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An Intelligent, Secured Lightweight Algorithm for 6G IoT apps

University of Reading Department of Computer Science

6G incorporates software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualisation (NFV) technologies to enable dynamic security orchestration. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Z Pooranian

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

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Fully-funded PhD Studentship: The Biased Blame Game - Understanding why we blame others for our own mistakes in cooperative settings

Bangor University School of Human and Behavioural Sciences

Applications are invited for a fully funded 3-year PhD studentship under the supervision of Dr. Paul Rauwolf in the School of Psychology and Sport Science at Bangor University, commencing between October 2024 and January 2025. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Rauwolf

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Pathogen Aerosolization and Detection in Building Wastewater System Fluid Dynamics

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Research Group: Institute of Sustainable Built Environment

The development of high-rise buildings is now at an unprecedented rate, with their number and scale rapidly and dramatically changing the landscape of global cities. The creation of these complex vertical communities poses major operational challenges for the systems relied upon for occupant safety and the responsible management of wastewater resources. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Gormley

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Experimental Investigation of Singular Two-phase Pressure Losses Relevant to Nuclear System Thermal-hydraulic Applications

Bangor University College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

A fully funded 4-year EPSRC ICASE PhD Studentship, co-sponsored by Westinghouse, is available in the Nuclear Futures Institute at Bangor University to design and perform experiments at the THOR loop to measure two-phase pressure drop across selected simple geometrical singularities within a relevant range of conditions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr WV Villanueva, Dr JMLC Le Corre

10 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Developing an adapted curriculum of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) for children and young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)

Bangor University School of Educational Sciences

ESRC WGSSS studentship in Education. The School of Education at Bangor University are delighted to offer fully funded Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) (ESRC DTP) studentships starting in October 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Storey, Prof RH Hastings

19 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fully Funded EPSRC PhD Scholarship in improving the accessibility of offshore wind infrastructure in hostile environments

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

This project will primarily be based at the International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT), Heriot-Watt University, Orkney Campus. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Woolf

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Numerical modelling of multiphase flow and reactive transport in porous materials

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Understanding reactive transport in porous materials is of utmost importance for a wide range of engineering applications, including subsurface energy storage, low-carbon building materials and fuel cells. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Maes

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Novel approaches to design and building of digital infrastructures for energy transition (Orkney campus)

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Research Group: Institute of Life and Earth Sciences

This project will be based at Heriot Watt Orkney campus. This research project asks the question. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Krumdieck

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Trusted AI for Diabetes personalised self-management systems

Kingston University Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Diabetes mellitus is a common cause of morbidity and mortality across the globe. Type 2 diabetes continues to rise in prevalence annually; from 1980 to 2004, Type 2 quadrupled in both prevalence and incidence [1]. This will be exacerbated further by the increase in obesity. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Philip

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

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Mitigating the impact of environmental stress on the quality and sustainability of malting barley

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Climate change is challenging our ability to reliably grow crops. This PhD will be focused on the impact this is having on our capacity to produce a sustainable supply of malted barley for use within the brewing and distilling industries. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Alexander

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The role of smart phone data and travel information to improve travel planning and sustainability

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Mobile phones have had an intense impact on travel behaviour and the way people make travel decisions. They have become a critical tool for travelers’ decisions on how to plan and carry out their travel activities. Read more

Supervisors: Prof WS Saleh, Prof A Al-Dubai

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

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Real-time risk assessment of meteorological hazards to coastal energy infrastructure

University of Liverpool School of Environmental Sciences

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Net Zero Maritime Energy solutions (N0MES) has a 4-year funded PhD place available for an exceptional researcher. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Cooper, Dr J Higham

20 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Using Exposome, Omics, and AI to Develop a Digital Platform for Tailoring the Care of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by social impairments, repetitive behaviours, and restricted interests [1]. Over the past 20 years, there is a significant increase in the incidence of Autism spectrum disorders in the UK [1]. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Morsy, Dr M Elshehaly, Prof C Wright

22 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Starting School Study: Smartphones and Adolescent Risk and resilient factors for wellbeing when transitioning school

University of Birmingham School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

The Centre for National Training and Research Excellence in Understanding behaviour (Centre-UB) is inviting applications for a Doctoral Studentship in association with our collaborative partner Forward Thinking Birmingham to start in October 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Goodyear, Dr M Pallan, Dr AR Randhawa

16 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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