’s degree scheme is 

characterised by a combination of 

compulsory and optional modules, and 

students also complete a supervised, 

20,000-word dissertation based on an 

individual research project carried out 

under the guidance of a personal 

supervisor. The focus of the research may 

be any topic within the field of 

Criminology and Criminal Justice. 

MA Applied Criminal Justice and 

Criminology 

This taught Master’s programme focuses 

on criminological theories about 

punishment and causation of crime, 

analyses of specific types of crime such as 

sexual crimes against children and 

corporate and white-collar crime, and the 

ways in which the criminal justice system 

responds to crime. It includes detailed 

exploration of the use of prisons and 

community sentences, the ways in which 

young offenders are dealt with, and the 

specific effect criminal justice intervention 

has on women and people from ethnic 

minorities. 

This Master’s is an up-to-date, high-quality 

programme that includes some of the most 

important theory and research in criminal 

justice and criminology. It also provides a 

focus on the application of criminal justice 

and criminological knowledge to the 

operation of the criminal justice system, 

with a particular emphasis on the 

understanding and treatment of offenders 

in the community. 

Assessment 

The taught Master’s degree is available by 

assessed coursework and a dissertation. 



bursaries is available. For details, visit: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/ 

scholarships 

This newly redesigned degree will: 

• equip you with an advanced skill set 

that is relevant for a rewarding career in 

the criminal justice system 




• prepare you for a research degree in 

criminal justice and criminology 

How is this degree structured? 

The programme has recently been 

reviewed and restructured in the light of 

Swansea University’s designation as a 

member of the Wales Doctoral Training 

Centre and now provides a significant 

element of research methodology in its 

teaching, alongside substantive subject 

knowledge and understanding in the 

discipline of criminology itself. All students 

must complete 180 credits of study in 

order to obtain the MSc as follows: 

120 credits from a selection of compulsory 

and optional taught modules including 

• Crime, Drugs and Alcohol 

• Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice 

• Offender Rehabilitation 

• Understanding Crime 

• Youth Justice: Research, Policy and 

Practice 



www.swansea.ac.uk/criminology/ 


Mr John Minkes 

Email: criminology@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295768 

• Corporate and White-Collar Crime 

• Criminal Justice System in England and 

Wales 

• Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of 

Children 

• Ethics and Philosophy of Social 

Research 

• Quantitative Methods 

• Qualitative Methods 

• Case Studies in Applied Social 

Research 

• Data Visualisation 

• 60 credits from the dissertation 

The dissertation element of the course 

will help project management and 

independent research skills, as well as 

your ability to deal with complex issues 

independently and critically assess the 

work of others. 

For full details of the modules offered or 

to find out more about the course please 

contact the Admissions Tutor. 

Enhancing your career prospects 

Whilst studying on this course, you will 

have a wealth of opportunities to take 

advantage of in order to boost your CV 

and form important employment links for 

the future. You will have the opportunity 

to take up a four week internship in 








available in the Department of 

Criminology, please see page 104. 

Oklahoma, USA in Counter-terrorism and 

Criminal Justice as well as a number of 

voluntary opportunities with local 

businesses in the surrounding area. You 

will also be able to take part in the 

range of employability related activities 

that are arranged throughout the year by 

a dedicated Careers and Employability 

tutor. Our graduates have gone on to 

work with the prison service, the Home 

Office, Youth Offending Teams and the 

Probation Service. 

The College of Business, Economics 

and Law 

The Department of Criminology is part 

of Swansea University’s College of 

Business, Economics and Law. Global 

in its outlook, the College has a truly 

international feel with numerous overseas 

links and students drawn from over 100 

countries. With consistently high student 

satisfaction scores and excellent graduate 

employability rates, it offers an outstanding 

environment for undergraduate and 

postgraduate studies. The College 

provides a complete education for 

students seeking to gain expertise in 

business, economics, law and criminology. 

Master’s Degrees – Criminal Justice and Criminology 

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45

Cymraeg – Academi Hywel Teifi 


Ar gyfer yr MA yn y Gymraeg a’r MA 

Cyfieithu gyda Thechnoleg Iaith, fel rheol 

bydd gan fyfyrwyr eisoes radd 

Anrhydedd dda (dosbarth cyntaf neu 2.1) 

yn y Gymraeg neu ddisgyblaeth arall 

berthnasol drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, 

ond nid bob amser. Ystyrir pob cais yn 

unigol. 

Ar gyfer yr MA Cyfryngau a Chreadigrwydd 

Digidol, fel rheol gofynnir am radd 

Anrhydedd dda (dosbarth cyntaf neu 2.1) 

yn y Cyfryngau neu ddisgyblaeth arall 

berthnasol megis Drama, Cymraeg, 

Hanes, Saesneg, Gwleidyddiaeth, 

Addysg, y Gyfraith a’r Gwyddorau. 

Ystyrir pob cais yn unigol. 

Sefydlwyd Academi Hywel Teifi yn 2010 

yn bwerdy ac yn sefydliad o ragoriaeth ar 

gyfer y Gymraeg ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe. 

Cyfunwyd Adran y Gymraeg a Chanolfan 

Cymraeg i Oedolion De-Orllewin Cymru, 

gan greu un Academi newydd a chanddi’r 

statws a’r adnoddau angenrheidiol ar 

gyfer creu a chynnal cymuned ddysgu 

fywiog, sy’n cynnwys ynddi fyfyrwyr MA, 

MPhil a PhD. Mae’r Academi hefyd yn 

hyrwyddo pynciau eraill a ddysgir trwy 

gyfrwng y Gymraeg, gan ddwyn ynghyd y 

nifer cynyddol o ysgolheigion ar draws 

gwahanol ddisgyblaethau sy’n gweithio 

trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg ym Mhrifysgol 

Abertawe. 

Bydd y graddau hyn yn: 

• meithrin ynoch sgiliau perthnasol ar 

gyfer gyrfa lwyddiannus mewn 

amrywiaeth o feysydd, gan gynnwys 

dysgu, cyfieithu, rheoli, y cyfryngau a’r 

Gwasanaeth Sifil 

• eich cynorthwyo i ennill sgiliau 

trosglwyddadwy, gan gynnwys gweithio 

fel rhan o dîm, cyfathrebu, cyflwyno a 

sgiliau dadansoddi 

• eich paratoi ar gyfer gradd ymchwil 

Ysgoloriaethau a Bwrsariaethau 

Mae ystod o ysgoloriaethau a 

bwrsariaethau ar gyfer myfyrwyr ôl-radd 

ar gael. Am fanylion, ewch i: 


Postgraduate neu cysylltwch â’r Academi 

yn uniongyrchol am arweiniad pellach. 

Mae gan yr Academi lyfrgell eang ac 

adnoddau clyweledol sylweddol. Darperir 

adnoddau cyfrifiadurol a gweithle ar gyfer 

holl fyfyrwyr ôl-radd. 

MA yn y Gymraeg 

Mae’r cynllun MA hwn yn adlewyrchu ystod 

eang y diddordebau llenyddol ymhlith y staff 

academaidd yn Academi Hywel Teifi ac 

mae’n rhoi cyfle i chi astudio meysydd a 

chyfnodau mewn mwy o ddyfnder nag a 

wnaed ar gyfer gradd gyntaf, a hynny dan 

gyfarwyddyd staff sy’n ymchwilio ac yn 

cyhoeddi yn y maes. Os yw eich bryd ar 

fynd ymlaen i wneud ymchwil bellach ar 

gyfer doethuriaeth, dyma gynllun delfrydol ar 

eich cyfer gan fod ei bwyslais ar feithrin 

sgiliau ymchwil sy’n ateb gofynion y corff 

ariannu perthnasol. Fel arall, gall y radd 

fod yn estyniad delfrydol ar gyfer eich 

gradd gyntaf. Dyma rai o nodweddion 

amlycaf y rhaglen: 

• Modiwlau gorfodol ar sgiliau ymchwil 

ac egwyddorion beirniadaeth 

• Astudir pynciau megis, rhyddiaith a 

barddoniaeth yr Oesoedd Canol, yr 

Anterliwt, y Diwygiad Methodistaidd, y 

canon llenyddol, cynhyrchu llenyddiaeth 

Gymraeg gyfoes, treftadaeth lenyddol, 

beirniaid llenyddol, arddulleg, 

blodeugerddi’r Ugeinfed Ganrif a 

chyfieithu llenyddol. 

Strwythur y graddau 

Y mae strwythur y cwrs llawn-amser wedi’i 

rannu ar draws blwyddyn gyda thri 

modiwl yn cael eu cynnig ym mhob 

semester academaidd (cyfanswm o 

chwech modiwl yn Rhan Un) ac yna 

cwblheir traethawd estynedig yn ystod yr 

haf (Rhan Dau). Byddwch yn astudio tri 

modiwl gorfodol a thri modiwl dewisol. 

Chi, yn sgil trafodaeth gyda thiwtor, sydd 

â’r dewis o bwnc ymchwil arbenigol ar 

gyfer y traethawd estynedig. Fel arfer, 

mae myfyrwyr rhan amser yn cymryd un 

modiwl gorfodol a dau fodiwl dewisol yn 

eu blwyddyn gyntaf ac yn eu hail 

flwyddyn gan gyflawni’r traethawd 

• Darlithoedd/seminarau wythnosol 

• Asesu trwy draethodau neu waith cwrs 

• Traethawd hir, dan gyfarwyddyd (hyd at 

20,000 o eiriau). 

MA Cyfieithu gyda Thechnoleg Iaith 

Dyma gynllun gradd delfrydol ar gyfer y 

sawl sydd am weithio ym maes cyfieithu. 

Mae’n rhoi pwyslais ar loywi safonau 

ieithyddol a defnyddio meddalwedd cof 

cyfieithu. Gall myfyrwyr a enillodd radd 

2.1 yn y Gymraeg neu mewn disygblaeth 

arall berthnasol ddilyn y rhaglen MA hwn. 

Edrychir ar gyfieithu ar gyfer y cyhoeddi, 

cyfieithu mwy technegol ar gyfer 

arbenigwyr, a hefyd gyfieithu ar y pryd. 

Defnyddir amrywiaeth o dechnegau ar 

gyfer datblygu’r safonau cyfieithu uchaf, 

gan gynnwys profiad gwaith. Y mae sawl 

un a enillodd MA Cyfieithu o Abertawe 

bellach yn gweithio yn y proffesiwn, ac 

mae’r cyfuniad o bwyslais ar dechnoleg 

cof cyfieithu a safonau ieithyddol yn 

gaffaeliad mawr i’n graddedigion. Mae’r 

cynllun yn cynnwys: 

• Modiwlau cyfieithu uwch ym maes 

addysg, iechyd cyhoeddus a’r gyfraith, lle 

y creffir ar safon eich cyfieithu personol 

• Modiwl cyfieithu ar y pryd, dan ofal 

cyfieithydd proffesiynol 

• Modiwl technoleg cyfieithu, lle y dysgir sut 

i ddefnyddio gwahanol offer cof cyfieithu 

estynedig yn ystod y drydedd 

flwyddyn. 

Cynhelir darlithoedd a seminarau 

ymchwil yn rheolaidd gan Academi 

Hywel Teifi, gan Ganolfan 

Astudiaethau Cymreig Richard Burton 

a chan Sefydliad Ymchwil y 

Celfyddydau a’r Dyniaethau, ac 

anogir myfyrwyr i’w mynychu. 

• Nifer o fodiwlau eraill ym maes theori 

ac arfer cyfieithu, ynghyd â’r cyfle I 

ddechrau dysgu iaith o’r newydd 

• Cyfle i elwa ar gysylltiadau’r Academi 

â chwmnïau cyfieithu. 

MA Cyfryngau a Chreadigrwydd Digidol 

(i’w ddilysu yn 2011) 

Ym Medi 2011, bydd Academi Hywel 

Teifi, Prifysgol Abertawe yn cyflwyno am y 

tro cyntaf gwrs MA cyfrwng Cymraeg 

newydd a chyffrous ar y cyd â Phrifysgol 

Cymru: Y Drindod Dewi Sant o’r enw MA 

Cyfryngau a Chreadigrwydd Digidol. 

Bydd y cwrs arloesol a blaengar hwn, yn 

ymdrechu i gyflwyno’r datblygiadau 

diweddaraf ym maes y cyfryngau 

amllwyfan – yn benodol radio, teledu a’r 

cyfryngau newydd – trwy gyfuno y wedd 

academaidd a’r wedd ymarferol. Yn 

ogystal â rhoi arweiniad i fyfyrwyr ar sut i 

lunio cynyrchiadau mewn oes o 

gydgyfeiriant a digido cynyddol, y mae’r 

cwrs hefyd yn meithrin sgiliau 

arweinyddiaeth a busnes ac yn ymdrin â 

sut y mae’r tirlun darlledu yn datblygu yng 

Nghymru. Bydd y cwrs yn rhoi cyfle i bob 

myfyriwr gydweithio’n agos gyda rhai o 

ymarferwyr proffesiynol amlycaf Cymru er 

mwyn hybu ei g/chyflogadwyaeth a’I b/ 

phrofiad. Dyma rai o nodweddion 

amlycaf y rhaglen: 

Asesu 

Caiff y graddau hyn eu hasesu trwy 

waith cwrs a thraethawd estynedig. 

Am fwy o wybodaeth cysylltwch â 

Swyddog Cyrsiau ôl-radd yr Academi: 

Gwefan: www.abertawe.ac.uk/ 

academihywelteifi 

Swyddog Derbyn: 

Ebost: s.morris@abertawe.ac.uk 

Ffôn: +44 (0)1792 602070 

• Modiwlau gorfodol ar Sgiliau Ymchwil, 

Sgiliau Allweddol ar gyfer Gwaith 

Amllwyfan 

• ac Arweinyddiaeth a Gwerthoedd 

Cynhyrchu. 

• Modiwlau dewisol ar Y Gynulleidfa a’r 

Defnyddiwr Aml-lwyfan, Delweddu a 

Dehongli Cenedl,Busnes a’r Tirlun 

Amllwyfan, Creadigrwydd Aml-lwyfan, 

Sefydliadau Diwydiannau Creadigol. 

• Darlithoedd/seminarau/gweithdai 

ymarferol trwy gyfrwng cyfnodau dysgu 

dwys. 

• Asesu trwy draethodau, adroddiadau, 

cyflwyniadau llafar a gwaith cynhyrchu 

• cyfryngol ymarferol. 

• Cynigir dewis i fyfyrwyr gyflawni 

traethawd hir (hyd at 20,000 o eiriau), 

neu brosiect cynhyrchu 360º o safon 

broffesiynol ar gyfer Rhan Dau y cwrs. 

Darperir arweiniad gan diwtor 

academaidd yn ogystal â mentor o’r 

diwydiant cyfryngau ar gyfer pob 

myfyriwr. 

Ymwelwch â’r Brifysgol: Gweler 

tudalen 174 am fanylion 

Gellir gwneud ceisiadau ar-lein trwy: 

Gweler tudalennau 176 – 177 am fwy 

o wybodaeth 

Mae rhaglenni MPhil neu PhD ar gael 

yn Academi Hywel Teifi yn ogystal. Am 

fanylion o’r graddau ymchwil hyn ewch 

i dudalen 106. 

Master’s Degrees – Cymraeg – Academi Hywel Teifi 

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Economics 


Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or above 

in Economics or a related subject. 





For international students, an alternative 

pathway into these programmes is 

available via our partner, International 

College Wales Swansea. For information 

see: www.icws.navitas.com 

The study of economics provides the skills 

and knowledge required for a range of 

financially rewarding careers. It also 

helps in understanding more fully the 

world in which we live and work. 

Master’s students in the Economics 

Department benefit from high-quality 

research-led teaching and close interaction 

with academic staff. The Department has 

received 10 national teaching awards 

- more than any other UK University, firmly 

establishing it at the forefront of Economics 

teaching in the UK. 



rewarding career as a professional 

economist, analyst, researcher or 

adviser 

• equip you for roles in management 

consultancy, or in the finance or 

accountancy sectors 





MSc Economics 

This one-year programme combines the 

academic study of advanced theoretical 

and quantitative methods with a 

Assessment 

Assessment is by coursework, written 

examination, and a dissertation. 




visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/ 

scholarships/ 

knowledge of modern economics. 

Students will develop a thorough and 

in-depth understanding of contemporary 

economic theories, their scope and 

limitations, their application in the 

interpretation of facts, and their usefulness 

in decision making. Students will also 

acquire enhanced IT, mathematical, 

statistical and econometric skills which will 

enable them to carry out quantitative 

analyses of both economic and financial 

economic problems, both on the course 

and in future careers. 

Topics covered include Modern 

Microeconomics, Contemporary 

Macroeconomics, Econometric Methods 

and Research Methods, with students able 

to choose one-third of their taught modules 

from a wide selection of options. 

MSc Business Economics 

This taught Master’s degree, which has 

ESRC recognition, provides students with 

an understanding of the ways in which 

economic principles are applied in the 

business world. Topics covered include 

Contemporary Macroeconomics, Firm 

Organisation and Innovation, and 

Business and Economic Forecasting. 

MSc Business Economics with Finance 

Also with ESRC recognition, this 

programme covers similar modules to the 

MSc Business Economics, with an 

additional focus on financial topics such 

as Empirical Finance and Financial 

Markets and Institutions. 

MSc Business Economics with Computing 

This programme shares a number of 

modules with the MSc Business Economics, 

but includes additional modules covering 

topics such as Distributed Programming in 

Java, Algorithm Design and Analysis, 

Critical Systems, Data Storage and 

Manipulation, Relational and Objectorientated 

Database Systems and 

Distributed Object-orientated Programming. 

In total one-third of the taught credits are 

devoted to Computing topics. 

MSc Economics with 

International Banking 

This exciting new, one-year taught 

Master’s programme allows students to 

focus on specific issues related to 

International Banking. It will place 

emphasis upon the challenges resulting 

from the new banking and finance 

environment which is taking shape 

following the recent financial crisis. 

It will equip the bankers, analysts and 

traders of the future with the theory and 



www.swansea.ac.uk/economics 


Email: ecadmin@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295172 

latest techniques to operate effectively in 

a globalised industry. 

Topics covered include Modern 

Microeconomics, Contemporary 

Macroeconomics, Quantitative Financial 

Analysis, Economics of Money and 

Banking, Business and Economic 

Forecasting, and Research Methods. 

MSc International Banking, 

Finance and Economics 

This one-year, full-time Master’s degree 

provides excellent training for careers in 

banks, financial institutions, insurance 

companies, Central Banks and Ministries 

of Finance/Economics as analysts and/ 

or advisers, as well as in the relevant 

departments of higher education. 

The degree focuses on the use of advanced 

economics, quantitative methods, finance 

and banking (financial intermediation) 

theory in the understanding of the 

functions and problems of the international 

money markets and financial institutions. 

This programme shares a number of 

modules with MSc Economics with 

International Banking, but there is a 

greater emphasis on financial topics 

through modules such as Principles of 

Finance. 






information 

For details of research degrees 

available in Economics, please see 

page 108. 


Each taught Master’s degree scheme is 

characterised by a combination of 

compulsory and optional modules, and 

students also complete a supervised 

dissertation in which they are required to 

produce a critical review of the literature 

and make a contribution to any field of 

study selected from the taught syllabus. 

For a full list of the compulsory and 

optional modules available, please 

contact the Admissions Tutor or visit 

the website: . These schemes are 

designed to be academically rigorous 

and to meet the needs of employers for 

high-quality personnel who have 

advanced 

training in business economics, 

finance and computing. 

Facilities 




and the College of Business, Economics 

and Law: The College has extensive PC 

and multi-user computer facilities which 

give students access to a wide range of 

software including the latest Microsoft 

packages, statistical packages such as 

SPSS and SAS, and a range of specialist 

Business and Economics software 

including Nvivo, EViews, STATA 

and Datastream. 







journals, library catalogues, Athens 

and a comprehensive online 

reference collection. 

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Engineering 


MSc: normally a 2.2 Honours degree or 

above 

MRes: normally a 2.1 Honours degree or 

above in a subject relevant to the area of 

research. 





Engineering is the practical application 

of scientific and technical theories to 

everyday challenges. It touches every part 

of our lives, from the largest construction 

projects to developing medical devices 

at the nanoscale, Engineering’s newest 

frontier. 

Engineering at Swansea University is a 

cutting-edge multidisciplinary learning 

environment with state-of-the-art teaching 

and research facilities. The College offers 

a broad portfolio of postgraduate courses 

that reflect our research strengths and the 

changing needs of industry, and welcomes 

proposals for postgraduate research 

projects that complement staff research 

interests. 




engineering sectors, including 

automotive, aerospace, power 

generation, communications, and 

medical instrumentation and devices 








The College is currently offering a number 

of European Social Fund (ESF) scholarships 

for MSc and MRes programmes to UK 

and EU students. These scholarships are 

designed to link Welsh industry with 

postgraduate students. The diverse 

portfolio of projects means graduates from 

a wide range of science and engineering 

backgrounds are invited to apply. For 

details of all our scholarships, please visit: 



MSc Aerospace Engineering 

This flexible MSc course is based on the 

world-class expertise available in the 

Materials Engineering Research Centre and 

the computational expertise in the Civil and 

Computational Engineering Centre. 

It provides students with a systematic 

understanding of advanced knowledge, 

critical awareness of current problems, 

and new insights required by effective 

practising Aerospace Engineers. Students 

will gain comprehensive knowledge, 

understanding and skills that will enable 

them to contribute to the creation and 

maintenance of aerospace and 

aeronautical equipment needed by 

industry and society, and with due regard 

to the environment. 

MSc Chemical Engineering 

This taught Master’s degree is a modern 

course that provides a breadth and depth 

of learning to equip graduates to meet the 

challenges and opportunities of a career 

in industry or research. The course is 

designed primarily for graduates in 

chemical or biochemical engineering, 

although graduates from allied disciplines 

will be considered for entry with 

supplementary training (see Chemical 

Engineering Diploma). The MSc in 

Chemical Engineering is recognised and 

Assessment 

The award of the MSc and MRes is 

dependent upon satisfactory performance 

in examinations, continuous assessment 

and research dissertation. The examinations 

are taken in January and May/June and, 

if these are passed satisfactorily, students 

move on to the full-time research project 

during the summer. The research 

dissertation is submitted in September 

and is examined externally. 

accredited in parts by the Institution 

of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). 

Chemical Engineering (Diploma) 

Chemical Engineering graduates are 

highly sought after by industry; 

biochemical and chemical engineers’ 

starting salaries are second only to those 

of medics. 

The Diploma in Chemical Engineering is a 

conversion course for graduates who wish 

to work in the chemical engineering field 

but who have not obtained a first degree in 

Chemical Engineering. The course is set at 

first-degree level and lasts a full calendar 

year. The Diploma programme consists of 

12 coursework modules over two semesters 

followed by a six-module plant design 

project over the summer period. 

The Diploma ranks as a potential 

qualification for entry to higher degrees in 

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. It 

is recognised and accredited by the 

IChemE and given exemption from Part III 

of the Institution’s examinations. 

MSc Civil Engineering 

In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, 

an independent review of the quality of 

research across the UK Higher Education 

sector, Civil Engineering at Swansea 



www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering 

Engineering Recruitment 

and Admissions Team: 

Email: engineering@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295514 

ranked second in the UK for research 

quality, with 95% of academic staff 

classed as producing world-leading (4*) 

or internationally excellent (3*) research. 

This taught Master’s programme provides 

high quality postgraduate training and is 

suitable for both recent graduates and 

practising professionals from related 

industries who are required to pursue a 

further learning matching section in order 

to achieve a Chartered Engineer status. 

MRes Computer Modelling in 

Engineering; MSc/Diploma 

Computational Modelling 

and Finite Elements 

These programmes provide a solid 

foundation in computer modelling, and 

the finite element method in particular. 

Following the taught component, students 

undertake project work. A Diploma may 

be awarded if the taught component only 

is completed. These programmes can also 

be studied part-time. 

MSc/MRes Communication Systems 

This course aims to provide an in-depth 

understanding of the technology and 

architecture of computer communications, 

photonics and telecommunication 

networks, wireless telecommunications 

and related wireless information 






information 


available in Engineering, please see 

page 110. 

technologies. This is supported with some 

practical knowledge and skills for project 

and business management principles. 

MSc Computational Mechanics 

This is an 18-month, taught Master’s 

course offered in collaboration with other 

leading European research centres at 

CIMNE: Universitat Politècnica de 

Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain), Universität 

Stuttgart (Germany) and École Centrale 

de Nantes (France). 

The programme aims to provide in-depth, 

multidisciplinary training in the application 

of the finite element method and related 

numerical and computational techniques 

to the solution of problems in engineering 

analysis and design and simulation of 

current engineering problems. 

It provides students with a wide choice of 

specialisation areas by incorporating 

modules from the four Universities and, in 

this way, allowing them to experience 

postgraduate education in more than one 

European institution. Students following this 

course will take their first semester in either 

Swansea or Barcelona, where they will 

follow an agreed common set of core 

modules leading to common examinations. 

Students will then move to one of the 

other Universities, depending upon their 

preferred specialisation, to complete their 

second semester of taught modules and 

their research thesis. 

To apply, or for further details, please 

visit 

MSc Electronics for Sustainable Energy 

The College of Engineering has an 

international reputation for electronics 

research for energy and advanced 

semiconductor materials and devices. 

This course places strong emphasis on 

state-of-the-art electronics for energy 

efficient devices and power electronics. 

The course also covers renewable energy 

generation technologies. 

Exciting new developments such as plastic 

electronics, energy harvesting, solar cells 

and biofuels are discussed and recent 

developments in nanotechnology are 

highlighted. Students will learn about 

numerical simulation techniques and have 

the chance to visit electronics industries 

with links to Swansea. 

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51

Engineering 

MSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering 

This programme complements the 

College’s current suite of undergraduate 

degree programmes in this field. It is 

suitable for candidates who have already 

completed an undergraduate degree in 

the field of Electrical Engineering either 

in the UK oroverseas. 

The course will provide students with 

the educational components for further 

learning matching sections needed to 

qualify as a Chartered Engineer, as set out 

by the Institution of Engineering and 

Technology and other UK and European 

engineering professional institutions. 

MRes Environmental Management 

Environmental management has become 

a necessity for many organisations as 

they respond to commercial, regulatory 

and consumer pressures. The international 

standard for environmental management 

systems, ISO 14001, is increasingly 

being implemented by industry and 

governmental organisations to satisfy 

these pressures and provides a structured 

basis for achieving continual environmental 

improvement, for maintaining regulatory 

compliance and for the prevention 

of pollution. 

This exciting course is relevant to those 

with a strong interest in gaining a solid 

understanding of the relevance, 

development, and implementation of 

environmental management processes. 

The MRes in Environmental Management is 

recognised and accredited in parts by the 

Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). 

MRes Materials Engineering 

This full-time MRes degree scheme includes 

modules covering a range of areas within 

the Materials field, some of which are 

linked to our strengths in the steel and 

aerospace sector. 

The scheme has consistently demonstrated 

how a Master’s degree with a major 

research component can successfully 

produce higher degree graduates with a 

balance of knowledge and skills that is 

very much in demand. 

MRes in Steel Technology (Steels Training 

Research and Innovation Partnership) 

The Steels Training Research and 

Innovation Partnership – STRIP Master of 

Research programme is an industrially led, 

one-year Master’s scheme in which the 

student embarks on a large research 

project related to the metals industry. A 

number of technical and non-technical 

courses will be given at the start of the 

course to ensure the student has a solid 

base from which to tackle the research 

project. The research project will be in 

partnership with a local company. 

MSc Materials Engineering 

Materials Engineering underpins almost all 

Engineering applications, and employment 

prospects are excellent within a very wide 

range of sectors, ranging from large-scale 

materials production through to R&D in 

highly specialised advanced materials. 

This MSc scheme is an excellent route for 

students with a first degree in any 

technical subject to become qualified in 

this field. It is based on the College’s long 

history and excellent record of education, 

training and research in structural 

Materials and links with existing MRes and 

EngD schemes in Materials. 

The course focuses specifically on the 

College’s main research strengths of 

materials for aerospace applications and 

steel technology. Taught modules allow 

students to specialise in one of these areas 

to a certain degree, and the scheme 

also includes modules on financial, 

management, and environmental aspects 

of Engineering. 

MSc Mechanical Engineering 

This MSc programme is designed for 

candidates who have already completed 

an undergraduate degree and who wish 

to further their knowledge before entering 

employment. The modules on this course 

can also be studied as standalone 

modules for those in employment seeking 

professional development or further 

knowledge in particular subject fields. 

The course will give students a high quality 

overview of the techniques of modern 

Mechanical Engineering and to present 

examples from a wide range of disciplines 

and industries. It enables students to 

develop the potential to become future 

leaders and champions of industry. 

MSc in Medical Radiation Physics 

Medical physics is a highly 

multidisciplinary subject, offering an 

exciting career with the additional 

satisfaction of contributing directly to 

patient treatment and care. With the 

extensive use of technology in medicine 

there is a growing need for specialists 

trained in the physical sciences. This 

accredited MSc in Medical Radiation 

Physics is the first step graduates take 

towards the professional qualification of 

Clinical Scientist in Medical Physics. 

The MSc is taught by staff from the 

Colleges of Engineering and Medicine 

and by specialist Medical Physicists from 

Singleton Hospital. Through hands-on 

instruction with equipment used routinely in 

the hospital setting, you will acquire 

knowledge and understanding of 

fundamental aspects of the use of radiation 

in medicine. 

The programme will prepare you for 

research and clinical practice in a rapidly 

changing field, including tuition in 

computer modelling, human engineering 

and the medico-legal issues they imply. It 

enables students to develop the potential 

to become leaders, defining and 

influencing future medical practice. 

MSc Nanomedicine 

Nanohealth refers to diagnosis of disease 

and medical intervention taken at the 

molecular scale. To achieve this, 

technologies capable of imaging and 

controlling matter on the nanoscale (a 

nanometre is one-billionth of a metre) are 

being used to manipulate biological 

molecules such as genes and proteins 

inside living cells. The ultimate goal is to 

improve health by understanding the 

physical and chemical characteristics of 

the molecular machinery of the human 

body and to engineer tools and devices 

that interact with and ultimately control the 

biological nanoworld. 

Building on the strengths of the 

£22 million Centre for NanoHealth, 

this programme is taught jointly by the 

Colleges of Engineering and Medicine 

and accepts applications from both life 

and physical scientists. 

MSc/MRes Nanoscience 

to Nanotechnology 

The growth of nanotechnology is one of 

the most exciting developments in science 

and engineering in recent years. Much of 

the research in this area is interdisciplinary 

in nature, drawing expertise from different 

areas across the life science, physical 

science and engineering disciplines. 

These Master’s courses cover a broad 

range of subject areas, from the latest 

semiconductor fabrication technology 

through to biological and medical 

applications, with the emphasis throughout 

on characterisation and control of materials 

at the nanoscale. The MRes in 

NanoScience to Nanotechnology is 

recognised and accredited in parts by the 

Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). 

A key part of this course is the ability to 

gain hands-on experience of state-of-the-art 

fabrication and characterisation techniques 

such as atomic force microscopy and 

scanning tunnelling microscopy. 

MRes Steel Process and Product 

Development (part-time only) 

Career development of engineers already 

working in industry is supported 

by a series of EPSRC IGDS programmes 

in Steel Process and Product 

Development, which leads to the MRes 

degree by part-time study. The current 

programmes build on the full-time 

MRes schemes and offer specific 

options to satisfy the requirements 

of the steel industry. 


MSc programmes are modular in 

structure. Students must obtain a total of 

180 credits to qualify for the degree. 

This is made up of 120 credits in 

Part One (the taught element) and a 

project (Part Two) which is worth 

60 credits and culminates in a written 

dissertation. Students must successfully 

complete Part One before being 

allowed to progress to Part Two. 


60 credits for taught components and 

120 credits for the project/dissertation. 

The research project can either be carried 

out in industry or at the University. For a 

full list of modules available in each 

programme, please visit the website. 

“After passing all the modules on the MSc course, I had the possibility to develop my final thesis in an 

industrial environment. I learnt about avionics and electronic equipment and developed team work and 

communication skills. My favourite memory of the course is our team winning the International Aircraft 

Design and Handling competition. Our effort really paid off when we won the first prize! Before starting my 

final thesis, I found a job as an Applications Engineer in one of the most important aerospace engineering 

companies, MTorres. Personally, I think obtaining a Master’s degree in a university with a great reputation 

such as Swansea University makes it much easier to find a job. Swansea University provides a fantastic 

opportunity to study any field of engineering due to the professional and friendly staff. 

”Roberto Morujo, 

MSc Aerospace Engineering 

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English 


Normally a good Honours (first-class or 

2.1) in English. For the MA Creative 

Writing: normally a minimum of a lower 

class BA Honours degree 2.2 (with overall 

average of 55% or above) in a related 

subject. Applicants for the MA TEFL 

programme should normally have a good 

first degree and/or relevant experience, 

and Cert. TESOL or TEFLA holders will 

also be considered favourably. 


IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in 

each component) or Swansea University 

recognised equivalent. IELTS 6.0 for 

MA English Language Studies. 


The MA schemes are available to full-time 

and part-time students. The full-time course 

structure is split across the year with three 

modules offered in each academic 

semester (a total of six modules in Part 

One) and then a dissertation over the 

summer (Part Two). The dissertation 

component is written on a specialist 

research topic of your choosing. Part-time 

students normally take one compulsory 

and two optional modules in their first 

and second year and write their dissertation 

in the third year. 

The MA English Language Studies and the 

MA TEFL offer the options of a dissertation 

or professional practice portfolio. 





Assessment 

The taught Master’s degrees are available 

by assessed coursework and a dissertation 

or a professional practice portfolio. 



bursaries are available. For details, 

please visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/ 

scholarships/Postgraduate. Funding may 

also be available from the Arts 

and Humanities Research Council. 

Postgraduate Diplomas 

and Certificates 

Full-time or part-time Postgraduate 

Certificate (60 credits) or Postgraduate 

Diploma (120 credits) is available. 






Tel: + 44 (0)1792 606980/606981 

Visit the University: see page 174 for 

details 


www.swansea.ac.uk/applyonline – 

see pages 176 – 177 for further 

information 

Master’s Degrees – English 

The study of English language and 

literature encourages the exploration of 

one of the most diverse, stimulating, and 

challenging of disciplines. It also cultivates 

sensitivity towards language, and seeks to 

answer some provocative questions. 




fields, including communications and 

media, publishing, education, speech 

therapy, and the Civil Service 








MA English Literature 

Students choose four modules in any 

combination from the MA in English, the 

MA in Welsh Writing in English, the MA 

in Medieval Studies, the MA in Gender 

and Culture (or from literary modules 

available elsewhere in the College of Arts 

and Humanities), and complete a 

dissertation. 

There are also two compulsory modules: 

• Study and Research Skills in 

the Humanities 

• Research Practice (in English) 

MA Welsh Writing in English 

Students choose four modules, with one 

of them (if desired) being drawn from 

another scheme (the MA in English and 

the MA in Gender and Culture, or from 

literary modules available elsewhere 

in the College of Arts and Humanities), 

and complete a dissertation in Welsh 

Writing in English. 

There are also two compulsory modules: 

• Study and Research Skills in 

the Humanities 

• Research Practice 

(in Welsh Writing in English) 

MA Gender and Culture 

An interdisciplinary MA scheme taught 

by gender specialists across the Arts 

and Humanities – in the subject areas of 

Classics and Ancient History, English, 

European Languages, History, Media 

Studies, and Political and Cultural Studies. 

Compulsory modules: 

• Gender and Culture: An Introduction 

• Study and Research Skills in the 

Humanities 

OR 

• Historical Methods and Approaches, 

OR 

• Research and Study Skills 

(Social Research) 

• Research Practice (in Gender 

and Culture) 

In addition students choose four 

optional modules. 

MA Creative Writing 

A unique programme that provides core 

training and individual pathways in the 

major genres of contemporary literary 

and media writing. 


• Writing Fiction 

• Writing Poetry I 

In addition students choose four optional 

modules. After the compulsory and 

optional elements, students write a 

dissertation portfolio in a genre of their 

choosing. This is a creative piece 

– in prose, poetry or drama script 

accompanied by a commentary placing 

the work in its academic context. 

MA in English Language Studies 

The MA in English Language Studies 

includes elements of language 

description, analytic approaches to 

language in use and techniques for 

studying discourse, as well as a 

consideration of the practical applications 

of the skills and knowledge associated 

with these. The scheme is intended to 

allow students to enhance their 

understanding of the structure, 

components and use of the English 

language, and to develop the skills 

needed to analyse language in a variety 

of contexts, according to a range of 

theoretical approaches. Students study 

three compulsory modules, research 

methods or Language Teaching, two 

optional modules and then a dissertation 

or professional practice portfolio. 

The MA will equip students to enter 

professions in which English Language 

plays a central role, such as teaching, 

translation and interpretation, publishing, 

trade and diplomacy. 

MA Teaching English as a 

Foreign Language (MA TEFL) 

The MA in TEFL is intended for those who 

have already begun to develop an 

informed interest or have some previous 

training or relevant experience in the field. 

Students seeking a purely practical entry 

level professional qualification are 

advised to take a Certificate in TESOL at 

Swansea (ELTS Centre) or elsewhere. 

The MA programme offers a range 

of modules, covering: 

• Enhanced understanding of 

the area of TEFL 

• Training in relevant research methods 

• Experience of completing a 

research dissertation 

• Professional practice porfolio 

• Second Language Acquisition Processes 

• Communicative Language Teaching 

• Discourse Analysis for ELT 

• Research Methods for ELT 

• Vocabulary: Teaching and Learning 

• Computer Assisted Language Learning 

• Teaching Young Learners 

“The MA in English Literature 

offers students a unique 

opportunity to expand their 

intellectual horizons in an 

environment that brings people 

together from across the globe. 

At Swansea you have the unique 

experience of reading a poem by 

Dylan Thomas or William 

Wordsworth and then walking 

the same streets and countryside 

that inspired that poet. Studying 

here has both deepened my love 

of literature while allowing me to 

come to view it from a more 

global perspective. 

” 

Robert Tretin, 

MA English Literature 

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Geography 


Normally a good Honours degree (2.1) in 

an appropriate subject. 






MA and MSc programmes are modular in 

structure. Students must obtain a total of 

180 credits to qualify for the degree. This 

is made up of 120 credits in Part One (the 

taught element) and a project (Part Two) 

Geography, the study of the world we live 

in, helps us to understand how 

landscapes are shaped, how populations 

move and interact, and how climate 

change will affect us all. Key research 

themes at Swansea include environmental 

and climatic change, migration and 

national identity, glaciology and ice-sheet 

dynamics, global environment modelling 

and Earth observation, and social theory 

and global cities. 




fields, including environmental 

management, conservation, planning, 

local authorities, education, computing, 

management, finance, and insurance 

• give you transferable skills, including 

team working, communication, 



Geographers at Swansea benefit from 

exceptional computing facilities that 

include fifteen dual-processor workstations 

for Earth Observation, a 20-node 

multiprocessor Beowulf cluster, and the 

Department’s IBM ‘Blue Ice’ 

supercomputer, used mainly for 

climate and glaciological modelling. 

which is worth 60 credits and culminates 

in a research project/dissertation. Students 

must successfully complete Part One 

before being allowed to progress to Part 

Two. 


60 credits for taught components and 120 

credits for the research project/dissertation. 

For full details of the modules available, 

please visit the website. 

MSc Environmental Dynamics and 

Climate Change 

This interdisciplinary course offers training 

in the scientific basis of past, present, and 

future changes in the Earth’s climate and 

environment. It places particular emphasis 

on environmental and climatic change at 

the regional and global scale. 

The MSc combines the international 

research strengths of staff in environmental 

and climate dynamics (processes and 

mechanisms involved in stability and 

change), climate change, sustainability, 

and marine and ecosystem biology. 



• Satellite remote sensing 

• Principles of environmental dynamics 

• Climate change 

The breadth of the course means that the 

dissertation project can range from 

computer modelling to applied science. 

The course develops practical research 

skills, and provides methodological 

expertise. 

