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Postgraduate
Prospectus
2019
Here for people who want to know more...
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“Choosing the right university for your postgraduate studies
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is one of the most important decisions you will make.
We hope this will help you make the best choice.
A promotion, a career change
We aim to inspire you to become a creative professional
and connect you to an exciting and rewarding career.
Based in the heart of one of the UK’s most successful
business regions, we have highly qualified staff with
a wealth of experience in their respective disciplines
and strong connections with key industries.
The University has acquired a remarkable
reputation for high-quality education closely linked
to employment. Many of our graduates go on
to achieve great success within their chosen
discipline and professions.
Welcome to the career university.”
Professor Peter John
Vice-Chancellor
Here for better options
Come to an open evening and find out why you are
going to love studying at the University of West London.
Visit us on: Thursday 22 November 2018
Thursday 20 June 2019
Thursday 21 November 2019
To book a place, visit uwl.ac.uk/pgopenday
or a long-held ambition
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We’ve been building
Over the years, leading academic
institutions, career-specific training
providers and industry specialists
have come together to make us
what we are today – a university
dedicated to your career.
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1860
The Lady Byron School (later the
2010
In July, the University closes its site in
University of West London) is King’s Road, Reading (now home to
founded when Ealing College of Reading College).
2011
Higher Education, Thames Valley
College of Higher Education,
London College of Music and
Queen Charlotte’s College of
In April, we’re formally renamed
Health Care Studies merge.
the University of West London
1991
The Ealing College of Higher
to reflect our new focus on the
Ealing and Brentford sites. In May,
Laurence Geller (a leading figure in
the tourism and hospitality industry)
Education is renamed the Polytechnic is appointed Chancellor.
of West London.
1992 2015
The Ealing campus undergoes a
The Polytechnic becomes the
Thames Valley University after £100m+ transformation. Now it has
being granted university status a new social area, library, students’
by royal assent. union, auditorium, gym, restaurants
1994
and cafés, studios for the student
radio station and music students,
and teaching spaces.
2016
The University merges with
Northwick Park School of Nursing,
Riverside College of Nursing and the
North West Thames Regional Health We buy the Brentford site (Paragon)
Authority’s AIDS unit. giving us flexibility to grow and thrive.
careers for decades
1995
The University merges with
2017
We invest over £1m in the
Berkshire College of Nursing development of the Paragon Annex
and Midwifery. studios and open a state-of-the-art
nursing Simulation Centre at Reading.
2004 2018
Opening of the West London
The University merges with Food Innovation Lab and home to
Reading College and Ealing Heathrow Archives and Westmont
School of Art and Design. Enterprise Hub for Business Start-Ups.
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We’re ranked 50th in
the UK in the Guardian
University Guide 2019.
We’re also fourth
in London overall.
(The Guardian University Guide 2019).*
Excellence
UWL has been awarded
Silver in the Teaching
Excellence Framework. £150m
campus investment
Our stunning campus has a
modern library – with over 250 open-access
computers, three IT suites, spacious study
areas and comfy seating spread across the
library – plus a newly refurbished students’
union and industry-standard training facilities.
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Surrounded by
brilliant businesses
Our Ealing campus is in the heart of one of
the UK’s most successful business regions.
Through working with high-profile organisations
and experienced tutors, we use our strong industry
connections to help you gain career-specific
insight, expertise and skills.
Over 1000
Postgraduate students across
eight academic Schools, the
Graduate School and ExPERT Academy
(Expertise for Professionalism in
Education Research and Teaching)
A blend of eight highly
respected Schools
Our graduates can Our expertise covers a wide range of
go anywhere subjects, so you can gain the specialist
know-how that gives you the edge
Whether they’ve been studying in your chosen career.
law, music, design, psychology or business in
one of our eight Schools, 98% of our graduates
start their careers or carry on their studies
within six months of graduating.
