Spanish Studies University of Liverpool

Overview

At the Spanish Studies MRes programme at the University of Liverpool  you'll produce a major piece of independent research that makes an original contribution to knowledge and offers ideal preparation for PhD study.

Training in research methodologies will be tailored to modern languages and cultural studies, as well as your specific research proposal, and a rigorous overview of current scholarship in your selected field will be provided. You’ll co-design a bespoke reading list and individual assessment tasks in preparation for a substantial piece of research.

Guided by research-active experts in the Department of Languages, Culture and Film, you’ll discover how to develop a research proposal, identify relevant evidence and sources, plan and undertake the research, and analyse and present your findings.

What you'll learn

• Theoretical frameworks for research in modern languages and discourse analysis, including text, audio-visual and digital

• How to design a robust research proposal

• How to identify relevant evidence and sources

• How to plan and conduct a major piece of original, independent research

• How to collect, interpret and analyse data and present your findings

• Project management and problem-solving skills

• Contemporary methodologies and key theoretical issues in cultural studies research

• How to prepare a bibliography

Careers and employability

The programme will immerse you in research and practical analytical techniques and develop a wide range of transferable skills. You’ll demonstrate communication and presentation skills, problem-solving, methodological skills and the ability to work on your own initiative.

You’ll graduate ready for further study at postgraduate level, including MPhil or PhD research, and prepared for a variety of career opportunities.

Many MRes graduates continue their studies and progress to doctoral research, studying an MPhil or PhD.

Previous graduates have progressed to a wide variety of careers including:

• Academia

• Journalism

• Law

• Tourism

• Charity work

• Librarianship

• Translation

• Teaching.