Assessment 

Taught Masters and MRes degrees are 

assessed through a combination of 


dissertation or research project. MRes 

degrees require that taught modules are 

passed; the MRes dissertation is 

subsequently examined in a viva voce 

examination in the same way as other 

research degrees. 



bursaries is available. For details please 



MSc Geographic Information and 

Climate Change 

This interdisciplinary course offers training 

in the scientific basis of past, present, and 

future changes in the Earth’s climate and 

environment, and is focused particularly on 

the application of a variety of methods that 

may be used to analyse geographic 

patterns and processes, and to model 

dynamics of climate and Earth systems. 

This course is aimed at students with an 

interest in Geographical and climate 

science, who have good analytical and 

mathematical skills. 

The MSc combines the international 

research strengths of staff in GIS 

applications, satellite remote sensing and 

modelling, and climate change. 


• Geographic Information Systems 

• Satellite remote sensing 

• Modelling of Earth Systems 

• Climate change 

The course equips students with theoretical 

knowledge of climate change, practical 

research skills, and excellent applied 

numerical skills, which are much 

sought-after by employers. 



www.swansea.ac.uk/geography 



Tel: + 44 (0)1792 295142 

Visit the University: see page 174 for details 

MA Human Geography 

The MA in Human Geography will 

provide you with a deeper understanding 

of the vital role that Geography plays 

within the social sciences and the 

difference that space and place make to 

the key social processes, such as 

international migration, economic 

development, and urbanisation. 

The course provides subject-specific 

knowledge and an advanced 

understanding of contemporary issues 

within Human Geography, combined 

with a capability to conduct theoretically 

informed and methodologically 

rigorous research. 

The course draws on the Department’s 

research strengths, including social and 

cultural geography; cities, space and 

social theory; urban/economic policy 

formulation and evaluation; migration and 

refugee policy; and rural geographics. 


• Social theory and space 

• Data collection in context 

• Qualitative research methods OR 

• Quantitative research methods 





For details of the research 

degrees available in Geography, 


MRes Media Geographies 

The MRes Media Geographies gives you 

the opportunity to study the various ways 

in which the media increasingly shapes 

the world. From the latest developments in 

digital technologies, to ways in which 

mass communications and media 

representations influence our perceptions, 

to the power and influence of media 

institutions, we live in an ever more 

complex media environment, shaped by 

forces operative across global, national, 

regional, and local scales. The 

programme provides you with an 

advanced understanding of these issues, 

giving you the skills to conduct 

theoretically informed and 

methodologically rigorous research. 

The programme offers you an exciting 

opportunity to undertake an advanced 

research dissertation, tailored to your own 

individual interests, on a theme relating 

the media to space and place. As the 

basis for this research, you take any three 

taught modules, offered by members of 

the University’s Geography and Media 

Studies Departments, from a list that 

typically includes: 

• City Visions 

• Social Theory and Space 

• Thinking About Digital Media 

• Consumer Culture: Modern and 

Postmodern 

• The Digital Edge: Contemporary Issues 

and Trends 

• The Political Economy of Media 

• Qualitative Research Methods 

• Designing Digital Media 

• Climate Change: Past, Present and Future 

Your choice of modules relates to your 

choice of dissertation topic. The 

dissertation is a major piece of 

independent research, guided by 

appropriate supervisors, which represents 

the culmination of the programme and 

provides an outstanding basis for both a 

range of research- and media-related 

career options and for future PhD research. 

Related programmes include the MSc by 

Research Media Geographies. This 

scheme has no taught element and is most 

suitable for candidates with an existing 

background in Human Geography or 

Media Studies who wish to pursue a 

wholly dissertation-related programme of 

study. Appropriate topics of study may be 

discussed in advance with the staff 

member most closely related to the area 

in which you wish to specialise. 

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Geography 

MRes Social Theory and Space 

The MRes Social Theory and Space gives 

you the opportunity to study the profound 

impact of geography on society from the 

perspective of social and spatial theory. 

Spanning structuralism and poststructuralism, 

semiotics and psychoanalysis, 

and modernism and postmodernism, the 

programme provides an advanced 

understanding of contemporary social and 

spatial theory, combined with a 

theoretically informed and methodologically 

rigorous research project. 



research dissertation, on a topic tailored to 

your individual interests, on a key aspect 

of social and spatial theory. As the basis 

for this research, you take three taught 

modules, offered by members of the 

University’s Geography Department, from 

a list typically including: 



Postmodern 

• The Culture and Politics of Nature 

• Urban Networks and the Knowledge 

Economy 









range of research-related career options 

and for future PhD research. 


Research Social Theory. This scheme has 

no taught element and is most suitable for 

candidates with an existing background in 

Human Geography or cognate discipline 

who wish to pursue a wholly dissertationrelated 

programme of study. Appropriate 

topics of study may be discussed in 

advance with the staff member most 

closely related to the area in which you 

wish to specialise. 

MRes in Urban Studies 

The MRes Urban Studies gives you the 

opportunity to study the world’s cities and 

the process of urbanisation from a variety 

of theoretical and thematic perspectives. 

From the roles of consumption and 

globalisation in shaping cities in advanced 

economies, to the livelihood and 

development challenges facing cities in the 

developing world, the programme 

provides you with an advanced 

understanding of contemporary issues 

within Urban Studies, giving you the skills 

to conduct theoretically informed and 

methodologically rigorous urban research. 



research dissertation, on a topic tailored to 

your individual interests, on any urban 

theme or issue. As the basis for this 

research, you take three taught modules, 

offered by members of the University’s 

Geography Department, from a list 

typically including: 

• Urban Networks and the Knowledge 

Economy 

• Urban Livelihoods and City 

Transformation 

• Global Cities 

• City Visions 



Postmodern 


• Quantitative Research Methods 








range of research and urban-related 

career options and for future PhD research. 


Research Urban Studies. This scheme has 

no taught element and is most suitable for 

candidates with an existing background in 

Human Geography or Urban Studies who 

wish to pursue a wholly dissertation-related 

programme of study. Appropriate topics of 

study may be discussed in advance with 

the staff member most closely related to 

the area in which you wish to specialise. 

“There have been many 

highlights to my studies at Swansea. 

One particular one that stands out 

was the MSc Environmental 

Dynamics and Climatic Change 

introductory field excursion to 

Stackpole. This was an interesting 

educational weekend away and 

also a great way to meet the other 

students on the course at an early 

stage. I also greatly enjoyed the 

dissertation period of the course as I 

had an interesting topic and it 

allowed me the freedom to put 

some of the writing practice from 

earlier on in the course to good use 

in my own independent study. 

” 

Adam Bruce-Smith, 

Environmental Recruitment 

Consultant 

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Health Science 

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Please see individual course details 

English Language requirement 

For all full-time Health Science taught 

programmes: 




Health Science programmes at Swansea 

University are aimed at multi-professionals 

encompassing a range of themes, including 

midwifery, nursing, infection control, 

chronic conditions, public health and 

policy, healthcare, law and management. 

The College’s mission is to conduct high 

quality research, deliver high quality 

educational programmes, and promote 

evidence-based clinical practice that 

contributes to the health, social wellbeing 

and prosperity of the communities of 

South-West Wales and beyond. 


• help you to develop your knowledge 

and skills in your chosen profession 

• develop and enhance your transferable skills 

MA Education for the Health 

Professions (part-time) 

Education is a core element of professional 

practice. Mentors, supervisors and teachers 

are vital to the preparation of the next 

generation of practitioners and clinicians. 

The Education for the Health Professions 

Programme will enable you to develop an 

in-depth understanding of educational 

principles and values to develop your 

expertise in teaching, assessing and 

supervision in the clinical and 

academic settings. 






We are seeking Nursing and Midwifery 

Council approval for a recordable 

teaching qualification and approval for 

fellowship with the Higher Education 

Academy (HEA) and the Academy of 

Medical Educators (AoME). 

This programme is designed for health 

professionals involved in education in the 

clinical and/or academic setting, who 

would like to broaden their understanding 

of educational processes and practice 

and develop their careers in the field of 

professional healthcare education. Nurses, 

doctors, dieticians, general practitioners, 

occupational therapists, physiotherapists, 

audiologists, university lecturers/tutors 

would all benefit from the programme. 

Modules to be taken include: 

• Teaching and Learning for the Health 

Professions’ Educators 

• Teaching and Learning for Practice 

Teachers 

• Designing and Evaluating your Teaching 

• Assessment and Feedback 

• Researching Educational Practice 

• Mentoring and Supervision 

Entry Requirements 

This course will be offered to two 

kinds of teachers: 










information 


available in Health Science, please see 

page 118. 

i. Health professionals (nursing, medicine 

and other allied health professionals) 

who teach in the workplace 

ii. Members of either a medical or a 

health care profession who are 

members of a university faculty. 

Applicants must either: 

• Have an appropriate degree or its 

equivalent from an approved institution 

(preferably 2:1 or above) and evidence 

of recent academic study 

Or: 

• A professional qualification and a 

minimum of two year’s relevant work 

experience and responsibilities 

considered by the University to be 

acceptable for the purposes of 

postgraduate admission. 

Registered nurses and midwives seeking 

to achieve either Practice Teacher (Stage 3 

of the NMC (2008) Standards for 

Supporting Learning and Assessment in 

Practice (SLAiP)) or Teacher status (Stage 4 

of the NMC (2008) SLAiP) must be able 

to demonstrate that they have developed 

their own knowledge, skills and 

competence beyond registration i.e. 

registered and worked for at least two 

years, and gained additional 

qualifications that will support students 

(NMC 2008). 

“The MSc Public Health and Partnerships in Care gives me highly 

sought after knowledge in Public Health, and also provides the insight 

into social care and social sciences which I was looking for. In my opinion, 

appropriate health care cannot be achieved if it is not considered along 

with the social setting in which it deemed to take place. The part of the 

course that I enjoyed most was the synergy and continuous links established 

between health and social care, as well as the friendly attitude of teaching 

staff, (you never feel helpless!). I’m now hoping to pursue PhD studies in 

Health Science at Swansea University. 

” 

Serge Engamba, MSc Public Health and Partnerships in Care 

Sharon Harvey 

s.d.harvey@swansea.ac.uk 

+44 (0)1792 518540 

MA Health Care Law and Ethics 

(part-time) 

This course provides an opportunity to 

examine the structure and operation of the 

legal system in England and Wales, to 

look critically at the real life impact of law 

on practice within the healthcare system, 

and to do so in the context of an 

understanding of the ethical problems that 

arise in healthcare. 

Modules available include: 

• Philosophy, Ethics and Health Care 

• The Boundaries of Life 

• Introduction to Law and Health Care 

• Patients, Professionals and the Law 

• Mental Health, Mental Capacity and 

the Law 

The degree will be of interest to healthcare 

professionals seeking to study legal issues 

relevant to their work. Lawyers interested in 

healthcare provision, regulation and 

delivery will also find this programme useful. 

Normally an Honours degree (2:2 or 

above) or a period of professional 

experience in a relevant field. 

Dr Hugh Upton 

h.r.upton@swansea.ac.uk 

+44 (0)1792 295611 

MSc Advanced Practice in Health Care 

(part-time) 

This programme prepares experienced 

healthcare professionals to develop into 

advanced practitioners. Key areas 

covered include advanced clinical 

practice, research, education, 

management and leadership. Students 

will develop their critical thinking and 

enhance their clinical role. 



• Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic 

Skills 1 

• Anatomy, Physiology and 

Pathophysiology 

• Advanced Practice: Management and 

Leadership 

• Advanced Practice and Education 

• Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic 

Skills 2 

This taught Master’s degree will appeal 

to healthcare professionals looking to 

further enhance and develop their 

clinical knowledge and skills. 

Practice Innovation Network 

Within the last year the two local Health 

Boards and Swansea University have 

collaborated to establish the Practice 

Innovation Network (PIN). This aims to 

share ideas and resources for mutual 

benefit and for the common good of 

practice development in nursing and 

health care. The PIN is already having a 

positive effect with the establishment of 

Practice Innovation Units. The first of these 

is centred around the Rehabilitation 

Service at Bridgend where a team of 

nurse practitioners are based. These 

clinicians and staff from the programme 

are already involved in creating closer 

working relationships which will be of 

mutual benefit to the service and to 

education. For the programme these 

benefits will include the addition of 

experienced advanced practitioners to the 

teaching team, collaborative educational 

projects and the possibility of placements 

for students. 

This course is taught at the St David’s Park 

campus in Carmarthen. 

Normally a 2.2 degree or its equivalent 

in a relevant subject. Students do not 

necessarily require an initial degree in 

order to undertake the MSc Advanced 

Practice in Health Care. 

Students may be required to undertake 

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prerequisite studies that could include the 

Foundations in Health Assessment module, 

or others that the admission tutor may 

deem as suitable and relevant prior to 

formal commencement of the programme. 

This would be viewed as pre-clinical 

study and may be required to provide 

an adequate knowledge base in human 

physiology, pathology and applied 

therapeutics and developing clinical 

diagnostics. 

This prerequisite study will also provide a 

mechanism of ensuring that students have 

adequate academic skills for Master’s level 

study and could be utilised in the 

acquisition of a first level degree. 

All applicants will be profiled to 

consider any equivalent prior learning. 

If you would like further information on 

entry requirements or have a query 

regarding your eligibility please 

don’t hesitate to contact us. 

Dean Snipe 

d.m.snipe@swansea.ac.uk 

+44 (0)1792 518558 

MSc Advanced Practice in Health Care 

– Infection Control Option (part-time) 

This taught Master’s degree was 

developed in conjunction with the NHS 

and is designed to equip healthcare 

professionals with the skills to lead 

innovative infection control practice. 

Students will learn how to approach the 

subject critically, evaluating and promoting 

progressive practices and sound patient 

care in their workplace. 

Modules to be taken include: 

• Infection Control Theory 

• Clinical Decision Making 

• Advanced Practice: Management 

and Leadership 

• Infection Control Strategy, Policy 

and Practice 

• Advanced Practice and Education 

• Dissertation 

This course is aimed at qualified healthcare 

professionals who work with infection risks 

and communicable diseases, as well as 

those who would like to widen their 

knowledge and develop their practice in 

infection control and public health. 



Normally a relevant Honours degree (2.2 

or above) and 

evidence of recent academic study, OR at 

least two years’ experience as a first level 

healthcare professional. Applicants also 

need to be registered as first level 

healthcare professionals with possession of 

a good professional portfolio. Please note 

that because of the clinical nature of this 

course, applicants will need to be working 

in clinical practice and the support of their 

manager is essential. 

Dr Jayne Cutter 

j.cutter@swansea.ac.uk 

+44 (0)1792 295790 

MSc Chronic Conditions Management 

(full-time or part-time) 

The increasing burden of chronic illness is 

one of the greatest challenges facing 

health systems globally. These conditions 

can have profound and far reaching 

implications on all aspects of peoples’ 

lives and can present patients (and 

families) with a spectrum of needs. Indeed, 

people living with a chronic condition 

require support, care and rehabilitation 

from a wide range of people in health, 

social and voluntary care sectors. In 

addition, effective health promotion, 

prevention, self-care and self-management 

will help ensure that chronic illnesses are 

avoided wherever possible and that 

people are more informed to safely and 

effectively manage their health and well 

being. This requires complex responses 

over extended periods of time, 

coordinated, proactive and collaborative 

input from the health, social care and 

voluntary sectors, patients, carers and lay 

personnel (as in the Expert Patient 

Programme). 

Core Modules to be taken: 

• Theory and Practice of Chronic 

Conditions Management 

• Foundations in Health Promotion 


• Health Psychology of Chronic Illness 

• Social Aspects of Chronic Illness 


Entry requirements: Normally an Honours 

degree (2:1 or above) and evidence of 

recent academic study or a period of 

professional experience in a relevant field 

with clinical experience and 

responsibilities. 

Tessa Watts 

t.watts@swansea.ac.uk 

+44 (0)1792 518573 

MSc Enhanced Professional Practice 

(part-time only) – Work Based Learning 

The MSc Enhanced Professional Practice is 

an academic award developed to enable 

health and social care professionals 

undertaking work-based learning and 

practice development to gain academic 

credit for their learning. Work-based 

learning values learning which takes place 

outside of an educational institution and 

integrates practice with theory. This is a 

work-based modular Postgraduate Degree 

which will be assessed by portfolio and a 

reflective narrative. 


• Starting your Professional Development 

• Personal Practice Development Portfolio 

Optional modules include: 

• Policy Influences on your Practice 

• Assessing your Current Practice 

• How the Evidence Base Can Help 

Change your Practice 

• How Can I Make a Change in Practice? 

• Advancing your own Practice 

• Teaching and Learning in Practice 

This is a flexible programme and students 

can study up to 30 credits from the taught 

modules within the College’s module, 

post-registration and postgraduate 

prospectus if they wish. For the workbased 

modules students will, in 

conjunction with a practice facilitator and 

the programme manager, develop 

learning contracts which will be aimed at 

meeting the learning requirements for the 

module and practice development needs 

in their practice areas. 

Starting your professional practice is the 

only taught module delivered at Swansea 

University campus. The other modules are 

all work-based. 

This programme is also available to study 

as a postgraduate diploma or 

postgraduate certificate. 

All applicants need to be employed in 

the health or social care sector. An 

appropriate degree or equivalent from an 

approved institution 

(preferably 2.2 or above) and evidence 

of recent academic study is required, or 

evidence of undertaking continuous 

professional development, with at least 

two years experience, and possession of 

a good and relevant professional 

portfolio. 

Sally Williams 

sally.j.williams@swansea.ac.uk 

+44 (0)1792 518581 

MSc Health Care Management 


Designed to meet the management 

development needs of a modern health 

care system, this course attracts students 

from overseas as well as the UK. The 

course is provided in a research-based 

environment that engages students to 

learn and develop as health care 

managers. 

People working in healthcare 

management, and health and social care, 

wishing to develop and update their 

practice and those interested in entering 

the healthcare sector in a management 

capacity, will benefit from this 

programme. 

The course aims to enhance their skills 

and knowledge by teaching them to: 

• Plan and deliver service improvements 

• Work with others to achieve 

organisational goals 

• Optimise resources used 

• Manage and motivate change 

• Communicate effectively and be 

accountable for performance 

The MSc Health Care Management was 

revised in 2011. There are six 

compulsory modules. 

The compulsory modules are: 

• Theoretical Perspectives for Managing 

and Leading within Health Care 

• Managing and Leading in Practice 

• Organising Health Care 

• Social, Cultural and Economic Context 

of Health 

• Politics and Policies 

• Evidence and Research for Health Care 

Management 

Students will also have a choice of two 

optional modules, selected from: 

• Public Health and Primary Health Care 

• Economic Evaluation in Health Care 

• Quality Improvement 

Or 

• Comparative Health Care Systems – 

International Perspectives on Health 

Care Systems. 

Applicants should possess either a 2.2 

degree from a recognised university or 

awarding body, or equivalent 

qualifications, or have professional 

qualifications in a relevant field with at 

least two years work experience. 

Dr David Rea 

d.m.rea@swansea.ac.uk 

+44 (0)1792 295316 

MSc Public Health and Health Promotion 


Designed to provide an understanding of 

the theoretical underpinnings of public 

health and health promotion, this 

programme enables students to 

experience health promotion in practice, 

gain theoretical knowledge and apply it 

to practice – facilitating both their 

personal and professional development. It 

develops the students’ ability to provide 

others with health information and the 

support necessary to achieve change and 

to influence health policy at all levels. 

This programme is designed to meet the 

needs of health promotion practitioners at 

Level Five and above and the developing 

public health agenda. The course is 

mapped to the National Occupational 

Standards for the Practice of Public Health 

and the Public Health Career Framework 

competences. 


• Foundations in Health Promotion 


• Foundations in Management 

and Leadership 

• Research Development to Improve 

Health 

• Developing Programmes and Evaluation 

• Partnership, Public Health and 

Epidemiology 

The programme is suitable for a wide 

range of people with an interest in public 

health and health promotion, including 

nurses, midwives, health visitors, sport and 

fitness workers, teachers, and 

physiotherapists and health promotion 

practitioners. New graduates and 

international students are welcome to apply. 

Normally an Honours degree (2.1 or 

above) or a period of at least two years 

relevant professional experience with 

appropriate qualifications. 

Jane Thomas 

jane.thomas@swansea.ac.uk 

+44 (0)1792 518533 

MSc Public Health and Partnerships 


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in Care (full-time or part-time) 

Effective public health can only be 

developed and delivered through 

successful collaboration between different 

disciplines and agencies and a strong 

commitment to public participation. The 

MSc Public Health and Partnerships in 

Care course is concerned with addressing 

the ways in which contemporary 

population health needs and policy 

demands can be met and put into practice 

through partnership working. The course 

facilitates the acquisition of knowledge, 

understanding and skills necessary for 

working in a wide range of practice and 

leadership roles in public health, community 

health and social care. This opportunity for 

shared education among a diverse group 

provides a valuable opportunity to share 

perspectives, challenge assumptions and 

build partnerships. 

The course meets the Skills for Health 

competencies for Public Health Practice 

and has been part of an ongoing project 

mapping the Public Health Career 

Framework competencies. 


• Foundations in Public Health 

and Primary Care 


• Understanding Health and Social Care 

• Foundations in Management and 

Leadership 

• Public Health Ethics 

• Partnership Working 

• Diversity and Difference in Health and 

Social Care 

• Partnership, Public Health and 

Epidemiology 

• Public Health in Practice 

This programme is relevant to a range of 

people with an interest in public health 

including health care and social care 

professionals and individuals who currently 

work in the public, private or voluntary 

sectors. The programme recruits across a 

diverse range of professional groups and 

interests and includes people who work in 

a variety of healthcare organisations, 

social care agencies, governmental and 

non governmental agencies. These include 

nurses, midwives, medical practitioners, 

social workers, community development 

workers, project workers and managers, 

voluntary sector staff, health sector 

managers, social care managers, housing 

officers and those working in public health 

and environmental health departments. 

Normally an Honours degree (2:2 or 

above). Registered 

healthcare professionals, or those with two 

years’ experience in a position of 

responsibility in a health or social care 

field relevant to the course, are also 

eligible to apply. 

Janice Lewis 

j.lewis@swansea.ac.uk 

+44 (0)1792 602384 

MSc Social Research Methods 

This multidisciplinary programme has 

Research Training (RT) status from the 

Economic and Social Research Council 

(ESRC), and is designed to equip students 

with the essential skills needed to excel as 

a social science researcher. 

The degree will be of interest to those who 

want to add a valuable Master’s 

qualification as part of developing a full 

academic career; people who are already 

professionally involved in working with 

people in the social sector and want to 

develop their own skills and professional 

expertise, and people who are simply 

interested in ‘society’, ‘social behaviour’, 

and ‘social change’ and would like to 

learn more about them. 

The course develops practical research 

skills, imparts methodological expertise 

(both qualitative and quantitative), instils 

familiarity with research ethics and 

governance, and promotes a thoughtful 

engagement with theoretical concerns 

across the full spectrum of social 

science disciplines. 


• Research and Study Skills 

• Data Collection in Context 

• Ethics and Philosophy of Social 

Research 



• Quantitative Methods 

• Case Studies in Applied Social 

Research Methods: Criminology 

or Social Work 

Assessment is normally through 

continuous course assessment; 

however, potential students should contact 

the admissions tutor for detailed 

information on assessment. 

Students also undertake a 20,000 word 

dissertation on a topic off their choice. 

This enables them to conduct a small 

social research project in their speciality. 

Normally an initial degree (usually an 

upper 2.2 or above) in one of the social 

sciences. Enquiries from applicants with an 

initial degree in a cognate subject or other 

relevant qualifications are also welcome. 

Applicants who do not possess these 

qualifications may be considered if they 

have at least two years relevant 

experience at a responsible level 

and can demonstrate the ability to 

cope with the academic requirements 

of the programme. 

Sherrill Snelgrove 

s.r.snelgrove@swansea.ac.uk 

+44 (0)1792 513466 

Postgraduate Certificate Approved Mental 

Health Professional (full-time) 

Training and preparation for working as 

an Approved Mental Health Professional 

validated by the Care Council for Wales. 

The only course of its kind in Wales, the 

programme of study at Swansea University 

for those intending to become Approved 

Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) is 

designed to meet the key competencies 

required by the Welsh Assembly 

Government and the Key Skills considered 

by the Care Council for Wales to be 

appropriate for the role. 

The programme has been introduced to 

meet the new roles and responsibilities for 

professionals working with individuals who 

are considered for, and who become 

subject to compulsory hospital admission 

and/or treatment and aftercare introduced 

in the Mental Health Act 2007. This 

course is for social workers, registered 

mental health nurses, occupational 

therapists and clinical psychologists who 

can demonstrate that they have the support 

of an employer who will ensure that they 

are provided with the necessary context 

within which to develop both the skills and 

to meet the requirements of the 

programme’s approach to assessment. For 

practical purposes this will almost 

invariably be within Local Social Service 

Authorities (LSSAs). 


• Values Based Practice and Ethical 

Decision Making in Mental Health 

Services 

• Policy and Law in Mental Health 

Services 

• Understanding Mental Health and 

Mental Distress 

• Professional Decision Making and 

Partnership in the Mental Health 

Services 

This programme is funded through health 

and social service employers and you 

should seek agreement for nomination to 

allow you to access this programme (see 

Entry requirements below). 

The requirements for AMHP training 

include that all candidates (who may be 

social workers, nurses, psychologists or 

occupational therapists) to be registered 

with their professional body, have at least 

two years post qualifying experience, 

together with relevant experience of 

working with people with mental disorder. 

They should have the support of their 

employer and access to appropriate 

learning opportunities. Interested health 

and social service staff should make initial 

contact with the Agency Liaison Person 

from their Local Authority to seek 

agreement for nominations. 

Candidates should also have either a 

Bachelor or Master’s Degree or in 

exceptional circumstances, where this 

academic requirement is not met, 

applicants must satisfy the Director of the 

Programme that their experience and 

qualifications equip them to undertake 

postgraduate study. This can be 

evidenced by, for example, a relevant 

Post Qualifying Award. Candidates who 

do not hold a degree may be required to 

attend for interview. 

Deborah Davies 

deborah.davies@swansea.ac.uk 

+44 (0)1792 295798 

Postgraduate Certificate in Infection 

Prevention and Control (part-time) 

This taught postgraduate certificate was 

developed in conjunction with the NHS 

and is designed to equip healthcare 

professionals with the skills to lead 

innovative infection control practice. 

Students will learn how to approach the 

subject critically, evaluating and 

promoting progressive practices and 

sound patient care in their workplace. 


• Infection Control Theory 

• Infection Control Strategy, 

Policy and Practice 

This course is aimed at qualified 

healthcare professionals who work with 

infection risks and communicable 

diseases, as well as those who would like 

to widen their knowledge and develop 

their practice in infection control and 

public health. 



Normally a relevant Honours degree 

(2.2 or above) and 

evidence of recent academic study, OR at 

least two years’ experience as a first level 

healthcare professional. Applicants also 

need to be registered as first level 

healthcare professionals with possession 

of a good professional portfolio. Please 

note that because of the clinical nature of 

this course, applicants will need to be 

working in clinical practice and the 

support of their manager is essential. 

Dr Jayne Cutter 

j.cutter@swansea.ac.uk 

+44 (0)1792 295790 


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History 



(first-class or 2.1) or equivalent in History 

or a related subject. 





Assessment 

The Master’s degree is examined by 















The Postgraduate community 

Master’s students are encouraged to become 

active members of Swansea University’s 

vibrant research community. The Research 

Institute for Arts and Humanities (RIAH) runs 

regular research seminars and lectures. The 

History and Classics Postgraduate Forum 

additionally runs an annual programme of 

research seminars, conferences and skills 

workshops, as well as social events. There 

are also opportunities for MA students to 

become involved in local historical research 

and conservation projects. 







Tel: + 44 (0)1792 606752 






information 


available in History, please see page 120. 

Master’s Degrees – History 

History challenges us to understand the 

past so that we might make sense of the 

present. It encourages us to think about 

how the past is studied, written about, 

and represented, how it has been kept 

alive for generations, and how it can be 

preserved for generations to come. 

History at Swansea offers four Master’s 

degrees which between them cover the 

major periods and civilisations from the 

Middle Ages to the modern day. 




fields, including museum and heritage 

work, teaching and research, the 

media, accountancy, banking, 

insurance, and marketing 

• consolidate your skills in historical 

research, enabling you subsequently to 

take a research degree 

• provide you with a range of intellectual, 

practical and personal transferable skills 

to enhance your employability 


All History schemes combine compulsory 

modules, which familiarise you with 

theories, trends and directions in the study 

of history and enhance your research skills, 

with a choice of optional modules. Where 

appropriate, students may choose one of 

their optional modules from among schemes 

other than those offered in History. 






Depending on the scheme, students study 

two/three compulsory modules and three/ 

four optional modules. The dissertation 

component is written on a specialist 

research topic of your choosing. Part-time 

students normally take the six modules over 

two years and write their dissertation in the 

third year. 

MA Early Modern History 

Students seeking to specialise in Early 

Modern History take the following 

compulsory modules: 

• New Departures in the Writing of 

History 

• Historical Methods and Approaches 

• Research Folder 

Optional modules available to students on 

the scheme include: 

• The Making of Modern Sexualities, 

1650-1800 

• People on the Move: The Forging of the 

Portuguese Overseas World, 1415-1808 

• Empire, Slavery and Liberty in the British 

Atlantic World, 1584-1808 

• From Princely Possessions to Public 

Museums 

• Venice and the Sea 

MA Medieval Studies 

The MA in Medieval Studies allows 

students to combine the study of Medieval 

History with the period’s literature and 

languages. Students take the following 

compulsory modules. 

• Introduction to Advanced Medieval 

Studies 




• The Medieval Lyric 

• England’s Elite: Power, Culture and 

Gender in Late Medieval Britain 

• Medieval Manuscripts 

• Medieval Languages 

• The Urban Colonisation of Medieval 

Wales, 1066-1350 

MA Modern History 

Students wishing to specialise in the study 

of Modern History take the following 

compulsory modules: 

• New Departures in the Writing of History 





• Collective Memories of War in 

Twentieth-Century Europe 

• Mountains: A Social and 

Cultural History 

• Popular Politics and Protest in Wales, 

1780-1850 

• Fascism and Culture 

• Communicating History 

MA History 

The MA in History is available to students 

who do not wish to specialise in any 

particular period or field. Students take 

the following compulsory modules: 

• New Departures in the Writing 

of History 



They may choose their optional 

modules from those available in other 

MA History schemes. 

“The facilities are excellent. As a postgraduate, I appreciate the use 

of separate rooms in both the library and the James Callaghan 

building. The IT resources are very effective, and enable me to work 

both at home and on campus with equal ease. The teaching has been 

excellent, and the willingness of staff to discuss matters at length is 

much appreciated. Having been away from education for 20 years, 

their help has been invaluable in overcoming my initial nerves about 

returning to study. 

” 

Graham Powell, 

MA Modern History 

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Law 


LLM: A 2.2 Honours degree in law 

or a cognate discipline is required. 

Candidates with relevant work experience 

are also welcome to apply. 






LLM degrees are taught degree courses 

involving twelve months of full-time study 

during which students study four option 

subjects and submit supervised research 

projects. 

The modules are studied between 

October and June, and the students 

complete their research projects between 

June and September. For a full list of the 

compulsory and optional modules 

available, please contact the Admissions 

Tutor. 

Assessment 

The degrees are assessed through 

coursework, examination and LLM 

Research Projects. 



bursaries is available.For details, please 


scholarships 



www.swansea.ac.uk/law 


Email: llm@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: + 44 (0)1792 295125 






information 


available in Law, please see page 

122. 

For details of the Graduate Diploma in 

Law (GDL) and the Legal Practice 

Course (LPC), see page 70. 

Master’s Degrees – Law 

From small law firms to the United 

Nations’ International Court of Justice, the 

legal profession shapes every aspect of 

our society, politics, and economies. Law 

regulates how we buy and sell goods and 

services, and how we govern ourselves. It 

defines how we prosecute and defend, 

and how we secure the rights of people 

who may not be able to defend 

themselves. 



rewarding career in the legal profession, 

insurance and banking sectors and in 

international business 

• train you to apply legal concepts in a 

practical environment 





LLM International Maritime Law 

Students study a total of four 30 credit 

modules which run from September to 

June. At least two modules must be chosen 

from those asterisked (*): 

• Admiralty Law* 

• Marine Insurance* 

• Charterparties: Law and Practice* 

• Carriage of Goods by Sea, Land and Air* 

• Law of the Sea* 

• International Trade Law 

• E-Commerce 

• International Litigation and Arbitration 

LLM International Commercial Law 





• E-Commerce* 

• International Intellectual Property Law* 

• Law of Intellectual Asset Management 

and Transactions* 

• Company Law in a Comparative 

Context* 

• European Competition Law* 

• Law, Globalisation and Commerce* 

• Transnational Credit and Security 

• World Trade Law 


• Law and Practice in relation to 

International Banking and Commercial 

Payments 

LLM International Trade Law 





• International Trade Law* 

• Law and Practice in relation to 

International Banking and Commercial 

Payments* 

• World Trade Law* 

• Marine Insurance 

• Charterparties and Carriage of Goods 

by Sea 



LLM International Commercial and 

Maritime Law 

Students may choose four modules from 

the three specialist module lists highlighted 

above (including at least one Maritime 

and one Commercial module). 

LLM International Business Law 





• International Intellectual Property Law* 

• Law of Intellectual Assets Management 

and Transactions* 

• Company Law in a Comparative 

Context* 

• Transnational Credit and Security* 


• European Competition Law 


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Law: Professional Legal Training 


Please see individual course details 


IELTS 6.5 or Swansea University 






scholarships/ 

The School of Law provides vocational law 

training at the highest level in order to 

provide the optimum learning experience for 

students and practitioners. This includes the 

delivery of the Graduate Diploma in Law 

(GDL) for non-law graduates seeking a 

change of career, and the Legal Practice 

Course (LPC) for law graduates seeking to 

enter the profession. The School also runs a 

number of training and professional 

development courses for practitioners and is 

an accredited provider for the Higher Rights 

of Audience qualification, the Criminal 

Litigation Accreditation Scheme and Police 

Station Representatives Accreditation Scheme. 

The GDL and LPC will: 

• provide recognised legal qualifications 

that provide a foundation for a 

rewarding career in the legal profession 




Students also have the opportunity to gain 

practical experience of interviewing and 

advising clients by participating in the 

School’s Pro Bono Law Clinic, a free legal 

advice service for students, run by students 

under the supervision of qualified local 

solicitors. The LPC also offer a successful 

work experience programme which is 

supported by a number of local law firms. 

How the courses are structured 

Teaching is delivered through a combination 

of large group introductory and interactive 

sessions, and small group sessions with the 

emphasis on transactional work. Students 

are supported by a dedicated team of 

experienced professional practitioner 

tutors. 




Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) 

The GDL (also known as the Common 

Professional Examination or CPE) is a 

36-week, full-time intensive course 

primarily intended for non-law graduates 

wishing to embark on a career in law, 

although the programme is also of benefit 

to those intending to undertake other 

careers where a sound knowledge of law 

is desirable. 

The course, which is designed to provide 

students with a thorough knowledge of the 

core areas of law, commences with an 

introductory block of interactive classes on 

the English Legal System, the acquisition of 

legal skills and the law of the European 

Union, whilst the foundation subjects of 

Contract, Tort, Public, Equity and Trusts, 

Land Law and Criminal Law are taught 

over two semesters through a combination 

of lectures and seminars. An additional 

legal subject is studied by means of a 

supervised research project. 

The successful completion of the course, 

which is recognised by professional 

bodies, enables students to progress to the 

vocational stage of training for both 

solicitors and barristers. 

“I chose Swansea for my GDL 

study as it is one of the a few 

providers in the UK accredited by 

the Law Society, and enjoys a very 

good reputation both in terms of its 

teaching excellence and graduates’ 

future careers prospects. I also 

completed my LPC at Swansea and 

have secured a training contract 

with a national law firm. 

”Jing Xu, 

Graduate Diploma in Law 


GDL: A degree in any non-law discipline 

(normally at 2.2 or above). However, 

candidates with alternative qualifications 

or experience are also encouraged to 

apply. 

Please note: that prospective students who 

hold a degree from a non-UK or Republic 

of Ireland institution will normally be 

required to obtain a Certificate of 

Academic Standing from either the 

Solicitors Regulation Authority (www.sra. 

org.uk) or The General Council of the Bar 

(www.barcouncil.org.uk). Applications 

should be made through the Central 

Applications Board (CAB) and can be 

made online at: www.lawcabs.ac.uk 

Assessment 

The Graduate Diploma in Law is assessed 

through a variety of methods, ranging from 

multiple-choice and unseen examinations 

to coursework and mini-dissertations. 




Contact the Admissions Tutor (GDL): 

Email: Karen.Davies@swansea.ac.uk 

Contact the Admissions Tutor (GDL): 

Email: m.e.leyshon@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: + 44 (0)1792 602374 



Legal Practice Course (LPC) 

Postgraduate Diploma in Law 

The LPC at Swansea is a high quality 

professional course designed to prepare 

students for practise as a trainee solicitor 

in England and Wales. The course, which 

consists of two stages, runs full-time for 36 

weeks and is the new style of LPC as 

validated by the Solicitors Regulation 

Authority in 2009. 

Stage One 


• Business Law and Practice 

• Property Law and Practice 

• Criminal and Civil Litigation 

• Wills and Administration of Estates 

Pervasive Areas: 

• Professional Conduct and Regulation 

• Solicitors Accounts 

Skills: 

• Practical Legal Research 

• Interviewing and Advising Clients 

• Writing 

• Drafting 

• Advocacy in Court 

Applications should be made through 

the Central Applications Board (CAB) 

and can be made online at: 

www.lawcabs.ac.uk – see pages 

176 – 177 for further information 

For details of taught Master’s degrees 

in Law, please see page 68, or for 

information about research degrees in 

Law, please see page 122. 

Stage Two 

Students choose three optional modules, 

usually determined by the type of legal 

environment in which they wish to 

practise. A range of modules is available, 

including: 

• Advanced Commercial Law 

• Business Leases 

• Employment Law and Practice 

• Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence 

• Advanced Criminal Practice (Advanced 

Criminal Advocacy available in Welsh) 

• Family Childcare Law and Practice 


LPC: Normally a minimum of a qualifying 

lower second-class Honours degree in 

Law, a Graduate Diploma in Law (CPE) or 

a similar qualification such as FILEX. 

To be eligible to study the LPC, students 

must have student membership of The 

Law Society and have a Certificate of 

Academic Standing from the Solicitors 

Regulation Authority. 

Assessment 

The LPC is assessed by open and closed 

book examinations. Skills and Pervasives 

are assessed simply as competent/not yet 

competent as they are completed. 

“I enjoyed my LPC at 

Swansea and the tutors were 

professional and approachable. 

They supported me during my 

course and with helping me 

find a training contract. 

” 

Rebecca Dunn, 

PGDip Legal Practice 

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Mathematics 


MSc: a 2.2 Honours degree, or 

equivalent, in Mathematics, Computer 

Science, Engineering, or equivalent is 

normally required. 

MRes: a 2.1 Honours degree, or 

equivalent, in Mathematics, Computer 

Science, Engineering, or equivalent is 






Mathematics is both ancient and modern. 

Often challenging and always rewarding, 

it is the most international of subjects, and 

the basis on which the modern world is 

built. Science, engineering and business 

depend on their mathematical 

foundations, and mathematicians 

therefore play an essential role in our 

society. 

Mathematics at Swansea is supported by 

enviable research links. The Department 

interacts with other leading centres 

researching in the fields; mathematics for 

finance, probability and stochastic 

analysis, partial differential equations, 

numerics for stochastics. The Department 

maintains excellent contacts with 

world-leading experts in these fields 

through its research seminar programmes, 

regular schools and workshops. 



rewarding career in a range of 

diverse fields 

• help you to gain communication, 


• provide the foundation for a 

research degree. 


These programmes combine academic 

excellence with a practice-oriented 

perspective, ensuring that content is both 

intellectually demanding and relevant. The 

programmes comprise a range of compulsory 

and optional modules. Students are also 

required to undertake a project which 

provides the opportunity to explore in depth 

an area of particular interest. 

Assessment 

The taught Master’s programmes are 

assessed through a combination of 

coursework, written examinations and the 

research project. 

