Research The School of Education harnesses a unique combination of expertise, drawing on rigorous quantitative and qualitative methods as well as diverse partnerships to challenge, empower and solve. You are here Home School of Education Research Education research As education researchers, we work in partnership with local, national and international communities. Our research approaches are diverse, inclusive and critical; we value research that both challenges and empowers. Sheffield Methods research Our mission is to harness rigorous quantitative and qualitative methods, to enable our researchers and external partners to find the answers to the big challenges facing society. Delve deeper into your research Doctoral study offers an opportunity to research a topic in-depth, and is examined through a thesis and a viva. Doctoral study