Digital Wellbeing, Health and Learning

Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD or Professional doctorate PhD or Professional doctorate	PhD: Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Professional doctorate: Part-time: 4–8 years PhD: Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Professional doctorate: Part-time: 4–8 years	October October	November to January November to January

The rapid advances in digital technologies, including AI, affect how we live, learn, and manage our health. This dynamic, interdisciplinary research programme addresses critical challenges and examines the social, educational and ethical aspects of developing and implementing digital technologies for health and wellbeing. We employ theoretically diverse approaches and methods to critically examine the opportunities and challenges associated with designing and implementing technology to improve health outcomes, enhance healthcare delivery and support workforce development.

The programme further draws attention to how digital technologies influence individual or organisational practices, drive innovation, and shape new ways of working that improve services and deliver better health and wellbeing outcomes. Issues such as digital inequalities, digital harms, and access to health alongside consideration of ethical and social issues require investigation and are of central interest to the programme.

The programme brings together researchers and academics with expertise in investigating the relationships between education, EdTech and health and wellbeing. The five key research areas are:

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) and an MA or research methods training at MA level (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year	Full-time: £12,705 per year Full-time: £12,705 per year
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year	Part-time: £6,353 per year Part-time: £6,353 per year

Some of our research students are funded via the Faculty or The Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership and others are self-funded.

For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.

To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.

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