MSc Mathematics and 

Computing for Finance 

This programme has been designed 

to meet the still growing demand for 

specifically trained academics to work in 

the world’s financial markets. Despite the 

convulsions in the banking industry, many 

banks still have a pressing need for 

employees with advanced mathematical 

skills who can further their understanding 

of turbulence in financial markets. 

The mathematics component of the 

programme covers such topics as: 

• Stochastic calculus based on 

Brownian motion 

• Lévy processes and more general 

jump processes 

• The advanced Black-Scholes theory 

• Theory and numerics of parabolic 

differential equations. 

The computing component provides 

expertise in such topics as 

• Java programming 

• Theory of algorithms 

• Internet systems. 


modules available, please contact the 

relevant Admissions Tutor. 





Postgraduate. In addition the Department 

has some bursaries available, some for 

fees only, and all eligible applicants are 

invited to apply sometime after the Easter 

Vacation prior to the beginning of the 

programme. 

The offer of a place does not imply 

any offer of funding. 


This programme draws together expertise 

from three departments in the College of 

Science (Computer Science, Mathematics, 

Physics) through a unifying theme of data, 

and in particular the role of uncertainty in 

modelling scientific data. It is intended that 

the themes developed in the MSc will be 

highly relevant to the new High 

Performance Computer (HPC) Facility 

established in Swansea. 

The key aim of the programme is to 

provide a broad education in modelling, 

uncertainty and the efficient analysis of 

(large) data sets. An important feature of 

the programme is that the techniques are 

not to be concentrated on one small area 

within a subset of the Science, Technology, 

Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) 

subjects. The strategy is to provide a 

portfolio of cross-cutting techniques with 

emphasis on both theory and application 

so that problems in all STEM subject areas 

can be addressed. All three departments 

(Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics) 

have expertise in the key modelling 

techniques to be delivered and each can 

contribute a number of highly relevant 

modules from their existing portfolios. 



maths.swansea.ac.uk 



Tel: + 44 (0)1792 295142 


Applications can be made online at: www. 

swansea.ac.uk/applyonline – see pages 

176 – 177 for further information 

For details of the research degrees available in 

Mathematics, please see page 124. 

The platform of modelling tools to be 

delivered falls neatly into four topics: 

• probability, statistics and numerical 

analysis 

• programming and visualization 

• distributed computation and data sets 

• modelling of physical systems. 


modules available, please contact the 

relevant Admissions Tutor. 

MRes Stochastic Processes: 

Theory and Applications 

The Department offers a one-year MRes 

programme in Stochastic Processes and 

Applications. One third of the programme 

is delivered through taught modules with 

the balance achieved through a large, 

research project. There are no compulsory 

modules but students could expect to study 

topics such as: 

• Stochastic calculus based on 

Brownian motion 

• Lévy processes and more general 

jump processes 

• The advanced Black-Scholes theory 

• Theory and numerics of parabolic 

differential equations. 

Contact the Admissions Tutors: 

Professor J-L Wu (MSc Mathematics and 

Computing for Finance) 

Email: j.l.wu@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602757 

Dr I M Davies (MSc Modelling, 

Uncertainty and Data) 

Email: i.m.davies@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602760 

Professor E Lytvynov (MRes Stochastic 

Processes: Theory and Applications) 

Email: e.lytvynov@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602156 

The MRes project requires a very 

substantial research component that 

contributes to the field in an explicit 

way rather than merely applying existing 

knowledge. The research project is begun 

early in the academic year with a 

programme of directed reading and study 

leading to the intensive research oriented 

phase in the Summer Vacation. All MRes 

students are allocated a supervisor, and 

have access to all facilities available to 

PhD/MPhil students. 

“Since completing the Masters in Mathematics and Computing for 

Finance at Swansea University in 2003, I have travelled quite a journey. 

First stop New York City, I was an assistant for a bond trader at US Trust, 

part of Bank of America’s private wealth division. A year later I landed 

an account manager role within the Structured Finance department of 

Deutsche Bank, an international market leader. This role has progressed 

over the last six and half years and my time has been split between Los 

Angeles and London. In today’s ever increasingly competitive job market 

where every candidate holds a bachelors degree having a masters gives 

you an edge over other applicants along with the confidence to excel in 

the interview, it is almost a prerequisite if you wish to compete in the 

global market. With this masters degree I have been able to break 

through any glass ceilings comfortably in the knowledge that I am just as 

qualified as anyone else. 

” 

Claire Geleta, 

MSc Mathematics and Computing for Finance 

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Media and Communication Studies 


Normally a minimum of a lower class BA 

Honours degree 2.2 (with an overall average of 

55% or above) in a related subject. 










From traditional print and broadcast 

media to digital publishing, social 

networking, and public relations, the 

media increasingly defines the way we 

interact with our society. It shapes the way 

we see ourselves and others, and can be 

a powerful tool for social change, good 

or bad. 

Media and Communication Studies at 

Swansea has a broad vocational and 

international outlook that reflects the 

challenges of our media-rich world. 



rewarding career in a diverse range of 

media-related industries 







the year with three modules offered in each 

academic semester (a total of six modules 

in Part One) and then a dissertation or 

practice-based project (applicable to 

Communication, Media Practice and Public 

Relations only) over the summer (Part Two). 

The dissertation component is written on a 


Part-time students normally study three 

modules in their first and second year and 

write their dissertation in the third year. 

The College has computer labs with 

Apple computers to learn creative digital 

skills, radio and TV studios, video and film 

MA Comparative Journalism 

The MA in Comparative Journalism 

provides a cross-cultural approach to 

journalism in the twenty first century. It is 

aimed at those interested in developing 

their knowledge and understanding of the 

role of contemporary global society, and 

exploring how journalism is evolving in the 

ever-changing communication environment 

characterised by digital technologies. 

The course provides students with essential 

knowledge of how journalism is practiced 

in different cultures worldwide as well as 

responding to their interest in comparative 

study in the field of journalism and 

communication studies. Students are 

encouraged to focus on a comparative 

approach in journalism studies and 

develop cross-cultural themes by drawing 

on multidisciplinary research from a variety 

of fields as well as countries. 

production and editing equipment and film 

viewing facilities. 

In addition you will gain practical 

experience and benefit from a programme 

of visiting lecturers, many of them industry 

professionals with first-hand experience of 

working in different areas of the media. 






MA Digital Media 

This programme offers an innovative, 

interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary 

approach to contemporary technology 

and new media, drawing upon expertise 

in Media and Communication Studies to 

examine some of the key issues 

confronting twenty first century global 

societies through a dynamic programme 

that combines theoretical and applied 

perspectives. 

Students will be encouraged to apply 

media theory, political and social theory, 

and research tools in analysing and 

understanding digital media, as well as 

teaching key historical, policy and 

practice dimensions of new media. 





Postgraduate Office: 


Tel: + 44 (0)1792 606980/606981 






information 

MA Communication, Media Practice 

and Public Relations/European MA 

in Communication, Media Practice 

and Public Relations 

These programmes offer syllabus-based 

practice in professional, contemporary 

media skills, taught by industry 

professionals with academic 

backgrounds. The programme includes 

modules in Professional Writing/ 

Journalism, Visual Communication and 

Media Design, Video and Documentary 

Making, and PR, Branding and 

Promotion. Other modules in 

communication, theory, film and history 

are also available. 

The programmes allow graduates to add 

valuable and desirable professional 

media skills for careers in business, public 

and media relations, broadcasting, 

advertising and marketing and they also 

allow industry professionals to acquire 

new media skills and qualifications that 

will enhance their continuing professional 

development. 

The European Master’s degree is intended 

for graduates who wish to acquire 

professional skills, which will be 

recognised across the European Higher 

Education Area. 

Assessment 

The degrees are assessed by coursework 

with a final project incorporating the 

practical elements of the course and a 

short-term work placement. 

“The MA in Comparative Journalism provided me with a good 

balance of theoretical knowledge and practical journalism skills, 

enabling me to approach news and feature writing in an effective way 

and develop a strong portfolio of work. Alongside these modules the 

course’s global approach to journalism helped me to develop a wider 

view of world media and appreciate the importance of new 

technologies in publishing - something that has come in very useful as I 

now work as a web editor for an international magazine based in 

Shanghai, China. 

” 

Claire Slobodian, 

MA in Comparative Journalism 

Master’s Degrees – Media and Communication Studies 

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Medicine 


MSc Trauma Surgery: Candidates must 

have obtained, or will shortly obtain; the 

MRCS (or equivalent for Maxillofacial 

surgery candidates), ATLS, and must be 

able to demonstrate a career path in 

Trauma and Orthopaedic, Burns and 

Plastic or Maxillofacial surgery. 

Applications will include a structured 

CV and two references from consultants 

in the relevant field of interest. Following 

shortlisting each applicant will be 

expected to undertake a given short piece 

of written work and attend an interview. 

MSc Trauma Surgery (Military): 

Candidates will have obtained MRCS or 

equivalent and have ATLS and BATLS 

(Battlefield Trauma Life Support). Applicants 

will be pursuing a career in surgical 

discipline within the military. Trainees in 

Trauma and Orthopaedics will be able to 

pursue the unmodified MSc Trauma 

Surgery. Military surgical trainees pursuing 

careers in Trauma and Orthopaedic, 

Burns and Plastic or Maxillofacial surgery 

will only be considered on recommendation 

of the Defence Consultant Advisors from 

the Armed Forces. The application process 

is then the same as the MSc Trauma Surgery. 

MSc/Diploma Liquid Chromatography 

Mass Spectrometry, Postgraduate 

Certificate in Applied Liquid 

Chromatography Mass Spectrometry: 

For all schemes, candidates should normally 

have a minimum of a 2.2 degree in a 

relevant science subject plus proof of 

English language competence at: IELTS 

overall 6.5 (no component below 6.0) or 

Swansea University recognised equivalent. 

MSc Health Informatics 

Applicants with two years of relevant 

employment are welcomed, as well as 

graduates of a relevant discipline with an 

Honours classification of 2.2 or above, or 

an equivalent recognised qualification. 








www.swansea.ac.uk/medicine 






information 


available in Medicine, please see 

page 128. For details of the Graduate 

Entry Medicine Programme, please see 

page 80. 

Contact the Admissions 

Coordinator: 

Trauma Surgery 

Email: c.l.davies@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 703904 

Mass Spectrometry 

Email: ims@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295915 

Education for Health Professionals 

Email: S.D.Harvey@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0) 1792 518540 

Continued Professional Development 

Email: j.g.noble@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602026 


Tony Paget 

Email: a.m.paget@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602874 

Master’s Degrees – Medicine 

Established in 2001, the College of 

Medicine is fast becoming a centre of 

excellence in world-leading research and 

medical education. It is able to offer 

outstanding postgraduate opportunities in 

medical training, as well as in 

experimental science and healthcare. 

The College has key collaborations with 

Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University 

Health Board, other local health boards, 

as well as numerous international and 

national research links. 

The College has two well established and 

innovative programmes: the MSc/Diploma 

in Trauma Surgery and MSc/Diploma in 

Trauma Surgery (Military). The College 

also offer two new programmes: the 


Mass Spectrometry (LCMS) programme 

and Postgraduate Certificate in Applied 

Liquid Chromatography Mass 

Spectrometry and contributes to the MA/ 

Diploma/Certificate in Education for 

Health Professions in conjunction with the 

College of Human and Health Sciences. 

MSc Trauma Surgery 

This highly competitive degree will: 


rewarding career as a Trauma, 

Orthopaedic, Burns, and Plastic or 

Maxillofacial surgeon 





This degree is offered on a part-time basis 

only and will normally take eighteen 

months to complete. 

Teaching is delivered in one-week blocks 

at the College of Medicine, Morriston 

Hospital, Swansea. Much of the teaching 

will be based on practical moulage 

scenarios and surgical skills simulations. 

The experience gained in these simulations 

will cement the factual knowledge 

acquired with its clinical application. 

Completion of Part One only will result in 

the award of Higher Education 

Postgraduate Diploma in Trauma Surgery. 

MSc Trauma Surgery (Military) 

The MSc Trauma Surgery programme has 

been expanded to include a Military 

Surgery pathway, in association with the 

Academic Department of Military Surgery 

and Trauma (ADMST), Royal Centre for 

Defence Medicine, Birmingham and 

associated military facilities. 

This degree aims to prepare Armed Forces 

Surgical Trainees for their future deployed 

roles. All students complete the first four 

modules (70 credits) of Trauma Surgery 

then those students on the military pathway 

will undertake two 20-credit Military 

Surgery modules at ADMST and 

associated military facilities. 

MSc/Postgraduate Diploma Liquid 

Chromatography Mass Spectrometry 

Mass spectrometry (MS) has featured 

prominently amongst the research strengths 

of Swansea University and has contributed 

to the development of new MS designs, 

MS applications and combining MS to 

chromatography worth hundreds of 

millions of pounds to the UK economy. 

The presence of this knowledge, 

instrumentation resource and research 

strength in instrument development and 

bioanalytical (medical) mass spectrometry 

was crucial in attracting the EPSRC 

National Mass Spectrometry Service 

Centre (NMSSC) in 1985 and is the 

foundation underpinning the LCMS 

Masters programme. 

Training in this analytical science is 

essential as undergraduates are not taught 

this subject to the required depth. The 

College of Medicine programmes offer 

an innovative approach to fulfilling this 

training provision with a full-time and 

part-time MSc and Diploma for those 

looking for extensive training in LCMS, 

and a full-time/part-time Certificate in 

Applied LCMS suited to professionals, 

with several years’ experience in 

analytical sciences, requiring an up-date 

in their skills. 

The Master’s scheme includes the 

fundamentals of modern mass spectrometry 

and chromatography, including crucial 

topics in medical MS; proteomics, 

lipidomics and metabolomics, as well as 

pharmaceutical, environmental, forensics 

and medical life science applications. It 

also includes subjects essential to the 

analytical industry such as data handling, 

professional management and laboratory 

practice (GLP) providing students with 

invaluable training and experience being 

sought within the analytical sectors, both in 

the UK and worldwide. 



Government policies, professional bodies 

and European strategies have all made 

explicit reference to the need for 

healthcare staff with health informatics 

education and training to keep in line 

with new developments and the changing 

nature of new technology. Existing health 

informaticians should seek to develop their 

professional credentials. 

This programme is designed for 

professionals who want to increase their 

knowledge of and skills in health 

informatics, to equip them for roles in the 

developing world of e-health. 

This programme uses the latest 

technologies and has a strong focus on 

practical experience. The College’s 

expertise in health informatics is 

complemented by guest lecturers from 

software developers, the NHS, the Welsh 

Government and more. The course has 

been accredited by the United Kingdom 

Council for Health Informatics Professions 

(UKCHIP). 

Modules studied include: 

• The Health Informatics Professional 

• Communication Systems 

• Data Quality and Secondary Uses 

• Information Systems and Technologies 

• Knowledge Management 

• Health Technologies and Telecare 

• A dissertation based on a topic of the 

student’s choosing 

Those looking to work in a health informatics 

role, healthcare professionals or those 

working in a health related service or 

industry will benefit from this programme. 

Access to data for research and limited 

work experience in a local NHS Board is 

available. 

Applicants should have access to the Internet 

at home or your place of work and a basic 

understanding of IT (including Internet use 

and office software), although some training 

will be given throughout the course. 

Postgraduate Certificate in Applied 

Liquid Chromatography Mass 

Spectrometry (LCMS) 

The Certificate in Applied LCMS is 60 

credits and comprises four optional taught 

modules with students selecting four out of 

five modules. The certificate focuses on 

the applications essential to the analytical 

industry such as proteomics, lipidomics 

and metabolomics, as well as 

pharmaceutical, environmental, forensics 

and medical life science. 

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Medicine 

MA/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate 

Certificate in Education for Health 

Professions 

In partnership with the College of Human 

and Health Sciences, the College of 

Medicine will be providing modules 

for this new programme, which will 

commence in September 2012 (subject 

to validation). This new course has been 

designed to provide all health care 

professionals involved in medical 

education and clinical training an 

opportunity to develop a better 

understanding of their own clinical 

practice and values as well as an 

advanced understanding of education 

and their practice as teachers. 

Continued Professional 

Development (CPD) Opportunities 

The College of Medicine is committed to 

the provision of a structured and supportive 

skills enhancement framework for 

continued personal and professional 

development, which allows clinicians, 

educationalists and scientists the 

opportunity to undertake M level education 

to support their professional roles. With 

this in mind, the majority of modules 

offered as part of the programmes detail 

above are available as standalone CPD 

courses. 

Assessment 

Trauma Surgery and Trauma Surgery 

(Military): 

Assessment in the clinical modules will 

be built around the development and 

demonstration of strategic thinking, with 

written assessment of core knowledge 

and its application in unseen written 

papers together with moulage skills 

practical examinations. Essays and 

portfolio preparation will supplement 

these core assessments. 


Mass Spectrometry, Postgraduate 

Certificate in Applied Liquid 

Chromatography Mass Spectrometry: 

Assessment for the taught modules will 

include examinations, case studies, 

essays, presentations, and problem sheets. 

The MSc project will be assessed through 

a written dissertation supplemented by 

student-led presentations. 

Students who wish to enrol on the 

Postgraduate Certificate will be required 

to pass an interview with an entry 

examination testing their background 

knowledge of separation sciences and 

mass spectrometry, prior to acceptance. 

Applicants wishing to pursue the MSc as 

a continuation of studies, as a transfer or 

upgrade from the Postgraduate Diploma 

or Certificate will only be accepted for 

enrolment the following academic year. 

Applications will include an academic 

reference in the field of interest to confirm 

practical and academic ability. 

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Medicine – Graduate Entry Medicine 

Programme Mb Bch (Wales) 


As this is a graduate entry programme, an 

upper second or first-class Honours degree 

(or predicted) is required. This can be in 

any subject, but applicants will need to 

demonstrate a clear commitment to 

medicine, and an understanding of its 

demands and rewards. 

GCSE Mathematics and English at Grade 

C or above is required and, ideally, 

experience of Biology or Chemistry, 

post-GCSE are also required. 

Applicants will also need to take and 

perform satisfactorily the Graduate 

Medical Schools Admissions Test 

(GAMSAT). The test costs in the region of 

Without question, doctors have one of 

the most rewarding jobs imaginable. In 

applying their knowledge of the human 

body, they can have a transformative 

effect on our health and well-being. They 

embrace science to understand how to 

treat us when we fall ill and, no matter 

which branch of medicine they choose to 

follow, their primary concern is for our 

well-being. 

Since its launch in 2004, Swansea’s 

Graduate Entry Medicine Programme has 

established itself as an outstanding degree 

programme that enables graduates of any 

discipline to learn the scientific and clinical 

principles of medicine. 


• train you to become a doctor 

• prepare you for professional practice 

using state-of-the-art equipment and 

cutting-edge teaching methods 

• help you to specialise in your chosen 

field 

• provide you with transferable skills, 


presentation, problem-solving, and 

analytical skills 

£192 and this fee must be paid in full at 

time of registration. All applicants will sit 

the GAMSAT on a single date in 

September. For further information on 

GAMSAT registration and the exam, visit: 

www.gamsatuk.org 

Applicants must also be able to demonstrate 

a proficiency in mathematics and English 

language, and be medically fit to practise 

Medicine. The Graduate Entry Medicine 

Programme is only open to UK and EU 

citizens. 

It is part of the policy of the College of 

Medicine not to consider applicants who 

have failed to complete a previous 

medical degree programme. It is also part 

How is the degree structured? 

Students work with real and simulated 

patients at every stage of their training to 

help them develop the skills necessary to 

become a knowledgeable and 

professional doctor. As a result, studies are 

split between learning weeks at the 

University and clinical placements with 

local NHS sites, in particular the 


Health Board. 

This is an independent, four-year 

programme based entirely in Swansea 

and west Wales. Each campus-based 

study week encourages students to explore 

a clinical problem using group tutorials, 

lectures and seminars, and will practise 

clinical skills in a laboratory environment. 

This knowledge is then consolidated by 

clinical exposure during Learning 

Opportunities in the Clinical Setting 

(LOCS) and Community Based Learning. 

Clinical placements allow students to 

practise their skills and develop their 

understanding of the wider social and 

organisational aspects of medicine. 

Welsh speakers have opportunities to 

improve their technical vocabulary in the 

context of clinical consultation, and the 

College also provides opportunities for 

non-Welsh speakers to gain some 

of the College’s policy not to accept 

transfers from other medical courses. 

Assessment 

Assessment is through a variety of 

methods, including examinations, 

assignments and practical work. 


Graduate entry medical students from 

England or Wales are eligible to receive 

a student loan in year one and, from year 

two onwards, may apply to the NHS 

Student Grants Unit for a means-tested 

bursary to support their studies. 

familiarity with the language and its 

origins. All students are encouraged to 

look at the Welsh Government’s 

introduction to language awareness in 

health care, “Iechyd Da!’’. 

In addition to the learning weeks, students 

complete a range of other activities, 

including: 

• placements in a primary care centre to 

see patients and gain experience of 

different medical problems 

• five-week clinical placements embedded 

in a healthcare team to work alongside 

other staff and gain experience of the 

professional practice of doctors 

• five-week clinical placements within 

specific specialty areas to gain 

experience of the health needs of 

people with particular health needs 

• an elective period in Year Three, which 

allows students to choose to visit almost 

any part of the world 

• a final “shadowing” period that enables 

students to hone their skills before 

starting as a qualified doctor 

project work each year gives students the 

chance to work with other professions and 

explore the issues of interprofessional 

learning. 



www.swansea.ac.uk/medicine 

Contact the Admissions Coordinator: 

Email: medicine@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602618 


details 

On completion of the degree, students are 

offered a rotational year on the Foundation 

Year Programme in Wales, after which 

they will be fully equipped with the skills 

required to be amongst the top in the field, 

and able to specialise in the area of 

medicine that most excites them. 


www.ucas.ac.uk. The course code is 

A101 Medicine. Further information is 

available on page 176. 


available in Medicine, please see 

page 128. 

“I heard something on the news about the government allowing 

four-year medicine courses for mature students, which started a candle 

burning in my mind that just wouldn’t go away, so I applied. It’s tough 

to get on the course, and it’s a full-time commitment, but every lecture 

has been fascinating. You’re immersed clinically from the start; you go 

and see A&E, you sit in on GP consultations, you do drug rounds in 

prison, and go out with paramedics on a Friday night. 

The doctors help you: there’s a realisation that people who are doing 

their second degree are serious and conscientious. I feel very 

privileged. 

” 

Andrew Phillips, 

MB BCh Medicine 

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Politics, International Relations 

and Development Studies 



Honours degree 2.2 (with an overall 

average of 55% or above) in a related 

subject. 






The full-time course structure is split across the 

year with three modules offered in each 

academic semester (a total of six modules in 

Part One) and then a dissertation over the 

Politics is not just about studying 

government institutions and international 

relationships. It is a discipline that has 

explored different visions for a more just 

society for thousands of years, and yet 

still addresses some of today’s most 

pressing challenges. 


Development Studies at Swansea 

investigates political issues, governance 

and policy, international communication, 

international relations, international 

security, human rights and development. It 

examines the key issues confronting twenty 

first century global societies. 




fields, including government and 

politics, the diplomatic corps, the armed 

forces, intelligence and risk analysis, 

relief and humanitarian organisations, 

journalism, and broadcasting 





summer (Part Two). Students study three 

compulsory modules and three optional 

modules. The dissertation component is 

written on a specialist research topic of your 

choosing. Part-time students normally take 

one compulsory and two optional modules 

in their first and second year and write their 

dissertation in the third year. 





For a full list of modules available, please 

visit the website. 

MA Development and Human Rights 

The MA in Development and Human 

Rights is a multidisciplinary scheme 

combining insights from the fields of 

development studies, politics/political 

theory and international law. The 

programme examines the comparatively 

new interface between human rights and 

international development. Issues explored 

include: 

• human rights and human intervention 

• rights-based approaches to development 

• international human rights law 

MA International Communication 

and Development 

The MA programme focuses on the 

political economy of global 

communication, global information and 

communication structures, examining the 

economic, technological and cultural 

pressures that shape the gathering and 

processing of global news and 

information. Students will obtain a detailed 

understanding of the issues and problems 

involved in using the mass media to 

promote development, including issues 

related to nation-building, social inequality, 

health and population, and economic 

growth. Issues explored include: 

Assessment 

The taught Master’s degree is available by 


There are six required seminar modules, 

and a dissertation of 15-20,000 words is 

written after successful completion of the 

modules. 

• global media 

• development communication 

• governance: from state formation to 

global governance 

MA International Relations 

This programme examines the key issues 

and actors in international relations and 

alternative ways of analysing and 

interpreting the subject. Issues explored 

include: 

• security in the Asia-Pacific region 

• civil society and international 

development 

• drug policy and human rights 

MA International Security and 

Development 

Issues of security, violence and conflict 

have become central to international 

politics and to development policy and 

discourse. In order to comprehend the 

modern world, a full appreciation of the 

realities of conflict and violence, both 

theoretical and practice-based, has 

become essential. Issues explored include: 

• critical security 

• violence, conflict and development 

• security in the Asia-Pacific region 


A range of postgraduate scholarships 

and bursaries is available. For details, 


scholarships/Postgraduate 






MA Politics 

The MA in Politics provides a broad 

introduction to the study of politics, 

covering the structures and processes 

of contemporary politics. Issues 

explored include: 

• democracy and citizenship 

• government and politics in the UK 

• the politics of human rights 

MA Public Policy 

The MA in Public Policy is designed to 

provide high level training in the study 

of public policy and policy making at 

international, national and sub-state 

levels. Issues explored include: 

• the policy making process 

• managing change and 

performance in public services 

• Governance: from state formation 

to global governance 







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www.swansea.ac.uk/applyonline – 

see pages 176 – 177 for further 

information 


available in Politics and International 

Relations, please see page 136. 

“My job in education consultancy carries a high level of 

responsibility and without studying for a Masters in International 

Communication and Development, my career would simply not be 

possible. One of the requirements of the role was to have a Masters 

degree, and thus postgraduate education and helped to enhance 

my career opportunities. 

” 

Lucy Hammond, 

MA in International Communication and Development 

Master’s Degrees – Politics, International Relations and Development Studies 

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Psychology 

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For MSc Abnormal and Clinical Psychology 

a minimum of a 2.1 degree in Psychology is 

required for entry to the course. 

For MSc Research Methods in Psychology a 

minimum of a 2.2 degree in Psychology or 

a related discipline is required. 

For MSc Cognitive Neuroscience an 

appropriate degree or its equivalent from 

an approved institution (preferably 2.2 or 

above) and evidence of recent academic 

study OR to be able to satisfy Swansea 

University entry requirements for nonstandard 

entry students. 

Unlocking the secrets of the human mind 

is one of modern science’s greatest 

challenges. Psychology, the study of 

human behaviour, helps us to make sense 

of how we understand the world, what 

makes us laugh or cry, why we are 

conscious, and why we make the 

choices we do. 

Psychology at Swansea benefits from an 

extensive laboratory space, excellent 

facilities, and good links with hospitals 

and education. The Department is a 

member of the Welsh Institute of Cognitive 

Neuroscience and is accredited by the 

ESRC as a postgraduate training outlet. 








roles, including teaching, nursing, 

personnel management, and 

consultancy. 

MSc Abnormal and Clinical Psychology 

This MSc programme is designed to equip 

students with an advanced understanding 

of issues relating to the theory and practice 

of psychology in healthcare settings. 



component and 6.5 in writing) or Swansea 

University recognised equivalent. 


The MSc programmes are delivered 

through a combination of seminars, small 

group lectures and practical classes. For full 

details of the range of compulsory and 

optional modules available, please contact 

the Admissions Tutor. 

The course does not provide a 

professional qualification, but will help 

prepare students who intend applying for 

professional training courses in clinical 

psychology. Applicants should be aware 

that in addition to further academic study, 

experience of working with relevant client 

groups will be beneficial when applying 

for professional training. 

Course modules include: 

• Applied Behaviour Analysis 

• Psychosis 

• Eating Disorders 

• Affective/Somataform Disorders 

• Personality and Sexual Disorders 

• Psychotherapy 

• Neuropsychology 

• Psychopharmacology for 

Clinical Psychologists 

• Causes and Coping with 

Chronic Disease 

• Statistical Methods 

The programme is theory-based and 

designed to address core topics in 

abnormal and clinical psychology. As such 

it offers a valuable academic foundation 

for future doctoral training in clinical 

psychology. We can also provide some 

work experience for a limited number of 

high quality candidates via local NHS 

Psychological services, which can be 

Assessment 

Assessment for the MSc Abnormal 

and Clinical Psychology is by written 

coursework, examination, and a research 

thesis on a topic related to clinical 

psychology. 

The MSc Research Methods in Psychology 

is assessed primarily by written 

coursework, and reports of empirical 

projects carried out individually and in 

groups. 

The MSc Cognitive Neuroscience is 

assessed by formal taught sessions; small 

group work using action-based learning 

approaches; student presentations; Written 

invaluable given clinical training courses 

often seek candidates with evidence of 

working with relevant client groups. 

MSc Research Methods in Psychology 

The aim of this programme is to provide 

students with the advanced training in 

research methods that will prepare them 

for a career involving psychological 

research, which can include any of the 

professional areas of psychology. 

Training is provided in all relevant skills, 

including reviewing literature, developing 

hypotheses, writing research proposals, 

designing and carrying out empirical studies, 

conducting advanced statistical and 

qualitative analyses, and presenting results. 

Students learn to use a range of research 

tools, such as databases, statistical 

software and computer-assisted qualitative 

analysis packages. 

On completion of the programme, students 

have acquired a wide range of practical 

psychology research skills and an 

understanding of the nature and limitations 

of the scientific method and the main 

alternatives. In addition, they will have 

knowledge of a range of general historical, 

theoretical, and philosophical issues 

underlying the discipline of psychology, 

including the philosophy of science. 

assignments including essays; conference 

poster presentations; PowerPoint 

presentations and empirical projects. 






MSc Cognitive Neuroscience 

Cognitive Neuroscience is at the 

intersection of cognitive science, brain 

imaging, and clinical neuroscience. It is 

one of the most significant areas of 

contemporary science and it is beginning 

to transform our understanding of both 

normal and damaged brain function. 

The course will equip students with the 

skills necessary for careers in cognitive 

neuroscience, enable them to acquire 

experience and expertise in experimental 

design, advanced statistical analysis and 

evaluation of research in different 

disciplines within cognitive neuroscience. 

It will also enhance their knowledge and 

understanding of the core areas of 

common concern in cognitive 

neuroscience, including attention, vision, 

memory and language, and the strategy 

of cross-disciplinary research in theory 

and application development. 

It will also equip students with critical 

evaluative and analytical skills for 

addressing their own and others research 

within cognitive neuroscience, including 

assessing theory and methodology 

through a range of communication and 

audio-visual strategies. 





Contact the Admissions Coordinator: 

Email: e.k.gregory@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 513023 






information 


available in Psychology, please see 

page 138. 

“I’m working in America as a Social Skills Coach and Mentor 

for children and teens with complex disabilities (autism, Aspergers, 

ADHD, bipolar etc). I absolutely love the work as every day is 

different and always a challenge. The Abnormal and Clinical 

Psychology course got me where I am today – employed in a job I 

am passionate about. It gave me a strong theoretical knowledge 

which could easily be applied to real life situations. 

” 

Nicolas Searle, 


“I loved the course! It was a useful top-up in regards to the 

knowledge I acquired doing my degree, and it was a significant 

factor responsible for me obtaining an assistant psychologist post 

for which I had been searching for over two years. The lecturers 

were very knowledgeable in regards to psychology and were 

always available to assist if I had any queries. I highly recommend 

the course to anyone who is looking for a future career within 

psychology. The course gave me a thorough grounding regarding 

the application of psychological theory, and how it can be applied 

to a variety of cliental. 

” 

Robert Searle, 


Master’s Degrees – Psychology 

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Translation and Interpreting Studies 



Honours degree 2.2 (with an overall average 

of 55% or above) in a related subject. 




recognised equivalent. 6.0 is acceptable 

for the MA in Chinese-English Translation 

and Language Teaching. 



the year with three modules offered in each 

academic semester (a total of six modules 

in Part One) and then either two extended 

The global demand for translation 

services is growing rapidly as companies, 

institutions, and people around the world 

increasingly expect to buy goods and use 

services localised into their own 

language. Liaison (dialogue) interpreting 

is a key requirement of international 

business, and is widely used wherever 

individuals from another country have to 

interact with official bodies of all kinds 

(social services, hospitals, the police, etc). 

Translation and Interpreting Studies at 

Swansea gives you the opportunity to work 

intensively with languages. You will expand 

your knowledge in foreign languages and 

refine the command of your native 

language. Our postgraduate programmes 

are delivered by experienced staff in the 

Department of Languages, Translation and 

Media, many of whom are practising 

translators and interpreters. We place great 

emphasis on hands-on project work and 

vocational outcomes. The disciplines of 

Translation and Interpreting offer excellent 

job prospects. The increase in international 

contacts means that more and more 

well-qualified translators are necessary. 

With a good qualification in translation you 

can expect to share in a world-wide, 

multi-billion market. 

translations or a dissertation over the 

summer (Part Two). Each Extended 

Translation (5,000-6,000) words involves 

using a CAT tool and is accompanied by 

a reflective report. 

The Language Research Centre (LRC) at 

Swansea provides a distinct international 

and multidisciplinary forum for the 

advancement of the study of Translation, 

Language Technology, Public Service 

Interpreting and Multilingualism. Regular 

research seminars and lectures are run 

through this group and also through the 

Research Institute for Arts and Humanities 

(RIAH), which students are encouraged to 

attend. 

Our degrees will: 

• equip you with the skills relevant for a 

career in the language services industry 

world-wide 

• help you to gain transferable 

skills, including team working, 

communication, technological, 



(MPhil or PhD) if you wish to pursue 

that option 

The Department benefits from extensive 

library holdings and maintains a large 

collection of audio-visual materials. All 

postgraduate students have access to two 

computer-based language laboratories, an 

advanced Translation and Media 

computing lab and a more specialised 

Translation Research facility housing the 

latest digitisation, corpus analysis and 

computer-assisted translation tools. 

MA in Translation and Interpreting 

This programme is a variant of the MA 

Translation with Language Technology in 

which an emphasis on Public Service 

Interpreting (with an introduction to 

conference interpreting) replaces that on 

Language Technology (which however 

remains available as an option). It is 

designed to provide students with a 

For full information on programme 

structures and modules, please visit 

the website. 

Assessment 

These degrees are available by assessed 

coursework, extended translations or a 

dissertation. 



bursaries are available. For details, please 



qualification which validates a wide range 

of professional skills and allow them to 

respond flexibly to the changing 

challenges of the language services 

market. Students take practical modules 

on interpreting in Local Authority and 

Healthcare settings. These are designed 

to prepare them to pass the examinations 

of the widely recognised Diploma in Public 

Service Interpreting of the professional 

body the Chartered Institute of Linguists. 

MA Literary Translation 

This well-established programme is 

designed to offer an independent scheme 

of study for advanced linguists, and a 

practical and theoretical training for those 

wishing to pursue a career in literary 

translation. It is also suitable for practising 

translators who do not yet have, but wish 

to gain, formal qualifications. 

Language pairs offered: English with 

French, German, Italian, Spanish or 

Welsh. Students will work in either one or 

two languages, plus English, and will take a 

complementary range of theory and 

practical translation modules, including 

Translation Theory and History of Translation. 

Students will also complete either a 

dissertation or two extended translations 

using language technology tools. 







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MA Translation with 

Language Technology 

By combining advanced translation work 

in administrative and technical domains 

with in-depth language technology 

training, this practical Master’s 

programme provides graduates with 

the skills and experience to become 

immediately productive in a modern 

professional environment, and puts them 

in a strong position to compete for work 

in the expanding worldwide language 

services industry. It’s vocational excellence 

has been recognised by inclusion in the 

European Commission’s prestigious 

European Master’s in Translation Network. 

See: www.ec.europa.eu/dgs/ 

translation/programmes/emt 

Language pairs offered: Arabic, Chinese, 

Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, 

Spanish and Welsh into English: English 

into German, French, Italian, Spanish and 

Welsh. 






information 

Key features of this Master’s 

programme include: 

• Emphasis on journalistic, administrative 

and technical translation 

• Solid grounding in the historical aspects 

and theoretical principles of translation 

• Advanced Language Technology 

training 

• The option to study another language 

at beginner or intermediate level 

• Optional ‘Skills lab’ module (simulated 

translation company with real world 

assignments) 

• Optional modules in Interpreting 

(Local Government or Healthcare 

settings), including an introduction to 

conference interpreting 

A wide range of other options in 

linguistics, web design and digital 

publishing, subtitling and video editing, 

translation studies and terminology 

management is also available. Students 

will also complete either a dissertation or 

two extended translations using language 

technology tools. 

European Master’s in Translation with 

Language Technology 

The two-year MAs are a variant of the 

existing EMT-recognised MA programmes 

in Translation and Interpreting. 

This programme is designed to be of 

particular interest to students based in 

continental Europe or planning to work 

(or take a further qualification) there after 

their degree. It is compliant with the EU’s 

‘Bologna’ pattern of higher education 

and so will be fully recognised around 

Europe. It allows students to take 

additional modules and includes the 

option of a semester of residence 

abroad (either at an EMT partner 

translation school or in a 13-week 

accredited internship). 

The MAs have been selected by the 

European Commission as one of the 

founder members of its European Master’s 

in Translation network. The network has 

34 members throughout Europe, all of 

whom are judged to offer a standard of 

training suitable for entry into the EU’s 

translation service, the DGT. 

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Translation and Interpreting Studies 

War and Society 

Chinese-English Translation 

and Language Teaching 

The MA in Chinese-English Translation 

and Language Teaching is specifically 

designed for Chinese students and aims 

to equip them with languages-specific 

knowledge and skills in both translation 

studies and applied linguistics. In 

particular, it attempts to situate the 

broad area of translation studies in the 

specifically targeted context, translating 

between English and Chinese. The MA 

also addresses the issue of non-native 

speakers as English teachers. The 

programme covers applied language 

studies, translating and teaching English 

or Chinese as a second language and is 

attractive not only to prospective students 

but to Mandarin teachers to develop 

appropriate knowledge and skills in 

applied linguistics theory and practice. 

The programme has two unique pathways, 

Translation and TEFL (Teaching English as 

a Foreign Language) and Translation and 

TCAL (Teaching Chinese as an Additional 

Language). Students study two compulsory 

modules and four optional modules and a 

professional practice portfolio. 

“Studying an MA in Translation provided me with the skills to 

use translation software and it was in fact thanks to it that I got my 

first job. I worked for five years as a freelance translator and I also 

worked with various translation agencies. I was then accepted for 

my current position as a financial translator for Dow Jones Japan. I 

translate live economic and financial articles as they come online. 

The confidence and professional skills I had acquired through my 

studies helped me to expand my translation career. 

”Yuko Tamaki, 

MA Literary Translation 


Normally a minimum of a lower 

class BA Honours degree 2.2 (with 

an overall average of 55% or above) 

in a related subject. 





Assessment 

Assessment is based on written 

coursework, a research portfolio, and 

a dissertation of 15,000-20,000 words. 

War has been the violent catalyst for 

change throughout human history, from 

the conflicts of the ancient world to those 

of the twenty first century. It inflicts terrible 

suffering and degradation, yet also 

evokes and inspires great bravery and 

heroism. 

If we are to understand war, however, we 

must analyse it in all its contexts, from the 

political, social, and cultural, through to 

the technological, historical, and military. 




fields, including management, 

administration, foreign affairs and 

diplomatic corps, humanitarian 

organisations, journalism, and the 

armed forces 
















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MA War and Society 

The MA in War and Society is a unique 

degree that explores the most spectacular 

of historic events. It explores war across a 

broad time span – from the Greeks to the 

Second Gulf War – and draws upon the 

University’s strengths in American Studies, 

Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology, 

Politics and International Relations, as well 

as Literature and Media and 

Communication. 

Students can choose from a range 

of modules, including: 

• War and Society up to the 

eighteenth century 

• War and Society in the nineteenth 

and twentieth century 

• War and Crusade 1066-1192 

• The American Way of War 

• War in Space 

• The Army in the Roman Empire 

• Human Rights, Humanitarian 

Intervention and Global Justice 

• European Security 

• Security and Strategy in South East Asia. 






information 


available in War and Society, please 

see page 141. 


