PhD/MPhil in Health Studies/Health Science, Nursing, Midwifery, Radiography and Allied Health Professions

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME IN HEALTHCARE

The School of Healthcare Sciences provides a comprehensive range of opportunities for students to develop research skills and expertise within a creative and supportive academic community. These opportunities include:

Masters by Research

This programme provides students with a mix of taught modules to develop an in-depth knowledge of research methods and skills within a health context. A dissertation enables students to demonstrate mastery in selected aspects of the research process.

MPhil / PhD

Research degrees provide students with a unique opportunity to develop an independent programme of research that will contribute to knowledge in their professional field, and provide unique opportunities for personal and career development.

Professional Doctorate in Healthcare

Higher-level healthcare practice combines theory and evidence from research with other forms of knowledge, including aesthetics, ethics and personal professional knowledge, that is located within varied organisational and political contexts. Whilst research degrees provide students with the opportunity to focus on research, the Professional Doctorate provides students with a structured programme to advance scholarship within their professional practice. This programme is especially relevant for those health professionals in advanced clinical or organisational roles which combine elements of practice, research and service improvement in healthcare.

Why study at Bangor?

In addition to studying in a beautiful location close to Snowdonia and outstanding coastal scenery, there are many reasons for pursuing postgraduate research opportunities at the School of Healthcare Sciences:

• A welcoming and supportive academic environment
• Experienced supervisors working at the leading edge of their academic and professional fields
• Individualised support from supervisory teams providing complementary expertise to your research
• Dedicated office space and access to information technology
• Attention to both your research training and the development of other skills such as leadership and project management

Research opportunities

To ensure a positive student experience, we encourage applications from students whose interests reflect the research programmes that our research staff are pursuing.

Our research students

Our research students come from a wide range of professional, disciplinary and specialist backgrounds - nursing, midwifery, radiography, occupational therapy, psychology, speech therapy, dietary/nutritionist services, health services management and so on. Most, but not all will have completed a taught postgraduate degree.

Funding

Some of our research students self-fund their studies, or have the financial support of their employer or educational sponsor.

Where appropriate, applicants are encouraged to work with School research staff and apply to PhD studentship and fellowship competitions.

We are also keen to enable students to complete PhDs as part of currently funded research projects. Please keep an eye on our website for these opportunities.

What to do next

You are more than welcome to ask for more details of our research clusters or areas of interest by contacting any member of our research staff. Details of contact details and research focus are available at the following link:

RESEARCH

Applicants are also encouraged to contact the Administrator: Mrs Susan Metcalf (s.metcalf@bangor.ac.uk )in the first instance to register their interest in the Postgraduate Research Programme in Healthcare. We can then ensure that the most appropriate member of research staff contacts you personally to discuss your interests, and keep you abreast of new opportunities such as studentships.

We look forward to hearing from you.