School of Health & Social Sciences

The School of Health & Social Sciences is a major provider of health and social care education and research in Wales. The academic disciplines represented in the school are:
- Dental technology
- Dietetics and nutrition
- Podiatry
- Psychology
- Social work and Community studies
- Speech and language therapy

The School houses the Wales Applied Health Research Unit, which utilises the inter-professional expertise of all the disciplines in the School to promote high quality research relevant to health and social care.

This is an exciting time in the development of research degree profile in the School. UWIC is very pleased to be in a position to offer opportunities of studying for MPhils and PhDs within these vocational disciplines. We can combine the discipline specific expertise from each profession with the research skills and experience of psychology. We have a thriving research profile and are keen to encourage new students to join our burgeoning postgraduate community.

Indicative areas of current research activity in the School include:
- Assessment in clinical training
- Biological basis of cognition
- Complementary therapy
- Computer animation of cognition
- Exercise psychology
- Evidence based practice
- Family dynamics and health
- Health needs assessment
- Health related behaviours
- Language acquisition
- Patient priorities in health care
- Psychosocial issues in inherited risk
- Undergraduate expectations and performance
- Working with disabilities