The MA War and Society is a collaborative, 

interdisciplinary degree programme, which 

utilises the range of expertise in the Arts and 

Humanities and the Callaghan Centre for 

the Study of Conflict. 

The Centre facilitates, coordinates and 

financially supports the study of war and 

its effects, and seeks to foster detailed 

research and informed debate on 

international conflict as it has been 

experienced throughout human history. 






Students study three compulsory modules 

and three optional modules. The 

dissertation component is written on a 


Part-time students normally take one 

compulsory and two optional modules in 

their first and second year and write their 

dissertation in the third year. 

Master’s Degrees – War and Society 


modules please contact the Admissions Tutor. 

Regular research seminars and lectures 

are run by the Research Institute for Arts 

and Humanities (RIAH), which students 

are encouraged to attend. 

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RESEARCH DEGREES 

Research degrees, typically one 

– three years in duration, are 

academically rigorous programmes 

that demand in-depth study of a 

topic for a sustained period of time. 

The award of a doctorate or other 

research degree recognises the 

patience and commitment of 

successful candidates, the high-level 

skills they have gained, and their 

ability to present original research 

that furthers understanding of the 

subject matter. 

Research students will normally undertake 

some training in research methods before 

embarking on their programme of 

research. They will have an academic 

supervisor who will advise and support the 

direction of their research for the duration 

of the degree, and a co-supervisor will 

provide additional support as required. 

After submitting a PhD thesis, students are 

normally expected to defend their thesis 

orally in a viva voce examination, and to 

demonstrate how their research is original 

and contributes to the field of study. 

RESEARCH DEGREES – INDEX 

92 Ageing Studies 

94 American Studies 

96 Biosciences 

98 Business Management 

100 Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology 

102 Computer Science 

104 Criminal Justice and Criminology 

106 Cymraeg – Academi Hywel Teifi 

108 Economics 

110 Engineering 

114 English 

116 Geography 

Choosing a research topic 

Research degrees, especially at MPhil 

and PhD level, are very different from 

undergraduate and taught Master’s 

programmes as there is no defined list of 

courses to choose from. MPhil and PhD 

degrees can be pursued on any academic 

topic, as long as the College you are 

applying to has the expertise to guide 

and supervise your study. 

You should normally identify a topic area 

within which you would wish to work and 

discuss this with the Admissions Tutor for 

the subject area before making a formal 

application. Even if you have a more 

developed research proposal in mind, we 

recommend that you approach the relevant 

Admissions Tutor for advice. 

Potential applicants are partnered with 

potential supervisors at an early stage. 

This chemistry is vital to ensuring: 

• that you receive the advice and 

guidance you need to decide whether 

or not a research degree at Swansea 

University is right for you 

• that the supervisor is enthused and 

motivated by the topic 

• that you move smoothly into an 

appropriate research group (where 

applicable) 

• that you complete and write up your 

research within the required timeframe. 

Information about the research strengths of 

each academic area can be found in the 

following subject entries and on the 

University website (www.swansea.ac.uk). 

These strengths will provide an insight into 

the broad subject areas that research 

degrees can be supervised in and, ideally, 

you should be able to relate your 

proposed research area to these topics. 

Which research degree? 

The University offers a number of research 

degrees, including: 

PhD: PhD students undertake supervised 

research over a three-year, full-time period 

of study. Research is then presented in the 

form of a thesis of not more than 100,000 

words. The thesis must demonstrate the 

student’s capacity to pursue original 

research and should represent a distinct 

and significant contribution to the subject. 

118 Health and Social Sciences 

120 History 

122 Law 

124 Mathematics 

126 Media Studies 

128 Medicine 

132 Modern Languages and Translation 

134 Physics 

136 Politics, International Relations and Development Studies 

138 Psychology 

140 Sport and Excercise Science 

141 War and Society 

The first year of registration for a PhD 

is a period of official probation, requiring 

departmental assessment before the 

candidate is allowed to proceed. 

MPhil: may be completed in two to three 

years’ full-time study (four-five years 

part-time). Candidates are required to 

submit a thesis of up to 60,000 words 

and assessment is in the form of an oral 

examination (viva). 

In some cases, there may be opportunities 

for students to upgrade from the degree 

to PhD during the course of their studies. 

MA/MSc/LLM by Research: Typically one 

year full-time, two to three years part-time. 

This is an individual research project 

written up into a thesis of 30,000 words. 

MRes: The aim of the MRes (Master of 

Research) is to provide relevant training 

to acquire the knowledge, techniques and 

understanding needed for a professional 

career, or for progression to higher 

academic studies, normally a PhD. 

The MRes is achieved through a 

combination of taught modules (worth 

60 credits) and a research thesis which 

presents the outcome of a significant 

research project (worth 120 credits). 

EngD: The Engineering Doctorate prepares 

Engineering students for research and 

technology leadership careers in industry 

and is fully supported by the Engineering 

and Physical Sciences Research Council. 

The EngD is a four-year scheme consisting 

of one year of taught modules followed by 

an industry-linked research project. For 

further information, see page 110. 

MD: In addition to the PhD, the School of 

Medicine offers the postgraduate degree 

of Doctor of Medicine (MD) through 

supervised research within individual 

research groups. 

DProf: (Doctorate in Professional Practice): 

The DProf is a six-year, part-time Doctorate, 

aimed at professionals working in the 

health and social care professions as well 

as higher education. The programme is 

underpinned by a philosophy which values 

the professional context of the candidate’s 

own practice and is therefore focused on 

research conducted by practitioners in their 

own workplace. Although the structure of 

the programme is similar to the traditional 

PhD programme it is structured around 

three themes, which include: 

• Planning research for practice 

• Initiating and managing change 

• Evaluation and synthesis of theory 

and practice. 

The degree ensures that the candidate’s 

profession and workplace interconnect 

throughout the whole programme, so that 

research conducted is relevant to their own 

practice and workplace. 

Is a research degree right for me? 

Yes, if you want to: 

• Pursue a career in academia or research 

• Explore an individual topic in depth 

• Acquire extensive and specialised 

research skills 

• Enhance your career prospects. 

Can I study part-time? 

Part-time study is possible for UK and EU 

students, but you are encouraged to 

contact the Academic Department in 

question before applying. Part-time study 

is not possible for international students. 

Assessment through the medium 

of Welsh 

You may present research work in the 

Welsh language if your supervisors are 

able to oversee work through the 

medium of Welsh. 

For details of the University’s range of 

taught Master’s programmes, please 

see pages 29 – 89. 

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Research opportunities 

MPhil/PhD 

RAE2008 60% of research 

rated world-leading (4*) or internationally 

excellent (3*) 

Professors 

V Burholt 

J E Phillips 

Academic and research staff 15 

Postgraduates 11 

Population ageing is an issue that will 

dominate the twenty-first century. It is 

unprecedented, pervasive, profound and 

enduring. Changes in the population 

structure will touch all aspects of life, 

from family composition and living 

arrangements, to social support, 

economic activity, and social security, as 

well as the consumption of goods and 

leisure activity. 

The trend toward an ageing population 

requires a concerted application of a 

multidisciplinary scientific endeavour 

through collaboration between scientists 

in a variety of disciplines, (e.g. physical 

science; engineering; IT; social, human 

and health sciences). 

The Centre for Innovative Ageing (CIA) 

welcomes proposals for postgraduate 

research projects that complement staff 

research interests. 

Entry requirements: 

MPhil: normally an Honours degree 

(2.1 or above) in a discipline related to 

the chosen specialty, or a relevant, 

approved postgraduate qualification. 

PhD: Applicants would normally have, 

or be studying for, a Master’s degree. 

Evidence of a commitment to a career 

in a research setting is also desirable. 





Research degrees in Ageing Studies will: 

• train you to provide creative solutions 

that effectively meet the needs and 

expectations of older people 

• equip you with the skills necessary for a 

career working with older people, and 

managing and delivering services for an 

older population 

• prepare you for a career in academic 

research and teaching 

Postgraduates in Ageing Studies will meet 

employer needs: 

• workforce awareness of the changing 

demands of an ageing population is 

essential 

• demographic change will impact on 

employment practice and provide the 

potential for economic growth and new 

companies 

• graduates with skills and knowledge 

relating to this customer and client 

demographic will be in high demand 

Students working full-time towards a 

research degree have the opportunity to 

attend taught courses on research methods 

and statistics, and are encouraged to 

disseminate their own research findings at 

national and international conferences. 



and bursaries is available. 

For details, please visit: www.swansea. 

ac.uk/scholarships/Postgraduate 

The CIA attracts substantial research funding 

from the ESRC, the European Union, the 

Welsh Government, the Big Lottery Fund, 

Joseph Rowntree Foundation, National 

Institute for Clinical Excellence in Health 

and Social Care, and the Department for 

International Development. PhD research 

studentships are frequently advertised for 

posts associated with particular projects 

(in particular ESRC funded projects). 

Research Strengths 

Research undertaken by members of the 

CIA falls into four broad themes: 

• civic and social engagement and 

participation of older people including: 

intergenerational relationships; 

social and support networks; civic 

participation; and the disruption of these 

types of engagement by personal (e.g. 

migration, psychological resources) and 

structural (e.g. multiple disadvantage, 

discrimination, national or local policies, 

transport) factors 

• environments of ageing including: 

natural and built physical space; 

functional design; community; housing; 

climate change and extreme 

emergencies caused by natural and 

human-made events 

• care provision for older people 

including: social care; health care; 

intermediate care; residential care; 

and palliative care 

• chronic conditions, falls and prevention 

in old age including: falls; stroke; 

cancer; dementia; depression and 

health promotion 




humanandhealthsciences/research 

Contact: 

Maria Davis, Postgraduate Administrator 

Email: a.m.davis@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295309 

The Centre also has rich, qualitative and 

quantitative data archives including 

datasets containing information on: 

• 12,000 people aged 60-90 living 

in six European countries 

• 20 years of longitudinal data 

• 600 older South Asians 

• 1000 rural elders in England 

and Wales 

The Centre for Innovative Ageing 

The CIA is at the forefront of 

interdisciplinary work on ageing and 

provides the infrastructure focus and 

leadership for ageing research and 

scholarship across the University’s 

Colleges. It houses a unique cluster of 

researchers and lecturers who contribute 

to postgraduate training. The team’s 

connections to policy-makers are 

unparalleled in other parts of the UK. 

The Centre hosts the Older People and 

Ageing Research and Development 

Network, and the Wales Stroke Research 

Interest Group. Its strong national and 

international links, and its links with the 

Wales Dementias and Neurodegenerative 

Diseases Research Network, set the 

Centre apart from others in the UK, and 

places it at the cutting edge of research 

into ageing. 


see page 174 for details and Open 

Day information 




information 

For details of Master’s courses available 

in Ageing Studies, please see page 

30. 

The CIA aims to ensure that its research 

activity is translated into economic growth 

in commerce and industry, as well as 

providing practical solutions for an ageing 

population in both the private and public 

sector. It provides an exceptional 

training ground for researchers and 

postgraduates, attracting some of the 

finest students from around the world. 

“Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), 

I am focusing on the influence of modifiable lifestyle factors upon 

the risk of cognitive impairment in later life. My PhD is part of a 

larger multi-centre study, known as The Cognitive Function and 

Ageing Study in Wales (CFAS Wales). CFAS Wales is longitudinal 

in nature and uses a unique sample of individuals over 65 years 

of age split between 65-74 years and 75 years and older. I am 

currently in my third year of full-time study and I am currently 

focusing on my analytic framework, where I will be using 

mediation analysis to explore the data collected from CFAS Wales. 

I have also had the opportunity to participate in data collection for 

CFAS Wales which I found rewarding and which helped to 

develop my fieldwork research skills. 

” 

Matt Roberts, 

PhD Aging Studies 

Research Degrees – Ageing Studies 

92 

93

American Studies 


MA by Research/MPhil/PhD 

RAE2008 30% of research rated 

world-leading (4*) or internationally 


Professors 

J Roper 

Academic and research staff 

American Studies students are located in 

numerous Departments within the College 

of Arts and Humanities. For details, please 

see: www.swansea.ac.uk/ 

artsandhumanities 

Understanding the forces that have 

moulded and continue to shape America 

helps us to make sense of our contemporary 

world. The comparative study of the 

history and culture of the United States 

addresses themes such as immigration, 

democracy, slavery, imperialism, 

multiculturalism, religion, the economy 

and, more recently, terrorism. These issues 

do not just concern the past; they are 

directly relevant to the world we live in. 

We welcome proposals for postgraduate 



Research degrees in American Studies 

will: 

• provide you with new and specialised 






fields 


Normally a 2.1 Honours degree, or higher 

degree, or an equivalent qualification. 











Staff research interests cover the core 

disciplines of American Studies: literature, 

history, politics and film. Particular 

research strengths include: 

• American Politics and Government 

• US Foreign Policy 

• US “War on Drugs” 

• The American Civil War 

• The American South 

• The Impact of War on American society 

• Hollywood film and American society 

• Ethnicity and multiculturalism 

• African-American Literature and Culture 

• The Harlem Renaissance 

• The American West 

• Contemporary Literature 

• Silent Cinema 

• Representations of the Vietnam War 

American Studies is involved in 

collaborative research projects with 

several universities across the United States 

and there is a programme of visiting 

speakers from Britain and the USA. Staff 

have written and edited book-length 

studies of literature, popular culture, 

modern poetry, labour leaders, political 

processes and philosophy. 

Funding for research work is available from 

several sources, including the Leverhulme 

Foundation and the Fulbright Commission. 

Graduates are currently funded by the 

University of Wales, Tempus, bursaries and 

assistantships. Opportunities for graduate 

research in the United States may be funded 

by the Department. 


The Research Institute for Arts and 

Humanities (RIAH) supports two major 

Research Centres, including the Callaghan 

Centre for the Study of Conflict, Power, 

Empire. The Callaghan Centre produces 

world-class research in the areas of conflict 

and security, empire and postcolonialism, 

‘digital’ war, and conflict and culture. It 

also manages major Research Council 

funded projects, and promotes 

collaboration between scholars, 

policymakers and cultural providers. 

RIAH also supports a wide range of 

research groups, which provide a focus 

for specialist projects, postgraduate 

research, grant applications, seminar 

series, and contact with external partners. 

Research groups include: 

• CECSAM, the Centre for the 

Comparative Study of the Americas 

• C-SCAP, the Centre for the Study of 

Culture and Politics 

• GENCAS, the Centre for Research into 

Gender in Culture and Society 




Contact the PCS Admissions Tutor: 

Professor Roland Axtmann 

Email: COAHGradCentrePGRAdmissions@ 

swansea.ac.uk@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295926 

All American Studies research students belong 

to the Graduate Centre in the College of Arts 

and Humanities. The Centre provides pastoral 

as well as administrative support and is also 

responsible for research skills training and 

support, and facilitating a lively intellectual 

environment for the College’s postgraduate 

research community of 200 students. 

For further information about RIAH, visit: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/riah 



Applications can be made online 

at: www.swansea.ac.uk/applyonline 


information 

“The faculty are brilliant, my supervision has been exemplary 

– just enough push to make me get down to work, and always 

enthusiastic about my topic. The library resources are good for 

my area of study and staff are always willing to help. 

” 

Linda Phillips, 

PhD American Studies 

Research Degrees – American Studies 

94 

95

Biosciences 


MSc by Research, MPhil, PhD, 

MRes 

RAE2008 75% of Swansea’s research 

in Biological Science was judged to be of 

international quality, 20% of which was 

regarded as internationally excellent (3*) 

Professors 

T Butt A Rowley 

K Flynn R Wilson 

G Hays 



The diverse habitats available around 

Swansea set it apart as a site for study 

and research in biology. These habitats 

are located on the nearby Gower 

Peninsula (a site of Special Scientific 

Interest, and the UK’s first Area of 

Outstanding Natural Beauty), in the 

Swansea Valley and further afield in 

the Brecon Beacons National Park 

and Pembrokeshire. 

Research in biosciences at Swansea, 

hosted by the Department of Biosciences, 

is of relevance to a wide range of fields of 

study from molecular and cellular through 

to whole organisms across terrestrial and 

aquatic ecosystems. 

The Department welcomes proposals for 

postgraduate research projects that 

complement staff research interests. 

Research degrees in Biosciences will: 






rewarding career in field-oriented and/ 

or laboratory-oriented employment, 

including education, conservation, 

environmental monitoring, and agriculture 


An upper second-class or higher degree in a 

biological subject is normally required. 











Staff research interests encompass 

ecology, marine biology and aquaculture. 

Ecological Research 

Research work includes: 

• Algal Biotechnology 

• Animal Ecology and Conservation 

Ecology 

• Animal Smart Tag Research 

• Aquatic Predator-Prey Interactions 

• Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology of 

Fish, Aquaculture and Fisheries 

• Biocontrol 

• Environmental Impact of Marine 

Renewable Energy 

• Habitat Restoration, Artificial 

Wetland and Nature Reserve 

Design and Construction 

• Marine Turtles, Zooplankton, Jellyfish 

• Molecular Ecology and Evolution 

• Natural Products 

• Pathobiology and Aquaculture 

• Plankton 

• Modelling 

Recent research has also been supported by 

the following organisations: 

• Biotechnology and Biological 

Sciences Research Council 

• Carbon Trust 

• Countryside Council for Wales 

• DEFRA 

• DFID 

• Environment Agency 

• European Union 

• Leverhulme Trust 

• Natural Environment Research Council 

Equipment and facilities include a 

stable isotope (13C and 15N) and 

CN elemental analyser, scintillation 

counters, GC and LC, particle and 

nutrient analysers, oxygen and specific 

ion electrodes, atomic adsorption and 

atomic emission spectrometers, digital 

image analysis systems, facilities for 

recombinant DNA technology, and 

biological mass spectrometry with access 

to state-of-the-art proteomics facilities. 

Culture and holding facilities include a 

freshwater research unit, marine aquaria, 

environmentally controlled and constant 

temperature growth rooms, and 

glasshouses. Laboratories are available for 

raising fungal biocontrol agents and 

monoclonal antibodies. 

A 12.5m research vessel, smaller 

inshore boats and a wide range 

of oceanographic and biological 

measuring and sampling equipment 

are available for inshore work. 

The Department houses the £2 million 

Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research 

(CSAR). Operating from state-of-the-art 

controlled environment facilities, the CSAR 

team carries out research and 

technological development, training and 

advice on behalf of commercial farmers/ 



www.swansea.ac.uk/biosci 



Tel: +44 (0)1792 295142 

aquaculture service providers, funding 

agencies and governmental institutions, in 

the UK and internationally. Equipped with 

modern, fully programmable recirculating 

aquaculture systems, CSAR is designed 

for applied research on a diverse range 

of aquatic organisms, from temperate to 

tropical and marine to freshwater 

environments. In addition to its own top 

quality experimental facilities, CSAR has 

direct access to comprehensive expertise 

and laboratories across the Swansea 

University campus, encompassing 

biochemistry, molecular biology, 

physiology, histo-pathology, water 

chemistry, systems engineering, bioprocessing 

technologies and complex 

fluids processing. 

Areas of specialty include: nutritional 

requirements and feed formulation/ 

evaluation for farmed fish and shellfish; 

crustacean applied immunology and 

health management; microalgal 

biotechnology; water quality control and 

biosecurity management in recirculating 

aquaculture systems; and bioremediation 

and valorisation of aquaculture effluents. 

As well as offering applied research 

services from its Swansea University base, 

the CSAR team provides information and 

advice to industry and governments. 






information 


in Biosciences please see page 32. 

Recent examples include developing the 

aquaculture section of the Wales Fisheries 

Strategy (2008) and its associated 

Implementation Plan, and formation of the 

Welsh Aquaculture Producers’ Association 

(WAPA). 

Education and training activities at CSAR 

include hosting a vibrant research 

studentship (PhD) programme, supervising 

MSc and MRes research projects, 

vocational training for undergraduate and 

postgraduate students and tailored 

training courses for industry and public 

institution personnel. 

One-year MSc by Research 

programmes are also available 

in the following specialist areas: 

• Aquatics 

• Biomathematics 

• Environmental Conservation 

• Environmental Sustainability 

• Mathematical Ecology 

• Migration Science 

• Sustainable Resources 

“It is really enjoyable for me 

to work on my own subject and 

feel part of a group of experts. 

We also interact with other 

research groups as all the 

domains are complementary 

either in terms of knowledge or 

equipment and facilities. This 

collaborative spirit is a great 

strength of research groups 

working at Swansea 

University. 

” 

Sylvie Vandenabeele, 

PhD Biological Sciences 

Research Degrees – Biosciences 

96 

97

Business Management 


MPhil/PhD 




Professors 

Y Debrah A Simintiras 

A Henley M Williams 

D Knights 

A Palmer 



Management is about making decisions 

and getting the most from people at all 

levels in all types of organisations. It is 

interdisciplinary: social, environmental, 

psychological, economic, and technical 

factors play important roles. The Business 

School welcomes proposals for 


complement the staff research interests 

listed below. 

Research degrees in Business 

Management will: 

• provide you with new and 

specialised research skills 

• equip you with skills relevant for 

a rewarding management career in 

sectors such as retail, manufacturing, 

finance, accounting, and the 

public sector 

• prepare you for a career in 

academic research and teaching 



disciplines of Business Management: 

• E-business 

• Entrepreneurship 

• Finance 

• Human Resources 

• Information Systems 

• Marketing 


Normally a first or upper second-class 

Honours degree in a relevant subject. 






The School and the University awards 

a limited number of research studentships 

(MPhil/PhD). For details, please visit 


scholarships/ 

• Organisations and Work 

• Risk Management 

• Technology and Innovation 

Management 




and the Business School: The School has 


facilities which give students access to a 

wide range of software including the latest 

Microsoft packages, statistical packages 

such as SPSS and SAS, and a range of 

specialist Business and Economics 

software including Nvivo, EViews, STATA 








journals, library catalogues, Athens and a 

comprehensive online reference collection. 

The School has a number of established 

research groupings, which provide focus 

and support its ongoing research 

programmes and culture. Further details on 

research groups can be found at: www. 

swansea.ac.uk/business 



www.swansea.ac.uk/business 

Contact the Admissions Officer: 

Dr Yogesh Dwivedi 

Email: Y.K.Dwivedi@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295601 



Finance and Risk Management 

Research in the finance area has a strong 

empirical basis. Areas of current interest 

include the modelling of futures and 

options data, asset pricing models, 

insurance industry structure, the credit 

rating of insurers, and financial markets in 

developing economies. This research has 

been supported by national organisations 

such as the Association of British Insurers, 

and international organisations such as the 

Handelsbanken-Wallander Foundation 

and the Swedish Central Bank. 

Marketing 

Home to the Centre for Consumer 

Confidence Research, the Marketing 

research group undertakes theoretical 

and applied research in buyer-seller 

relationships (eg. customer experience, 

service quality, service culture and 

customer orientation), consumer behaviour 

(eg. perceived risk and trust, confidence, 

complaint behaviour, materialism, 

consumer movement, bargaining 

behaviour), internet marketing (eg. 

technology adoption, addiction, music 

consumption, social media), marketing 

communications (eg. Word-of-Mouth, 

attitudes toward advertising and emotions 

/emotional confidence), Marketing in 

Higher Education (eg. student involvement 

and satisfaction, export marketing in HE), 




information 

For details of the Master’s degrees 

available in Business Management, 


personal selling and sales management 

(e.g. adaptive selling behaviour; sales 

force empowerment and cross-cultural 

negotiations), research methodology (eg. 

retrospective measures and cross-cultural 

equivalence), and tourism research (eg. 

tourism demand, seasonality and 

performance of SMEs in the serviced 

accommodation sector). 

In addition to the above, the research 

interests of the group extend to areas of 

branding, strategy, retailing and pricing. 

People, Organisations and Work 

The People, Organisations and Work 

research group is an internationally 

acclaimed team of researchers interested 

in the human dynamics and relationships 

at play in organised work contexts. 

Multidisciplinary in nature, the group 

draws inspiration from across the social 

sciences and humanities (sociology, 

politics, psychology, gender studies, 

history and philosophy) in order to 

contribute to the disciplinary management 

areas of organisation studies, critical 

management studies, human resource 

management, international business, 

organisational psychology and industrial 

relations. The group engages in 

qualitative, quantitative and poststructuralist 

research traditions, with 

“I am in the third year of my PhD having completed both my 

Bachelors and Master’s degrees at Swansea, and I’m still enjoying 

every minute of studying here! I’ve really benefited from the research 

skills training that has been available to me, as well as the excellent 

support of staff in the Business School. 

” 

Kate Stacey, 

PhD Business Studies 

particular areas of interest being Ethics 

and Politics in Organisations, Gender and 

Diversity at Work, Human Resources and 

International Management, Individuals 

and the Collective, Leadership and The 

Management and Organisation of 

Health. Some current research projects 

focus on care and health, ethico-political 

organisation, ethics and embodiment, 

futures of feminism, international business 

and human resource management in 

Africa, media discourse, mediation and 

organisations, rethinking leadership, 

re-thinking the relationship of power and 

resistance within organisations, selfidentity, 

team working, trade unions, and 

working conditions and employment 

relations in food retailing in Europe. 

Technology and Innovation Management 

The work of the Technology and 

Innovation Management Group is focused 

upon the key role played in modern 

society by ICT as a tool for economic, 

business, and societal development. It 

also incorporates the Centre for e-Business 

Research (CeBR) which acts as a focal 

point for inter-group collaboration on 

technology-related business research such 

as e-marketing and e-banking. Research 

of national and international significance 

is conducted in the areas of electronic 

government, technology adoption and 

diffusion, electronic commerce/electronic 

business (including knowledge 

management and online marketing), 

and supply chain management and 

resource planning/allocation. 

As well as providing focus and direction 

for research, the research groups hold 

regular colloquia and workshops 

designed to promote interdisciplinary 

research projects, and to provide 

impetus for research grant applications 

and consultancy activity. 

The School has current externally-funded 

research projects on the information 

society (National Assembly for Wales), 

on business succession planning 

(European Social Fund), on environmental 

management and on the labour market 

in Wales (European Social Fund). 

Research Degrees – Business Management 

98 

99







Professors 

M Humphries 

J R Morgan 



From the empire building of Alexander, 

the Caesars, and Rameses II, to the wit 

and wisdom of Aristotle, Plato, and 

Cicero, the ancient world has captivated 

us for thousands of years. 


at Swansea University encompasses 

history and literature, archaeology and 

art, and philosophy and legend to shed 

light on the ancient civilisations that have 

shaped our modern world. 

The Department of History and Classics 




Research degrees in Classics, Ancient 

History and Egyptology will: 






a rewarding career in a range of 

diverse fields 


Normally a minimum of a 2.1 degree (or 

equivalent) in Classics, Ancient History, 

Egyptology, or related subject areas, or an 

appropriate Master’s degree. 







disciplines of language, literature, history, 

and archaeology. Particular research 

strengths include: 

• Ancient Egyptian Religion 

• Ancient Narrative Literature 

• The Ancient Novel 

• Ancient Philosophy 

• Ancient Technology 

• Archaeology of Roman Egypt 

• Egyptology 

• Gender in Ancient Egypt 

• Graeco-Roman Urbanisation 

• Greek Social History (Archaic to 

Hellenistic) 

• Historiography 

• History and Archaeology of Asia Minor 

• History of Late Antiquity 

• Imperialism in Egypt and the Near East 

• Roman Republican and Imperial History 






Graduates of the University of Wales 

in Classics may apply for the Ellen 

Thomas-Stanford Scholarship’s single 

annual award, normally of £250. 

The Centre for Egyptology and 

Mediterranean Archaeology 

The Centre undertakes research on 

ancient Egypt and the archaeology 

of the Mediterranean in classical antiquity, 

exploring the interplay between Egypt 

and the classical world. 

KYKNOS: Centre for Research 

in Ancient Narrative Literature 

KYKNOS (Greek for Swan) is a 

collaborative venture between the 

Universities of Swansea and Trinity Saint 

David’s (Lampeter). The Centre stimulates, 

coordinates, and promotes research on 

the narrative literatures of antiquity. 



www.swansea.ac.uk/classics 


Email: COAHGradCentrePGRAdmissions@ 

swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295926 

Other facilities 

The purpose-built Egypt Centre on campus 

is an invaluable asset, housing around 

3,000 objects from Ancient Egypt. The 

collection illustrates more than 4,000 

years of human development, from the 

prehistoric to the early Christian era, 

and plays an integral role to teaching 

and research. 

The University library is particularly well 

stocked with original texts, literary and 

documentary, and subscribes to a 

wide range of general and specialist 

periodicals. Online access to external 

bibliographies and citation indexes is 

available. Resources include: JSTOR, 

Dyabola, TLG, Patrologia Latina and 

Teubner Latin texts online, and the 

Gnomon database. 

All research students in Classics, Ancient 

History and Egyptology belong to the 

Graduate Centre in the College of Arts 

and Humanities. The Centre provides 

pastoral as well as administrative support 

and is also responsible for research skills 

training and support, and facilitating a 

lively intellectual environment for the 

College’s postgraduate research 

community of 200 students. 






information 

For details of the Master’s courses 

available in Classics, Ancient 

History and Egyptology, please 

see page 38. 

Research Degrees – Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology 

100 

101



MPhil/PhD, MRes 

One year MSc by Research 

programmes are also available 

in the following specialist areas: 

• Graphics 

• Human-computer interface 

• Theoretical computer science 




Professors 

F G Moller 

M Jones 

P D Mosses 

H W Thimbleby 

J V Tucker 

Computer Science affects every aspect of 

our lives, placing increasing demands on 

education, business, and industry to 

ensure that the workforce of the future is 

equipped with the skills necessary to 

thrive in the Digital Age. Computer 

Science at Swansea is at the heart of the 

technological innovation that is redefining 

the way we live, learn, and work. 



complement its research interests – 

please see: www.swansea.ac.uk/ 

compsci/research/index.html for 

further information. 

A research degree in Computer 

Science will: 



• prepare you for a career in 

academic research and teaching 



fields, including software development 

and Internet systems 




PhD, MPhil, normally a 2.1 Honours degree 

in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a 

closely related discipline. 






The Department’s research interests are 

based on algorithms, programs and 

systems, rather than on the construction of 

hardware, so a sound background in 

programming and/or mathematics is a 

prerequisite for most projects. There are 

currently three broad areas of research: 

Algebraic and Logical Methods for the 

Design of Software and Hardware 

Research focuses on the mathematical 

analysis of fundamental problems 

concerned with algorithms, programs and 

programming languages, and machines. 

The group is at the forefront of research for 

example in the following areas: 

• computations on topological data 

types such as the real numbers and 

on infinite data streams 

• higher-order and component-based 

methods for programming language 

semantics 

• type theory and its applications in 

programming technologies 

• operational semantics that give meaning 

to concurrent systems, and the use of 

game theory, particularly the study of 

winning strategies, in understanding 

verification problems 



and bursaries is normally available. For 

details, please visit www.swansea.ac.uk/ 


Each year, the Department is able to 

offer a number of EPSRC studentships to 

research students. Research work is currently 

supported by a range of grants from funding 

councils, the EU, and industry. In some 

cases, these provide research studentships. 

• the satisfiability problem (SAT) 

considered in a broad perspective, 

ranging from theoretical foundations to 

practical implementations 

• general algebraic methods for modelling 

microprocessors 

• algebraic theory of synchronous 

concurrent algorithms (SCAs), and 

application of SCAs to the specification 

of scientific simulation in areas such 

as physiology 

• infinite-state automata theory, particularly 

structural technologies for analysing 

large general computing systems 

Computer Graphics and Visualisation 

The group has a leading position in the 

new field of volume graphics and 

contributes to the development and 

application of multimedia communications. 

The group has made significant 

contributions in the following areas: 

• constructive volume geometry as an 

algebraic framework for volume 

graphics, and software tools for 

modelling and rendering complex 

multivolume scenes 

• distance field and its use in voxelisation 

of complex objects, and efficient 

algorithms for computing distance 

fields, and hypertextures 



www.swansea.ac.uk/compsci 



Tel: +44 (0)1792 295142 


Email: o.kullmann@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 513369 

• algorithms for deformation 

and animation 

• efficient direct volume 

rendering techniques 

• non-photorealistic rendering techniques 

• software tools for rapid implementation 

of software systems involving remote 

collaboration and multimedia 

communication 

• scalable virtual environments and 

knowledge-based user interfaces 

• industrial applications in the 

management of commercial software 

development and maintenance using 

Internet/intranet-based multimedia 

communications 

• 3D volumetric display technology 

Future Interaction Technologies 

Future Interaction Technologies (FIT) refers, 

broadly, to complex devices that have 

immediate impact on our lives, for better 

or worse – whether in our homes, cars, 

mobile phones or medical devices, etc. 

The research of the FIT Lab focuses on 

evaluating and changing design through 

better human-orientated tools, technology, 

models and methods. 

Its aim is to improve quality of life by 

addressing key technological challenges 






information 


available in Computer Science, please 

see page 40. 

that are relevant to the whole of society. 

Interests include research focused on the 

digital divide, mobile information seeking, 

education and patient care. 

Facilities 

• Computing facilities are based on 

a fibre optic backbone and 

1G switched fast Ethernet LANs 

• Postgraduate laboratories are equipped 

with modern workstations running Linux, 

Windows XP/Vista, Solaris and 

Mac OS X 

• Workstations are served by a 

high-performance computing 

infrastructure comprising a 68-processor 

cluster architecture, an eight-processor 

computation engine, and several 

terabyte servers 

• PhD and MPhil students are allocated 

a desk and their own computing 

facilities in the research laboratory 

• The Department is an institutional 

member of the Association for 

Computing Machinery and the 

British Computer Society 

Research Degrees – Computer Science 

102 

103

Criminal Justice and Criminology 


MPhil/PhD 




Professors 

K Haines 

P Raynor 



Criminology is the study of why people 

commit unlawful acts; how – and why – 

we characterise crime in the way we do, 

and how the criminal justice system 

works. It encompasses a range of 

academic fields, including history, social 

policy, politics, and sociology, to provide 

a view of crime from a social and 

individual perspective, and it looks 

critically at how the sentencing system 

works. 

The Department welcomes proposals 

for postgraduate research projects that 

complement the staff research strengths 

detailed below. 

Research degrees in Criminal Justice 

and Criminology will: 

• equip you with advanced skills relevant 

for a rewarding career in the criminal 

justice system 






Normally an appropriate Honours degree 

(2.1 or above), or an equivalent 

qualification. 






The Department is an approved research 

training pathway in the Welsh Doctoral 

Training Centre which means that it has 

been recognised by the ESRC as 

delivering excellent postgraduate training. 

Research undertaken by members of the 

Department encompasses a broad range 

of interests, including: 

• youth justice 

• probation 

• community sentencing 

• crime prevention 

• substance use 

• restorative justice 

• female offending 

• white collar crime 

• sexual offending 

• street prostitution 

• domestic abuse 

• children’s rights in the criminal 




bursaries is available. For details, visit: 


scholarships 

The CCJC has attracted substantial research 

funding from the ESRC, the Home Office, 

the Welsh Assembly Government, the 

Youth Justice Board and the Department for 

International Development. PhD research 

studentships are frequently advertised for 

posts associated with particular projects. 

Centre for Criminal Justice 

and Criminology 

The Centre for Criminal Justice and 

Criminology (CCJC) was established in 

1994 as a focus for criminological 

research and teaching at the University, 

and works in collaboration with other 

Colleges, universities and partner 

agencies. It provides an undergraduate 

degree in Criminology and an MA in 

Applied Criminal Justice and Criminology 

as well as supervising research degrees 

at MPhil and PhD level. 

The Centre has taken a central role in 

the development of the cross-institutional 

Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice, 

funded by the Higher Education Funding 

Council for Wales, and contributes to 

research partnerships and funding 

proposals as part of the Centre. The 

Centre’s aims and objectives include: 

• to generate new applied criminological 

research-based knowledge 

• to promote and conduct criminal 

justice and criminological research of 

international significance in Wales and 

other member States of the European 

Community 



www.swansea.ac.uk/criminology 


Dr Stephen Case 

Email: s.p.case@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295308 

• to promote the dissemination of: 

i) criminal justice and criminological 

research, and ii) policy and practice 

knowledge across Europe through 

an effective publishing strategy and 

membership of European professional 

associations 

• to develop an interdisciplinary and 

intercollegiate approach to the 

conduct of research 

• to provide teaching of the highest 

quality in the application of criminal 

justice and criminological knowledge 

to the operation of the criminal 


ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Centre 

Criminology at Swansea University has 

won a coveted place in the national 

network of training centres accredited by 

the ESRC as part of the Wales Doctoral 

Training Centre. The Wales Doctoral 

Training Centre (Wales-DTC) is awarding 

a number of ESRC-funded postgraduate 

research studentships to support doctoral 

research and training. The Wales DTC is 

a consortium of leading universities which 

was launched in February 2011 with a 

multi-million pound award from the 

Economic and Social Research Council. 

The partner institutions are Cardiff, 

Aberystwyth, Bangor and Swansea. 






information 


in Criminology, please see page 44. 

The DTC was established to promote 

excellence in postgraduate training in 

Wales. It forms part of a national network 

of 21 accredited Doctoral Training 

Centres across the UK judged by 

the ESRC to deliver truly excellent 

postgraduate training provision. A 

central feature of the Wales DTC is the 

research training provision offered to 

students. In Criminology at Swansea you 

will be offered a mix of generic research 

training (in, for example, qualitative and 

quantitative methods) and subject specific 

research training where we focus on 

applying research methods to 

Criminological enquiry. 

Research Degrees – Criminal Justice and Criminology 

104 

105

Cymraeg – Academi Hywel Teifi 

106 

Cyfleodd ymchwil 

MPhil, PhD, MA drwy Ymchwil 

Canlyniad yr asesiad ymchwil yn 2008 

Dangosodd canlyniadau’r RAE (asesiad 

ymchwil) a gyhoeddwyd ar 18 Rhagfyr 

2008 fod 95% o’r ymchwil a wnaed gan 

aelodau’r Adran yn ystod cyfnod yr 

asesiad o safon ryngwladol neu o safon 

uwch na hynny. Barnwyd bod 65% o’r 

ymchwil o safon 3* (rhagoriaeth ar 

wastad rhyngwladol) neu o safon 

4* (safon sy’n arwain y ffordd yn 

rhyngwladol). Yr oedd y canlyniad 

hwn yn un o’r goreuon yn y Brifysgol 

ac yn y maes yn genedlaethol. 

Sefydlwyd Academi Hywel Teifi yn 2010 

yn bwerdy ac yn sefydliad o ragoriaeth 

ar gyfer y Gymraeg ym Mhrifysgol 

Abertawe. Cyfunwyd Adran y Gymraeg 

a Chanolfan Cymraeg i Oedolion 

De-Orllewin Cymru, gan greu un 

Academi newydd a chanddi’r statws a’r 

adnoddau angenrheidiol ar gyfer creu a 

chynnal cymuned ddysgu fywiog, sy’n 

cynnwys ynddi fyfyrwyr MA drwy 

Ymchwil, MPhil a PhD. Mae’r Academi 

hefyd yn hyrwyddo pynciau eraill a 

ddysgir trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, gan 

ddwyn ynghyd y nifer cynyddol o 

ysgolheigion ar draws gwahanol 

ddisgyblaethau sy’n gweithio trwy 

gyfrwng y Gymraeg ym Mhrifysgol 

Abertawe. 

Mae i’r Gymraeg draddodiad 

anrhydeddus o gynhyrchu ymchwil o’r 

radd flaenaf ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe, a 

rhan bwysig o’r diwylliant ymchwil hwnnw 

yw’r berthynas rhwng y staff academaidd 

a’r myfyrwyr ymchwil. 

Mae graddau ymchwil yn y Gymraeg, 

graddau MPhil a PhD, yn rhoi cyfle i 

fyfyrwyr ddatblygu arbenigedd ym 

meysydd iaith, cymdeithaseg iaith, 

cyfieithu, llenyddiaeth o bob cyfnod, 

drama, ffilm a theledu, theori ddiwylliannol 

ac agweddau ar hanes a sefydliadau 

Professors 

G Ffrancon 

T Hallam 

C James 

A C Lake 

S Morris 

R Rhys 

Staff academaidd ac ymchwil 9 

Ôl-raddedigion 21 

Cymru. Mae ysgolheigion y Gymraeg ac 

Astudiaethau’r Cyfryngau trwy gyfrwng y 

Gymraeg yn Academi Hywel Teifi yn 

croesawu ceisiadau wrth fyfyrwyr ymchwil 

a garai gydweithio â nhw yn y meysydd 

hyn. 

