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Intergenerational programmes in community-based support initiatives for people living with dementia – understanding the impacts and outcomes

The project will seek to understand the impacts, challenges, successes, barriers, sustainability issues and best practices in community-based support initiatives for people living with dementia in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Barrett, Prof A Kington
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Dementia and mental health: the use of artificial intelligence to support people living with dementia and/or care partners in rural areas

There are currently around 982,000 people with dementia in the UK with the number expected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040. With the number of people over 65 years old set to grow by around 50% in rural areas by 2039 (All Party Action Group on Dementia, 2023) a significant proportion will be affected by dementia. . Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Evans, Dr C Bowers
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Exploring the Challenges to Dementia Diagnosis in Rural Areas

Rural areas face distinct healthcare challenges, including an aging population, vast distances to cover, and inadequate transport and telecommunications infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RS Swift, Dr P Unwin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Adoption of proprietary home and community automation technologies in support of ageing-in-place

This PhD study will investigate the adoption of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) automation technologies used in the home or in the community by people affected by dementia. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Bowers, Dr MO O’Malley
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Water Management-Desalination and Wastewater Treatment

  Research Group: Water Engineering and Natural Environment
Water management is very important in many countries in the world. Out of many aspects of water management, freshwater production by desalination technologies (thermal and membrane) and wastewater treatment by various technologies are the most important ones. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof I Mujtaba
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Simulation and optimisation of reverse osmosis desalination process with renewable energy

Desalination of seawater has been gaining increasing momentum to overcome the freshwater scarcity around the world. Among the various technologies, RO (reverse osmosis) is one of the most promising seawater desalination technologies for freshwater production but is energy intensive. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof I Mujtaba
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Waste to Energy and Renewable Energies – Design of Hybrid Energy Systems

The advancement and economic development of any nation depends mostly on its energy structure. As the world population keeps increasing, the demand for electricity also rises. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof I Mujtaba
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Optimisation of Batch Reactive Distillation Process

  Research Group: Water Engineering and Natural Environment
Although the batch reactive distillation process outperforms traditional reactor-distillation processes, due to simultaneous reaction and separation of products for many reaction systems, synthesis of many esters obtained via esterification with alcohols (such as methanol, ethanol) are still challenging. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof I Mujtaba
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Application of Electrodialysis for Acid and Alkali Recycling in Indirect Mineral Carbonation

The steel and cement industry contributes approximately 8% and 7% of CO. 2. emissions worldwide. The project will be built on the concluded EPSRC/UKCCSRC that addresses CO. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Rahmanian
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Opportunities in Pharmacoepidemiology & Ageing Research

About the Project. We are inviting applications from highly motivated candidates for self-funded PhD positions examining the impact of anticholinergic medications on mobility, functional decline, and multimorbidity in ageing populations. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Nishtala
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How does sleep affect your chance of brain disease?

Why we sleep and what happens to the brain during sleep remain very open questions. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof SP Payne
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Modelling stroke progression and treatment in the brain

Ischaemic stroke, the disease that occurs when a clot blocks a large blood vessel in the brain, causing brain tissue to die, remains a common cause of death and a leading cause of disability. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof SP Payne
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Piezoelectric Immune Reprogramming: A Novel Approach for Accelerated Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

  Research Group: Centre for Skin Sciences
Are you passionate about cutting-edge biomedical research that can change lives? This PhD project offers an exciting opportunity to develop a next-generation self-powered wound dressing that uses electrical stimulation to heal diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs),one of the most challenging complications of diabetes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Rajan Unnithan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Unravelling Age-Related Multimorbidity through Biomarker Insights

Our study aims to advance ageing research using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse UK Biobank (UKB) health data. We will explore how clusters of inflammatory biomarkers are linked to multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs), such as heart disease, respiratory issues, and diabetes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Nishtala
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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CompuSem-AI: In Silico Design and Virtual Screening of Molecular Semiconductors

This project develops a platform to discover and optimize molecular semiconductors for next-generation organic electronics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Nematiaram, Dr Y Moshfeghi
 30 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only