The Durham Research Methods Centre is hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences. The Centre provides an interdisciplinary environment for the development of research methods and for methods training. Activities are co-ordinated by a team of Core Staff, and delivered by over 40 DRMC Fellows.
We run interdisciplinary MA and PGcert programmes in social research methods and we are launching new cross-faculty Masters in Data Science (social analytics) and Masters in Data Science (Health).
We run non-credit-bearing training courses for postgraduate students, staff and external partners.
I would highly recommend MA Research Methods in Education, especially for students who are planning to enhance their experience and knowledge of research in education and plan to do a PhD. It is an excellent programme even for those who want to know the nature and value of evidence in education research. I gained a thorough understanding of research methods and learnt a lot of practical skills to do research. The great strength of the programme was its interdisciplinary nature, which meant that we were able to take courses from different departments and to meet students and teachers from different disciplines.
DRMC's annual methods lecture, in honour and memory of Professor Christine Merrell will take place on Thursday 14th May 2026 at 5pm. The lecture is titled 'Large Language Models and the Future of Qualitative Research', by Professor Susan Halford & Professor Leslie Carr.
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Durham University
Enquiries about Research Methods Centre should be sent via the email below.
Faculty of Social SciencesArthur Holmes BuildingDurham UniversityDurhamDH1 3LEUK