Bydd astudio ar gyfer gradd ymchwil yn y 

Gymraeg neu’r Cyfryngau trwy’r Gymraeg: 

• ddatblygu sgiliau ymchwil newydd ac 

arbenigol 

• paratoi ar gyfer gyrfa academaidd neu 

addysgol 

• ennill sgiliau a chymhwyster sy’n 

berthnasol ar gyfer ystod eang o 

lwybrau gyrfaol ym meysydd addysg, y 

cyfryngau, adloniant, cyfieithu, rheoli, 

busnes a pholisi iaith 

Mae gan lyfrgell y Brifysgol gasgliad 

gwych o lyfrau a deunyddiau 

amlgyfryngol ym maes y Gymraeg a 

phynciau cysylltiedig. Sicrheir bod gan 

bob myfyriwr ymchwil ofod addas ar gyfer 

ei waith, gan gynnwys adnoddau 

cyfrifiadurol a ddarperir yn benodol ar 

gyfer myfyrwyr ymchwil. Bydd modd i 

fyfyrwyr ddefnyddio’r labordy Iaith a 

chyfieithu amlgyfryngol, ynghyd â’r 

feddalwedd iaith gyfrifiadurol 

ddiweddaraf. 

Gofynion 

Fel rheol, gradd is-raddedig dda (dosbarth 

cyntaf neu 2:1), a gradd feistr yn y Gymraeg 

y Cyfryngau neu bwnc perthnasol. 

Ysgoloriaethau a Bwrsariaethau 

Mae ystod o ysgoloriaethau ar gael. 

Am fanylion, gweler: www.swan.ac.uk/cy/ 

astudioynabertawe/ 

ysgoloriaethauabwrsariaethau 

Cryfderau Ymchwil 

Mae gan y staff academaidd arbenigedd 

mewn nifer o feysydd. Maen nhw’n 

cynnwys: 

• Llenyddiaeth o bob cyfnod, gan 

gynnwys golygu testunau neu 

ymdriniaethau beirniadol ar waith 

awduron unigol, cyfnodau neu themâu 

arbennig. Gellir arbenigo ym maes 

llenyddiaeth yr Oesoedd Canol, y 

Cyfnod Modern neu lenyddiaeth 

ddiweddar 

• Cyfreithiau Hywel Dda, gan gynnwys 

golygu testunol 

• Sefydliadau ac amrywiol agweddau ar 

ddiwylliant Cymru, gan gynnwys yr 

Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, pleidiau 

gwleidyddol ac S4C 

• Drama, gan gynnwys anterliwtiau’r 

ddeunawfed ganrif a dramâu diweddar 

• Teledu ffilm a radio, gan gynnwys 

astudiaethau hanesyddol, testunol neu 

theoretig 

• Y cyfryngau digidol ac aml-lwyfan 

• Hanes a theori animeiddio rhyngwladol 

• Ysgrifennu creadigol ac agweddau 

cymdeithasol ar hyrwyddo llên 

• Cyfieithu, cyfieithu llenyddol a 

dwyieithrwydd 

• Iaith a chymdeithaseg iaith, gan 

gynnwys cynllunio ieithyddol 

Am ragor o wybodaeth 

Gwefan: 

www.abertawe.ac.uk/academihywelteifi 

Cysylltwch â’r Swyddog 

Derbyn Ôl-raddedig: 

E-bost: s.morris@abertawe.ac.uk 

Ffôn: +44 (0)1792 602070 

Os ydych am ymweld â’r Brifysgol: 

gweler tudalen 174 am fanylion. 

• Cymraeg i oedolion a maes caffael 

iaith. Mae’r Academi yn gartref i 

Ganolfan Cymraeg i Oedolion 

De-Orllewin Cymru sydd yn arwain yn 

genedlaethol ym maes ymchwil 

Cymraeg i Oedolion 

Croesewir ceisiadau ar gyfer graddau 

PhD yn y meysydd hyn, ac mae astudio’n 

rhan amser yn bosibl. Gellir hefyd elwa 

ar arbenigedd staff mewn adrannau eraill 

yn y Brifysgol a gweithio gyda mwy nag 

un cyfarwyddwr ymchwil ar draws 

disgyblaethau, e.e. cyfuno’r Gymraeg ag 

astudiaeth sy’n berthnasol i’r Gyfraith, 

Hanes, Saesneg, Cyfieithu, Ieithoedd 

Modern, Ieithyddiaeth Gymhwysol, 

Astudiaethau’r Cyfryngau, Seicoleg, 

Busnes, Iechyd neu faes arall. 

Gellir cael mwy o wybodaeth a 

gwneud cais drwy edrych ar 

www.swansea.ac.uk/cy/ 

astudioynabertawe – gweler 

tudalennau 176 – 177 am ragor o 

wybodaeth 

Am wybodaeth ynghylch cyrsiau 

MA yn y Gymraeg, Cyfeithu ac 

Astudiaethau’r Cyfryngau trwy gyfrwng 

y Gymraeg, gweler tudalennau 46. 

Sefydliad Ymchwil y 

Celfyddydau a’r Dyniaethau 

Mae Sefydliad Ymchwil y Celfyddydau 

a’r Dyniaethau yn cynnwys ynddo dair 

canolfan ymchwil fawr, gan gynnwys (i) 

Canolfan Ymchwil Iaith, canolfan sy’n 

elwa ar arbenigedd staff ym maes y 

Gymraeg, ieithyddiaeth gymhwysol, 

Saesneg a Ieithoedd Modern, a (ii) 

Canolfan Astudiaethau Cymreig Richard 

Burton, canolfan sy’n tynnu ynghyd staff a 

myfyrwyr ymchwil o nifer o 

ddisgyblaethau, gan ymchwilio i 

amrywiol agweddau ar ddiwylliant 

Cymru. O’r tu fewn i Goleg y 

Celfyddydau a’r Dyniaethau ceir nifer o 

grwpiau ymchwil gweithgar a chynhelir 

seminarau ymchwil yn rheolaidd y gall 

myfyrwyr eu mynychu, gan gynnwys 

seminar y Gymraeg dan ofal Academi 

Hywel Teifi. 

Research Degrees – Cymraeg – Academi Hywel Teifi 

107

Economics 


MPhil/PhD 




Professors 

D Blackaby 

S Cook 

I Jeffries 

P Lawler 

D Leslie 

P Murphy 

A E H Speight 

J G Treble 

The study of economics provides the skills 

and knowledge required for a range of 

financially rewarding careers. It also 

helps in understanding more fully the 

world in which we live and work. 



complement the staff research interests 

detailed below. 

Research degrees in Economics will: 




rewarding career as a professional 

economist, analyst, researcher or 

adviser 

• equip you for roles in management 

consultancy, or in the finance or 

accountancy sectors 



The Economics Department provides 

supervised research for postgraduate 

study, leading to the degree of MPhil or 

PhD, which has ESRC recognition. The 

MPhil degree is typically two-years 

full-time, whilst the PhD is three-years 

full-time. Postgraduate students have 

access to dedicated IT facilities within both 




MPhil: normally hold a first- or upper 

second-class degree in Economics, 


PhD: a Master’s degree in Economics 

or a related subject is required. 

the University’s Library and Information 

Centre and the College of Business, 

Economics and Law: The College has 


facilities which give students access to a 

wide range of software including the latest 

Microsoft packages, statistical packages 

such as SPSS and SAS, and a range of 

specialist Business and Economics 

software including Nvivo, EViews, STATA 








journals, library catalogues, Athens and a 

comprehensive online reference collection. 


The current research work of 

the Department covers a broad 

range of theoretical and applied 

economics, including: 

• Applied econometrics 

• Development economics 

• Financial economics 

• Industrial organisation and 

technological change 

• Labour economics 








visit www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/ 

scholarships 

• Macroeconomic theory and policy 

• Public economics 

• Regional economics 

• Transition economics 

Economics has a number of established 

research groups which provide focus and 

support to ongoing research programmes. 

Labour and Regional Economics 

Labour and Regional Economics are major 

research groups within the Department. 

The research undertaken is both applied 

and theoretical in nature but also has a 

strong public policy focus. The group has 

attracted financial support from the ESRC, 

a number of government dependants and 

the private sector including the EU, the 

Department of Trade and Industry, the 

Department of Work and Pensions, the 

Low Pay Commission, the Sector Skills 

Development Agency, the Equality of 

Human Rights Commission, the 

Department of Justice, the Welsh 

Government and BP. Areas of current 

research expertises include; economics of 

discrimination, economics of disability, the 

returns to education, employment tribunals, 

regional economics, the economics of 

migration, entrepreneurship, innovation 

and productivity, housing and evolutionary 

economics. The group contains three 

established research centres. 





Email: B.Ouattara@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602112 

Spatial Economics Research Centre 

(SERC) 

This is a collaboration with the London 

School of Economics (lead institution), 

Glasgow, Newcastle and Oxford. The 

Centre seeks to explain why there are 

disparities in economic growth and 

prosperity at different spatial levels 

including regional, city-region, local 

and individual neighbourhoods. 

Wales Institute of Social and Research 

Data and Methods (WISERD) 

A collaboration with Cardiff (lead 

institution), Aberystwyth, Bangor and 

Glamorgan universities, this 

multidisciplinary research centre aims to 

increase collaborative interdisciplinary 

research in Wales. 

Welsh Economy Labour Market 

Evaluation and Research Centre 

(WELMERC) 

Established in 2002 with funding 

from the European Social Fund, this 

research centre aims to provide 

evidence-based labour market policy 

advice. The Centre has strong links 

with policy makers and has established 

collaborative networks with colleagues 

in both the UK and overseas. 






information 


available in Economics, please see 

page 48. 

Macroeconomic Theory and Time Series 

Econometrics 

Macroeconomic theory research focuses 

principally on issues relating to central 

bank behaviour and optimal monetary 

policy design. One aspect of the work of 

this group examines the optimal design of 

central bank objectives in the context of 

economies characterised by highlyunionised 

labour markets. Ongoing 

research is also examining the extent to 

which and in what ways, the design of 

monetary policy institutions influences the 

incentives for transparency, together with 

the question of whether information 

provided to the public by the central bank 

acts as a substitute or a complement to 

privately acquired information. 

Time series econometrics is a major area 

of work within the Department. In the area 

of unit root testing and co-integration 

analysis research has been undertaken on 

invariant and Lagrange Multiplier based 

unit root testing; TAR- and MTAR- based 

testing procedures; the development, 

examination and application of smooth 

transition unit root tests; the behaviour of 

modified unit root and co-integration tests 

in the presence of outliers and structural 

change; and the use of alternative 

estimation procedures. This research has 

necessitated the extensive use of 

numerical simulation procedures to 

establish both the properties of existing 

testing procedures and derive new 

hypothesis tests of interest to the 

practitioner. The relevance of the research 

undertaken has been emphasised via 

application to numerous national and 

international economic and financial 

time series. 

Further details of all of the Economics 

research groups can be found at: 


Research Degrees – Economics 

108 

109

Engineering 


MPhil, PhD, EngD, MRes and 

MSc by Research 

RAE2008 73% of staff in Swansea’s 

College of Engineering are classed as 

producing research of world-leading 

or internationally excellent quality 

(4* and 3*): 

• Civil Engineering – 2nd in the UK* 

• General Engineering – joint 5th 

in the UK* 

• Materials Engineering – joint 8th 

in the UK* 

Engineering is the practical application 

of scientific and technical theories to 

everyday challenges. It touches every 

part of our lives, from the largest 

construction projects to developing 

medical devices at the nanoscale, 

Engineering’s newest frontier. 

Engineering at Swansea University is 

a cutting-edge multidisciplinary learning 

environment with state-of-the-art teaching 

and research facilities. The College offers 

a broad portfolio of postgraduate courses 

that reflect our research strengths and 

the changing needs of industry, and 


research projects that complement 

staff research interests. 

Research degrees in Engineering will: 






rewarding career in a wide range of 

diverse engineering sectors, including 

automotive, aerospace, power 

generation, communications, and 

medical instrumentation and devices 

Professors 

J Bonet (Head of College) 

S G R Brown (Deputy Head of College) 

S Adhikari 

M R Bache 

K Board 

T Chen 

J Choi 

T C Claypole 

M Cross 

E A De Souza Neto 

N Doran 

M G Edwards 

Y Feng 

G Fourlaris 

M Friswell 

D T Gethin 

O Hassan 

N Hilal 

A W Lees 

M Mahric 

H N McMurray 

K Morgan 

D R J Owen 

P Nithiarasu 

D Peric 

V Randle 

D Reeve 

P Rees 

PhD, MPhil degrees and MSc by Research 

are offered in a wide range of research 

areas. You are advised to contact our 

admissions and recruitment office 

regarding your chosen area of interest 

before making an application by email to: 

engineering@swansea.ac.uk 

In addition to the PhD, MPhil and MSc by 

Research options, the College also offers 

a four-year doctorate EngD degree. The 

industry-linked EngD Steel Technology 

(Steels Training Research and Innovation 

Partnership – STRIP) benefits from close 

collaborations with TATA along with other 

companies from within the metals supply 

chain. The course includes various 

technical and non-technical taught 

modules. Projects are typically in the field 

of process metallurgy, product and 

applications, automotive, coatings and 

corrosion and computer modelling. The 

scheme enables talented students from an 

engineering or science background to 

study for a doctorate and gain valuable 

industrial experience at the same time. 

Often, the graduates from this scheme go 

on to work with their sponsoring company 

and achieve substantive positions within 

the business. For further information, 

please visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/engd 

J Sienz 

G Stratton 

H D Summers 

J Watkins 

M Webster 

P R Williams 

D A Worsley 





(first-class or 2.1) in a subject relevant 

to the area of research. 

The EngD Structural Materials for Gas 

Turbines programme focuses specifically 

on the materials requirements of aerospace 

companies such as Rolls-Royce 

(Aeroengines). The research activities 

encompass titanium alloys, nickel alloys, 

aluminium alloys, high strength steels and 

advanced composite materials and 

explore every aspect of their development, 

processing and in-service application. 

The four-year programme includes 

technical, professional and business 

modules combined with industry-based 

research projects. 


Staff research interests cover a broad 

range of engineering disciplines, 

including: 

• Advanced Telecommunications 

• Aerospace Engineering 

• Chemical and Biological Process 

Engineering 

• Civil and Computational Engineering 

• Electrical and Electronic Engineering 

• Environmental Engineering 

• Materials Engineering 

• Mechanical Engineering 

• Medical Engineering and Radiation 

Physics 

• Nanotechnology 

• Sports Science and Engineering 







bursaries is available for PhD and MPhil. 

The Materials Research Centre offers 

competitive studentships, of £15,000 

upwards, to UK and EU students for 

Engineering Doctorate (EngD) 

programme. For further details, 



Research activity is undertaken by several 

internationally recognised research centres 

and groups within the College. 

Civil and Computational Engineering 

Centre 

Over the last 30 years, Swansea 

University has been at the forefront of 

international research in the area of 

computational engineering. Engineers at 

Swansea have pioneered the 

development of numerical techniques, 

such as the finite element method and 

associated computational procedures that 

have enabled the solution of many 

complex engineering problems. 

The Civil and Computational Engineering 

Centre represents an unrivalled 

concentration of knowledge and expertise 

supported by state-of-the-art research 

facilities. When the RAE results are turned 

into a weighted average, Civil 

Engineering at Swansea ranked second 

in the UK for research quality. The Centre 

is recognised as a Centre of Excellence 

by the Welsh Government and has been 

designated as a preferred academic 

partner by BAE Systems in the areas of 

both computational electromagnetics 

and computational engineering. 




Engineering Recruitment 



Tel: +44 (0)1792 295514 



Current research encompasses a range 

of themes in the area of computational 

and applied mechanics, including: 

• Applied Mechanics 

• Biomedical Engineering 

• Casting 

• Computational Electromagnetics 

• Computational Fluid Dynamics 

• Environmental Modelling 

• Geotechnics 

• High-Performance Computing 

• Error Estimation 

• Computer-Based Simulation of 

Polymer Processing 

• Human/Computer Interfaces 

• Intelligent and Adaptive Computing 

• Inverse Problems and Imaging 

• Mesh Generation 

• Multi-Physics Modelling 

• Partical-Based Meshless Methods 

• Powder Compaction 

• Structural and Multidisciplinary 

Optimal Design 

• Tidal Stream and River Turbines 

• Virtual Reality and Visualisation 

of Computational Data 

• Simulation of Multi-Fracturing 

Solids and Particulate Media 





For details of the Master’s and MRes 

courses available in Engineering, 


Materials Research Centre 

The quality of the research and 

postgraduate training programmes in the 

Materials Research Centre (MRC) have 

been recognised through the Queen’s 

Anniversary Prize, with the award citation 

defining Materials Engineering at Swansea 

as a ‘recognised centre of excellence, 

with an international reputation’. 

The Centre’s Engineering Doctorate 

(EngD) degrees provide specialist 

programmes that integrate training 

and research in collaboration with the 

power/aerospace industries and the 

steel technology sector. PhD programmes 

focus on fundamental aspects of 

materials development, processing 

and applications. 

Materials research at Swansea is housed 

in spacious purpose-built accommodation, 

with well-equipped modern laboratories, 

multimedia suites and excellent 

postgraduate study rooms. Specialist 

research facilities include: 

• comprehensive computer systems for 

specialist and general purposes 

• world-leading equipment for 

characterisation of the mechanical 

properties of metallic, ceramic, 

polymeric and composite materials 

Research Degrees – Engineering 

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Engineering 

• extensive range of laboratories housing 

scanning electron microscopes with full 

microanalysis and electron backscatter 

diffraction capabilities 

• X-ray diffraction machines, 

optical microscopes and image 

analysis facilities 

The Materials Research Centre 

incorporates the following internationally 

recognised research groups: 

• Power and Aerospace Materials 

(a lead partner in the Rolls-Royce 

University Technology Partnership, a 

primary partner in the BAE Systems 

Virtual University, and a preferred 

University Partner for Airbus UK) 

• Grain Boundary Engineering 

• Environment and Sustainable Materials 

• Steel Products Centre 

Key research themes include: 

• Design against failure by creep, 

fatigue and environmental damage 

• Grain boundary engineering 

• Recycling of polymers and composites 

• Corrosion mechanisms in new 

generation magnesium alloys 

• Development of novel strip steel 

grades (IF, HSLA, Dual Phase, TRIP) 

• Structural metals and ceramics for gas 

turbine applications 

Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre 

Engineering at the nanometre scale is one 

of the greatest challenges known to 

modern man and has the potential to 

revolutionise the way we live our lives, 

from Star Trek-like gadgets through to 

site-specific medical diagnosis and drug 

delivery within the human body. 

Founded in 2002, The Multidisciplinary 

Nanotechnology Centre (MNC) at 

Swansea has developed an international 

reputation in many new fields that stretch 

traditional engineering concepts to the 

extreme. This has been made possible by 

radical thinking that combines engineering 

with physics, biology and medicine. The 


therefore has an active strategy to develop 

projects that bridge traditional disciplines 

to provide a step change in technology. 

The Centre spearheads the 

nanotechnology activity across the 

University and the whole of Wales. Within 

Swansea, the Centre involves more than 

40 academics from a range of disciplines 

(engineering, physics, chemistry, biology 

and medicine) and a central suite of 

laboratories housing unrivalled 

state-of-the-art facilities. 

Recent investment in the field of 

nanomedicine has led to the creation of a 

£22 million Centre for NanoHealth, a 

unique facility that links collaborative 

research between the MNC and the 

College of Medicine in Swansea. 

Key research activity within the 


(MNC) includes: 

• Nano-medicine and Bio- 

Nanotechnology 

• Nano-materials and Nano-sensors 

• Rheometry 

• Theoretical Modelling 

The MNC’s state-of the-art nanotechnology 

laboratory suite houses cutting-edge 

fabrication and characterisation facilities. 

Equipment includes: 

• 2 UHV Omicron Nanotechnology SPMs 

(1 STM/AFM, 1 STM/ESCA and 1 

STM/SEM) 

• 5 Vecco AFMs (2 explorers, 1 

Nanoman and 1 Picoforce) 

• 2 Vecco SNOMs (Aurora II and III) 

• 5 desktop SPM systems 

• a variety of spectroscopic techniques 

are available, (XPS, AES, confocal 

RAMAN, mass spectrometry, ICP 

spectroscopy and photo correlation 

spectroscopy for particle sizing 

down to 1nm) 

• laser diffraction particle sizing 

• free solution electrophoresis BET 

and gas porosimetry 

• microcalorimetry 

• a comprehensive range of rheometers 

• gas liquid chromatography and HPLC 

Other equipment includes a fully-equipped 

clean room for device fabrication, a new 

biotechnology pilot plant, pilot-scale 

membrane filtration equipment (micro- to 

nano-filtration) and reverse osmosis. 

Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating 

The Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating 

is a world-leading research centre focusing 

on investigating printing and coating as a 

manufacturing process. It has purpose-built 

fully-equipped air-conditioned laboratories 

for measurement of printed and coated 

products. The Centre enjoys access to 

industrial printing facilities and also works 

closely with all components in the supply 

chain, including ink, substrate and 

machinery suppliers. 

Centre for Complex Fluids Processing 

The processing of complex fluids, from 

biotechnological materials and food 

products to mineral slurries and inks, is a 

major feature of modern industry. 

Underlying this diversity are certain 

properties that must be understood if the 

processing is to be effective and efficient. 

These include the flow behaviour in 

process equipment, how components of 

the fluid determine its overall properties 

and how individual components may be 

selectively separated. 

The Centre has been the recipient of a 

prestigious EPSRC platform grant awarded 

to world-leading groups with continuity 

of funding for longer term research 

and international networking, and is 

recognised as a centre of expertise with 

a proven track record of collaboration 

with large and small companies. 

Electronics Systems Design Research 

Almost every piece of modern electronic 

equipment relies heavily on power 

electronics. It provides electrical energy 

in a clean form for applications as diverse 

as mobile phones to large power units on 

electrically driven ships. The use of power 

electronics is all about efficient use of 

energy in all these applications and 

at all power levels. 

This group has particular interests in 

power electronics and microelectronics. 

Its groundbreaking research includes 

power IC technology and the application 

of power electronics in embedded 

energy generation. Researchers are 

also developing state-of-the-art SiC 

semiconductor technology; silicon 

carbide-based power semiconductor 

devices are promising candidates 

for ultra high power systems such as 

those regulating the national grid. 

Advanced Communications Systems 

Communications systems, whether 

optical or wireless, now surround us 

and are a vital part of our daily lives. 

The Advanced Communications group 

has a range of research programmes in 

optical communications, wireless systems 

and networks and communications 

technologies such as microwave antenna 

and next generation lasers. The group 

has a strong track record in cultivating 

industry partnerships to provide innovative 

solutions to complex business and 

technological problems. 

“I am currently undertaking a Nanotechnology PhD in the area of 

renewable energy through solar cells. The focus of this study is very 

much aimed at research and development, and has very close links with 

manufacturing. Here at Swansea there is plenty of access to resources 

such as specialised labs and brand new cutting edge equipment to help 

you develop your ideas. 

” 

Gareth Blarney, 

PhD Nanotechnology 

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English 






Professors 

C Belsey 

S Davies 

C Franklin 

Nuria Lorenzo-Dus 

Jim Milton 

N Reeve 

D Smith 

M W Thomas 





(first-class or 2.1) in English. For PhD 

programmes in Linguistics, an MA in 

Linguistics or a related discipline, and 

experience of empirical research, is 











Funding may also be available from the 

Arts and Humanities Research Council. 



www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/ 

AboutUs/EnglishLanguageandLiterature/ 


Email: 

COAHGradCentrePGRAdmissions@ 

swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295926 






information 


available in English, please see page 54. 

Research Degrees – English 

English at Swansea University has been 

a respected centre for research into 

medieval, renaissance and eighteenthcentury 

language and literature for over 

90 years. 

Today it is equally renowned for expertise 

in Linguistics, Gender Studies, Welsh 

Writing in English, twentieth and 

twenty-first century literature and Creative 

Writing. Many of the staff are sought as 

experts appearing on radio and TV, and 

write regularly for broadsheet newspapers 

and major reviews. 

Research degrees in English will: 



fields, including academia, teaching, 

Civil Service, journalism, speech 

therapy, publishing, arts management 

and communications, writing as well 

as becoming published authors 






Particular research interests include: 

• Medieval literature, especially 

anchoritism, Arthurian narratives 

and the medieval town 

• Poetry and drama of the sixteenth 

and seventeenth centuries 

• Women’s writing and culture 

1750-1870 

• Romantic and Gothic literature; 

Mary Wollstonecraft, Lord Byron, 

William Blake, Mary Shelley. 

• Romantic Orientalism; 

Sir William Jones, British India 

• Twentieth-century fiction, especially 

D H Lawrence, Border writing and 

the literature of the Cold War, 

Angela Carter 

• Welsh Writing in English, including 

Dylan Thomas, Raymond Williams 

and Welsh women’s writing 

• Irish writing, including Yeats, Joyce 

and Irish poetry since 1900 

• Modern and contemporary poetry, 

including J H Prynne 

• Critical theory, especially cultural, 

feminist, psychoanalytic and 

canon theory 

• American literature, including 

the Harlem Renaissance and Whitman 

• Film and visual narrative 

• Gender in literature, critical theory 

and culture from the medieval period 

to the twenty-first century 

• Creative writing, especially Fiction 

and Poetry 

• Linguistics and sociolinguistics 

• Second Language Acquisition 

processes, particularly Vocabulary 

Acquisition 

• Language testing 

• Language in education, particularly 

with respect to English Language 

Teaching 

• TEFL 

• Translation 

• Stylistics 

• Discourse Analysis 

Part-time distance PhD Applied Linguistics 

In addition to the full-time PhD programme 

in Linguistics, the Department offers a 

part-time, distance-learning PhD in Applied 

Linguistics. This scheme is centred on the 

Vocabulary Acquisition Research Group 

and is aimed at English language teachers 

working abroad who want to maintain an 

academic base in the UK. The programme 

is highly structured, the work for each year 

being tightly organised round a series of 

training tasks and experimental projects, 

and usually takes six years to complete. 



Humanities (RIAH) supports the Richard 

Burton Centre for the Study of Wales, an 

interdisciplinary forum that focuses on the 

cultural and historical traditions in the 

Welsh and English languages. It also runs 

an annual postgraduate conference, 

postgraduate workshops and provides 

support for postgraduate research 

expenses and practical help with grant 

applications. 

All research students in English belong to 

the Graduate Centre in the College of 

Arts and Humanities which provides 

pastoral guidance as well as 

administrative and academic facilities 

Graduate students are provided with 

fully-equipped workstations and a 

common room, regular research training 

and the opportunity of teaching 

experience. Many are attached to 

interdisciplinary research centres, based 

in the Department, which run conferences 

and a regular seminar programme 

throughout the year, such as: 

• CREW, the Centre for Research into the 

English Language and Literature of 

Wales 

• GENCAS, the Centre for Research into 

Gender in Culture and Society 

• MEMO, the Centre for Medieval and 

Early Modern Research 

• WAWR, the Wales and the West 

Romanticism Seminar 

• VARG, the Vocabulary Acquisition 

Research Group 

For further information about RIAH, 

visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/ 

artsandhumanities/riah 

The Department also holds the Archive of 

Welsh English (based on the Survey of 

Anglo-Welsh Dialects). The extensive 

Anglo-Welsh material is supplemented by 

three other important local collections: the 

Gwyn Thomas and the John Ormond 

collections at the Miners’ Library and the 

Dylan Thomas collection in the City and 

Council of Swansea’s Central Library. 

The Richard Burton Archives hold the 

archives of Raymond Williams, 

Ron Berry and Alun Richards. 

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Geography 


MSc by Research, MPhil, PhD, MRes 




Professors 

D Clarke 

H Crawley 

S Davies 

M Doel 

S Doerr 

T Murray 

A Street-Perrott 

R Walsh 

P North 

Geography, the study of the world in 

which we live, helps us to understand how 

landscapes are shaped, how populations 

move and interact, and how climate 

change will affect us all. Key research 

themes at Swansea include environmental 

and climatic change, migration and 

national identity, glaciology and icesheet 

dynamics, global environment modelling 

and Earth observation, and social theory 

and global cities. 




Research degrees in Geography will: 






rewarding career in a range of fields, 

including environmental management, 

conservation, planning, local authorities, 

education, computing, management, 

finance, and insurance 

Geographers at Swansea benefit from 

exceptional computing facilities that 

include fifteen dual-processor workstations 

for Earth Observation, a 20-node 




Normally a Master’s degree or a minimum 

of a 2.1 Honours degree. Researchtraining 

recognition for Human Geography 

applicants is desired. 





multiprocessor Beowulf cluster, and the 

Department’s IBM ‘Blue Ice’ 

supercomputer, used mainly for climate 

and glaciological modelling. 


In Physical Geography, research groups 

have a strong quantitative-science 

emphasis, encompassing computationally 

intensive numerical modelling, advanced 

analytical laboratory techniques, 

worldwide field campaigns, and satellite 

observation. They collaborate with key 

agencies such as the British Antarctic 

Survey, NASA, and the Hadley Centre. 

In Human Geography, research groups 

are characterised by socio-spatial 

theorisation of the contemporary urban 

experience and evidence-based migration 

policy research. They work closely with 

key institutions such as UNESCO, the 

International Organisation for Migration, 

and the UK and Welsh Governments. 

Postgraduate research students will belong 

to one or more of these groups, each of 

which is supported by a collegiate 

research culture and a high-quality 

research environment: 






Postgraduate studentships awarded by the 

Natural Environmental Research Council 

(NERC), Economic and Social Research 

Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical 

Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and 

Arts and Humanities Research Council 

(AHRC) and most other funding bodies 

can be held in the Department. 

Environmental dynamics group 

This group reconstructs past climates and 

environments using a range of physical 

and chemical archives, especially proxy 

records derived from ice cores, lake 

sediments, and tree rings. It investigates 

land-surface processes such as wildfire, 

soil-water repellency, and tropical 

hydrology, and routinely leads field 

expeditions in Africa, America, Asia, 

Australia, and Europe, and coordinates 

the Royal Society’s field stations in Borneo. 

The group benefits from stable isotope 

laboratories and specialist facilities for 

biogeochemistry, tephrochronology, and 

pollen analysis. 

Glaciology group 

This group studies the dynamics of 

fastflowing glaciers and ice streams, 

especially the causes of flow instability. It 

uses a wide variety of methods including 

fieldwork, remote sensing, and modelling, 

and facilities include a 3D digital 

photogrammetry workstation and 

state-of-the-art field equipment. Current 

field projects are based in Svalbard, 

Antarctica, and the Alps. The group also 

houses the GLIMPSE project, which aims 

to advance our understanding of the future 

of the Greenland ice sheet. 



www.swansea.ac.uk/geography 



Tel: +44 (0)1792 295142 



Global environmental modelling and 

Earth observation group 

This group uses satellite data to study the 

land, atmosphere, and oceans, and to 

improve modelling of climatic change. 

Research encompasses a wide range of 

applications ranging from the local level 

to the global scale. The group is involved 

in the NERC National Centre for Earth 

Observation (NCEO), and works closely 

with scientists at NASA, ESA, CEH, and 

the Hadley Centre. 

Migration, boundaries, and identities 

group 

This group advances the study of national 

and international migration, especially in 

relation to ideas of nation, place, and the 

social construction of identity (particularly 

gender and childhood). It develops new 

theoretical frameworks for understanding 

the implications of different types of 

boundaries – imagined, social, and 

political – on the construction and 

experiences of particular groups in society 

and the ways in which these boundaries 

are contested. The group leads the 

University’s interdisciplinary research 

Centre for Migration Policy Research. 




information 


available in Geography, please see 

page 56. 

Social theory and urban space group 

This group develops theoretically 

sophisticated, empirically bold, and 

socially engaged understandings of space 

and spatiality, with particular reference to 

modern and postmodern cities. It seeks to 

transform the conceptual terrain of Human 

Geography through a spatialisation of 

post-structuralist theory and leads the 

University’s interdisciplinary research 

Centre for Urban Theory. 

One year MSc by Research programmes 

are also available in the following 

specialist areas: 

• Earth observation 

• Environmental dynamics 

• Glaciology 

• Global environmental modelling 

• Global migration 

• Media geographies 

• Social theory and space 

• Urban studies 

“As part of researching for a 

PhD in glaciology at Swansea, I 

was fortunate enough to spend 

two months in the Svalbard. This 

has been the highlight of my 

postgraduate study as the 

experience of learning field 

techniques in the Arctic, 

witnessing the Northern Lights 

and racing across the sea-ice 

on a snow-scooter is something 

I will always appreciate. 

” 

Damien Mansell, 

PhD Glaciology 

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Health and Social Sciences 

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MPhil, PhD, DProf (part-time) 

RAE2008 35% of our health sciences 

research was rated as being of worldleading 

or internationally excellent quality. 

60% of social science research was rated 

world-class or internationally excellent. 

Professors 

A Borsay 

S Edwards 

D Hughes 

P Huxley 

M Jasper 

M McNamee 

J Merrell 

C Phillips 

G Rolfe 

The UK’s health and social care systems 

continue to provide high quality care, 

where it is needed, in a responsive and 

timely manner. As demand for their 

services continues to grow, these systems 

need to adapt and change to take 

advantage of the new technologies and 

ways of working open to them, ensuring 

that quality of care is continually 

enhanced. 

Research into the health and social sciences 

across the full range of disciplines and 

areas, such as biomedical studies, service 

organisation, workforce practices, chronic 

conditions, public health, policy, and 

ethics, is crucial in identifying how best to 

make those changes and adaptations. 

As a forerunner in researching both health 

and social care provision, the College is 

able to respond rapidly to changes in the 

delivery of care, whilst its established links 

with service providers, such as the NHS, 

enhance the learning experience and 

influence clinical and social care practices. 




Research degrees in the Health and Social 

Sciences will: 




MPhil: normally an Honours degree (2.1 

or above) in a discipline related to the 

chosen specialty, or a relevant, approved 

postgraduate qualification. 

PhD and DProf: Applicants would normally 

have, or be studying for, a Master’s 

degree. 


research and transferable skills such as 

presenting to a range of audiences, 

publication, and networking 

• prepare you for a career in academia 

and research 

• equip you with skills relevant to 

progressing your career in a range of 

diverse fields, including nursing, 

midwifery, health economics, 

biosciences, health and social policy, 

social care practice, the voluntary and 

charity sectors, academia and 

healthcare management. 

Students working towards a research degree 

have the opportunity to attend taught courses 

on research methods and statistics, and are 

encouraged to disseminate their own 

research findings at national and 

international conferences. A Research Interest 

Group also provides a forum through which 

students can participate in a peer support 

network to share their ideas. 

Students benefit from the College’s strong 

and active partnerships with universities 

across the world, the NHS, health and 

social care agencies, industry, and 

government, as well as international 

networks including the World Health 

Organisation, and Sigma Theta Tau 









Postgraduate. Funding may also be 

available through funded research projects. 

We attract substantial research funding from 

the ESRC, AHRC, the European Union, the 

Welsh Government, NISCHR, UK Sport, 

Wales Council for Voluntary Action, Ministry 

of Defence, Care Council for Wales, Esmee 

Internationals. The College also works 

collaboratively with other research centres 

and networks across the UK, such as the 

Social Care Workforce Research Unit at 

Kings College London. 


Our research falls into eight broad 

themes: 

Children and Young People’s Health 

and Well-Being 

Focusing on improving health and 

well-being across a variety of areas such 

as obesity, inactivity, health promotion, 

mental health, looked after children, child 

abuse and neglect, and disabled children. 

The rights of children and young people, 

along with issues relating to their migration, 

are also priorities. Recent postgraduate 

research is examining cardiovascular 

disease risk factors in school children; and 

exploring young people’s attitudes to, and 

experiences of, discrimination and racism. 

Health Economics 

Delivering robust and ground breaking 

health economics research on the 

development and delivery of health care 

interventions and services, by combining 

significant qualitative skills, expertise in 

real world data mining and analysis and 

health policy. 

Fairburn Charitable Trust, Stroke 

Association, National Institute for Health 

Research, and Tenovus. 

Evidence of a commitment to a career in a 

research setting is also desirable. 

Research students in this area are 

investigating areas such as the cost 

effectiveness of clinical pharmacist 

interventions within patients suffering from 

cardiac disease, and the costs associated 

with the collection and utilisation of 

allergenic blood. 

Health Services Research 

Ensuring the systems underpinning a 

range of health service areas such as 

healthcare organisation, policy, 

economics and patient involvement are 

evaluated and enhanced. Research 

students are looking at the effects of 

clinical reasoning models on the outcome 

and cost-effectiveness of musculoskeletal 

physiotherapy, and quality of life for older 

people living with cancer. 

History, Health and Culture 

Leading the way in medical humanities by 

bringing together researchers who apply 

the concepts and methods of history, 

literature and the visual arts to the analysis 

of health and healthcare. 

Postgraduate students are exploring a 

variety of areas ranging from the 

educational experiences of deaf children 

between 1850 and 1914 to the political 

influence of nurses in post-war Wales, 

and epilepsy in literature. 





Contact: Maria Davis, 

Postgraduate Administrator 


Tel: +44 (0)1792 295309 


see page 174 for details and Open 

Day information 

Mental Health 

Taking forward research into mental 

health services through their evaluation, 

and the development and application of 

social outcome measures. Some of our 

students are looking at evidence based 

practices in mental health, and the 

National Action Plan to reduce suicide 

and self-harm in Wales. 

Nursing and Healthcare Practices 

Committed to translating research from 

‘the bench to bedside’, this theme 

addresses the issues of professional 

working and contributions to patient care 

which cut across traditional boundaries. 

Topics being explored by postgraduate 

students include the emotional work 

experiences of children’s nurses in hospice 

and community settings, and managing 

weight gain in pregnancy. 

Philosophy, Ethics and Law in Healthcare 

Concentrating on the scrutiny of the 

philosophical, ethical and legal aspects 

underpinning healthcare theory and 

practice across the breadth of medicine, 

nursing and sport. 

Some of the fields under investigation are 

international medical ethics and law, as 

well as the ethico-legal aspects of doping 

and anti-doping in athletes. 




information 


in Health Science, please see page 60. 

Social Sciences 

Generating new knowledge about the 

changes affecting the social care 

workforce and service provision, including 

social outcomes, such as quality of life and 

social inclusion measures. 

Current research activity being led by 

students is investigating the services for 

young carers and the social inclusion 

experienced by older people in care 

homes. 

The College is also developing a new 

range of innovative research courses and 

qualifications which will be of interest to 

anyone wishing to pursue a clinical 

academic career. For further details 

please contact us. 

Students working full-time towards a 

research degree have the opportunity to 

attend taught courses on research 

methods and statistics, and are 



international conferences. 

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History 






Professors 

H V Bowen 

D J Power 

J Spurr 

N W Thompson 

M Whitehead 

C Williams 





(first-class or 2.1) in History or a 

related subject. 










Other sources of funding include the Arts 

and Humanities Research Council, the 

Wellcome Trust and Local Education 

Authorities. 





Email: 


swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295926 



Applications can be made online at 



information 


available in History, please see page 66. 

Research Degrees – History 

History challenges us to understand the 

past so that we might make sense of the 

present. It encourages us to think about 

how the past is studied, written about, 

and represented, how it has been kept 

alive for generations, and how it can be 

preserved for generations to come. 




Research degrees in History will: 







fields, including teaching, accountancy, 

banking, insurance, the media, marketing, 

and museum and heritage work 

The Richard Burton Archives hold 

collections of local, industrial and political 

records, as do the West Glamorgan 

Archive Service, the Royal Institution of 

South Wales, and the record offices at 

Cardiff and Carmarthen. 

The South Wales Miners’ Library, which is 

managed by the University, houses 

important printed and audio-visual aids for 

research into south Wales’ industrial and 

political history. 

The University is also a centre for 

American Studies and Medieval Studies, 

possessing staff expertise and library 

resources in these areas. 


