Education PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships in Loughborough

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Project reference. CSE Geol Gabbott 2020. The Early Cambrian Chengjiang biota in Yunnan Province, China preserves the fossilized remains of a diverse and ecologically complex early Cambrian marine ecosystem.

Automated assessment and feedback in mathematics

Loughborough University
School of Science

Dr I Jones

Application Deadline: 31 July 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

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.

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.

This project will involve a research student investigating how to improve the assessment and feedback offered by the STACK online assessment system.

Students' note taking habits and engagement with learning

Loughborough University
School of Science

Dr P Iannone

Application Deadline: 25 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

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.

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.

Lecturing is the most common way of teaching in higher education and in mathematics this often takes the form of the lecturer writing on the board while the students take notes (Chalk and Talk, Artemeva and Fox, 2011).

The Philosophy of Mathematical Practice

Loughborough University
School of Science

Dr F Tanswell

Application Deadline: 24 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

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.

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.

The last decade has seen a practice-based turn in the philosophy of mathematics, seeking to investigate and explain interesting aspects of how mathematics is actually done.

What place for PE? The meaning of Physical Education within school children’s lives

Loughborough University
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Dr J Stirrup

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

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.

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.

Within the UK there has been increased government focus on issues of health, particularly in relation to children. In line with this, schools have increasingly been looked to as vehicles through which to address public health outcomes.