Postgraduate Courses Fair Wednesday 22 February, 2-6pm Business School and Student Hub, Manchester Campus 1 Contents Find out more about the 6 Supporting your postgraduate studies PG Loan Scheme 8 Art and Design Did you know there's now a 10 Fashion Institute loan of up to £10,000 available if you are studying on a masters 12 Business School degree. Find out more at our student finance talk: 14 Tourism, Events and Hospitality 2.30-3.00pm and 5.00-5.30pm Business School 16 Health, Psychology and Social Care Lecture Theatre - 36 18 Humanities, Languages and Social Science 20 Education 22 Manchester Law School 24 Science and Engineering 26 Studying by Research 29 Campus Map 30 Getting to Manchester Met 2 3 Welcome to the Postgraduate Courses Fair Whether you want to maximise your opportunities in your current subject or choose a new direction, we have a large portfolio of full-time and part-time postgraduate options across many subject areas. Many of our postgraduate programmes Making the most of carry professional accreditation and your time provide academic expertise to help you Our Courses Fair is a flexible drop-in get the most out of your postgraduate event and there are lots of options to studies. make the most of the afternoon. Please The Postgraduate Courses Fair is open arrive at any time between 2 and 6pm. from 2-6pm in the Business School We have Faculty stands, where you and Student Hub on the Manchester can speak to Academic staff to ask campus. The event covers masters any questions you might have. There degrees, AMBA-accredited MBA, will be How to Apply, Student Finance professional development programmes and Careers advice to help with any and studying by research. information you may need to know about studying a postgraduate course. The Faculty pages in this programme provide details of the activities for the course area you are interested in. There are subject sessions, including talks, discussions or question and answer sessions. 4 5 Supporting your Considering a career change? postgraduate studies Many of our degree routes are open to applications from graduates of any discipline: Business School MSc Psychology MA Library and Information How to Apply Language Centre runs English preparation ■ ■ Business Analytics MSc Psychology and Criminology Management For advice on applying for postgraduate courses for September and January ■ ■ MSc Psychology Conversion MA Multimedia Journalism study, speak to staff from our Admissions Postgraduate starts. Our courses will help Digital Marketing and Communications ■ ■ ■ Master of Public Administration Team who can talk you through the process you develop your English language skills ■ Human Resource Management ■ MA Social Work ■ for all our postgraduate courses. in an academic environment and introduce ■ International Human Resource ■ MSc Pre-Reg Speech and Language ■ MA Sociology and Global Change you to the academic skills that you will Management Therapy ■ MA Teaching English to Speakers Student Finance need on your chosen degree course. You are MSc Food Innovation of Other Languages and Applied Logistics and Supply Chain Management Staff from our Finance Team will be on assessed by The Language Centre at the ■ ■ Linguistics Marketing and Advertising MSc Food Safety hand to answer your questions about fees, end of the course, and you won’t need to ■ ■ MBA MSc Nutrition and Health funding and financing your studies. We also take IELTS again. ■ ■ MSc Occupational Safety, Health and Education have a Student Finance talk at ■ Project Management ■ Coaching for Academic English is a free Environment PGCE Primary Education 2.30-3.00pm and 5.00-5.30pm in Public Relations ■ ■ PGCE Secondary Education - over 20 Business School Lecture Theatre: 36. programme for all Manchester Met students ■ who do not have English as a first language. specialisms (relevant degree required) Events, Hospitality Humanities, Languages and The Language Centre offers classes and 1-2- Social Science Careers and Tourism Extensive Masters programme, full and Staff will be available to answer your 1 Writing Consultations throughout the year MA Linguistics and English Language MA International Events Management ■ part-time awards (see pages 20 and 21) questions and provide advice and guidance to support you with your academic English ■ MA Linguistics and English Studies and written assignments. MA International Tourism and ■ at the Careers stand. ■ MSc Applied Quantitative Methods Hospitality Management ■ Science and Engineering MA/MFA Creative Writing Campus Tours MSc Crowd Safety and Risk Analysis Make The Language Centre ■ ■ MSc Computing part of your journey Walking tours of the Manchester campus ■ MA European Philosophy ■ MA History MSc Data Analytics Improving your English with us on