Current research interests within the 

Department include: 

Medieval History 

• The Anglo-Norman ‘Realm’ and 

the Angevin Empire 

• Capetian France, especially 

the monarchy, aristocracy, and 

religious orders 

• The Cathars and the Albigensian 

Crusade 

• Charters and the documentary records 

of medieval France and England 

• The Mediterranean world, especially the 

Crusades, later medieval Italian society 

and politics, and the Italian 

Renaissance, including art history 

• England and Wales in the central and 

late Middle Ages, including the 

aristocracy and gentry, the Welsh 

Marches, urban history, law and crime, 

women and the law, religious belief and 

practice, and education and literacy 

• Gender and the life cycle in late 

medieval Europe 

• Medieval frontier societies and 

borderlands, and concepts of frontiers 

from the late Roman Empire to the 

present day 

Early Modern History 

• Most aspects of British history between 

1500 and 1800, especially religious, 

scientific, cultural and gender history 

• The history of health, medicine in early 

modern Britain 

• History of Disabilities 

• The Portuguese Empire 

• The Reformation and Counter- 

Reformation 

• Science, intellectual life, collecting and 

museums in early modern Europe 

• The social history of early modern 

sex and marriage 

• Crime and witchcraft 

• The Enlightenment, republicanism and 

international relations in the eighteenth 

century 

Modern History 

• Most aspects of Welsh history, 

especially industrial society 

• The cultural, intellectual and urban 

history of nineteenth century and 

twentieth century Britain 

• Modern International History 

• The United States since 1750, 

in particular slavery, the South 

and the Civil War 

• The economic and imperial history 

of Britain in the eighteenth and 

nineteenth centuries 

• Emigration and urbanisation in 

the British Isles between the 

eighteenth and twentieth centuries 

• The cultural history of Victorian 

Britain, including theatre and popular 

entertainment 

• The political history of the UK 

since 1800 

• Military and society in Europe 

between 1750 and 1815 

• Austrian and German history in the 

late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries 

• Austrian, German and Central 

European history, especially in the fields 

of urban, labour and post-1945 history 

• Modern Economic History 

• Quantitative aspects of British 

economic growth from the sixteenth 

to the twenty-first centuries 

• Demographic history 

• Anti-capitalist and socialist political 

economy 

• Policing and Police Forces in 

twentieth century Europe 

• Italian fascism 

• Allied Occupation of Italy 

• Contemporary French and Italian social 

and cultural history 

• Memory studies and oral history of 

twentieth century Europe 

• History of protest and activism in the 

1960s and 1970s 




Research Centres, including the 

Callaghan Centre for the Study of 

Conflict, Power, Empire. The Callaghan 

Centre produces world-class research in 

the areas of conflict and security, empire 

and post-colonialism, ‘digital’ war, and 

conflict and culture. It also manages major 

Research Council funded projects, and 

promotes collaboration between scholars, 

policymakers and cultural providers. RIAH 

also supports a wide range of research 

groups, which provide a focus for 

specialist projects, postgraduate research, 

grant applications, seminar series, and 

contact with external partners. Research 

groups include: 

• The Richard Burton Centre for the 

Study of Wales 



• MEMO: Centre for Medieval and 

Early Modern Research 

For further information about 

RIAH, visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/ 


All History research students belong to the 

Graduate Centre in the College of Arts 

and Humanities. The Centre provides 

pastoral as well as administrative support 

and is also responsible for research skills 

training and support, and facilitating a 

lively intellectual environment for the 

College’s postgraduate research 

community of 200 students. 

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Law 


MPhil/PhD 




Professors 

I Davies 

T Jones 

E MacDonald 

K Morrow 

G Parry 

V Röben 

R Williams 

B Soyer 

J Snell 

A Tettenborn 

M Stallworthy 

R Thomas 

D Patterson 




As a minimum candidates are normally 

required to have an excellent Master’s 

degree, preferably in Law. Exceptional 

performance at undergraduate level will 

be considered. 










Depending on their suitability, students 

may be appointed to a tutorship and 

receive payment for undertaking 

undergraduate teaching. 





Dr Bebhinn Donelly-Lazarov 

Email: 

lawpostgradresearch@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 513584 


details 




information 


in Law, please see page 68. 

Research Degrees – Law 

From small law firms to the United 

Nations’ International Court of Justice, the 

legal profession shapes every aspect of 

our society, politics, and economies. Law 

regulates how we buy and sell goods and 

services, and how we govern ourselves. It 

defines how we prosecute and defend, 

and how we secure the rights of people 

who may not be able to defend 

themselves. 

The School of Law welcomes proposals for 



Research degrees in Law will: 





• equip you with the skills necessary to 

apply legal concepts in a practical 

environment 

Students are fully supported by the 

School’s dedicated Law Librarian, with the 

Law Library holding an extensive selection 

of legal materials and online services such 

as Lexis and Westlaw. 


Staff research interests cover a wide range 

of themes, including: 

• Shipping Law 

• International Trade Law 

• Commercial Law 

• International Commercial Law 

• World Trade Law 

• Legal Theory 

• Global Legal Order 

• Criminal Law and Evidence 

• Criminal Justice and Criminology 

• Human Rights Law 

• European Law 

• Public and Administrative Law 

• Ethics and Philosophy 

• Environmental Law 

• Private International Law 

• Public International Law 

• Socio-Legal Studies 

We are an approved research training 

pathway in the Welsh Doctoral Centre. 

Research Centres and Institutes 

The School is home to five research 

centres, which provide effective vehicles 

for the promotion of research within their 

respective areas of specialism. 

The Institute of International Shipping and 

Trade Law was established in 2000 and 

exists as a specialist research and 

professional training centre. Promoting 

research and teaching of the highest 

standard in the fields of international 

shipping and trade law, the Institute also 

fosters cooperation with other academic 

institutions and professional, commercial, 

shipping, insurance and business 

organisations. 

The Centre for Environmental and Energy 

Law and Policy (CEELP) promotes 

excellence in research and teaching in 

environmental and energy law and seeks 

to foster links in its areas of expertise 

between academia and local and 

national governments, the community, 

industry and the professions. CEELP is 

affiliated to the IUCN Academy of 

Environmental Law which aims to promote 

sustainable development in law and policy 

within Wales and beyond. It provides 

advice to stakeholders in the sector and to 

decision makers on environment and 

energy related policy areas of the Welsh 

Government. 

Sefydliad Hywel Dda – The Hywel Dda 

Institute provides leadership, direction, 

coordination and visibility for research 

within the School which falls under the 

broad heading of ‘Legal Wales’. With a 

commitment to interdisciplinary and 

cross-institutional research, its intellectual 

remit includes constitutional law and 

devolution, the statutory output of the 

National Assembly of Wales within its 

fields of competence, bilingualism and 

language rights, law and policy, legal 

history, the application of international, 

European and UK domestic law in Wales. 

Its mission is to contribute to the 

maintenance and development of Legal 

Wales by promoting and facilitating 

research and scholarship which reaches 

levels of excellence measured against the 

highest international standards. 

Prif swyddogaeth Sefydliad Hywel Dda 

yw hyrwyddo ymchwil ac iddo ragoriaeth 

ryngwladol sydd yn ymwneud â 

dimensiwn Cymreig y gyfraith, a thrwy 

hynny gyfrannu tuag at gynnal a datblygu 

‘Cymru’r Gyfraith’. Bydd gan y Sefydliad 

rôl arbennig wrth ddatblygu ysgolheictod 

cyfrwng-Cymraeg o fewn Prifysgol 

Abertawe ac yn genedlaethol. 

The focus of the Richard Price Centre is 

the recognition that global questions need 

to be approached as a matter of 

multilevel governance comprising the 

international, the European and regional, 

the national and the subnational levels. 

The Centre will address this governance 

problem primarily from a legal perspective 

but in full realisation of the inherently 

interdisciplinary nature of the concept 

of multi-level governance. 

The Centre for Criminal Justice and 

Criminology – See page 104 for further 

information. 

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Mathematics 


PhD, MPhil, MRes, MSc by Research 



excellent (3*), International Review 

Mathematics in the U.K. 2004 and 2010 

: Swansea’s probability group contributes 

to the world leadership status of the U.K. 

in stochastic analysis. 

Professors 

T Brzezinski 

N Jacob 

V Liskevich K Zhang 

E Lytvynov 

F-Y Wang 

J-L Wu 

Mathematics is both ancient and modern. 

Often challenging and always rewarding, 

it is the most international of subjects, and 

the basis on which the modern world is 

built. Science, engineering and business 

depend on their mathematical 

foundations, and mathematicians 

therefore play an essential role in our 

society. 

Research degrees in Mathematics will: 







fields 

PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research 

The Department welcomes research 

proposals for postgraduate research 

projects that complement staff research 

interests (as listed below). Our PhD 

programme is based on a three-year 

period of supervised study whilst the MPhil 

programme comprises a two-year period 

of supervised study and the MSc by 

Research is a one-year scheme. To ensure 

successful research projects students will 

normally follow an intensive, initial tutorial 




For PhD programmes candidates should 

normally have a first-class (minimum 2.1) 

Honours degree in Mathematics. For 

MPhil and MRes programmes candidates 

should normally have an upper second 

class Honours degree or higher in 

Mathematics (or equivalent). 





programme with their supervisor and, if 

appropriate, will take prescribed courses 

during the first year of the programme. 

Research students have access to online 

resources, typesetting, computational and 

general office software from the comfort of 

their own desk in the company of other 

postgraduate students. The University has 

one of the finest mathematics libraries in 

the UK, housing an extensive collection of 

books and periodicals and the 

Department’s Reading Room contains an 

impressive collection of research books. 

Schools and workshops for postgraduate 

students, given by world-class 

mathematicians, are offered on a regular 

basis and, throughout the year, there are 

regular seminars and colloquia given by 

staff and visitors to the Department. 


Staff research interests and strengths 

encompass: 

Stochastic analysis: quantum physics; 

functional integrals; stochastic differential 

equations and applications; Brownian 

motion; statistical mechanics; stochastic 

processes; large deviations and 

renormalisation group theory; partial 

differential equations and applications; 






In addition the Department has some 

bursaries available, some for fees only, 

and all eligible applicants are invited to 

apply sometime after the Easter Vacation 

prior to the beginning of the programme. 

Note that the offer of a place does not 

imply any offer of funding. 

mathematics of finance; stochastic 

delay-differential equations; functional 

inequalities; transport problems. 

Diffusions, Markov Processes and 

Martingales: Stochastic processes and 

applications, including applications to 

Wiener-Hopf theory; quantum probability 

and quantum computing. 

Lévy-type Processes and 

Pseudo-differential Operators: 

Pseudo-differential operators with 

continuous negative definite functions as 

symbols; Lp-theory of sub-Markovian 

semigroups; function spaces related to 

Markov processes; fractional derivatives as 

generators of jump processes; non-linear 

analysis for pseudo-differential operators 

generating Markov processes; balayage 

theory; mathematics of finance; numerics of 

stochastic differential equations with jumps, 

intrinsic geometry of jump processes. 

Hopf Algebras and Integrable Systems: 

Differential structures on quantum groups; 

the functional Bethe Ansatz; algebraic 

aspects of deformed gauge theories; 

classical and quantum solitons; braided 

categories. 



www.maths.swansea.ac.uk 



Email: p.a.jarman@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295142 


Professor N Jacob 

Email: n.jacob@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295461 

Algebraic Topology: Algebraic topology; 

K-theory and other cohomology theories; 

Lie groups; relations with number theory 

and algebra, operads, configuration 

spaces and moduli spaces, diffeomorphism 

groups, braid groups and mapping class 

groups, characteristic classes 

Partial Differential Equations and the 

Calculus of Variations: Linear and 

non-linear elliptic and parabolic 

equations; non-linear problems and the 

calculus of variations; reaction-diffusion 

equations; Burgers-type equations; 

semi-groups of linear operators; 

pseudo-differential operators; related 

harmonic analysis; mathematics of image 

processing; analysis of composite and 

smart materials. 






information 


in Mathematics, please see page 72. 

“After finishing my PhD I started training as an Actuary with AXA in Bristol. 

My maths degree was very helpful as it provided me with a solid basis upon 

which to begin studying for the actuarial examinations. In particular the self-study 

skills developed during my PhD were invaluable when faced with the prospect of 

self-studying for 15 examinations. 

Since becoming a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 2006 I have worked for 

both AXA and HBOS. In summer 2010 I decided to move into the field of 

reinsurance and took a job with Partner Re in Zurich, Switzerland. My 

responsibilities include the mortality and morbidity research underpinning the 

pricing bases used by Partner Re. Once again the PhD skills have been essential 

in understanding how to organise research project. With effect from October 

2011 I am now a member of the management team of Life Solutions – a team 

responsible for providing actuarial solutions to markets throughout the world. 

” 

Chris Reynolds, 

MMath 1999; PhD Mathematics 2002 

Research Degrees – Mathematics 

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Media Studies 






Professors 

K Williams 



From traditional print and broadcast 

media to film and television, digital 

publishing, social networking, and public 

relations, the media increasingly defines 

the way we interact with our society. It 

shapes the way we see ourselves and 

others, and can be a powerful tool for 

social change, good or bad. 

Media Studies at Swansea has a 

broad vocational and international 

outlook that reflects the challenges of 

our media-rich world. 

Research degrees in Media Studies will: 






rewarding career in a range of 

media-related industries 


MA by Research, MPhil and PhD 

supervision is available across a wide 

range of research topics in media studies, 

organised into two research groupings: 

Media Studies research students are 

located in numerous constituent 

Departments in the College of Arts and 

Humanities. Collaboration with Politics 

and Modern Languages is particularly 

strong. For details please see: www. 

swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities 


For PhD: normally a good Honours degree 

(first-class or 2:1) and an MA in a relevant 

field. For MRes or MPhil: a good Honours 

degree. 

World Cinema 

This group brings together substantial 

expertise in the history, theory and 

reception of World Cinema and is 

engaged in a variety of provocative 

analyses of films, filmmakers, movements 

and film-watching communities and nations 

in relation to history, literature, philosophy, 

new media and politics. 

Key themes include: 

• European cinema history, theory and 

criticism 

• Eastern European Cinema 

• Film Theory and Aesthetics 

• German and Eastern European cinema 

• French cinema, particularly the 

French New Wave 

• Documentary 

• Media, nation and identity 

• Independent American cinema 

• Hollywood 

• Transnational cinema 

• New Screen Technologies 

• The media in Wales 

• Welsh, Celtic and British cinema 

• Welsh-language film, radio, television 

and new media 










Media History, Theory and Technology 

This group combines research at the nexus 

between media history, theory and 

technological change, addressing key 

issues in the emerging global digital 

world. The group seeks to develop a 

critical understanding of networked digital 

media and online social practices and 

their social, economic and political 

dynamics in order to inform academic 

research, wider policy issues and public 

debates. The relationships between media 

technology, cultural form and the shift from 

‘atoms to bits’ are addressed through a 

range of innovative methodological 

approaches together with a focus on 

placing these developments within a 

historical and social context. 



www.swansea.ac.uk/mediastudies 


Email: 


swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295926 



Key themes include: 

• Visual media and visual culture 

• Print and broadcast media 

• Science fiction and technology 

• Music and popular culture 

• Journalism 

• The deep history of media 

• Media archaeology 

• Postmodern theory 

• Theories of the information society 

• Network society 

• Post-Fordism 

• Global communication 

• Media and the public sphere 

• Political theory and the media 

• Jean Baudrillard 

• Moral panics and the media 

• Social and political aspects of media 

• Methodologies for researching media 

• New media 

• Philosophy of technology 

• Intellectual property rights 

• Theories and history of technology 

• Software studies 

• Auditory technology and sound 

• Digital democracy 

• Social networking 

• Computer code 

• Remediation 




information 


available in Media and Communication 

Studies, please see page 74. 

Media Studies also benefits from research 

groups exploring gender, technology, 

war, and global journalism, and 

incorporates work on moral panics and 

media and identity in small nations, with 

particular reference to Wales. 

All research students in Media Studies 

belong to the Graduate Centre in the 

College of Arts and Humanities. The 

Centre provides pastoral as well as 

administrative support and is also 

responsible for research skills training 

and support, and facilitating a lively 

intellectual environment for the College’s 

postgraduate research community 

of 200 students. 

Research Degrees – Media Studies 

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Medicine 


MPhil, PhD, MD 




Head of the College of Medicine 

Professor G Morgan 



Professors 

S J Allen 

S C Bain 

J Baxter 

A G Brenton 

R C Charlton 

P J Dyson 

P A Evans 

M B Gravenor 

H Griffiths 

W J Griffiths 

G J S Jenkins 

V Kanamarlapudi 

S L Kelly 

D C Lamb 

K R Lloyd 

R A Lyons 

D Mack 

J McKimm 

G Morgan 

F L Rapport 

M I Rees 

I T Russell 

I M Sheldon 

D O F Skibinski 

H A Snooks 

R E Taylor 

J Wagstaff 

D R R Williams 

J G Williams 











MPhil: Normally a minimum of a 2.1 

Honours degree. 

PhD: All candidates will initially be admitted 

to the MPhil degree and are required to 

demonstrate evidence of satisfactory 

progress at the end of the first year to prove 

an ability to proceed to PhD. Applicants 

for a doctoral level degree would normally 

have, or expect to receive, an Honours 

degree in a relevant subject (2:1 or above). 

MD: Applicants for a doctoral level degree 

would normally have, or be studying for, a 

Bachelor of Medicine or Surgery, awarded 

at least three years prior to the submission of 

the thesis. 


Visit our website: www.swansea.ac.uk/ 

medicine 


Email: j.g.l.mullins@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 543569 




– see pages 176 – 177 for further information 

For details of the Master’s courses available in 

Medicine, please see page 76. 

Research Degrees – Medicine 

The College of Medicine is fast becoming 

a centre of excellence in world-leading 

research and medical education. It is 

able to offer outstanding postgraduate 

opportunities in medical training, on a 

fast-track graduate-entry programme, 

and in scientific training encompassing 

experimental science and health services. 

The College has key collaborations with 


Health Board and other local health 

boards, as well as numerous international 

and national research links. 

The College of Medicine offers a range of 

postgraduate degrees through supervised 

research within individual research groups, 

from Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) to 

Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Doctor of 

Philosophy (PhD), and welcomes proposals 



Research degrees in Medicine will: 






rewarding career in medicine 


The research activity at the College of 

Medicine is centred around its 

interdisciplinary research enterprise, the 

Institute of Life Science (ILS), where research 

activity covers the spectrum of medicine 

from laboratory-based biomedical research 

to public health, population sciences and 

health services research. 

Excellent laboratory facilities are equipped 

to support genomics, proteomics, 

bio-imaging and microbiology, with 

access to equipment such as automated 

sequencing, confocal microscopy, 

high-throughput genomic analysis and 

mass spectrometry. 

The College has its own supercomputer, 

the IBM-built ‘Blue C’, one of the world’s 

fastest computers dedicated to life 

science research. 

Biomedical research 

Biomedical research includes a variety of 

experimental disciplines undertaking 

research into diverse areas of interest but 

with many shared technology platforms for 

modern molecular and systems biology. 

Current biomedical research at the 

College of Medicine comprises: 

Articular Joint Biology: 

The work of this group aims to improve 

the understanding of normal, injured and 

diseased articular joints. 

Asthma and Allergy: 

This group’s key achievements recently 

have been the demonstration of how 

genetic variants of Th-2 immune signalling 

(particularly through the ligand IL-13 and 

the transduction molecule STAT 6) impact 

on the production of reagenic antibody 

IgE, the promotion of asthma, and 

protection from parasitic worm infection. 

Biostatistics and Mathematical 

Modelling in Epidemiology: 

This group is focused on the use of 

statistical models in medicine and the life 

sciences, the mathematical modelling of 

epidemics of infectious diseases, 

multi-model inference in bioinformatics and 

the use of high performance computing in 

biology. 

Cancer Informatics: 

Research in this group crosses the 

boundaries between bioinformatics and 

medical informatics and is primarily 

concerned with the management, analysis 

and use of medical and biological 

information. 

Cell Signalling: 

This research group uses a 

multidisciplinary approach to understand 

PI 3-kinase and ADPribosylation factor 

(ARF) small GTPase signalling in health 

and disease. Its long-term aim is to define 

the roles played by cytohesins and 

centaurins in PI 3-kinase mediated 

regulation of ARF signalling. 

Developmental Medicine 

(Paediatrics and Immunology): 

The main research interest of this group is 

childhood immunity, particularly immune 

function in the newborn. This is mainly 

studied by analysis of umbilical cord 

blood and placental tissue but the use of 

probiotics as modulators of immunity is 

also a prominent focus. 

Diabetes: 

The Diabetes research group was 

established in late 2005 and interests 

exist in the genetics of type 1 and type 2 

diabetes and associated complications, in 

particular cardiovascular disease and 

renal failure. 

DNA Damage: 

This research group focuses on the 

mechanistic basis for DNA damage 

induction and persistence, as well as its 

consequences to human health. 

Evolutionary Genetics and Proteomics: 

This group’s research focuses on a wide 

range of interests within evolutionary 

genetics and proteomics. 

Extracellular Matrix Proteins in 

Musculoskeletal Tissue: 

This group focuses on the metabolism 

of extracellular matrix proteins in 

musculoskeletal tissues in health and 

arthritic disease. 

Gastrointestinal Tract: 

Research falls into four broad groupings: 

molecular biological research, 

oesophageal and gastric cancer 

research, colorectal cancer research, and 

DNA damage (genotoxicity) research. 

Genome and Structural Bioinformatics: 

This group focuses on the development 

of bioinformatics approaches, tools 

and resources for generic application 

to membrane protein sequences, 

predicting their structure and function 

on a genome scale, and ultimately 

exploiting this knowledge in the 

development of new medicines. 

Haemorheology: 

Research interests within this newly formed 

group involve the development and 

application of advanced rheometry to 

biopolymer gel systems; and the 

viscoelastic modelling of gel networks, 

in terms of their microstructure and 

functionality. The research builds upon 

strong collaborative links established 

with the Centre for NanoHealth. 

Laser Technology and Micro Devices: 

This group focuses on research and 

development of laser and optical devices 

as well as micro devices for cardiac 

application. This research builds an 

intellectual property platform with 

regulatory approval both in Europe 

and the US and, to date, it includes 

25 established patent families and 

15 FDA approvals. 

Mass Spectrometry: 

The Institute for Mass Spectrometry was 

established within the ILS in 2007. It 

undertakes high throughput proteomic 

studies, high resolution mass 

determination, structural elucidation, 

analysis of nucleic acid and other 

nonprotein macromolecules, metabolomic 

and small molecule analysis, and 

identification/quantitation of posttranslational 

modifications. 

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Medicine 

Medical and Clinical Oncology: 

This group focuses research effort on 

immune modulation as potential therapy in 

cancer. Further interdisciplinary research 

work is being undertaken looking into 

complex modelling of cancer anatomy 

and radiotherapy, applying diverse 

scanning, physics and deep computing 

approaches. 

Medical Microbiology and 

Infectious Diseases: 

This group aims to improve diagnosis, 

treatment and prevention of hospitalacquired 

infection and is working to apply 

its knowledge to improve antibiotic 

therapy and development of new 

diagnostic tools. 

Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering: 

This group carries out a range of research 

and development activities broadly 

subdivided into radiotherapy physics, 

radiation protection, nuclear medicine 

physics and clinical engineering. 

Molecular Neuroscience: 

This group’s research focus is the genetic 

and functional biology of inherited human 

neurological disorders. The work targets 

disorders such as epilepsy, movement 

disorders, neuronal migration disorders, 

Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s disease with 

an emerging attention to neuropathology 

and stem cell biology. 

Molecular Psychiatry and 

Psychopharmacology: 

This group aims to throw light on the 

interdependence of genes and behaviour 

using the methods and techniques of 

modern molecular neuroscience. 

Medical Devices: 

Research in this group stems from a broad 

interest in innovation and the development 

of new medical devices. Since 1998 one 

focus has been on novel fully closed circuit 

gas delivery systems for safe clinical 

application of the rare noble gas xenon. 

Nano(geno)toxicology and Nanoimaging: 

This group has specific research interests 

in genotoxic responses to engineered 

nanomaterials and is developing the use 

of high resolution imaging and force 

measurement tools to study the biophysical 

properties of cancer cells at the 

nanoscale. There are shared interests with 

the DNA Damage research group and the 

Centre for NanoHealth. 

P450 Biodiversity: 

Research is primarily investigating 

cytochrome P450 systems of bacteria, 

fungi and animals. The P450 gene/ 

enzyme system is extremely diverse, 

reflecting the central role it plays in natural 

product production for deterrence/ 

attraction as well as for detoxification of 

diverse organic chemicals in the 

biosphere. P450s are also targets in drug 

therapy. 

Reproductive Biology: 

This research group is currently 

investigating gene expression and function 

in the uterus and its relationship to fertility. 

The aim is to identify genes and proteins 

that are essential to the establishment and 

maintenance of pregnancy using tissue 

obtained from the lining of the uterus 

(endometrium) of infertile patients and 

women of proven fertility. 

Streptomyces Genetics: 

This research group is investigating the 

molecular microbiology of antibiotic 

producing Streptomyces, in particular the 

model species S. coelicolor, which 

produce a wide diversity of secondary 

metabolites. 

Public Health, Population 

Sciences and Health Services 

research 

Public health, population sciences and 

health services research at the College of 

Medicine is located in the Centre for 

Health Information Research and 

evALuation (CHIRAL), which conducts 

interdisciplinary research that spans the 

traditional areas of clinical trials, 

epidemiology, health service research, 

health informatics, public health and 

qualitative research. 

Current research comprises: 

Health Informatics and Disease 

Modelling: 

Research in this area has come into being 

as the large amount of data relevant to 

health and collected within the UK 

National Health Service and in other 

public sectors has not, over the years, 

been put to better use. This research area 

is now leading the way in terms of the 

innovative and timely use of routinely 

collected information. 

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: 

The prevention of ill health is a major 

societal priority and must be informed by 

effective risk reduction and behaviour 

change interventions. Accordingly, 

research in this area is focused on 

understanding and preventing important 

health problems such as self-harm and 

suicide, exploring barriers to lifestyle 

interventions in those with long term mental 

illness, the prevention of injury and the 

better understanding and prevention 

of a number of important long-term 

conditions such as rheumatic disorders, 

diabetes and obesity. 

Diagnosis, Treatment and Care: 

Research and evaluation of treatment 

and care at all levels is a focus in this area, 

from practice to programme and policy. 

Research and evaluation are undertaken 

across all clinical and service disciplines, 

focusing on the assessment of health 

technologies and service delivery and 

organisation within health and social care. 

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Modern Languages and Translation 


MA by Research/MPhil, PhD Distance 

PhD programme in Applied Linguistics 

RAE2008 

French: 35% of research rated world-leading 

(4*) or internationally excellent (3*) 

German: 50% of research rated 



Hispanic Studies: 45% of research 



Italian: 40% of research rated 

internationally excellent (3*) 

Modern Languages at Swansea 

encompasses the academic areas of French, 

German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, and 

Translation (including Welsh), specialising in 

literature, cinema, cultural history, and the 

practice and theory of translation. The 

Department of Languages, Translation and 

Communication welcomes proposals for 



Research degrees in Modern Languages 

and Translation will: 






rewarding career in a range of other 

diverse fields, including journalism, 

cultural management and diplomacy, 

translation, interpreting, teaching, 

management, and international business 

• enable you to deepen your knowledge 

of your area of specialist interest 

The Department benefits from extensive 

library holdings and maintains a large 

collection of audio-visual materials. All 

research students are provided with a 

networked PC and workspace in 

dedicated research student rooms. 

Linguistics: 60% of research 



Welsh: 65% of research rated world-leading 

(4*) or internationally excellent (3*) 

Professors 

D F Connon 

D A G Large 

J E Preece 

A Rothwell 

D G Walters 



Translation PhD students have access to a 

computer-based language laboratory, a 

satellite TV and video-editing lab, an 

advanced Translation and Media 

computing lab and a more specialised 

Translation Research facility housing the 

latest digitisation, corpus analysis and 

computer-assisted translation tools. 


French 

Areas of expertise include the following: 

• Medieval Literature, especially 

women writers 

• Eighteenth century drama, fiction and 

literary ideas (including Théâtre de la 

foire, the plays of Marivaux, Diderot) 

• Nineteenth and twentieth century 

novelists (Balzac, Zola, Proust) 

• Women’s writing and Gender Theory 

(de Beauvoir, Duras, Sagan) 

• Drama of the twentieth century 

• Politics and literature (eighteenth, 

nineteenth and twentieth centuries) 

• Politics and religion 

• Area Studies (history of social and 

political ideas, propaganda and literary 

discourse) 

• Colonialism and postcolonialism, 

relating in particular to Algeria, 

Indochina, and Francophone Africa 

• War and Culture studies 


For PhD: normally a good Honours degree 

(first-class or 2:1) and an 

MA in a relevant field. For MRes 

or MPhil: a good Honours degree. 










German 

Much of our activity in German is 

concentrated in the Centre for 

Contemporary German Culture which has 

produced more than a dozen PhDs since 

its foundation in 1993. Current topics are: 

‘Intercultural Encounters in the Writings of 

Michael Roes’ (AHRC funded); and ‘The 

Trope of the Good German in American 

and German Film since 1990’. 

The Centre’s focal points include: 

• Women’s writing 

• Turkish-German writing 

• German-Jewish writing 

• German writing from Eastern and 

Central Europe 

• Baader Meinhof and the Novel 

• Crime Fiction 

We have also specialists on Germany’s 

two recent Nobel Laureates, Günter Grass 

(1999) and Herta Müller (2009). 

Other specialisms include: 

• Ballads and popular culture from the 

seventeenth century to the present day 

• Romanticism, particularly Hoffmann 

• Nineteenth century realism, particularly 

Stifter and Fontane 

• Nietzsche 



www.swansea.ac.uk/languages 


Email: j.e.preece@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295926 


details 


/riah 

• The German-language Modernist novel, 

particularly Broch, Kafka, Thomas 

Mann, Musil, and the Canettis 

Recent PhD topic (2011): ‘The Literary 

Dream in German Central Europe, 

1900-1925: A Selective Study of the 

Writings of Kafka, Kubin, Meyrink, Musil, 

and Schnitzler’. 

Italian 

Strengths in Italian are mainly in the 

twentieth and twenty-first centuries 

and include: 

• Narrative theory and the writings of 

Umberto Eco 

• Crime fiction in the 1930s 

• Contemporary theatre, esp. Luigi 

Pirandello and Dario Fo 

Spanish America 

Research in this area is conducted through 

the Centre for Comparative Research into 

the Americas in collaboration with staff 

and research students in American Studies. 

Areas of special interest are: 

• Twentieth century prose and poetry 

• Women’s writing and feminist theory 

• Contemporary Spanish American film 

• Spanish American nation building 

• Twentieth century Argentine literature 

and culture 




information 

• Twentieth century Chilean literature 

and culture 

Translation 

Staff research interests in Translation cover 

a range of themes, including: 

• Literary Translation 

• Translation Theory (including non- 

Western) 

• History of Translation 

• Comparative Translation Studies 

• Corpus-based Translation Analysis 

• Translation and the Lexicon 

• Computer-based Lexicography and 

Terminography 

• Translation Processes: Psycholinguistics 

of translation, translation workflows 

• Comparative translation 

software analysis 

Applications are encouraged for full-time 

or part-time research towards a PhD in 

any of these areas and relating to any 

of the languages taught (including 

Chinese, English, French, German, 

Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, 

and Welsh). Current PhDs include two 

AHRC-funded projects on comparative 

morphology (English/French), ‘German 

Translations of Shakespeare’s Sonnets’, 

and ‘Translation Memory Systems’, also 

funded by the AHRC. 

All research students in Languages, 

Translation and Communication belong 

to the Graduate Centre in the College 

of Arts and Humanities. The Centre 

provides pastoral as well as 





postgraduate research community of 

200 students. 

Research Institute for Arts 

and Humanities (RIAH) 



Research Centres: the Richard Burton 

Centre for the Study of Wales, an 

interdisciplinary forum that focuses on the 

cultural and historical traditions in the 

Welsh and English languages; and the 

Callaghan Centre for the Study of 

Conflict. RIAH supports a wide range of 

other research groups, which provide a 

focus for specialist projects, postgraduate 



Those supported by researchers in 

Modern European Literatures and 

Cultures, include: 

• GENCAS, the Centre for Research 

into Gender in Culture and Society 

• MEICAM, Modern European 

Ideologies, Conflict and Memory 

• TRAM, Translation Research and 

Multilingualism. As a PhD or MPhil 

student you will be expected to attend 

research events (such as colloquia or 

weekly seminars) with visiting speakers 

from the UK and abroad. 

Research Degrees – Modern Languages and Translation 

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Physics 


MPhil, PhD, MSc by Research 




Professors 

G Aarts 

C R Alton 

A Armoni 

M Charlton 

D C Dunbar 

S J Hands 

T J Hollywood 

B Lucini 

C Nunez 

G M Shore 

H H Telle 




Usually at least a first-class BSc or 2.1 

MPhys degree (experiment), or a first-class 

MPhys degree (theory) in Physics or a 

related subject is required 










Support for research students is available 

through other sources, including the EPSRC 

and STFC, the European Union, and 

industry. 

The Theoretical Particle Physics Group has 

three STFC-funded PhD studentships 

available each year. The Experimental 

Groups have EPSRC and Leverhulme 

studentships available. 



www.swansea.ac.uk/physics 



Email: p.a.jarman@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295142 

Experimental Group: 

Email: p.r.dunstan@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 513052 

Theoretical Group: 

Email: m.piai@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602315 






information 

“The funding opportunities that the 

Physics Department offered, through 

the Science and Technology Facilities 

Council (STFC), was a major factor in 

applying to study here. The research 

and teaching in the Department 

provides a good arena for 

postgraduate work, with seminars 

from visiting physicists in different 

fields almost every week. 

” 

Sam Alston, 

PhD Theoretical Physics 

Research Degrees – Physics 

134 

By recreating conditions that existed 

billionths of a second after time began, or 

understanding how fundamental 

constituents of matter such as quarks and 

leptons interact, physicists seek to answer 

the big questions. How did the Universe 

begin? How can we create, trap, and 

harness antimatter? And can we 

understand what space and time are 

made of? 

Physics at Swansea University enjoys close 

collaborative research partnerships with 

a range of organisations, including the 

European Centre for Nuclear Research 

(CERN) in Geneva, the Rutherford Appleton 

Laboratory in Didcot, the Karlsruhe Institute 

of Technology, as well as many universities 

and institutes in Europe and the United 

States. 




Research degrees in Physics will: 







fields 


The Department supports a broad range of 

closely connected research groups in three 

main research areas: atomic, molecular 

and laser physics; condensed matter and 

nanoscale physics; and theoretical particle 

physics. 

Atomic, Molecular and Laser Physics 

Spanning small scale lab research to large 

scale experiments: 

• Antihydrogen Physics. Swansea Physics 

lecturers are founding members of the 

successful ALPHA collaboration. Last year 

ALPHA’s trapping of antihydrogen was 

voted “Physics World 2010 Breakthrough 

of the Year”. The research is mainly done 

at CERN, although theoretical studies are 

carried out locally and in collaboration 

with Stockholm University 

• Low-energy positron physics. At 

Swansea, a unique low energy positron 

beamline capable of producing bursts of 

about 100,000 positrons at a rate of 10 

Hz has been constructed. This will be 

used to investigate positronium energy 

levels and electron-position mixing 

• Neutrino mass. It has been discovered 

that neutrinos have nonzero mass. 

Swansea is part of a large multinational 

collaboration called KATRIN (Karlsruhe 

TRItium Neutrino experiment) which aims 

to make an absolute mass determination 

by making a precise measurement of the 

betadecay spectrum of tritium near its 

endpoint. Postgraduate students involved 

with this project will spend part of their 

time in Karlsruhe 

• Ultra-fast atomic and molecular physics. 

In collaboration with groups from UCL 

and QUB, ultra-fast effects in atoms and 

molecules are studied using femtosecond 

lasers. Most of this work is done at the 

Astra Laser Facility at the Rutherford 

Appleton Laboratory in Didcot. 

Postgraduate students will share their 

time between Didcot and Swansea 

• Ultracold atoms and degenerate quantum 

gases. In collaboration with Imperial 

College, Swansea has worked on 

confining and manipulating cold atoms 

and Bose Einstein Condensates in 

microtraps on atom chips. The group is 

developing a sensitive atom chip 

interferometer which can be used to 

measure weak forces. A new research 

programme which aims to detect 

quantum degenerate gases using 

nanoscale optics has started in Swansea 

• Research is also underway on the 

design and implementation of multi-color 

laser fields for cooling, sensitive 

detection, and coherent manipulation 

of neutral atoms 

Condensed Matter and Nanoscale 

Physics 

This group is interested in the fundamental 

understanding of the electronic, structural, 

chemical and optical properties of 

materials on the nanoscale. There is a 

strong focus on techniques which 

overcome the diffraction limit and using 

light on the nanoscale. The group has 

experience of incorporating nanoparticles 

into soft matter systems. Recently, a new 

collaboration has begun with the School of 

Medicine to research the possibility of 

early pathogen detection using Raman 

Spectroscopy. The group is part of the 


and the University’s new Centre for 

Nanohealth thus postgraduate students will 

have the opportunity to perform research of 

an interdisciplinary nature and apply 

techniques across different disciplines. 

Theoretical Particle Physics 

Swansea University is home to one of the 

largest theoretical particle physics groups 

in the UK and Europe. Its work is aimed 

at understanding the fundamental particles 

of nature and their interactions. 

The work focuses on quantum field 

theories and their manifestation in particle 

physics and cosmology. This entails not 

only some of the most sophisticated areas 

of modern mathematics but also numerical 

simulations using powerful, specialpurpose 

computers. Core research 

interests include: 

• Gauge theories (supersymmetric and 

non-supersymmetric), especially in the 

areas of non-perturbative methods and 

electromagnetic duality 

• String Theory methods to gain 

understanding on topics such as Black 

Holes dynamics 

• The Ads/CFT correspondence and 

large-N gauge theories 

• The use of string inspired methods to 

compute processes of fundamental 

importance in collider physics, and to 

gain new valuable information on the 

high energy structure of quantum field 

theories of gravity 

• Lattice gauge theories to study Quantum 

Chromo Dynamics (the theory of quarks 

and gluons), particularly under extreme 

conditions of temperature and baryon 

density 

• New developments regarding the study 

of the Quark Gluon-Plasma thought to 

exist at high temperature 

• Considerations on well-known 

symmetries and their possible breaking, 

obtaining new insights into the structure 

of physics laws at high energies 

• The study of the Physics proposed to be 

found ‘Beyond the Standard Model’, 

mostly in the area of the Supersymmetric 

Standard Model and different dynamical 

scenarios of electroweak symmetry 

breaking, such as technicolour theories 

Staff also have research interests in 

theories of quantum gravity, particle 

cosmology, and condensed matter 

systems. The newly discovered relations 

among these different topics makes 

Swansea one of the leading Theoretical 

Physics groups in Europe. The group has 

close connections with other leading 

groups in Europe, USA and Asia. 

Specialist equipment includes: 

• a low-energy positron beam with a 

highfield superconducting magnet for 

the study of positronium 

• a number of CW and pulsed laser 

systems 

• scanning tunnelling and near-field 

optical microscopes 

• Raman microscopes including 

tip-enhanced capabilities for 

nano-Raman 

• a 72 CPU parallel cluster 

• access to the IBM BlueGene/Q 

Supercomputer which is part of UK’s 

DiRAC Supercomputer facility and is 

one of the fastest computer systems 

in the world 

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Politics, International Relations 

and Development Studies 


MA by Research,MPhil/PhD 




Professors 

R Axtmann 

J Bradbury 

N Cooper 

M Sheehan 


Postgraduates172 

Politics is a discipline that has explored 

different visions for a more just society for 

thousands of years, and as a result is able 

to address some of today’s most pressing 

challenges. Whether students have a 

strong interest in theory, the study of 

government and politics or international 

relationships it is a discipline that can 

sustain the highest standards of social 

science 


Development Studies at Swansea asks the 

key research questions that we need to 

address to lead in the development of 

international scholarship. Current research 

includes cutting edge projects on issues 

such as ethnic groups and the new China, 

the politics of public health threats and the 

rise of cybercrime and cyber security. We 

welcome new proposals for postgraduate 



Research degrees in Politics and 

International Relations will: 



fields, including civil and intelligence 

services, local and national government, 

management, finance, teaching, and 

journalism 


Normally a Master’s degree or a minimum 

2.1 Honours degree which has included 

research training appropriate for the 

proposed thesis project. Applicants are 

encouraged to contact the Department 

informally to discuss their proposals. 










