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2023 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 190 2023 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Basketball footwear, is it a case of style over substance?

University of Worcester

School of Sport and Exercise Science

The purpose of Basketball footwear is multifactorial, the underlying substance that encompasses functionality, support and comfort which directly influences a player's performance is potentially now of less importance due to the stylistic trends that have been established due to ‘signature shoes’ which are associated with successful players. Read more

Supervisors: Dr DC Cooper, Dr C Holland, Dr AV Vaquera

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

The role of student social capital in opportunity gaps and awarding gaps in healthcare education

University of Worcester

School of Health and Wellbeing

Social capital in educational settings often refers to the network of relationships and shared norms between groups of students which can lead to positive educational outcomes. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Stack, Prof SN Nicholson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Foster Care in Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities. An Anglo-Irish Comparative Study

University of Worcester

School of Health and Wellbeing

There are disproportionate numbers of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller children in state care in England, children who are ‘doubly traumatised’ by being fostered out of their culture due to the absence of foster families from these cultures (this would not be the case with other ethnic minorities). Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Unwin, Dr CS Sealey, Dr TC Cane

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Determining Cyber Attacks by Using Machine Learning to Detect Message Anomalies

University of Worcester

Worcester Business School

We are interested in finding ways to determine internal and external attacks on cyber systems such as IoT devices, wireless sensor networks (WSN), car electronic components, or connected computer systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Tomlinson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Determining and understanding digital exclusion

University of Worcester

Worcester Business School

Although digital technologies bring benefits to many people, there are some groups, such as older people, people without jobs, or people with disabilities, who potentially face greater barriers to digital inclusion. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Tomlinson, Dr C Bowers

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Detecting Hostile Behaviour Through Real-time Voice Analysis

University of Worcester

Worcester Business School

This PhD study will explore the automation of hostility assessment from the human voice in real-time. The project will leverage recent advances in machine learning to train a hostility predictor model to identify and classify hostile behaviours. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Bowers, Dr FW Why

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Transforming Practice: Co-Creating Practitioner Training to Challenge Stigma and Support Activity with Type 1 Diabetes

University of Worcester

School of Sport and Exercise Science

People with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) consistently report a strong desire to participate in physical activity (PA), yet face persistent structural, educational, and interpersonal barriers throughout their lives. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Richardson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Nationalism, populist politics and sport migrations: heroes or villains?

University of Worcester

School of Sport and Exercise Science

Right-wing populist political voices, movements and values have been on the rise. Europe has been witnessing tendencies that are frequently associated with identity politics, ethno-nationalism, racism, sexism, anti-elitism and a general sense of ‘them vs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Molnar, Dr S Whigham

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Therapeutic Landscapes: Creative Placemaking, Folklore and Wellbeing

University of Worcester

Who is this for. creative and health practitioners wishing to explore artistic practice within discourses of socially engaged art practice, placemaking and folk cultures, and to benefit from the emerging professional opportunities for artists working in the field of creative health. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Cussans, Mrs DM McCannon

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Reframing Critical and Socially Engaged Arts Practices from a Creative Health / Health Humanities Perspective

University of Worcester

Within the field of contemporary arts there has been a significant shift over the last decade towards collaborative, participatory and socially engaged arts practices that could be re-purposed for wider and specific public health needs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Cussans, Prof SN Nicholson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Arts-led Approaches to Trauma and Healing

University of Worcester

The Covid pandemic led to a worldwide increase in physical and mental health needs, particularly amongst the young, the elderly and minority groups. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Cussans, Dr PG Golz, Dr DS Sommerville

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Addressing the Psycho-Emotional Impact of Climate Anxiety on Children and Young People through Illustration

University of Worcester

Climate change is contributing to a worldwide increase in physical and mental health needs. There is subsequently a critical bottleneck in supply and demand for mental health services in the UK and further afield, especially for child and adolescent mental health [1]. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Cussans, Mrs DM McCannon, Mr TH Hickey

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Working with farming families to build resilience when living with dementia

University of Worcester

School of Health and Wellbeing

Although there is no cure for dementia, the experience can be shaped by the individual’s’ coping style, life history, health, neurological impairments and social environment. Read more

Supervisor: Dr CHJ Jones

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

What role can leisure play in enabling people to sustain their chosen lifestyle post diagnosis with dementia?

University of Worcester

School of Health and Wellbeing

Discourse about dementia and best practice in addressing its malign outcomes has progressed over the last generation from a purely medicalised lens, through person centred and personhood approaches, to those where the social citizenship of individuals is promoted. Read more

Supervisor: Dr CR Russell

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

The potential of AI in the detection and diagnosis of dementia in rural areas/underserved groups

University of Worcester

School of Health and Wellbeing

There are currently around 982,000 people with dementia in the UK with the number expected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040 (Alzheimer’s Society, 2025). Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Evans

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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