The Open University is offering full and part-time PhD studentships in health and wellbeing funded in collaboration with the ESRC funded Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership. Achieving good health and supporting wellbeing for all is essential to achieving social justice, and this lies at the heart of the Open University’s mission. We are keen to attract students to work with us on research that locates the experiences of service users, ‘patients’, carers, family members and practitioners at the fore of inquiry. We place value on participatory and inclusive research particularly with individuals that are marginalised, ‘hard to reach’ or have complex needs. We also have research expertise in population-level research. Our research draws on various methodologies and forms of analysis and much is based on multidisciplinary work across the social sciences, in particular drawing on medical sociology, critical psychology, public health, anthropology and other critical, applied social sciences.
Applications are invited on one or more of the following themes:
For more information on the application process see:
https://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/research-degrees/how-to-apply/mphil-and-phd-application-process
To inquire about these studentships contact philippa.waterhouse@open.ac.uk
Closing date 5pm 12th January 2021. Interviews will be held in early February 2021.
This pathway is dedicated to supporting research into innovative approaches to learning, teaching and assessment. Innovation in Learning welcomes and encourages research into novel and imaginative approaches to learning, teaching and assessment. Our focus is on the use of digital technology to support openness and inclusion in education. We are especially interested in work that explores the interface between formal and informal learning.
Specific areas of interest include:
For more information on the application process see:
https://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/research-degrees/how-to-apply/mphil-and-phd-application-process
To inquire about these studentships contact WELS-student-Enquiries@open.ac.uk
Closing date 5pm 12th January 2021. Interviews will be held in early February 2021.
Equal Opportunity is University Policy