Staff research interests cover three broad 

areas: 

• Political and cultural theory: This focuses 

on political theory and philosophy 

related to developments in globalisation, 

democracy, liberal culture, sovereignty, 

civil society, religion and new media 

technologies. Specialisms include; 

liberalism and its critics, human rights, 

continental political thought, poststructuralism; 

and theories of gender and 

masculinity 

• Political Analysis and Governance: 

This focuses on empirical studies of 

government, politics and public policy 

with a strong interest in theory and 

methods. Specialisms include; 

comparative politics, development 

politics, civic participation in Europe, 

the EU, Eastern Europe and political 

economy, American politics, UK politics, 

devolution and local government 

• International politics and inter-cultural 

communication: This focuses on the 

study of various dimensions of conflict, 

power and empire. Specialisms include; 






Just War theory, security studies and 

terrorism, space policy, politics under 

Empire and in post-colonial states, 

post-conflict reconstruction, international 

drugs policy, conflict education, and 

civil wars and genocides. Area 

specialisms include; South-East Asia; the 

Middle East and Africa. 




Research Centres, including the The 

Callaghan Centre for the Study of Conflict, 

Power, Empire, which produces worldclass 

research in the areas of conflict and 

security, empire and postcolonialism, 

‘digital’ war, and conflict and culture. 

RIAH also supports a wide range of 

research groups, which provide a focus 

for specialist projects, postgraduate 







Ideologies, Conflict and Memory. 





www.swansea.ac.uk/politics 

Contact: 

The Admissions Tutor, 


Email: 

COAHGradCentreAdmissions 

@swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295926 

For further details about the Department, 

please see: www.swansea.ac.uk/ 

artsandhumanities/AboutUs/ 

PoliticalandCulturalStudies 

For further information about RIAH, visit: 



All research students in Politics, 

International Relations and Development 

Studies belong to the Graduate Centre in 

the College of Arts and Humanities. The 






postgraduate research community of 

200 students. 

All research students in Politics, 

International Relations and Development 

Studies also have access to the training 

resources of the Wales Economic and 

Social Research Council Doctoral 

Training Centre. Politics at Swansea is 

part of both the Politics and International 

Relations Pathway and the Language 

Based Area Studies pathway of the 

Doctoral Training Centre. Each year 

there is a programme of conferences and 

seminars organised in conjunction with 

Cardiff and Aberystwyth universities. 


see page 174 for details and Open Day 

information 




information 


available in Politics and International 

Relations, please see page 82. 

“I feel I have been part of a vibrant research environment – 

attending seminars, reading groups, workshops and conferences – and 

also presenting my own PhD research to colleagues and staff. I was 

able to access most of the research material for my PhD in the Library; 

however, when this was not possible staff in the Library helped me to 

track down resources elsewhere. 

” 

Dr Nathan Roger, 

PhD International Relations 

Research Degrees – Politics, International Relations and Development Studies 

136 

137

Psychology 


MPhil/PhD 

RAE2008 35% of research in Psychology 



Professors 

P Bennett 

D Benton 

M Blagrove 

T Lloyd-Jones 

A Parrott 

P Reed 

I M Thornton 

R L Wood 



Unlocking the secrets of the human mind 

is one of modern science’s greatest 

challenges. Psychology, the study of 

human behaviour, helps us to make sense 

of how we understand the world, what 

makes us laugh or cry, why we are 

conscious, and why we make the choices 

we do. 

Research degrees in Psychology will: 

• Provide you with new and specialised 

research and transferable skills such as 

presenting to a range of audiences, 

publication, and networking 

• Prepare you for a career in academic 


• Equip you with skills relevant for a 


fields 


Our research is structured around five 

strong research groups: 

Psychology Applied to Health and 

Medicine 

Research across this group looks to apply 

the principles of psychology to both the 

physical and mental health of the 

population. Understanding how 

behaviours develop and influence 

individual’s decision making, alongside 


MPhil: normally an Honours degree 

(2.1 or above) in a discipline related 

to the chosen specialty, or a relevant, 

approved postgraduate qualification. 

PhD: Applicants would normally have, 

or be studying for, a Master’s degree. 





the cognition-health interface and studies 

into clinical or behavioural change 

interventions, are crucial in protecting the 

long-term health and well-being of the 

population. Examples of research include: 

• Coping with health threats 

• Adverse effects of recreational drugs 

• Nutrition, obesity and body image 

• Occupational health 

Learning and Behaviour 

This group examines the mechanisms that 

allow behaviour and thoughts to adapt to 

the environment, and investigates the role 

of learning and memory processes in 

generating such flexible and adaptive 

behaviours. These behaviours allow 

efficient learning and processing of 

information in a wide variety of contexts, 

across the age range, and even across 

species. Although adaptiveness and 

flexibility promote psychological wellbeing, 

there can also be unfortunate 

negative effects of these behaviours. 

Examples of research include: 

• Autism and early interventions 

• Schizophrenia 

• Reward sensitivity theory 

Cognition and Perception 

Our work in this field spans research into 

areas such as the perception, identification 






We attract substantial research funding 

from a range of organisations, including 

the ESRC, the European Union, the Health 

and Safety Executive, the Leverhulme Trust, 

the Nuffield Foundation, the British 

Academy, the Wellcome Trust, the Welsh 

Government, and the EPSRC. 

and processing of static and dynamic 

visual objects and events, or the inhibitory 

processes involved in memory and 

forgetting in both the theoretical and 

applied setting. Work is also underway 

on the cognitive and neural basis for word 

recognition and production, including the 

study of language development in monoand 

bi-lingual speakers. Examples of 

research include: 

• Causes and mechanisms of dyslexia 

• Object and face recognition 

• Biological motion 

Brain and Behaviour 

This research group is exploring the 

integration of neuroscience and behaviour. 

One such area is brain chemistry and the 

effect of eating, nutrition, and recreational 

drug use on cognition, mood and 

behaviour. The interface of 

neuropsychology and brain injury is also 

proving to be of interest highlighting the 

consequences of dyslexia, other reading 

disorders, and closed head injuries. Work 

is also underway to apply EEG and 

neuro-feedback research to clinical 

disorders and sleep. Examples of research 

include: 

• Psychopharmacology 

• Brain injury rehabilitation 

• Addiction and substance misuse 





Contact: 

Maria Davis, Postgraduate Administrator 


Tel: +44 (0)1792 295309 

Evolutionary Behavioural Science 

This group explores how evolution and 

the credo ‘survival of the fittest’ prevails 

within our current society, and goes on to 

influence our continued development and 

growth through the exploration of 

modern day relationships and 

interactions. For example, why are some 

people jealous and possessive in their 

relationship while others take a more 

relaxed approach? Examples of research 

include: 

• Mating behaviour and relationships 

• Altruism and aggression 

• Philosophical implications of evolution 

Students working towards a research 

degree have the opportunity to attend 

taught modules from any of the taught 

masters available within the College of 

Human and Health Science. In addition, 

students in the first year of their MPhil/ 

PhD research degree are encouraged to 

attend the statistics and computing 

components from the MSc in Research 

Methods along with a number of 

transferable skills courses available to 

all postgraduate students at Swansea 

University. Research students are also 



international conferences. 


see page 174 for details and Open Day 

information 




information 


in Psychology, please see page 84. 

Our specialised research facilities 

available include a sleep laboratory; 

computer controlled visual and auditory 

displays for work on perception, 

attention, memory and language; an eye 

movement laboratory and a nutrition 

laboratory. In addition, our researchers 

and students have access to state-of-theart 

fMRI brain scanner and EEG facilities. 

Research Degrees – Psychology 

138 

139

Sport and Exercise Science 

War and Society 


MSc by Research/MPhil/PhD 

Professors 

G Stratton 

J Watkins 



Sport and Exercise Science requires the 

application of scientific principles and 

techniques with the aim of improving 

human function or performance. The 

study of sports science is organised within 

the disciplines of Physiology, 

Biomechanics, Psychology/Motor Control 

but also includes other topics such as 

Sports Technology, Strength and 

Conditioning and Performance Analysis. 

The focus of sport, physical activity and 

health-related research at Swansea is based 

in the College of Engineering. Staff are all 

research-active and have excellent industry 

links within the field of sports and exercise 

science. The College welcomes proposals 





(first-class or 2.1) in Sports Science 











Research degrees in Sports Science will: 






a rewarding career in a range of 

diverse fields, including strength 

and conditioning, sports coaching, 

teaching, health promotion and sport 

and exercise rehabilitation 

All courses are research-led and taught by 

British Association of Sport and Exercise 

Sciences (BASES) and British Psychological 

Society (BPS) accredited staff, and 

facilities include well-equipped 

laboratories for: 

• biomechanics 

• exercise physiology 

• sports materials and engineering 

• sport psychology 

• motor learning 

• notational analysis 

• performance physiology 




Contact the Engineering Recruitment 



Tel: +44 (0)1792 295514 








The main areas of sport, physical activity 

and health-related research are exerciserelated 

enhancement of health, and the 

enhancement of sport performance. 

Expertise is largely within the three 

disciplines of physiology, psychology, 

and biomechanics, with an increasing 

emphasis on interdisciplinary research. 

Research focused on the influence of 

physical activity and exercise on health 

and wellbeing is currently funded by 

Welsh Office of Research and 

Development, Diabetes UK, and Abertawe 

Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust. Our 

collaborators in research that focuses on 

sporting performance include British 

Swimming, British Cycling, UK Sport, 

Sports Wales, Welsh Rugby Union, Celtic 

Crusaders, Swansea City FC, The Scarlets 

and The Ospreys. These industrial links 

provide our students with the opportunity to 

develop knowledge and transferable skills 

that enhance employment opportunities. 



Professors 

N Cooper 

Staff and postgraduate numbers 

War and Society students can be located 

in numerous Departments within the 

College of Arts and Humanities. Please 

see: www.swansea.ac.uk/ 

artsandhumanities for details 


Normally a 2.1 Honours degree, or 

higher degree, or an equivalent 

qualification. 

War has been the violent catalyst for 

change throughout human history, from 

the conflicts of the ancient world to those 

of the twenty-first century. It inflicts 

terrible suffering and degradation, yet 

also evokes and inspires great bravery 

and heroism. 

If we are to understand war, however, we 

must analyse it in all its contexts, from the 

political, social, and cultural, through to 

the technological, historical, and military. 


research projects that complement its 


A research degree in War and 

Society will: 







fields. 









PCS Admissions Tutor: 


Email: 


swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295926 


The War and Society programme is 

closely connected to the research 

strengths of the academic staff who are 

actively involved in the The Callaghan 

Centre for the Study of Conflict, Power, 

Empire, which produces world-class 

research in the areas of conflict and 

security, empire and postcolonialism, 

‘digital’ war, and conflict and culture. 

The Centre also manages major Research 

Council funded projects, and promotes 

collaboration between scholars, 

policymakers and cultural providers. 




Research Centres, including the 

Callaghan Centre. RIAH also supports a 

wide range of research groups, which 

provide a focus for specialist projects, 

postgraduate research, grant applications, 

seminar series, and contact with external 

partners. 











information 


in War and Society, please see page 

89. 





Ideologies, Conflict and Memory 

• MEMO, the Centre for Medieval and 

Early Modern Research. 

For further information about RIAH, visit 

www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/ 

riah 

All War and Society research students 

belong to the Graduate Centre in the 

College of Arts and Humanities. The 






postgraduate research community of 200 

students. 

Research Degrees – Sport and Exercise Science / War and Society 

140 

141

Your life – the way 

you want to live it 

When you choose to continue your studies with a postgraduate 

qualification, selecting a course is just one part of choosing the place 

where you will live, study, and call home. 

This section will tell you about: 

• living and learning in Swansea 

• how we support students with disabilities, mental health difficulties, 

and other conditions 

• the role of the Students’ Union in making sure your time at Swansea 

is memorable – for all the right reasons 

{ 

1st 

i-graduate 

in the UK for 

accommodation 

office support 

Student Barometer, Autumn 2011 

142

We want you to have peace 

of mind when it comes to your 

accommodation, which is why we 

think it’s important you choose a 

residence that best suits you and 

your budget, and for you to see 

your university residence as a real 

home from home. 

Make yourself at home 

Postgraduate accommodation is provided on a fixed, 51-week basis at three 

residences: Caswell (Singleton Campus), Beck House, and Hendrefoelan Student 

Village. We are also able to offer some designated postgraduate flats on a 40-week 

tenancy at the Student Village and there is a range of University managed properties 

to choose from. 

Key points to note: 

• our rooms have wireless internet access* 

• rooms are single occupancy only (exception being Beck House family flats) 

• rooms can be adapted for students with special requirements, including wheelchair 

users – contact the Disability Office for further information 

• a regular bus service during term-time 

• Welfare Wardens in residence* 

• launderette facilities* 

*excludes University-managed properties 

We place significant importance 

on student welfare. In addition to 

24-hour security staff on campus, our 

Welfare Wardens are on hand to 

help you settle in and provide pastoral 

support. There’s also a dedicated, 

campus-based police officer. 

Living on campus 

Living in Caswell residence on campus puts 

you right at the centre of university life. Two 

floors have been set aside for postgraduate 

students. Caswell provides en suite, 

self-catered accommodation in selfcontained 

flats of eight single study rooms. 

Campus facilities also include: 

• shops 

• health centre 

• dental surgery 

• bars 

• theatre 

• cinema 

• nightclub 

• Post Office 

• restaurants 

• book shop 

• bank 

• laundrette 

Living in the Student Village 

Approximately two miles from campus is 

the Hendrefoelan Student Village, which 

provides self-catering accommodation in 

flats and houses. The Student Village is 

mainly home to undergraduate students, 

but a designated area for postgraduates 

offers rooms in flats sharing kitchen and 

bathroom facilities. 

If you choose to live in the Village, you 

will have your own room at a rate that 

compares favourably with private sector 

accommodation. Student life at the 

Village is sociable, supportive and you 

will benefit from: 

• The Wonky Sheep, the on-site bar 

• convenience store 

• diner 

• launderette 

Beck House 

We have a number of single and family 

flats at our designated quiet residence, 

Beck House, approximately a mile from 

campus in the popular student area of 

Uplands. The residence offers standard 

and en suite accommodation in selfcontained 

flats, and single study rooms 

with shared bathroom and kitchen facilities. 

For couples and families, there are 

self-contained flats that comprise one, 

two, or three bedrooms, a sitting room, 

kitchen and a bathroom. Some 

accommodation has been adapted for 

students with disabilities – please contact 

Residential Services to discuss any 

specific requirements you may have. 

Student Accommodation 

Services 

Residential Services runs a letting agency 

with the Students’ Union; SAS Lettings 

manages over 100 properties owned by 

local landlords. There are a number of 

five and six-bed houses designated to 

postgraduates, providing affordable 

private sector housing close to campus 

with the reassurance that the University is 

your landlord. Each student has their own 

study bedroom with shared kitchen and 

bathroom facilities. 

Applying for accommodation 

You can apply for accommodation online 

at: www.swansea.ac.uk/accommodation 

as soon as you have an offer of a place 

to study at the University. 

Please note that priority is given to 

international students with a limited number 

of rooms available for students from the 

UK. Accommodation in University 

residences is not normally available for 

students who have studied for their first 

degree in Swansea. 

For full details about our residences, and 

the support we can provide to help you 

settle in quickly, please visit our website at: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/accommodation 

or contact Residential Services: 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295101 

Email: postgradaccomm@swansea.ac.uk 

House Hunting 

New postgraduate students looking for 

private-sector accommodation can attend 

our summer House Hunting event. This 

event offers assistance with finding fellow 

postgraduates with whom to share, as 

well as the opportunity to find and 

view potential accommodation. For 

details see: 


postgraduate/househunting 

You may also like to check out our online 

database of private accommodation: 

www.studentpad.co.uk 

What will I be charged? 

The rent you pay will depend on the residence and room you choose. 

Residence Type of room Weekly rent* 

Student Village Standard £73 

Singleton Campus En suite £110 

Beck House 

Standard 

En suite 

Family flat 

£79 - £84 

£96 - £105 

Various 

(excludes utility costs) 

University-managed properties Standard £65 - £70 

(excludes utility costs) 

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* 2012/13 fees

We operate a range of catering 

outlets around campus. Each has a 

distinctive image and style of food, 

from light lunches and baguettes 

to traditional British fayre, Indian, 

Mexican, Spanish and Chinese 

meals, and tempting pasta dishes. 

All our outlets have a choice of 

vegetarian options. Look out for our 

theme nights, Welsh food festival and 

our version of Ready Steady Cook! So, 

when you’re fed up of cooking and 

washing up, head for: 

• The Venue (Fulton House) – serving 

pasta, meat, and fish dishes, freshly 

prepared salads and vegetables, hot 

and cold desserts and our budget 

busting daily meal deals 

• Fusion Café (Fulton House) – 

serving traditional and healthy 

breakfasts, hot and cold food and 

drinks all day long. Look out for 

Fusion’s popular theme nights 

• Taliesin (Taliesin Arts Centre) – try a 

taste of the Mediterranean from the 

superb tapas menu, or choose from a 

range of hot meals, sandwiches, and 

Costa Coffee® 

• Costa@Café Hoffi Coffi (Library) – a 

great place to unwind with your friends 

over a coffee and a delicious muffin 

• Café Glas (Institute of Life Science) 

– Starbucks® coffee shop that also 

does excellent speciality cakes 

• Callaghan’s (James Callaghan 

building) – Starbucks® coffee shop 

with a mouth-watering selection of 

speciality breads served with 

contemporary fillings 

• Costa@Emily Phipps (Hendrefoelan) 

– offering a wide selection of hot and 

cold foods with a selection of 

speciality coffees and cold drinks. 

• There are plenty of vending machines 

located around campus offering hot 

and cold beverages, confectionary 

and snacks 

Whether you have a general 

enquiry, a specific problem, or you 

just need to talk things through, the 

Student Support Services reception 

is a good place to start. We offer 

a ‘one-stop-shop’ to provide all 

students with the information, 

advice, and support they need. 

Supporting our disabled students 

If you have a disability, medical condition, or specific learning difficulty there is no 

reason why your university experience should be any different from anyone else’s, 

and we welcome your application to study at Swansea. 

Before you apply, you should: 

• Contact the staff at the Disability Office well before you submit your application to 

let us know what you are thinking of studying and what your support requirements 

might be. There are a number of open days throughout the year where you can 

come to Swansea and see the campus and facilities available to disabled students. 

However, we are aware that there may be times where additional one-to-one 

meetings may be needed and we would encourage you to contact the Disability 

Office to discuss this further. 

• You can disclose a disability at any time during your studies, however, we strongly 

urge you to disclose your disability, medical condition or specific learning difficulty 

at the earliest opportunity. This will enable University staff to provide help and 

support appropriate to your individual needs. 

• During the application cycle, you may be invited for an interview with the Disability 

Office staff. This will give us an opportunity to assess your support requirements and 

plan for your admission, and you will be able to judge for yourself whether 

Swansea is the right place for you. 

Where to eat? 

Taking care of your welfare 

Catering with a conscience 

Swansea was the first Fairtrade university in Wales. 

You’ll find Fairtrade products in all aspects of our 

catering, which is helping to secure better prices, 

decent working conditions, and fair terms of trade 

for farmers and workers in the developing world. 

We’re committed to using locally sourced produce 

wherever possible, ensuring local sustainability for 

the region’s businesses. We also grow our own 

herbs which are picked and used daily. 

We’re approved by the Vegetarian Society, and 

have been awarded the highest level in food safety 

which is fully endorsed by the Food Standards 

Agency. For more information, including our 

Sustainability and Fairtrade policies please 

visit our website at: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/catering 

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Did you know? 

The University’s Flexible Diners Card 

is a simple, no fuss way of paying 

for your meals in any of our catering 

outlets. You can top up the card at 

any time, and your credit is valid for 

the whole academic year. 

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Professional support, 

when you need it 

We can put in place a wide range of 

measures to ensure that you receive the 

support you need throughout your studies. 

In particular, we: 

• work with you to tailor a flexible 

programme of support appropriate to 

your support requirements 

• liaise with the Examinations Office if 

you need additional time or support to 

complete assessments 

• have a team of Specialist Tutors, who 

provide information and advice, as 

well as tips on study skills and 

relaxation for students who have 

been recommended this support 

• have a purpose-built Assessment 

Centre that offers a comprehensive 

service to identify and assess your 

needs 

• can advise you on how to arrange 

personal care and academic support. 

Most buildings on our fairly flat and 

compact campus are modern and 

well-equipped with ramped access, lifts, 

and accessible toilets. Tactile paving has 

been laid on all major paths, and a 

significant number of study bedrooms 

in the campus residences have been 

adapted for mobility impaired students. 

Fire alarms for the hearing impaired 

have also been installed. 

Other services 

• Facilities for the visually impaired are 

exceptional. Swansea University 

Transcription Centre can provide 

materials in a range of formats, 

including Braille, audio, large print, 

electronic text and tactile diagrams for 

disabled students. Mobility training 

can be arranged via an external 

agency if required. 

• Library staff are on hand to help you to 

get the most out of your studies, and 

offers a “fetch from shelf” service 

• Every PC on the University network 

gives you access to specialist software, 

such as SuperNova for visually 

impaired and blind students, and 

Inspiration Mind Mapping software, 

and Text Help Read and Write Gold 

for students with specific learning 

difficulties. 

Professional support 

Get in touch 

For more information about the support 

on offer, please visit our website at: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/ 

student-services/disability-office 

or contact the Disability Office: 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602000 

Fax: +44 (0)1792 295090 

Email: disability@swansea.ac.uk 

Medical facilities 

There is an NHS medical practice and 

a dental surgery open to students on 

campus. If you live in University 

accommodation, you will need to 

register with a Swansea General 

Practitioner within two weeks of arrival. 

If you are not living in University 

accommodation, we advise you to 

register with a GP in Swansea when 

you arrive. 

Wellbeing Services 

Supports students experiencing distress 

arising from psychological, emotional or 

mental health issues. Our guiding 

principle is to hold all information 

about you in confidence. 

We offer: 

• Initial one to one Drop-in Sessions 

• Workshops (eg. presentation anxiety, 

managing stress) 

• Support with mental health issues 

• Counselling 

• Services are provided free of charge 

for enrolled students 

Many students who have previously 

experienced mental health difficulties 

have found it helpful to contact the 

Service upon receipt of an offer, or as 

soon as possible after their arrival on 

campus. 

The support offered is flexible and 

designed to suit your particular needs 

which you can discuss with a practitioner. 

You may want to work on a personal 

issue, or for someone to liaise with your 

GP or Community Mental Health Team, 

or with your academic Department to 

help ensure you have any reasonable 

and appropriate adjustments. In certain 

situations you may be offered a 

professional mentor to help you achieve 

your full potential. 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295592 

Email: wellbeing@swansea.ac.uk 

Your faith 

The campus-based Chaplaincy Centre is 

provided by a team of six chaplains from 

the Anglican (Church in Wales), Baptist, 

Greek Orthodox, Methodist, Roman 

Catholic, and United Reformed Church. 

They work together to support the spiritual 

life of the University community, 

regardless of race, status or faith. 

We’re one of the few universities in the 

UK to have a mosque on campus, and 

we were proud to win the UK’s Best 

Mosque Provision award from the 

Federation of Islamic Students. The 

University also has a Jewish community, 

and other faiths are supported by student 

societies and groups. 

Ensuring equality of opportunity 

Swansea University is a cosmopolitan, 

campus-based community that 

encourages applications from students 

from all backgrounds. As a student, you 

can be confident that you live and study 

in an educational environment that 

supports equality of opportunity for all, 

and that you will not be subjected to any 

form of discrimination or harassment. 

We require our staff, students, and 

suppliers to cooperate in order to help 

promote equality. We adhere to the 

Equality Act 2010 which requires us to 

eliminate unlawful discrimination and to 

promote the equality of opportunity and 

good relations between people of 

different groups. 

To ensure that these objectives are met we: 

• have an Equal Opportunities 

Committee and a Race Equality, 

Gender Equality and Disability Equality 

Working Group that meet each term 

• have Disability Link Co-ordinators in 

each Academic College and 

Department 

• review our Race Equality Policy and 

Action Plan, Disability Equality Scheme 

and Gender Equality Scheme annually. 

These can be found on the University’s 

website 

• publish an online Race Relations & 

You booklet, which outlines the policies 

and the behaviour expected of all staff 

and students to ensure that Swansea 

University continues to provide an 

academic environment free from 

discrimination and harassment. 

We also publish the Annual Equal 

Opportunities Report that contains 

an overview of all equality work 

each year. 

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People view student life in different ways 

but everybody agrees on one thing: it’s 

what you make it. You can be confident 

that the Students’ Union will work hard to 

represent your voice, give you the 

opportunities you need, and ensure your 

safety and welfare as a student. They also 

bring students together through the excellent 

social calendar you’d expect of such a 

vibrant community. 

When you become a student at Swansea 

University, you automatically become a 

member of the Students’ Union, which is 

affiliated to the National Union of Students. 

The Union is student-led and has a strong 

track record in bringing students together 

on the issues that matter. 

Make yourself heard 

The Students’ Union has seven full-time 

election officers and a number of volunteer 

part-time elected officers to represent you 

at every level, from University committee 

meetings to national demonstrations. 

You will also have plenty of opportunities 

to get your voice heard through our 

fortnightly newspaper Waterfront, the 

Ents magazine, our website and our 

very own radio station: 

www.xtreme.org 

Get involved 

The Students’ Union has over one hundred 

societies and sports clubs. From Amnesty 

and Akido to Real Ale and Rowing. You’re 

bound to find something that matches your 

interests, and you’ll certainly get the 

support you need to be involved in 

practically anything you can think of. 

Getting involved in societies can also 

boost your employability: the skills you 

gain from running events, organising 

people, holding positions of responsibility, 

or managing budgets will add real value 

to your CV. You could also represent 

your fellow students as a Course 

Representative. Again, you will 

gain valuable skills that employers 

will recognise.. 

Social Swansea 

Do you like the sound of regular great 

nights out in the heart of Swansea 

City’s clubbing district? How about 

an Annual Summer Ball and a 

Christmas Snowball, as well as 

organised theme nights and sports 

nights? SUSU is big on giving you a 

good time whether it’s a night on the 

town or in our on-campus nightclub, 

or relaxing in our student bars and 

coffee shops, you’ll find a venue 

to suit your mood. 

www.swansea-union.co.uk 

Supporting you 

Your safety and wellbeing is paramount. 

The Students’ Union runs an advice centre 

offering guidance on matters such as 

finance and housing, consumer protection 

and course-related difficulties. 

Day nursery 

Based in a convenient location on 

Campus, the Students’ Union Nursery 

provides professional childcare at 

subsidised prices for students. The 

Nursery can offer places to children 

aged three months to seven years of age. 

Tel: +44 (0) 1792 513151 

E-mail: nursery@swansea-union.co.uk 

www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/ 

student-services/childcare/ 

Into sport? 

Sport forms a massive part of the student 

experience at Swansea and has lots to 

offer for anyone wanting to get involved 

for fun or for competition. 

There is a Sports Officer and a highly 

dedicated administration team working 

to fulfil the needs of all sporting students. 

This is coupled with the fantastic facilities 

that the University has to offer. 

Currently we have over 40 teams 

competing in the BUCS (British University 

and Colleges Sports) league on a 

Wednesday, travelling all over England 

and Wales, and a further 30-40 clubs 

competing in regular BUCS tournaments 

and events. 

Your Union: Working for you 

The current sports clubs that the Students’ Union offers are: 

Aikido • American Football • Archery • Badminton • Basketball • Body Boarding • Boxing • Canoe 

• Cheerleading • Cricket • Equestrian • Football • Fencing • Golf • Hiking • Hockey • Jitsu • Judo 

• Karate • Karting• Kickboxing • Kitesurfing • Lacrosse • Lifesaving • Mountain Biking • Mountaineering 

• Netball • Pool • Rowing • Rugby League • Rugby Union • Running • Sailing • Snowriders • Squash 

• Sub Aqua • Surf • Swimming • Tae Kwon Do • Tennis • Triathlon • Ultimate Frisbee • Windsurfing 

“ 

Joining Sport Swansea gives 

you the opportunities to be part of a 

successful team in a competitive and 

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social environment. Sport at university 

allows you to try something new and 

get fit in the process. I hope to see 

“As President of Swansea University Students’ Union, it is my pleasure 

many of you taking part in sport over 

to tell you a little bit about what we do! We are everything co-curricular 

the next year. 

” 

on campus and I have the privilege to work with six other officers with 

remits that ensure whatever you need as a student, you get it! We have 

Imogen Stanley, 

on offer over 100 Societies and 50 Sports Clubs, alongside nine weekly 

Sports Officer 2012/13 

nights out. We are a strong Union with a long and proud history of 

fighting for and winning on issues that really matter to our membership. 

We even offer discounted trips to Paris, Amsterdam and Dublin, 

exclusive to our students! I truly hope you consider continuing your 

studies at Swansea University and look forward to meeting you! 

” 

Tom Upton, President 2012/13 

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Our international 

community 

Since its foundation in 1920, Swansea University has embraced opportunities to think 

globally. The vibrant mix of nationalities and cultures on campus greatly enriches our 

learning and teaching environment. 

Whether it’s the colours and sounds of the annual International Student Festival, learning 

Japanese or Arabic with the student societies, or swapping notes and ideas with students 

from far-flung places, the rich diversity of cultures that finds a home in Swansea is an 

integral part of your student experience. 

We understand the type of support our international students need to help them settle into 

student life in a new country. 


• the support we provide, from your first enquiry until you graduate 

• how we help our international students to improve their English language skills 

• the International Foundation Programme that provides an alternative entry to our degrees 

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i-graduate Student Barometer, Autumn 2011 

92% 

of our international 

students are satisfied with 

the support they receive 

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International students at Swansea 

Swansea’s International Student Advisory Service 

As an international student at Swansea University, you (and your 

family) will benefit from the information, advice and support 

offered by our International Student Advisory Service (ISAS). 

You can use ISAS as a resource centre to find out about issues 

such as working in the UK, driving, healthcare, and obtaining 

visas to travel to other countries, or just to keep in touch with 

other international students in Swansea. ISAS also provides a 

free service to help you extend your UK student visa for further 

study at Swansea University. 

For further information, please contact the 

International Student Advisory Service: 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602000 Email: ISAS@swansea.ac.uk 

or visit the website at: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/isas 

Meet our student bloggers 

Experience living 

and studying 

in Swansea. 

http://studentblogs.swansea.ac.uk 

Developing your language skills 

If you think you need to improve your English language skills 

before starting your studies, or if you need support with the English 

language while studying with us, our English Language Training 

Services (ELTS) offers a range of British Council accredited 

programmes to help you achieve your academic goals. 

We offer: 

• a full-time, year-round English language programme for 

students who need to improve their language skills before 

starting their studies 

• an English for University Studies programme that focuses 

on general English language skills, exam preparation, and 

English for academic purposes. It also introduces you to British 

culture and studying in the British Higher Education system 

• free academic English support classes for all enrolled full-time 

international students 

For further information, please contact the 

English Language Training Services (ELTS): 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295391 Email: elts@swansea.ac.uk 

or visit the website at: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/elts 

Affordable, comfortable housing 

Swansea enjoys a lower cost of living 

than many parts of the UK, and this 

includes the cost of our accommodation. 

Our residences offer a range of single, 

en suite rooms and shared houses, 

providing independent living in a 

relaxed, community environment. All our 

accommodation gives you access to the 

wireless network, and a telephone and 

internet connection point. Residence tutors 

are on hand to offer practical advice 

and assistance out of hours. 

Our accommodation commitment: if you 

accept your offer of a place to study with 

us by 30th June, you’ll be guaranteed 

a place in University residences. 

For more information about the range of 

accommodation available, see pages 

144 to 145. 

Supporting your faith 

The campus-based Chaplaincy Centre is 

provided by a team of six chaplains from 

the Anglican (Church in Wales), Baptist, 

Greek Orthodox, Methodist, Roman 

Catholic, and United Reformed Church. 

They work together to support the spiritual 

life of the University community, 

regardless of race, status or faith. 

We’re one of the few universities in 

the UK to have a mosque on campus, 

and we were proud to win the UK’s Best 

Mosque Provision award from the 

Federation of Islamic Students. 

Welcoming you to the UK 

We run a Meet and Greet service from 

London’s Heathrow Airport, and provide 

all new international students with a full 

orientation programme to help them get 

to know the University, Swansea, and the 

region. There’s more information about 

our support for new students at: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/international 

International student 

tuition fees and finance 

If you are an international student, the fee 

you will pay depends on your choice of 

course. Please see pages 171 to 172 for 

full information on fees. 

How to apply 

For all enquiries about living and studying 

at Swansea University, and how to 

apply, please contact the International 

Development Office: 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602600 

Email: international@swansea.ac.uk 

Applications made using the online 

On-Track system will be processed faster, 

but we also accept application forms 

downloaded from our website. For further 

details, as well as information about our 

entry and English language requirements, 

please see: 


international/students/apply 

The International Development Office will 

be with you every step of the way and 

works closely with the Admissions Office 

to ensure that your application is 

processed as quickly as possible. If you 

need a visa, we’ll make sure that all the 

necessary support documents are issued 

in good time, and we can also provide 

advice about the Points Based System for 

visa application. 

Follow us on Twitter/swanseaIDO 

www.facebook.com/GOFurther 

SwanseaUniversity 

92% of our international students 

are satisfied with the support they receive 

94% are satisfied with their 

expert lecturers 


arrival experience 


overall experience of Swansea 

90% are satisfied with the 

content of their courses 

90% agree that Swansea 

is a good place to be 

(i-graduate International Student Barometer, Autumn 2011) 

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International College Wales Swansea 

The language of instruction at ICWS is English. To attain entry into the postgraduate pathway you must be able to demonstrate you 

have a suitable level of English proficiency. You can do this by obtaining one of the results shown in the table below. 

International College Wales Swansea (ICWS) is part of the global Navitas Group, an internationally recognised education provider 

with the knowledge and resources of staff in more than 50 different colleges and campuses worldwide. 

Postgraduate Pathway Course Duration IELTS (minimum requirement) 

ICWS offers academic pathways in partnership with Swansea University that lead to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Our 

unique approach to education transforms international students into Swansea University graduates and lifelong learners. Innovative 

courses are delivered by highly qualified teachers in a modern, dynamic environment, supported by our friendly support team. 

Pre-Master’s 

Stage 1 

with Pre-sessional semester 

Stage 1 

University Pre-Master’s 

2 or 3 semesters 

(depending on programme) 

1 or 2 semesters 

(depending on programme) 

5.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each skill) 

6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each skill) 

Postgraduate Pathways 

A postgraduate pathway is a single 

course comprising two stages of study. 

Successful completion of both stages 

leads to a Master’s degree from 

Swansea University. 

Pre-Master’s 

This is stage one of the postgraduate 

pathway. It is one or two semesters long, 

depending on your chosen pathway. This 

programme is available in the areas of; 

Engineering, Health and Child 

Development, Business Management, 

Economics, Banking and Finance, and 

Computer Science. Designed to prepare 

international students who have not 

qualified for direct entry to Swansea 

University Master’s degrees, the Pre-Master’s 

programme allows you to adjust to the 

rigorous research and independent study 

requirements of a postgraduate degree. 

Master’s 

The Master’s degree is stage two 

of the postgraduate pathway, and 

is taught by Swansea University. 

The ICWS postgraduate pathway is 

designed for students who: 

• require additional English language 

training 

• come from an academic background 

different to that of the UK and do not 

meet university direct-entry 

requirements 

• have been away from studies for a 

period of time 

• are looking to fine-tune skills already 

gained during their undergraduate 

studies or employment 

The Pre-Master’s programme will: 

• help you develop fundamental 

knowledge and an understanding of 

the basic principles relevant to your 

particular degree 

• help you develop numerical 

techniques, research methodologies 

and ICT, presentation and 

communication skills 

• help you develop your intellectual 

and practical skills building to a set of 

transferable skills that will support you 

in your onward academic studies/ 

careers and decision-making 

• ensure you have attained the 

prescribed level of interdisciplinary 

language competence 

We also accept TOEFL, Pearson’s Test of English — Academic, 

or equivalent qualifications. Please contact our Admissions 

Office at: info@icws.swansea.ac.uk for further details. 

If you do not meet the English language requirement for direct 

entry to your chosen pathway, you can receive the required 

amount of English language tuition (up to a maximum of two 

semesters) to prepare you for successful entry at a later date. 

You can start an English Language course in September, 

January, April or June. The English language training is 

provided by Swansea University’s English Language 

Training Services (ELTS). See: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/elts 

For further information, and for details of the academic entry 

requirements and tuition fees, please contact ICWS: 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602888 Fax: +44 (0)1792 602889 

Email: info@icws.swansea.ac.uk or visit the website at: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/icws 

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Thinking about 

your future 

The sooner you start planning ahead, the better prepared you’ll be to grab 

the job opportunities you want. 

This section will tell you more about how we equip you for career success. 

You’ll read how: 

• we’re committed to ensuring that our degrees are relevant to 

the world of work 

• our Careers and Employability Service can help you plan for life 

after Swansea 

• personal development planning can help you to maximise your potential 

• our entrepreneurship training can inspire you to set up your own business 

• Diploma Supplements can enhance your employability across Europe 

• the campus-based volunteering charity, Discovery, gives you 

opportunities to gain valuable experience 

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96% 

of students satisfied 

with lecturer’s expertise 

i-graduate Student Barometer, Autumn 2011 

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Our long history of working with business, industry, 

commerce and the public sector enables us to add real 

value to your education. We listen closely to employers 

when they tell us what skills and experiences they 

demand of their graduate employees, and we tailor our 

courses to make sure that you gain the professional and 

high-level skills that will enable you to thrive in today’s 

increasingly competitive world. 

Many of our courses are accredited by professional bodies, 

offer project placements with industry, and give you the 

opportunity to apply your knowledge in a practical setting. After 

all, developing your academic skills and love of scholarship is 

just one part of what we do. We’ll also encourage you to gain 

as much practical experience as possible. 

That’s why each course description in this prospectus tells you 

upfront what the degree will train you to do and what skills it 

will help you to gain. 

We also pioneered the GO Wales work placement 

scheme, which helps students to find employment with local 

small- and medium-sized companies, as well as public sector 

organisations, giving you the chance to improve your skills 

and career prospects. 

Careers and Employability Service 

If you are undecided about what you want to do after university, 

don’t worry. Whether you are interested in jobs, postgraduate 

study, voluntary work, or taking a year out, our trained advisers 

are on hand to give you the support and information you need. 

Serious about your skills 

We can help you to: 

• develop a portfolio of relevant skills, knowledge, 

and practical experience 

• gain maximum benefit from job placements 

and vacation work 

• find term time jobs and other opportunities to 

develop your skills 

• complete job applications and prepare for interview 

• secure suitable employment or further study opportunities 

after graduation 

Our Helpdesk is based in the Library, and we have extensive 

information resources to help you plan your future. Careers 

Advisers are available Monday to Friday for guidance on any 

careers related issue, and you’ll also find our website helpful: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/careers is updated daily and contains lots 

of useful information and links. You can also book appointments 

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with Careers Advisers and attend Careers events. 

Did you know? 

The Careers and Employability Service is 

externally credited by the Matrix quality standard 

for information, advice and guidance services. As 

part of Information Systems Services, it has also 

received the Customer Service Excellence Award, 

the Government’s customer service standard. 

Keeping track of your development 

The Careers team works alongside our academic staff to 

provide personal development planning for all students, ensuring 

that your employability is continuously improved throughout your 

time at Swansea. 

