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Research Opportunities

The Faculty of Health and Social Care currently has around 30 full and part-time MPhil/PhD students, for whom there are monthly seminars, support groups and an annual Summer School at which students are expected to present their work. There is an equipped MPhil/PhD area within our Faculty and our students are actively encouraged to attend a rolling programme of research methods courses.

Most graduates are self-funded but there are faculty scholarships and the Faculty has attracted grants through sources such as the Department of Health, ESRC and Health Trusts.

It is usual to register for an MPhil in the first instance. Graduates will then be asked to submit a transfer month report of their research progress for University scrutiny. The Faculty encourages team supervision and every student has at least two supervisors.

Besides the doctoral programme, research in the Faculty supports programmes of research in: Allied Health Professions (Occupational Therapy, Operating Department Practice, Physiotherapy and Radiography), Clinical Effectiveness, Community Development and Social Work, Community and User Involvement in Service Delivery and Research, Health Promotion, Health Services Research, Inter- Professional and Inter-Sectoral Practice, Primary Health Care, Practice Development, Professional and Organisational Development, and Public Health.