one with our current students will be leaving Manchester Law School ■ ■ on request, offering you the chance to see MSc Data Science of our English for University Study or Graduate Diploma in Law ■ MA International Relations and Global ■ some of our facilities, such as the Student ■ Pre-sessional English courses can be the Health Communications MSc Information Systems Hubs, library, sports facilities and some of ■ important first step towards success at MA Journalism MSc Science Communication our teaching buildings. Meet at the Campus MA Health and Social Care ■ ■ Manchester Metropolitan University. The ■ MSc Information and Data Management Tour stand to go on the tour. MSc Physiotherapy Pre-Reg ■ 6 ■ 7 Art and Design Manchester School of Art As a postgraduate student you will be Manchester School of Art’s portfolio joining a community of full and part- of postgraduate courses, both taught time students who study alongside and research, offer a challenging and academics who are all research active fulfilling range of creative opportunities and experts in their own field. Our in the fields of art, design, media and unique range of subject awards will architecture. allow you to develop a deep level of practice within your chosen discipline. Subject Time Location Activity Built on the traditions and strengths of It will also give you the opportunity to the School, yet focusing on the future Art and Design Tours Every 30 Meet at the Art and Design Tour of Faculty work on cross-disciplinary thematically needs of creative industries and your minutes from subject stand based optional units. These units will 3.00-5.00pm chosen career path, our courses offer explore current issues and debates, students flexible ways to study. Design subjects 2.25-3.15pm Meet at the Art and Design such as digital futures, health and 3.55-4.45pm subject stand Ceramics, Embroidery, Fashion, Fashion Art Direction, wellbeing and contested territories Furniture, Glass, Graphic Design and Art Direction, The postgraduate studios are at the Illustration, Interior Design, Jewellery, Design Lab, Textile heart of the School of Art which Many of our professional link projects Practice, Textiles for Fashion enables easy access to extensive connect to partners across the city and workshops and gallery space, internationally in order to develop your Art and Research subjects 3.10-4.00pm Meet at the Art and Design Find out more about your and provides a vibrant and cross- network beyond the school. Collaborative Practice, Contemporary Curating, 4.40-5.30pm subject stand chosen course through a Fine Art, Visual Culture, Research Degrees roundtable talk with a key disciplinary learning environment. (MA by Research, MPhil and PhD) member of teaching staff. Media 2.25-3.15pm Meet at the Art and Design Animation, Filmmaking and Photography 3.55-4.45pm subject stand Architecture 3.10-4.00pm Meet at the Art and Design Architecture, Architecture and Urbanism, Landscape 4.40-5.30pm subject stand Architecture 8 art.mmu.ac.uk 9 Manchester Fashion Institute Fashion and Apparel academic and professional development We are a multi-disciplinary partnership by taking advantage of our cutting- at Manchester Metropolitan University edge resources and unrivalled bringing together fashion expertise connections. and talent from across the University, We deliver research projects, Manchester and the world. We are consultancy and enterprise focusing on an international hub that connects innovation, sustainability and impact. education, research and enterprise to Our facilities are industry standard, inspire the next generation of industry our academics are internationally leaders. connected and our research is Home to a community of fashion pioneering. Inherently proud of our Subject Time Location Activity designers, buyers, merchandisers, Mancunian roots, we embrace our city, International Fashion Business: Marketing 2:15-2:45pm Business School Room 1.22 (1st floor) Talks & Q&A managers, researchers, product its heritage, culture and achievements. Management and International Fashion Buying developers and marketers, our and Merchandising fashion courses cover the breadth of the industry from fashion design, to International Fashion Business: Marketing 3:00-3:30pm Meet at the subject stand Collaborative Workshop Our students thrive in a city that does Management and International Fashion Buying management, business and product things differently and we create an and Merchandising development. We encourage you to environment that equips you to rise to be ambitious, visionary, enquiring, the challenge and fulfil your potential. Fashion Innovation Business School Room 1.23 (1st floor) Subject talk 2:15-2:45pm dynamic, innovative and experimental. Our courses are for those with the