Master of Philosophy (Social Inclusion)

The Faculty mission is to create and share knowledge to inspire, enrich and transform humanity. As part of our scholarly community, you join over 250 staff, 9000 students, 400 PhD and MPhil candidates, and a global network of 40,000 alumni-graduates with a reputation for professionalism, scholarship excellence, and global citizenship. We are highly respected for our teaching quality and research, with learning methods that are designed to ensure our graduates have high-level professional skills, leaving University confident, skilled and work-ready. At the Faculty of Education and Arts, we are committed to supporting a respectful workplace culture that nurtures the professional development of our staff at all career stages. Our goal is to be a global workplace of choice for academic and professional staff in the fields of creative arts, education, humanities and social science. PhD and Masters by Research students will benefit from the University of Newcastle's reputation for social work research – both within Australia and internationally. The over-arching theme of the program's research has been the translation of theory and research to inform social policy, social work education and practice.

i) have satisfied all of the requirements for admission to the degree of Bachelor with Honours Class 1 or Honours Class II, Division 1 or any other degree approved for this purpose by the Head of School; orii) have satisfied all the requirements for admission to a degree of Bachelor in the University or another degree approved for this purpose by the Head of School; oriii) in exceptional cases produce evidence of possessing such other academic or professional qualifications and/or experience as may be approved by the Head of School; oriv) in the disciplines of education, medical physics, nursing, social work, social sciences and surgery have completed a minimum standard of professional experience as required by the Head of School; and