The School of Education, Childhood, Youth & Sport offers both a full-time, on-campus PhD programme (3 years) as well as a part-time programme (6 years). It also offers the professional Doctorate in Education (EdD).
These professional doctorates are programmes of advanced study and research, with a focus on valuing professional practice and engaging in applied research. As a doctoral student you will be allocated two (or sometimes three) supervisors who will support you with your research project that will culminate in a thesis which contributes to the knowledge in the field. Over the course of your studies, you will also build up a portfolio of skills.
Doctoral projects
Read more about the work of our current research degree students which links to one or more of the following research themes:
Collaborative learning in an early years setting
Beryl Robinson
Supervisory team: Dr. Natalie Canning and Professor Jane Payler
'Teaching to transgress' in a Virtual World: Exploring the Associate Lecturer Identity and Developing the Use of Critical Digital Pedagogy at the Open University.
Mel Green
Supervisory team: Dr. Alex Twitchen and Michael Thomas
Inclusion Of Children With Disabilities In Mainstream Primary Schools. An Ecological Systems Analysis Of The Inclusion Of Learners With Disabilities In Mainstream Primary Schools In Kakuma Refugee Camp In Kenya.
Edwin Makori
Supervisory team: Dr. Liz Chamberlain, Dr. Jackie Musgrave and Professor Teresa Cremin
Educational Cultures: the role of Educational Leadership and Management in educational cultures in a workplace setting
Judy Chandler
Supervisory team: Dr. Azumah Dennis and Dr. Ray Chatwin (University of Warwick)
Home and school literacy practices of children in a rural village in India: An ethnography
Namrita Batra
Supervisory team: Dr. Steven Hutchinson, Dr. Prithvi Shrestha and Professor Teresa Cremin
An Exploration of Youth Physical Activity Experiences and Mental Wellbeing Before, During and Following the Covid-19 Pandemic
Lauren Rose
Supervisory team: Dr. Caroline Heaney, Dr. Nichola Kentzer and Dr. Helen Owton
Cooperation and young children's use of mobile touch screen technology
Pinsuda Srisontisuk
Supervisory team: Emeritus Professor David Messer, Dr. Natalie Canning and Professor Agnes Kukulska-Hulme