| Qualifications |
Duration |
Start dates |
Application period |
| PhD or Professional doctorate |
PhD:
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years
Professional doctorate:
Part-time: 4–8 years |
October |
November to January |
Qualifications
PhD or Professional doctorate |
Duration
PhD:
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years
Professional doctorate:
Part-time: 4–8 years |
Start dates
October |
Application period
November to January |
This cross-university research group was established considering the growing recognition of carers, their needs, and the importance of supporting them. Our interdisciplinary members collaborate on a wide range of carer-related scholarship and research projects, publications, and resources. In addition, we have strong links with government departments and several local, national, and international bodies.
Entry requirements
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.
Potential research projects
- Student carer policy and support
- Carer-friendly institutions
- Carers and widening access
- Ethic of care
- Care and surveillance
- Post-caring
- Carer empowerment
- The politics of care
- Young carers
- Young adult carers
- Gender and caring
- Intersectionality and caring
- The social reproduction of caring
Current/recent research projects
- Unpaid carers in Oxfordshire during and after someone dies
- Transition from social work student to practitioner
- Abrupt transition to family carer
- Foster carer wellbeing impact on the quality of care they can achieve
- Welsh language social work provision for Service Users and Carers
- Older carers with a son or daughter with a learning disability
- Parent carers of young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
- Psychological support within district nurse provision of palliative care to patients and families
Potential supervisors
Fees and funding
PhD fees
| UK fee |
International fee |
| Full-time: £5,006 per year |
Full-time: £12,705 per year |
| Part-time: £2,503 per year |
Part-time: £6,353 per year |
Professional doctorate fees
| UK fee |
International fee |
| Part time: £3,811 per year |
Part time: £9,676 per year |
Some of our research students are funded via the Faculty or The Grand Union 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, visit Current studentships.
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