(HESA employment indicator 2018 on
graduates who say they are working or studying
(or both) six months after completing their studies)
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A postgraduate degree can enhance your career
prospects, setting you apart in today’s highly
competitive job market. If you’re considering a new
career path, it’s a way to enhance and build on your
current qualifications, and learn new, essential skills.
You may also want to explore your passion for,
and commitment to, a particular field of study.
Here for all your questions.
Why study a postgraduate
Whatever your reasons, studying a postgraduate degree at the University of West London doesn’t
mean you have to put your life on hold, or leave the workplace. Our full and part-time study options
can fit around your current commitments. It will also grow your network and help you gain fresh,
valuable insights into industry that you might not gain from the workplace alone.
Research degree or taught course?
Research degrees rely on independent study Taught courses are led by tutors, and in
with regular support from supervisors. The common with undergraduate courses, students
best-known research degree is the PhD, which attend weekly seminars and lectures. There is
can last three to four years full-time, or six years some independent learning, but not as much
part-time. Professional doctorate degrees are as in a research degree.
equivalent in status and challenge to a PhD
but are intended to create knowledge that
advances professional practice. In both PhDs
and Professional Doctorates students are asked
to research and present new knowledge in a
thesis (typically 40,000 to 80,000 words in
length, depending on the type of doctorate).
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degree?
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Postgraduate studies can give you an employment
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edge, accelerate your progression and open up
new paths. We know that everybody has different
career goals, so our teaching is fully tailored to
your individual needs as an aspiring professional.
Our open and accessible learning environment
ensures that you’ll thrive.
Here for your future
Business connections • Professional networking Employment Team
We’re based in the heart of one of • Leadership skills When you’re ready to start climbing
the UK’s most successful business • Self-employment/business start up the career ladder, or if you simply need
regions. Our teaching staff are • Negotiation skills a part-time job while you finish your
connected to their respective • Working as a researcher studies, we can help. We will provide
industries with many still active notifications of relevant vacancies,
in their field, so they can pass on Volunteering Service information direct from employers
invaluable insights and specialist We provide a wide range of activities up to international level, and news
subject knowledge. you can access working in our local about upcoming recruitment and
We have strong connections with community. There are projects employability events.
many national and multinational suited to all interests and tailored
organisations such as Heathrow to the amount of time you have Work Placements
Airport, BBC, Hewlett-Packard (HP) whether that be a one off or a Completing a work placement is a
Ltd, Middlesex Law Society and the regular commitment. Volunteering great way to show employers that
Savoy Education Trust. not only helps out our community you have the skills, experience and
but it will allow you to make new capabilities they are looking for.
Careers friends and develop skills and Our placements team can offer you:
We offer life long careers and experience which could help your • Career-specific placements with
professional development support career development. All volunteering recognised industry leaders
to all students. This includes a is recorded and celebrated at our • Regular updates about
CPD (Continuing Professional annual volunteering awards. new placements
Development) programme • Information about recruitment
supported by one to one career and employability events
coaching from our professional
Career Consultant available to
you at any point in your career
journey and at flexible times to
suit you. Our CPD events include:
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We have several partners across the UK and abroad.
UK Academic Partnerships Overseas Academic Partnerships
•A cademy of Music & Sound • American Education Limited (ANC)
•A ddict Dance Academy • Cyprus Institute of Marketing
•C ardiff and Vale College • Hong Kong Nan Yang College
• J CA Academy of Higher Education (UWL-HK)
•N exus Institute of Creative Arts • International Institute of Hotel Management
•B allet Theatre UK Limited • Marbella International University Centre
•C helsea And Westminster Hospital • Music Support Group GMBH
NHS Foundation Trust (Deutsche Pop / United Pop)
•D elamar Academy Limited • Schweizerische Textilfachschule
•H ammersmith Medicines Research (Swiss Textile College - STF)
• L ondon School of Science & • Singapore Raffles Music College
Technology Limited • Wisdom Business School FZE (UWL-RAK)
•M et Film School Limited
•N orth East Surrey College of Technology
(NESCOT)
•N orth Warwickshire and
South Leicestershire College
•C reative Academy
• S outh Thames Colleges Group
•T he Windsor Forest Colleges Group
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We have an outstanding national and
international reputation in practice-based
and solution-driven research. It spans
areas such as engineering, computing,
hospitality, aviation, health, law, film and
media, as well as music.