We’ll help you to identify and develop 

a variety of skills that will enable you to 

make the most of your time at university, 

and to get what you want from your 

career. You’ll then create and maintain 

an e-portfolio that documents the skills 

you acquire, the personal qualities you 

develop, and the experiences that bring 

your CV to life, from your involvement 

with sport and societies, to the more 

formal roles you might undertake in job 

placements and volunteering. 

Stimulating entrepreneurship 

Whilst you’re at Swansea you can take 

advantage of many opportunities to learn 

and practise key business and 

entrepreneurship skills. You can: 

• take part in seminars and workshops to 

learn from inspirational guest speakers 

from the private sector 

• attend a masterclass to see how the 

most successful entrepreneurs run and 

grow their businesses 

• study entrepreneurship and 

employability modules in subject areas 

such as Childhood Studies, 

Engineering, Management Studies, 

and Modern Languages 

• enjoy a week-long Summer School 

programme that will help you develop 

enterprise skills such as business 

planning, finance, and business law 

As a student, you’ll also have access to 

Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), a 

not-for-profit organisation active in over 

1,500 universities in 47 countries. SIFE 

focuses on market economics, success 

skills, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, 

environmental sustainability, and business 

ethics. Getting involved could give your 

career a real boost. And if you’ve got a 

great idea for a new venture, you can 

talk to us about our early stage funding 

and business planning support to help 

graduates to establish their own business. 

Making your degree 

relevant around the world 

Employers in the UK understand the value 

of a degree from a British university, but if 

you decide to work in Europe or further 

afield, how can you be sure that your 

degree will be recognised no matter 

where in the world you end up? 

When you complete your studies, you’ll 

receive a Diploma Supplement, which 

provides a detailed description of the 

nature, level, context, content, and status 

of your course. It highlights the intellectual 

and practical skills you have acquired, 

enabling employers to see at a glance 

what you have achieved. 

Swansea was the first university in Wales 

to introduce the Diploma Supplements, 

which have been developed by the 

European Commission. They are not a 

substitute for your CV, but they certainly 

add value to it. 

Discovery – Student 

Volunteering Swansea 

Do you want to gain valuable 

interpersonal, leadership, social, and 

enterprise skills at the same time as 

helping other people to fulfil their 

potential? 

Discovery is a registered charity that has 

been established for over 40 years. It has 

hundreds of student volunteers who get 

involved with a wide range of projects 

across the City of Swansea. 

Discovery’s student-led initiatives bring 

new experiences and opportunities to 

some of the region’s most disadvantaged 

groups, and help our students to 

appreciate and enhance their own 

personal development. For more 

information, please visit: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/discovery 

Building your international 

networks 

When you graduate, you will become a 

member of our Alumni Association, an 

invaluable network of 55,000 active 

members who share common experiences 

and a love of Swansea. Our alumni are 

working at every level in industry, 

commerce, sport and the public sector, in 

the UK and overseas, which means that 

you will find like-minded friends and 

colleagues wherever you are in the world. 

Our alumni regularly tell us that they 

benefit professionally and socially from 

relationships they have forged through the 

Association. Many are actively 

supporting the next generation of students 

in the UK and overseas, helping them to 

decide what to study and how the 

Swansea experience can have a 

life-changing impact on their careers. 

Many of our alumni choose to become 

ambassadors for the University. Wherever 

you are in the world, you can still help 

Swansea by setting up a local branch of 

the Association to enable old friends to 

keep in touch with each other. Equally, 

you could help to promote the University 

to prospective students in the UK, Europe 

or internationally. For information about 

our Alumni Association, please visit: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/alumni 

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As more and more businesses 

recruit from a global pool of talent, 

we’re finding new ways to help you 

stand out from the crowd, no matter 

where in the world you’re from, 

and we encourage all our students 

to take advantage of opportunities 

to gain experience of new countries 

and cultures. 

Studying and working abroad: 

• rewards you with an international 

outlook that employers value 

• helps you to gain confidence and 

become more self-reliant 

• gives you the independence and 

initiative that will give you the best 

possible start to your career 

We have teaching and research links 

with more than 100 partner universities 

around the world, from Europe, Asia and 

Australasia, to North and South America. 

Many links have been established by 

individual Academic Colleges and 

Departments, so you should speak 

with your Department to discuss the 

opportunities that are available to you. 

Erasmus Mundus Master’s 

degrees 

Erasmus Mundus is the EU programme 

that offers scholarships to allow students 

to follow Master’s or Doctoral 

programmes at two or more European 

universities, leading to the award of an 

internationally recognised joint, double or 

multiple degree. Swansea University is a 

partner in two Erasmus Mundus Master’s 

degree schemes, in Computational 

Mechanics, and Journalism and Media 

within Globalisation. 

www.swansea.ac.uk/international/ 

opportunities/study-abroad/Erasmus 

Working abroad 

You may be able to arrange your own 

paid or voluntary work placement 

overseas. In principal, we are happy to 

support all opportunities to gain 

international experience, but the 

placement will need to be approved by 

the year abroad coordinator for your 

course. Placements in most parts of 

Europe may also be eligible for support 

from the Erasmus programme. 

We have also developed a work 

placement scheme in India that builds 

links with anumber of multinational 

companies that have their offices in 

cities such as Bangalore, Mumbai, 

and Hyderabad. 

Summer programmes 

Swansea University has developed a 

portfolio of summer programmes in 

conjunction with overseas partners to suit 

every taste. Our summer programmes 

offer students the opportunity to gain 

valuable experience abroad during the 

summer holidays on structured, 

educational and fun trips. These 

programmes are suited to those students 

who are not able to go abroad as part of 

their degree, or for those who prefer to 

spend shorter periods away. 

Current programmes include study, work 

and volunteer programmes in Africa, 

America, Asia and Europe. 

We have sent hundreds of students 

abroad over recent years. They have had 

life changing experiences which they are 

happy to share with you through their 

pictures, videos, and blogs. 

Meet our student bloggers 

Experience living 

and studying 

in Swansea. 

http://studentblogs.swansea.ac.uk 

Programmes and destinations vary year 

on year. Some examples of recent 

programmes are shown here. Please 

see the website for current details: 


summerprogrammes 

Where can I go? 

Swansea University has links with 

more than one hundred partner 

universities and organisations 

around the world, including: 

Study Chinese – in China 

We offer students the opportunity to learn 

Mandarin Chinese alongside their 

degree. If you choose to take the 

extracurricular language classes in 

Swansea, you may also have the chance 

to spend up to four weeks in China 

during the summer, studying Chinese 

language and culture at one of our 

partner universities. 

Even if you can’t commit to the China 

trip, we recommend that you sign up for 

the language classes. China has a strong 

influence on the global economy, so 

being able to speak the language will 

boost your job prospects. 

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Australia 

Austria 

Canada 

Denmark 

Finland 

France 

Germany 

Hong Kong 

Hungary 

Italy 

Building skills in India 

We’re also developing new projects to 

help our students gain valuable study and 

work experience in India. Our Study in 

India programme enables students to 

experience life in India, combining 

lectures at a partner college with 

voluntary work at a rural development 

centre and with city-based charities. 

For further information about any of 

these opportunities, please contact the 

International Development Office: 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602600 


Netherlands 

New Zealand 

Norway 

Patagonia 

Portugal 

Spain 

Sweden 

Switzerland 

USA 

A full list of our partner universities is 

available at: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/gofurther 

Study and work abroad 

Study or work abroad and 

add value to your CV. 

If you enjoy travelling and want to 

experience living in another culture, 

why not consider living and working 

abroad as part of your degree? 

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Be inspired 

We believe that learning should be as enjoyable as it is stimulating 

and challenging. 


• our commitment to excellence in learning and teaching 

• our approach to e-learning and using new technologies in the lecture theatre 

• our library and learning resources 

• the training programmes available through the Postgraduate Research Faculty 

Benefiting from our world-class research 

Our academic staff are research-active, which helps to keep our teaching alive, relevant and up-to-date. 

Being taught by the people who have written key texts for your course can be particularly memorable 

and inspirational. It also means that you learn about new theories and technologies as they are being 

developed and put into practice. 

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Innovative learning and teaching 

Learning resources 

We’re always looking for innovative 

ways to add value to your learning 

experience by using best practice to 

enhance the quality of our teaching 

and giving you more opportunities 

to let us know what you think of 

how you’re taught. 

We already use a wide range of 

methods and technologies, such as 

scenario simulations, blogs, podcasts, 

vodcasts, and social networking, as 

well as delivering interactive lectures 

using audience response systems 

known as “clickers”. 

You’ll also make regular use of our 

Blackboard virtual learning environment, 

which facilitates online learning and 

teaching. Through Blackboard, you’ll 

have access to course materials, 

Library and Information Centre 

Located in the heart of the campus, our library 

building contains a wide range of resources to 

help you get the most out of your studies. 

In addition to the longest opening hours of any university library 

in Wales – we’re open for over 110 hours a week during term 

time, including Sundays, with 24-hour opening during exams 

and the Summer term – we have over 800,000 books, 

journals, newspapers and other printed materials, as well 

as videos, DVDs and a wide range of software applications. 

We currently provide: 

handouts, and lecture notes, as well as 

shared areas for group work, online 

discussions, and exchanging ideas with 

your fellow students. 

Our Swansea Academy of Learning and 

Teaching was established in 2009 to 

provide the strategic advice and 

direction necessary to ensure that we 

continue to offer an excellent learning 

experience, and that we make the most 

of emerging teaching technologies. 

• 450 PCs for you to use whenever the Library is open 

• one-to-one support to connect your laptop or PC to our 

wireless network 

• self-issue and self-return facilities to save you time 

• a range of silent and group study areas 

• dedicated facilities for students with special needs 

• in-depth advice and guidance from friendly and helpful staff 

• photocopiers, scanners, and printers 

• courses on how to make best use of our services 

and resources 

Postgraduate Research Skills Development 

Swansea University provides a wide range of 

interdisciplinary training courses focusing on 

generic skills required by all research students. 

We organise Postgraduate Research Inductions at 

least twice a year and short courses held over the 

whole of the academic year. 

All students devise a personal training plan at the beginning of 

their programme, to ensure that they receive specialised skills 

development required to complete their programme of studies. 

Courses cover areas such as: 

• basic research training 

• career progression 

• academic writing 

• IT and computing skills 

• Personal and interpersonal skills 

• intellectual property rights 

• basic teaching skills 

You can be confident that you’ll get great service – 

we’re one of a small number of university libraries 

and ICT services in the UK to have achieved the 

Customer Service Excellence award. 

The library is managed by Information Services and Systems 

who also manage the IT network that you will use throughout 

your time at Swansea, including the wireless network that covers 

most buildings on the Singleton campus, and all our student 

accommodation (including Hendrefoelan and Beck House). 

The campus computer system is linked to the outside world via 

the high-speed JANET network. In many respects, we’re at the 

forefront of exploring the capability of such networks to deliver 

multimedia, video, and other technologies that are increasingly 

integral to modern teaching and learning practices. 

Swansea University is proud to offer opportunities for 

Welsh-speaking students and those who speak Welsh 

as a second language, to study all, or part of their 

course through the medium of Welsh. At Swansea, 

Welsh-medium provision is available in the following 

subject areas: 

There are over 1,800 PCs for student use at Swansea University. 

That’s a ratio of roughly one PC for every six students. 

Our student network gives you: 

• free Internet access 

• a personal email account and filestore 

• access to the online library catalogue 

• the opportunity to renew and reserve books on loan 

• access to thousands of electronic journal articles 

• a facility to search networked information databases 

• an easy way to keep in touch with tutors and other students 

• access to Virtual Learning Environment (BlackBoard) 

• easy access to administrative functionality including enrolment 

If you have your own laptop you can connect it to the University’s 

wireless network. We also have around 100 laptops available 

to loan. 

For further information, please visit our website at: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/iss 

Welsh medium opportunities 

• Bio-Sciences 

• Business Studies 

• French 

• German 

• Geography 

• Engineering 

• History 

• Law 

• Linguistics 

• Mathematics 

• Media Studies 

• Nursing 

• Social Work 

• Spanish 

• Translation Studies 

• Welsh 

The level of provision varies with some subject areas offering a 

whole degree through the medium of Welsh, others a selection 

of modules through the medium of Welsh and some offering 

tutorial groups in Welsh as part of an English-medium module. 

Academi Hywel Teifi is the Centre which offers support to those 

who study or research through the medium of Welsh at Swansea 

University and provides information about the opportunities 

which are available. Academi Hywel Teifi is also home to the 

Swansea Branch of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. 

The Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol works in partnership with 

universities across Wales to enhance and extend opportunities 

available for students to study through the medium of Welsh. 

The Academi is also working to enhance student employability 

by offering valuable work experience placements with 

companies who conduct their day-to-day business through 

the medium of Welsh. With more and more jobs requiring 

Welsh-language skills, could you add value to your CV? 

If you are interested in studying some of your course through 

the medium of Welsh and would like more information, please 

email: astudio@abertawe.ac.uk 

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Fees and Finance 

The decision to continue into postgraduate study comes with a significant 

financial investment. 


• what you’ll have to pay 

• our scholarships and bursaries 

• alternative funding sources 

• opportunities to earn while you study 

• the money advice, support, and contingency funds we provide 

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Tuition fees 

International students 

Course fees are dictated by your year of study, the type of course you are undertaking and your country of domicile. 

The following tables sets out the current standard fee* schedule for all students undertaking postgraduate study 

at Swansea University. 

Full-time study 

Part-time study 

Research degrees £3,830 £1,920 

Master’s degrees £3,830 £1,280 

10 credit module £210 n/a 

We apply a ‘banding’ structure, based on the subject or research area, when calculating international fee costs. You will 

be charged the following fee if your core subject or research area falls within one of the following categories: 

Band 1 Arts, Humanities, Business, Economics, Law, Mathematics (plus MA Childhood Studies) £10,300 

Band 2 Computer Science, Geography, Human and Health Sciences, Sports Sciences £11,900 

Band 3 Science, Engineering, Medicine (non-clinical) £13,200 

Certain specialist courses may be charged at a different level to those shown above, as below: 

There are also several common exceptions to the standard fee, depending on your programme of study: 

College Course Name Tuition Fee 

College Course Name Tuition Fee 

Arts and Humanities 

MA European Journalism (Erasmus Mundus) 

MA European Masters in Translation with 

Language Technology (2-year programme) 

€4,000 

(or €2,000 per semester) 

£2,550 

Arts and 

Humanities 

MA European Journalism (Erasmus Mundus) 

€8,000 


Certificate in English Language Taught for Adults (CELTA) £1,280 

MBA £14,500 

Business, Economics and 

Law 

Engineering 

Certificate in English Language Taught for Adults (CELTA) £1,280 

MBA £14,500 

MBA Executive (part-time, 2-year programme) £5,500 

PG Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC) £9,100 

LPC – Graduates from Welsh universities 

(excluding Swansea/Swansea Met University) 

LPC - Swansea/Swansea Met University graduates 

(and employed within the Legal Sector in Wales) 

MSc Computational Mechanics (Erasmus Mundus) 

£8,500 

£8,400 

€4,000 


Business, 

Economics 

and Law 

Engineering 

Medicine 

PG Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC) £9,100 

LPC – Graduates from Welsh universities (excluding Swansea/Swansea Met University) £8,500 

LPC - Swansea/Swansea Met University graduates 

(and employed within the Legal Sector in Wales) 

£8,400 

LPC – Swansea University GDL graduates £7,400 

MSc Computational Mechanics (Erasmus Mundus) 

€8,000 


MSc Trauma Surgery (part-time, 2-year programme) £6,510 

MSc Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry £13,000 

MSc Trauma Surgery (part-time, 2-year programme) £3,120 

PG Diploma Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry £8,670 

Medicine 

Human 

and Health Science 

PG Diploma Trauma Surgery (part-time, 2-year programme) £2,080 

MSc Trauma Surgery (Military pathway); 

(part-time, 2-year programme) (with MOD) 

£1,550 

MSc Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry £5,120 

PG Diploma Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry £3,420 

PG Cert Applied Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry £2,020 

PG Cert Professional Education and Clinical Settings £1,280 

PG Cert Approved Mental Health Professional £3,980 

An introduction to Practice learning and Practice 

Assessment module 

£430 

If you would like more information on the fees payable for your particular programme, please contact the Student Records Unit on: 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602010 

Email: tuitionfee@swansea.ac.uk 

Please note that you will be asked to pay your fees, or show evidence of sponsorship, at or before enrolment. 

If you are self-financing your studies, you may arrange to pay your fee in instalments. For details about how to pay 

your fees, please contact the Finance Department on: 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295436 

Email: income@swansea.ac.uk 

* All figures shown in the tables are the 2012 rates and are intended as a guide only. Tuition fees are subject to annual increases in line 

with inflation and the new rates will be published on our website at www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/money/TuitionFees as soon as 

they become available. 

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Scholarships and bursaries 

The University offers around 250 

postgraduate scholarships and bursaries 

with a total value of over £2.6 million**. 

Typically these include: 

Fully-funded PhD studentships 

These are available to students from the 

UK and EU wishing to pursue full-time 

research studies in selected subject areas. 

Each studentship covers the UK home 

tuition fee and an annual maintenance 

grant of around £13,590** per annum. 

Master’s Scholarships 

Available to students from the UK and EU 

wishing to pursue full- or part-time 

Master’s or MRes programmes. Each 

award is worth approximately £2,700** 

towards fees (pro-rata for part-time). 

International students 

The University offers a range of 

scholarships and bursaries for 

international students. 

International Development 

Office Scholarships 

Available to international students with 

strong academic ability who have 

accepted an offer of a place at Swansea 

University, and who are in financial need. 

Swansea University Alumni 

Postgraduate Bursary Scheme 

The Postgraduate Bursary Scheme entitles 

Swansea University Alumni, including our 

most recent graduates, who wish to 

further their studies at Postgraduate level 

in Swansea, to a fixed fee reduction per 

annum on tuition fees for the full duration 

of studies. 

Commonwealth Scholarship 

Citizens from developing Commonwealth 

countries may apply for Master’s or PhD 

programmes supported by a tuition fee 

contribution under the Commonwealth 

Scholarships scheme. For further details, 

please visit: 

www.cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply 

For full details, please contact the 

International Development Office: 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 602600 


or visit: 


International 

College and Department 

scholarships and bursaries 

Many of our Academic Colleges offer 

additional scholarships and bursaries for 

Master’s and research programmes – 

around 200 were available last year. 

The full range of awards available can 

be found at: 



or follow us on Twitter for regular 

updates: twitter.com/SwanseaPostgrad 

**2012 figures 

Did you know? 

A comprehensive guide to 

postgraduate funding can be 

found on the Graduate 

Prospects website at: 

www.prospects.ac.uk 

Alternative Funding Sources 

Many postgraduate students fund their studies through ‘portfolio 

funding’ in which they gather funds from a variety of sources. 

There is a range of funding sources which prospective students 

are advised to explore. 

Professional and Career Development Loans 

Professional and Career Development Loans enable students to 

finance themselves on a course of study which is vocational in 

nature. They are available through a number of high street 

banks, and further information is available at: 

www.direct.gov.uk/cdl 

Charities, Foundations and Trusts 

There is a large number of charities, foundations and trusts, 

which award partial funding for postgraduate study. Full details 

can be found in The Grants Register (published by Palgrave 

Macmillan) and The Directory of Grant Making Trusts published 

by the Charities Aid Foundation), both of which should be 

available in your University Careers Service and local library. 

Research Councils 

Research Councils are public bodies that fund academic 

research within the UK. There are seven Research Councils, 

and each offers studentships to support postgraduate study. 

Applications for funding should normally be made through the 

university department where you intend to study, and the 

Admissions Tutor for your programme should be able to 

provide further information on the funding available. 

The Research Councils: 

• Arts and Humanities Research Council (www.ahrc.ac.uk) 

• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council 

(www.bbsrc.ac.uk) 

• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 

(www.epsrc.ac.uk) 

• Economic and Social Research Council (www.esrc.ac.uk) 

• Medical Research Council (www.mrc.ac.uk) 

• Natural Environment Research Council (www.nerc.ac.uk) 

• Science and Technology Facilities Council (www.stfc.ac.uk) 

Note: Students resident in the European Union member states may 

be eligible to apply for financial support from the UK Research 

Councils and the University on the same basis as UK students. 

However, the awards will generally only cover the tuition fees. 

British Council 

Offers a range of scholarship schemes to support international 

students studying in the UK. For further information, please visit: 

www.educationuk.org 

Earn while you learn 

There are plenty of part-time jobs to be found in and around 

Swansea, and our Careers team publishes a wide range of 

opportunities for temporary and part-time work, as well as 

summer placements and internships. 

If you are an international student, you will need to obtain 

a National Insurance number and may have to fulfil other 

requirements. 

If you are a student from the new European Economic Area 

member states, you will need to comply with the Worker 

Registration Scheme before you can work in the UK. 

For further information, please email: 

jobshop@swansea.ac.uk 

or visit our website at: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/careers/jobs/workwhileyoustudy 

Money advice and support 

The Money Advice and Support Office provides guidance 

on all areas of student funding, including: 

• grants, loans, bursaries and benefits 

• helping you to manage your money 

• supporting care leavers 

• contingency funds 

• helping you to draw up a realistic budget 

• one-to-one appointments (and a daily “drop in” service) so 

you can discuss any money worries in confidence 

• debt counselling service that help you to sort out your finances 

Support for care leavers 

We administer and deliver the Care Leavers Support Package, 

a comprehensive range of measures to help care leavers settle 

in and focus on their studies. Our commitment to student support 

is recognised by the Frank Buttle Trust Quality Mark for Care 

Leavers in Higher Education. 

Financial Contingency Fund 

Where you can evidence that you have made adequate 

provision to cover your tuition fees and living costs but have 

encountered unforeseen difficulties, you can apply for a grant 

from our Financial Contingency Fund. You can apply to the Fund 

at any point during the academic year, including the summer 

vacation. An application must be received no later than two 

months before you complete your course. Eligibility to apply to 

the Fund does not guarantee assistance and you should not 

therefore rely on these funds as a source of income. 

EU/International Crisis Fund 

We have also established a small fund to provide emergency 

assistance for EU/international students who face financial 

difficulties not anticipated at the start of the course, and not 

within their control. 

For further information and enquiries contact: 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 606699 

Email: moneydoctors@swansea.ac.uk 

www.swansea.ac.uk/study/current/StudentSupportServices/ 

MoneyAdviceandSupport 

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Next steps 

Seeing is believing – so why not come and take a closer look? Our Postgraduate 

Open Days will give you a feel for campus life and what you can expect from the 

Swansea experience. 

You’ll have the opportunity to: 

• meet Admissions Tutors 

• tour academic departments and learn more about their courses 

• explore our friendly campus and meet some of our students 

• see how our Careers Centre will prepare you for life after study 

• take a look at our IT and library facilities 

• discuss any special requirements with the Disability Office 

• sample campus catering in our restaurants and cafés 

• see how our students live by visiting some of our residences 

{ 

Our Open Days for 

2013 entry are: 

Wednesday 14th November 2012 

Wednesday 6th March 2013 

Tuesday 4th June 2013 

Visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/opendays for more details or telephone: +44 (0)1792 295784. 

You will also have the opportunity to visit the University after you have applied 

– contact your academic department for further information about post-application visits 

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How to Apply 

The quickest and most efficient way to 

apply for one of our postgraduate 

programmes is to apply online. This way, 

you can also track your application at 

each stage of the process and print off a 

copy of your decision letter. Visit: 


However, if you prefer, you can 

download a paper application form at: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/apply 

or request an application pack by post: 

Postgraduate Admissions Office 

Swansea University 

Singleton Park 


SA2 8PP 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295358 

Fax: +44 (0)1792 295110 

Email: postgraduate.admissions@ 

swansea.ac.uk 

A Welsh language application form is 

available on request. 

Some Colleges have fixed closing dates 

for their Masters’ courses and/or 

research degrees – see individual course 

listings for details. Applicants for other 

courses are encouraged to apply by 

31 July to ensure that vacancies are still 

available. Enrolment for taught Masters’ 

courses usually takes place in late 

September. Enrolment for research 

degrees takes place in late September, 

January, April and July. 

Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice 

(LPC): applications should be made via 

the Central Admissions Board (CAB). 

Further details and application forms are 

available at: www.lawcabs.ac.uk 

Alternatively, please write to: 

The Central Applications Board 

PO Box 84 

Guildford 

Surrey 

GU3 1YX 

Tel: +44 (0)1483 301282 

When we receive your application, our 

Admissions Tutors will: 

• make sure that you meet our entry 

requirements, as well as any other 

medical and non-academic 

requirements 

• check that you have the experience 

and skills necessary to study the subject 

• look for evidence of your commitment 

and motivation, and pay attention to 

your achievements 

• take into account your reference and 

any assessments from educational 

psychologists or medical practitioners 

• make sure that any resources and 

learning opportunities you may require 

are available 

We will acknowledge receipt of your 

application via email (online applications) 

or by letter (paper applications) within 

two working days. 

If you have a disability, medical 

condition, or a specific learning difficulty, 

we may ask the University’s Disability 

Officer or Director for Occupational 

Health to interview you so we can be 

sure that we are able to give you the 

support you need throughout your studies. 

Following consideration by Admissions 

Tutors in the Academic Colleges, you will 

be informed whether: 

• You are to be offered a place 

• You are to be invited for interview 

• We are unable to offer you a place 

You will receive either a conditional or 

unconditional offer from us, or we will 

inform you that we are unable to offer 

you a place. We will notify you of our 

decision by letter (international applicants 

are sent a copy of their letter by email). 

Offer letters to candidates in the UK are 

sent by first class post. Airmail postage 

times from the UK vary depending on 

the country of destination. 

Taught Master’s applications: Once we 

have received all the necessary 

supporting documentation, we aim to 

notify you of our decision (or issue an 

invitation for interview) within 10 working 

days from the date we acknowledge 

receipt of your application. 

Research degree applications: we aim to 

make a decision within 4 to 6 weeks, 

depending on the additional information 

we require (for example, further details of 

your research proposal). 

Interviews: 

The majority of programmes do not 

require an interview as part of the 

selection process. If an interview is 

required, the purpose and format will be 

communicated to you by the College so 

you know what to expect and what role 

this plays in the overall selection process. 

A few Masters’ courses (specifically in the 

Department of English Language and 

Literature) require candidates to provide 

additional written work to supplement an 

application. 

Remember: we’re interested in people 

who will seize the opportunity to gain new 

skills and knowledge, and who will benefit 

most from the Swansea experience. We’re 

also interested in people who will add 

value to the sporting, cultural, and social 

life of our community. 

Please note that formal offers are only 

made by the University’s Admissions 

Officer, following recommendations from 

the relevant academic department. Your 

offer letter will contain full details of the 

terms and conditions of the offer. If you 

are a candidate for full-time study, you 

will also receive details of how to apply 

for University accommodation. 

If you do not meet the precise conditions 

of our offer, your application may be 

reconsidered in light of available 

vacancies, and it may still be possible 

to confirm your place. 

If your application is unsuccessful, and you 

think we’ve got it wrong, you can ask us 

to reconsider your application. Contact the 

Admissions Office for further details. 

What do you need? 

To study a postgraduate programme at 

Swansea you will normally need an 

appropriate Honours degree or higher 

degree from a British university, or an 

equivalent qualification. Please see the 

course listings for full entry requirements. 

Notes for international students 

We welcome applications by prospective 

students from around the world, and we 

are happy to advise you on whether your 

qualifications are suitable for entry to the 

course you would like to study. Please 

email us at: admissions@swansea.ac.uk 

for further details. 

THINGS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW 

If English is not your first language you 

will need an acceptable pass in an 

approved English Language qualification 

to make sure that you get the full benefit 

from studying at Swansea. We consider 

a wide range of other qualifications, 

including the Swansea University English 

Test, the British Council IELTS test (with a 

score of at least 6.5, although some 

departments will accept an IELTS score of 

6.0). A full list of acceptable English 

Language tests can be found at 

www.swansea.ac.uk/admissions/ 

acceptableenglishlanguagetests 

You may also like to know that the 

University has its own English Language 

Training Service – visit: www.swansea. 

ac.uk/elts for further information. 

Dates and deadlines 

Some of our departments have fixed 

closing dates for their taught programmes 

and/or research degrees. Please see the 

individual course entries for further 

information. We recommend that you 

submit your application as early as 

possible, and preferably before 31 July 

in the year you wish to start your studies. 

Enrolment 

Information about the enrolment process 

will be sent to you in advance of the start 

of your studies. Enrolment for taught 

programmes usually takes place in late 

September; and in late September, April 

and July for research degrees. 

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Please note that all students are required 

to comply with the University’s enrolment 

procedures and observe the University’s 

General and Academic Regulations – see 

www.swansea.ac.uk/registry for further 

information. 

Remember: 

• Apply online at: 


• We recommend applying before 31 July 

Contact us at: 

Email: postgraduateadmissions@ 

swansea.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 295358 

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Our Admissions Policy 

The University welcomes applications and 

enquiries from all people regardless of 

age, race, ethnic or national origin, 

religious or political beliefs, gender, 

sexual preference, marital status, family 

responsibility, and physical or sensory 

disability, unless these activities are 

unlawful or contrary to University policy. 

The University treats all applicants on 

their individual merits and welcomes 

applications from candidates with a 

range of qualifications. 

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Academic Areas 

Adult Continuing Education 11.1 

American Studies 4 

Aqua Culture 34 

Biological Sciences 9, 9.4, 11.2 

Business 16 

Childhood Studies 11.2 

Classics, Ancient History & Egyptology 3 

Computer Science 8.1, 8.2 

Criminology 11.2 

Cymraeg/Welsh 3 

Campus map 

Economics 14 

Engineering 8.1, 8.2 

English 3 

French 3 

Geography 9 

German 3 

Health Science 11.1 

Hispanic Studies 3 

History 4 

Italian 3 

Law 14 

Mathematics 8.3 

Media and Communication Studies 3 

Medicine 12, 33 

Physics 11.2 

Politics and International Relations 4 

Psychology 11.2 

Social Policy/Work 11.2 

Sports Science 11.2, 11.3 


Student Residences 

Kilvey 19.1 

Preseli 20 

Cefn Bryn 21 

Rhossili 21.2, 21.3 

Penmaen 22 

Horton 23 

Oxwich 25 

Langland 26 

Caswell 27 

Services / Facilities 

Academic Registry 2.1 

Admissions Office 2 

Alumni Office 2 

Art Gallery 32 

Bank 32 

Bars 17, 18, 32 

Bookshop 32 

Cash Points 17, 18, 32 

Catering Office17 

Careers and Employability 7 

Central Administration 2 

Chaplaincy Centre 17 

Conference Office 17 

Crèche/Nursery 30 

Dental Surgery 23 

Disability/Special Requirements Office 3.1 

Disability Office – Assessment 

and Training Centre 13 

Discovery – Student Volunteering 17 

Egypt Centre 32.1 

Estates Department 18 

Finance Department 1 

Human Resources 2 

International Office 2.1 

International Student Advisory Service 3.1 

Law Library 5 

Library & Information Services 7 

Marketing 2 

Media Resources 3 

Medical Centre 17 

Money Advice & Support Office 3.1 

Mosque 6 

Occupational Health & Emergency 

Centre 22 

Post Office 17 

Postgraduate Office 2.1 

Refectory 17 

Research & Innovation Office 8.2 

Residential Services 22 

Shops 17, 18 

Staff Development Unit 13 

Student Counselling Service 23 

Student Support Services 3.1 

Students’ Union 18 

Theatre (Taliesin) 32 

Transcription Centre 15 

Travel Shop 17 

Wellbeing Services 23 

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Useful phone numbers and contact details: 

Travelling distance to Swansea (in miles) 

By rail to Swansea 

University – general 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 205678 

Fax: +44 (0)1792 295048 

Email: info@swansea.ac.uk 


Rail services 

Tel: +44 (0)8457 484950 

www.nationalrail.co.uk 

Bus and Coach enquiries 

Tel: +44 (0)8705 808080 

www.nationalexpress.com 

www.firstcymru.co.uk 

Traveline 

Tel: +44 (0)8706 082608 

www.traveline.org.uk 

Swansea Tourist Information Centre 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 468321 

Email: tourism@swansea.gov.uk 

www.swansea.gov.uk/tourism 

University Disability Office 

Tel: +44 (0)1792 513000 

Minicom/text: +44 (0)1792 513100 

Fax: +44 (0)1792 513200 

Email: disability@swansea.ac.uk 

www.swansea.ac.uk/study/current/ 

StudentSupportServices/DisabilityOffice 

Aberystwyth 73 

Bangor 160 

Birmingham 126 

Bristol 85 

Cardiff 40 

Edinburgh 383 

Glasgow 426 

Leeds 227 

Liverpool 168 

London 203 

Manchester 187 

Newcastle 319 

Sheffield 200 

Southampton 160 

Birmingham 

Bristol 

Cardiff 

Liverpool 

London 

Manchester 

3hrs 15mins 

2hrs 

55mins 

4hrs 40mins 

3hrs 

4hrs 30mins 

Visiting Swansea 

ABERDEEN 

SKETTY 

A 4 1 1 8 

TO GOWER 

UNIVERSITY 

SPORTS CENTRE 

&WALES 

NATIONAL POOL 

SWANSEA 

B 4 4 3 6 

A 4 0 6 7 

TO 

MUMBLES 

M4 

J47 3 MILES 

C O C K E T T R O A D 

A 4 2 1 6 

SINGLETON 

HOSPITAL 

COCKETT 

UPLANDS 

BRYNMILL 

SWANSEA 

UNIVERSITY 

A 4 8 3 

T OWNHILL 

ST HELEN’S 

SPORTS GROUND 

HIGH STREET 

TRAIN STATION 

BUS/COACH 

STATION 

LANDORE 

PARK AND 

RIDE 

P 

A 4 0 6 7 

CIVIC CENTRE 

LIBERTY 

STADIUM 

A 4067 

ST THOMAS 

A483 

FA 

SAINSBURY’S 

SUPERMARKET 

LEISURE CENTRE 

B I A N W A Y 

DOCKS 

SWANSEA BAY 

FABIAN WAY 

PARK AND RIDE 

P 

TO M4 

J42 4 MILES 

EDINBURGH 

BELFAST 

LEEDS 

DUBLIN 

LIVERPOOL 

MANCHESTER 

HOLYHEAD 

CAMBRIDGE 

BIRMINGHAM 

SWANSEA 

BRISTOL 

LONDON 

CARDIFF 

SOUTHAMPTON 

PLYMOUTH 

DOVER 

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History 

and heritage 

A brief history 

The University’s foundation stone was 

laid by King George V on 19 July 

1920 and 89 students (including 

8 female students) enrolled that same 

year. In 1921, Dr Mary Williams 

became the first woman to be 

appointed to a Chair at a UK 

university when she became Professor 

of French language and literature. 

By September 1939, there were 

65 staff and 485 students. 

In 1947 there were just two permanent 

buildings on campus: Singleton Abbey 

and the library. The Principal, 

J S Fulton, recognised the need to 

expand the estate and had a vision 

of a self-contained community, with 

residential, social and academic 

facilities on a single site. His vision 

was to become the first university 

campus in the UK. 

The University receives 

its Royal Charter; King 

George V lays the 

foundation stone 

at Singleton Abbey 

Coat of arms 

granted by 

the College 

of Heralds 

By 1960 a large-scale development 

programme was underway that would 

see the construction of new halls of 

residence, the Maths and Science 

Tower, and College House (later 

renamed Fulton House). Work began 

on the student village at Hendrefoelan 

in 1971, the South Wales Miners’ 

Library was established in 1973 

and the Taliesin Arts Centre opened 

on campus in 1984. 

The Regional Schools of Nursing 

transferred to Swansea in 1992, and 

the School of Medicine opened in 

2001, marking a significant increase 

in Wales’ capacity to train doctors 

and undertake innovative research. 

In 2003, the University set out 

objectives designed to secure its 

long-term future as a research-led 

The library, designed 

by Vernon Owen 

Rees, is opened by 

the Duke of Kent 

Kinglsey Amis writes 

Lucky Jim whilst 

lecturing at Swansea 

1920 1921 1937 1954 1961 

First campus halls 

of residence 

opened 

institution of international calibre. 

Technium Digital opened in 2005 and, 

barely two years later, the University 

opened its Institute of Life Science, 

which commercialises the 

results of research undertaken in the 

School of Medicine. Work commenced 

on a second Institute of Life Science 

in 2009. December 2011 saw 

the opening of ILS Phase Two, a 

state-of-the-art centre for conducting 

pioneering medical research. 

Swansea University is now enjoying 

a period of sustained research-led 

growth, and continues to work for 

the benefit of the city, its people and 

industries. Further information about our 

history and heritage can be found on 

our website at www.swansea.ac.uk/ 

university/AboutUs 

Mathematics and 

Physics building 

(Vivian Tower) and 

College House 

(Fulton House) 

opened 

1965 

Your Alumni 

Association 

Swansea University’s Alumni 

Association ensures that you can stay 

closely connected to the University long 

after the applause of your graduation 

ceremony has faded. All our graduates 

automatically become life members 

of the Association, a warm, welcoming 

community of graduates united by their 

experiences of studying in Swansea. 

The Association is a vibrant network 

of 55,000 active members who are 

working at every level in industry, 

commerce, sport and the public sector. 

They are heading divisions of 

multinational companies, but they 

are just as likely to be managing the 

smaller, entrepreneurial businesses 

that drive the economy, or delivering 

healthcare in hospitals, or teaching 

in schools.There is also a growing 

community of international alumni, 

meaning that you will find like-minded 

friends and colleagues wherever you are 

in the world. Make the most of this 

network. You never know what 

Taliesin Theatre 

opens on campus 

University College of 

Swansea becomes 

University of Wales 


doors may be opened in the UK 

or overseas as a result of the 

relationships forged through being 

alumni of Swansea University. 

Through the Alumni Association, 

you can keep up-to-date with the 

latest University news, services, 

and merchandise, attend reunions, 

and keep in touch with your friends 

using the online Buddy Board. 

It’s all free of charge – visit: 

www.swansea.ac.uk/alumni for further 

details. You’ll be in good company. 

Our alumni include: 

• Annabelle Apsion, actress 

• Liam Dutton, Channel 4 

weather presenter 

• Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire, 

musicians, Manic Street Preachers 

• Dr Lyn Evans CBE, Project Leader, 

Large Hadron Collider, CERN 

• Hywel Francis MP 

Richard Burton 

collection comes 

to Swansea 

twitter.com/Swansea_Alumni 

SwanseaUniversiyAlumniAssociation 

£50 million 

Institute of Life 

Science opens 

1984 1996 2005 2007 2010 

• Renee Godfrey, champion surfer, 

television presenter 

• Sylvia Heal MP, Deputy Speaker of 

the House of Commons (2000-10) 

• Andy Hopper CBE FRS, co-founder 

of Acorn Computers Ltd 

• Rob Howley, Wales and British Lions 

rugby union international 

• Liz Johnson, Paralympic gold 

medal-winning swimmer 

• Alun-Wyn Jones, Wales and British 

Lions rugby union international 

• Simon Jones, Worcestershire 

and England cricketer 

• Sir Terry Matthews OBE, 

Wales’ first billionaire 

• Jason Mohammad, television presenter 

• Colin Pillinger CBE, planetary scientist 

• Penny Roberts, former BBC 

Chief Reporter 

• Urien Wiliam, Welsh language 

novelist and playwright 

Swansea celebrates 

its 90th anniversary 

1921 

Professor Mary 

Williams becomes 

the first woman in the 

UK to be appointed 

to a university chair 

1925 

Beck Hall opened 

as the first hall of 

residence 

1948 

J S Fulton outlines his vision of a 

“complete university community”, 

paving the way for Swansea to become 

the first campus university in the UK 

1962 

The University 

receives its first 

digital computer, 

an IBM1620 

1967 

Professor Olek Zienkiewicz 

revolutionises engineering 

with the publication of ‘The 

Finite Element Method for 

Solid and Structural Mechanics’ 

1971 1985 2001 2006 2007 

Work starts on a 

new student village 

at Hendrefoelan 

Former Prime Minister, 

Lord Callaghan, 

appointed President 

Establishment of 

the School of 

Medicine (initially 

a clinical school) 

University’s own 

degree-awarding 

powers granted 

Swansea University 

gains independence from 

the University of Wales 

2011 

£28.8 million 

Institute of Life 

Science Phase 

Two opens 

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