social enterprise PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Supervisors: Dr I Cunningham, Dr VOR O'Rourke, Dr MK Kelly

The Postgraduate Research Programme in Innovation, Digitalisation, Enterprise and Society (IDEAS) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

Sheffield Hallam University Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

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Transforming Lives PhD Studentships - Sheffield Hallam University: Understanding the role of voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSE) addressing health inequalities and other health system priorities

· Are you passionate about the role local voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises can play promoting positive health and wellbeing?. Read more

Supervisor: Prof CD Dayson

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

Investigating the use of Health Coaching Applications and Emerging Technology to Develop Novel Strategies as Mitigation for the Growing Impact of Social Media and Online Platforms on Student Well-being.

Supervisors: Dr MMcC McCann, Dr HMcG McGloin, Dr CH Heaney, Dr GG Gliga

The Postgraduate Research Programme Translational Health Research Innovation preVention & Equity (THRIVE) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

Understanding associations between metabolic risk factors and social exclusion among older adults in the age of digitalisation

Supervisors: Dr SK Keogh, Dr MON O'Neill, Dr KVS VanSomeren

The Postgraduate Research Programme Translational Health Research Innovation preVention & Equity (THRIVE) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

Health Outcomes of Socially Excluded Older People in the Age of Digitalisation

Supervisors: Dr SK Keogh, Dr KVS VanSomeren, Dr MON O'Neill

The Postgraduate Research Programme in Innovation, Digitalisation, Enterprise and Society (IDEAS) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

Digital innovation for remote working

Supervisors: Dr KVS VanSomeren, Dr VMT McTaggart, Dr MJS Syed

The Postgraduate Research Programme in Innovation, Digitalisation, Enterprise and Society (IDEAS) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

Digital transformation for sustainable growth: a small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) perspective

Supervisors: Dr GO Onofrei, Dr MS Sintejudeanu, Prof GH Heaslip, Dr AHA Azadnia

The Postgraduate Research Programme Innovation in Digital Manufacturing and Design (IDMD) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

University of Bolton Greater Manchester Business School

Authentic Leadership: A study of UK SMEs

Project summary. This project will explore the lived experience of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) leaders in the UK. This research project aims to provide a nuanced conceptualisation of authentic leadership by critically examining the behaviours of an authentic leader within the context of SMEs. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Harrison, Mrs G Clarry

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Mechanisms underlying the effects of activated protein C (APC) in cardiac muscle

Supervisors: Dr M Hussain, Dr T Nasim, Prof MR Boyett

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

APC is an anticoagulant enzyme that also exerts antithrombotic, anti-inflammatory, antiapoptotic and a variety of other cytoprotective effects in different tissues, where the mechanism of action is thought to involve the endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) and a protease activated receptor (PAR). Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Communicating benefits of population vaccination and screening programmes for optimal uptake and improved longevity in areas with regional disparities.

Supervisors: Dr LMB McBride, Dr R Burns, Dr GG Gliga, Dr CH Heaney

The Postgraduate Research Programme Translational Health Research Innovation preVention & Equity (THRIVE) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences

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ESRC WGSSS funded PhD studentship in Player Load Management and Rest in English Professional Rugby Union

ESRC WGSSS funded PhD studentship in Player Load Management and Rest in English Professional Rugby Union. The School of Sport and Health Sciences at Cardiff Metropolitan University are delighted to offer a fully funded Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) (ESRC DTP) studentship starting in October 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Prof SM Mellalieu, Dr OT Thomas

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

Targeting the MAPK scaffold protein KSR1 for the treatment of prostate cancer

Supervisors: Dr J Muller, Prof R Falconer

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of male cancer deaths. It arises when individual cells escape their normal growth control mechanisms and proliferate in an uncontrolled fashion. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Pharmacokinetics Guided Natural Products Exploration for Drug Discovery, Development, Delivery and Therapy

Supervisor: Dr Muhammad Wahajuddin

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Natural products have emerged as a key standard in novel and safe delivery of anticancer bioactive compounds. Apart from their ease of administration and delivery, natural/phytochemicals still face several hurdles, due to their physiochemical and pharmacokinetic properties. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Molecular mechanisms of pacemaker (sinus node) dysfunction in ageing, heart failure and athletes

Supervisors: Dr M Hussain, Dr C Willis, Prof MR Boyett

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

The heart’s pacemaker, the sinus node, initiates the action potential that causes the heart to beat, and the atrioventricular node conducts the action potential from the atria to the ventricles, the pumping chambers of the heart. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Characterisation of adrenoceptor and muscarinic receptor subtypes coupled to potassium channels in chondrocytes from bovine cartilage

Supervisors: Dr M Hussain, Dr M Katsikogianni, Dr N Javid

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

Several outward potassium currents have been identified in bovine chondrocytes (review Mobasheri et al. 2012). These include ATP-sensitive and a Calcium-activated potassium currents (Sanches & Lopez-Zapata, 2011). Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only