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Distance learning research with the College of Arts and Law
University of Birmingham
Distance learning is a flexible approach to postgraduate research. It allows you to access our academic expertise and resources from anywhere in the world, while receiving the same level of support and supervision as on-campus students. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)

Some or all of the PhD opportunities in this programme have funding attached. Applications for this programme are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide. Funding may only be available to a limited set of nationalities and you should read the full programme details for further information.

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PhD Opportunities

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Belongingness in Health Professions Education: What does it mean and how is it experienced by distance learners?
University of Dundee School of Medicine
Applications are invited for a 3-year full time PhD self-funded studentship. The studentship will focus on belongingness in distance learning. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Schofield, Dr M Moffat
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Food Security Now! Mining Data on Insect Ecology to Create More Sustainable Pest Control Management (Distance Learning Project)
Aberdeen University School of Biological Sciences
Human populations are growing at a faster rate than ever. The UN has announced that food production in its current form will not manage to feed the human population if it continues to grow. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Morimoto
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Social Networks Across the Tree of Life (Distance Learning Project)
Aberdeen University School of Biological Sciences
We are looking for a bright, motivated, and ambitious student to carry out a project looking at the variation in social structure across animal taxa and the drivers of this variation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Fisher, Dr K Layton, Dr M Wenzel
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Which symptoms bother which people the most? Understanding the bothersomeness of common potential cancer symptoms as a prompt to GP-help seeking (Distance Learning Project - Unfunded)
Aberdeen University School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
Potential cancer symptoms are highly prevalent in the community. Research with people who have been diagnosed with cancer demonstrates that some have responded quickly to symptoms, whilst others have delayed help-seeking. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Dixon, Prof P Murchie
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Music - Postgraduate Research Opportunities
University of Birmingham School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music
The Department of Music offers promising candidates the opportunity to carry out research in one of the most dynamic institutions in Britain, with supervision from world-leading academics and access to outstanding facilities. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

This programme is waiting to confirm funding from a university or external source. This may depend on attracting suitable students and applications are welcome. Please see the programme details for more information.

 Arts Research Programme

Arts Research Programme

Arts Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

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’Wait a minute! How did it...?’ Unravelling the causes and consequences of the evolution of larval development in invertebrates (Distance Learning Project)
Aberdeen University School of Biological Sciences
Invertebrates that possess modular development – composed of a larval and an adult stage that are different morpho-ecologically – appear to have been the most successful amongst all invertebrates in conquering marine and terrestrial habitats. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Morimoto, Dr K Layton, Dr M Wenzel
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PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Environmental Effects on Inbreeding Depression (Distance Learning Project)
Aberdeen University School of Biological Sciences
Background. Inbreeding is an important issue in evolutionary biology and ecology because of its profound implications for genetic variation and the evolution of mating systems and reproductive strategies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Pilakouta, Dr G Bocedi
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Localised muscular fatigue in male and female distance runners
Kingston University Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing
The significance of gait imperfections can be easily contemplated in competitive athletic pursuits where optimised technique can increase chances of success… Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Swann
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PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Automated 3D Data Analysis using Artificial Intelligence - (studied by Distance Learning)
Aberdeen University School of Engineering
The oil & gas sector and health sector has massive data sets in the form of seismic data and the health sector in MRI data that it needs to analyse in order to identify the location of hydrocarbons and also to assess the risk for drilling operations in a particular area, or to diagnose underlying health conditions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Starkey, Dr M N Campbell-Bannerman
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Autonomous learning with Artificial Intelligence - (studied entirely by Distance Learning)
Aberdeen University School of Engineering
Autonomous learning has become one of the latest buzzwords in today’s artificial intelligence and robotics. All the same, to realise the behaviour of even the simplest creature like a unicellular organism in an artificial agent remains extremely challenging with current artificial intelligence techniques. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Starkey, Dr M Giannaccini
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures
University of Leeds Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures
The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures brings together academic Schools and Institutes specialising in a wide range of research areas. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

The PhD opportunities on this programme do not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

 Arts Research Programme

Arts Research Programme

Arts Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

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Philosophy - Postgraduate Research Opportunities
University of Birmingham School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion
Philosophy PhD (On-Campus or by Distance Learning). Global Ethics PhD (On-Campus or by Distance Learning). We offer promising candidates the opportunity to study in a department that is strongly committed to delivering the highest quality of philosophical research. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

This programme is waiting to confirm funding from a university or external source. This may depend on attracting suitable students and applications are welcome. Please see the programme details for more information.

 Humanities Research Programme

Humanities Research Programme

Humanities Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

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Classics and Ancient History - Postgraduate Research Opportunities
University of Birmingham School of History and Cultures
We offer promising candidates the opportunity to carry out research in a range of areas across the disciplines of Classics and Ancient History, including Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Egyptology as well as Byzantine Studies, the Ottoman Empire and the study of Modern Greek. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

This programme is waiting to confirm funding from a university or external source. This may depend on attracting suitable students and applications are welcome. Please see the programme details for more information.

 Humanities Research Programme

Humanities Research Programme

Humanities Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

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Understanding patterns in academic colonialism in ecological research (distance learning)
Aberdeen University School of Biological Sciences
Despite increasing emphasis on increasing diversity in science and representation of minorities in STEM, there is surprisingly little scientific research aiming to understand and tackle current patterns and magnitude of scientific colonialism in ecological research. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Payo-Payo, Dr M A Pinard, Dr D Martin, Mr J Inamagua
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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