Philosophy of Sport | Research Degrees

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Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD (MPhil also available) PhD (MPhil also available)	Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years	February and October February and October	January to April January to April

The Philosophy discipline welcomes applications for graduate work in the philosophy of sports and games.

The Open University is one of the few places internationally that can offer supervisory expertise in the philosophy of sport and games within a philosophy department. Several members of staff have interests in this area; Sophie Grace Chappell has published on glory-seeking and sport, and Alex Barber and Sean Cordell have interests in sporting role morality and other areas. Jon Pike publishes on the philosophy of sport generally, doping and anti-doping ethics, naturalistic accounts of sport, fairness and equality in sport, and on Paralympic ethics. He regularly writes reviews for The Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, and for Sports, Ethics and Philosophy and is consulted by UK Anti-Doping, WADA and World Rugby.

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). Most successful applicants to the research degree programme have an MA in Philosophy (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 Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership; 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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