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We have 24 charity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

The impact of extended waiting times for treatment and investigation in people Long-term conditions

Waiting lists for hospital treatment have steadily increased since 2016 (2016 was the last time that the 18-week treatment target was met by the NHS). Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Stack

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ESRC WGSSS collaborative PhD studentship: Accessing housing justice: a critical legal geography of independent housing advice in Wales.

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Geography and Planning

The School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University, supported by Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) (ESRC DTP) and Shelter Cymru, invites applications for PhD study for the following PhD project for October 2024 entry. Read more

Supervisor: Dr PM Mackie

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

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NOW RECRUITING: Six fully-funded PhD Scholarships at the Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for Regenerative Innovation (Regnr8-i) based in the University of Dundee.

University of Dundee

This is the first of four annual recruitment rounds inviting applications for UK Doctoral, International Doctoral and UK Master's Plus Scholarships (each for 48 to 60 months). Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme

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ESRC WGSSS studentship in Economics - Understanding hiring discrimination against disabled people in the UK

Cardiff University Cardiff Business School

Research Group: Economics

Cardiff Business School are delighted to offer fully funded Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) (ESRC DTP) studentships starting in October 2024. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Jones

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

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Unravelling the role of genotoxic E. coli in colorectal cancer (SCHULLERS_U24BIGC)

University of East Anglia Norwich Medical School

Primary supervisor - Dr Stephanie Schüller. Secondary supervisor - Prof Nathalie Juge. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common and second most fatal cancer globally. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Schüller

15 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Housing precarity in the Scottish private rented sector: disabled peoples’, their families, and carers’ experiences of private renting

University of Stirling Faculty of Social Sciences

Precarity is a pivotal concept in understanding the instability and insecurity facing private renters who are having to grapple with unaffordable rents, poor conditions, and lack of secure tenancies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K McKee

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

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An analysis of power and complexity within community development through the lens of Hot Chocolate Trust: how youth and community workers work with the expertise of communities in striving to impact on social inequalities.

University of Dundee School of Education and Social Work

Life for young people globally, in Scotland, and in Dundee is impacted by macro level challenges that create uncertainty and this profoundly affects those at the sharp end of social inequalities. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Fernandes

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

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Scotland’s diaspora – was there social justice for the ‘failed’ immigrant in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?

University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

The creation of clubs and societies organised around ethnicity characterised the Scottish diasporic experience, both for those who received alms and for those who sought a means through which to meet and socialise with other Scots. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Morton

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Investigating the metabolic link between leukaemia and heart failure (RUSHWORTHS_U24BIGC)

University of East Anglia Norwich Medical School

Primary supervisor - Dr Stuart Rushworth. Secondary supervisor - Dr James Smith. Rushworth Lab. This 4-year PhD project funded by the Big C cancer charity represents an exciting opportunity to develop and conduct research at the forefront of cancer research. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Rushworth

7 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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What outcomes are important to patients with osteoarthritis? Development of a core outcome set

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Osteoarthritis is the most common musculoskeletal condition worldwide and is the leading cause of disability in the UK. In our recent study to identify research priorities in osteoarthritis, the highest priority question to patients was “What outcomes are important to patients?”[1]. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Whitehouse

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We have 24 charity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

charity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 24 charity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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