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College of Social Science
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH
UK

Tel: +44 (0)116 252 3875
Email: socsci@leicester.ac.uk

Research Student Generic Skills Training Programme

Three female students in library

The next Research Student Generic Skills Training Programme is being held on Tuesday 15 May 2012.  A copy of the programme can be found here...

Festival of Postgraduate Research

Fifty of the University of Leicester's best postgraduate researchers will present their cutting edge research at this year's Festival of Postgraduate Research which is open to all members of the University community and the public.  Admission is free.  To book your place and learn more about the festival ...

Santander Travel Awards 2011-12

For University of Leicester staff and students - awards to enable staff and students to travel to countries within the Santander Universities Network.  For further details...

Loans for Leicestershire Postgraduates

Sir Thomas White Loan Charity offers loans to postgraduate applicants/students who are aged between 18 and 35 and have lived in Leicestershire for the past five years.  For further details...

Distance Learning

Interested in studying via Distance Learning? Follow this link to find out more about Distance Learning courses within the College of Social Science.

 

Teaching

Students and their learning experience and achievements are at the heart of teaching in the College, which offers around 30 undergraduate and 60 postgraduate courses, of which nearly half can be followed by Distance Learning.

TeachingThe College features a distinctive reputation combining on campus and distance learning education, with around 80% of the university’s distance learning students located within it.

Our courses cover established academic areas such as politics and international relations, sociology, and management studies, and we continue to innovate, introducing courses in new and policy-related areas such as new media, and terrorism and security.

Students in the College give consistently high rankings in the national statistics to their degree experience – 97% in Lifelong Learning, 95% in Politics and International Relations and 90% in Sociology in the latest National Student Survey.

Academic Director – Jackie Dunne

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