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The School of Education harnesses a unique combination of expertise, drawing on rigorous quantitative and qualitative methods as well as diverse partnerships to challenge, empower and solve.

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Education research

As education researchers, we work in partnership with local, national and international communities. Our research approaches are diverse, inclusive and critical; we value research that both challenges and empowers.

Challenging and empowering through research

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Sheffield Methods research

Our mission is to harness rigorous quantitative and qualitative methods, to enable our researchers and external partners to find the answers to the big challenges facing society.

Finding answers to big societal challenges

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Delve deeper into your research

Doctoral study offers an opportunity to research a topic in-depth, and is examined through a thesis and a viva.

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