Postgraduate research
We focus on producing useful College of Nursing, London School of Film,
knowledge. Our research centres Midwifery and Healthcare Media and Design
concentrate on socio-economic • Adaptation Studies, Film Studies,
• Ageing
and creative issues with a Genre Studies, Popular Fiction
• Child Health
view to generating solutions to • Creative Writing
• Healthcare Epidemiology
social, economic, creative and • Filmmaking, Film Theory,
• Healthcare Education
technical issues. Screen Studies, Gallery and
• Healthcare Policy
and Management Museum Studies
As a doctoral student, you’ll be able
• Infection Prevention and Control • Media Arts, Art and Design
to study within your School/College,
and Communicable Disease History and Cultural History
and in the Graduate School.
Prevention Management • Media History and Theory,
You will take part in School-based
• Mental Health Photography History and Theory,
research seminars, conferences, and
• Midwifery and Women’s Health Media and Photography Practice
other activities recommended by
• Nursing Practice • Media Studies, Branding,
your supervisors. You’ll also follow
• Patient Centric Care Public Relations, Television,
a programme of research training
• Public Health News and Journalism.
in the Graduate School.
• Social Policy Translational
You will have the chance to discuss London College of Music
Medicine.
and present your research as you • Composition
progress through your doctoral School of Law and • Music Education
journey and to build networks Criminology • Music/Audio Technology
with fellow doctoral students and • Musicology
• Criminology
researchers in your field. • Performance
• International Law
• Record Production.
We encourage all our PhD students • Policing
to present their research and publish • Sentencing
during their studies. • Social Policy and Social Justice.
We’ll welcome your application in
any of the following subject areas:
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London Geller College of School of Human and How to apply
Hospitality and Tourism Social Sciences To apply for a PhD, you need to
• Airline and Airport Management • Applied Forensic Analytics submit a brief research proposal,
• Consumer Behaviour • Dementia Care your CV, the transcript of your
• Foodservice Operations • Early Years Education highest qualification and an
• Hospitality Management • Nutritional Medicine application form. You can submit
• Industry Dynamics, Strategy • Physiology your application online at uwl.ac.uk/
and Internationalisation • Psychology research/graduate-school
• Reputation, Risk, Relationship • Substance Abuse/Misuse
The proposal helps us
and Revenue Management • Social Work.
• Tourism. assess your suitability
The Claude Littner for higher degree work,
School of Computing and Business School including:
Engineering • Accounting and Finance • Viability of the topic as a
• Architectural Technology • Age Management at the Workplace research study
• Artificial Intelligence • Business and Management. • Clarity of the topic
• Built Environment • Methodology and the practicalities
• Civil/Structural Engineering ExPERT Academy
required for a research degree
• Computer Networking and (Expertise for • Appropriate supervisor(s)
Distributed Systems Professionalism in to be appointed to support
• Computing Interaction Design, Education Research your research.
Usability and Global Software
and Teaching) Registration on PhD
• Construction Project Management
• Cybersecurity • Academic Cultures
For additional information,
• Digital and Audio Engineering • Academic Identity
download the research degree
•Fibre Optics and Electronic • Higher Education Pedagogies
enquiry pack uwl.ac.uk/research
Engineering • Change Theory and
or contact the Graduate School
• Geotechnics and Soil Engineering Change Management
researchdegrees@uwl.ac.uk
• Human Computer Interaction • Higher Education
• Hydraulics and Water Engineering • Teaching and Learning
• Information Security • Technology-enhanced Learning.
