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We have 190 qualitative PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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

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
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The impact of pre-registration nurse education on students perceptions of nursing homes as clinical placement settings

The population aged over 65 is rapidly growing and is projected to triple by 2050 (United Nations, 2023). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Cooke, Dr R Warner
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Determining and understanding digital exclusion

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
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Pain management for people living with dementia in Extra Care Housing

Background. There is plenty of research and a large body of evidence that shows that, for older people living with dementia, pain assessment and management is suboptimal as compared to other older people with similar health conditions in hospitals, residential care, nursing care and in their own homes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Barrett, Dr MO O’Malley
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Measuring the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Meeting Centres

A Meeting Centre (MC) is a local resource, operating out of ordinary community buildings, that offers on-going warm and friendly expert support to people with mild to moderate dementia and their families. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Evans, Dr MO O’Malley
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The "Invisible" Burden of Raynaud’s: A Mixed-Methods Study of Behavioural Adaptation and Life Impact

  Research Group: Psychology
Raynaud’s Phenomenon affects up to 10 million people in the UK, causing pain, numbness, and significant disruption to daily life (1). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Vaportzis
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Appropriate Innovation: Using AI technology to enhance clinical trial accessibility for marginalised communities

This project explores how AI translation tools, like Google Translate and ChatGPT, can help make health research more inclusive for people from marginalised groups who face language barriers. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Roberts
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Exploring the Design, Implementation, and Impact of Student-Led Clinics in healthcare degree programmes

  Research Group: Healthcare
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/research-subjects/school-of-healthcare. In 2024, the University of Leicester’s School of Healthcare, opened the ‘Jo Williams Clinic’, to students, staff and the local community to improve access to timely physiotherapy assessment and rehabilitation to patients. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Wright, Dr CCL Carter-Lang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Agile Coaching activity within an Organisational Learning context

There are currently many agile coaches and those tasked with mentoring remits within the IT function. Little is known about the involvement and role of agile coaches regards the adoption and deployment of agile methods (Stray et al, 2020) with inconsistent approaches and varying successes (Theobald et al, 2020). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PC Chita
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Exploring Techno-Spiritual Experiences for Place-Based Interaction

This PhD opportunity will invite candidates to explore and critically examine the intersection between religious, spiritual and transcendent experiences with place. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr TG Grandison, Dr IH Helgason
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Interactive Sound Mapping and Embodied Listening for Long-Term Public Engagement with Anthropogenic Marine Noise

This PhD project explores how environmental science, sound design, and interactive technologies can be developed to address one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RS Selfridge, Dr I McGregor
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Personalised Learning and Academic Performance in Higher Education: A Mixed-Methods Study

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the educational landscape by enabling data-driven decision-making, adaptive learning systems, and personalised support for students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr WD Demeke
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Optimising research efficacy: Research literacy and information practices of novice and expert researchers

Expertise is considered advantageous for effective task completion and is associated with length of experience in a domain (Hambrick et al., 2018). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr RS Salzano
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Cargo bikes as a vehicle for transport equity

Supervisory Team. Dr Rich McIlroy. Cargo bikes are promoted as a sustainable alternative to car-based travel, but their use as care infrastructure in a family setting is under-explored. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R McIlroy
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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MSc by Research: Reporting on destruction – developing plant-based assays for PROTAC degrader activity

Protein Targeting Chimera (PROTAC) degraders are small molecules able to recruit a ubiquitin ligase to a protein of interest and promote degradation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Hemsley, Prof A Ciulli, Dr H Drost
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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