• Materials and Concrete Technology
• Software Engineering. You’ll be supported by the Graduate
School, which collaborates with
academic supervisors so that
you can access the facilities and
resources you need.
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Research degree
Doctor of Philosophy Support for
A candidate for a PhD degree is research students
expected to critically investigate and When you’re registered as a research
evaluate an approved topic resulting student, you’ll be assigned two
in an independent and original (sometimes three) supervisors
contribution to knowledge, who will guide and support your
worthy of publication in complete research. A key aspect to your
or abridged form. You must show study will be regular meetings and
evidence of your ability to undertake correspondence with your supervisors
further research without supervision and engagement with the activities
and must also present and defend of the Graduate School. There is
your thesis by oral examination also a mandatory programme of
to the satisfaction of examiners research training. We run an annual
appointed by the University. conference for doctoral students,
A PhD is normally completed where participants are encouraged
in three to four years (full-time) to present a paper or poster on some
or five to six years (part-time). aspect of their research. You’ll also
have other opportunities to present
your research such as postgraduate
student seminars and forums, and
seminars within your subject area.
For more details on becoming a research student at the
University of West London, please visit uwl.ac.uk/research
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Research at the University of West context of hospitality, tourism and research and consultancy work on
London spans a broad range of aviation, focusing primarily at the the applications of non-destructive
fields across the arts, STEM, health, management of reputation, risk and testing methods and techniques.
education and more. We focus resilience in these industry sectors. The Centre utilises both hardware
on research that has an impact on and software technology in their
The Centre’s goal is to address the
real-world problems, drawing on research and consultancy projects.
most important and pressing issues
our close ties with businesses and
industries as well as the expertise
in hospitality, tourism and aviation Centre for Research
by fostering outstanding research, on Learning in the
of our staff.
drawing on cutting-edge ideas
We have built up particular and practices and collaborating
Platform Economy
specialisms in the following five with leading experts from both The Centre for Research on
areas. Each of our Research Centres the academic and practitioner Learning in the Platform
is staffed by experts with an enviable communities. Economy (LeaP) takes forward a
record of publications, conferences, programme of interdisciplinary and
media and public engagement work The Richard Wells international research focused on
in their chosen fields. Research Centre advancing our conceptualisation,
The Richard Wells Research Centre methodology, policy and practice
olicy and Practice
P conducts an active programme of of workplace learning, focusing on
Research Institute for research focusing on improving emergent forms of digital work in
Screen and Music patient safety. The Centre conducts the platform economy.
The Institute focuses on impacting primary research, undertakes European Institute for
research in the music and screen guideline development and
review and, through its work as an
Person-Centred Health
industries and draws on the
University’s long history of expertise internationally accredited centre for and Social Care
in film and performing arts. evidence-based practice, carries out The last decade has brought with
comprehensive systematic reviews. it an increasing recognition that
The Cybersecurity and chronically ill patients need more
Our particular areas of expertise are:
Criminology Centre • patient safety and infection
comprehensive forms of assistance,
The Cybersecurity and Criminology mandating a need to move away
• mental health
Centre is a hub for interdisciplinary from our current approaches to the
• midwifery and family health
research and public engagement management of these conditions
• learning disability
in cybersecurity, crime and their and towards newer models of care
intersections. The Faringdon Centre for that are personalised, integrated
and contextualised.
Non-Destructive Testing
The International
The Faringdon Centre for Non- The European Institute for
Centre for Hospitality Destructive Testing explores new Person-Centred Health and
and Aviation Resilience avenues of research into the Social Care will rapidly signal the
Management (ICHARM) development and enhancement of University of West London’s entry
This centre provides an inclusive the capabilities of non-destructive into this new and high profile field
platform for interdisciplinary testing equipment. Within this of academic enquiry.
impactful research within the context, the Centre carries out
For more information visit
uwl.ac.uk/research/research-centres
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