ESRC Funded Studentships in Health & Wellbeing at Brunel University London via the Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership.

Brunel University London is pleased to invite applications for ESRC-funded studentships in Health and Wellbeing offered through the Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership (GUDTP). The GUDTP is an exciting collaboration between Brunel, the University of Oxford and the Open University, which offers its students access to innovative social science research training across all three institutions. Brunel DTP students in Health & Wellbeing will be members of the GUDTP Health & Wellbeing Pathway, led by Brunel and delivered collaboratively by the three universities. You can find further information about the GUDTP here.

Applicants conducting doctoral research in Health and Wellbeing at Brunel will be based within the appropriate subject area. The Pathway studentships are available across a wide agenda of the most significant national and global health and wellbeing challenges, offering applicants opportunities to work with expert research teams in a range of disciplines. Areas of expertise include - but are not restricted to -

• lifestyle behaviours and health and wellbeing inequalities
• sport, physical activity, health and wellbeing;
• health and wellbeing across the life course, including youth and in older age;
• psychology, health and wellbeing;
• gender, sexual health and anti-violence
• healthcare and occupational therapy;
• health economics
• digital health

More information on the Health and Wellbeing research areas available at Brunel is available at here.

Fees: Full fees at the current home rate for the length of the studentship, irrespective of your fee status. Brunel University London has waived the difference between Home and International fee level so that International students will not be charged the difference.

Stipend: A stipend including London Weighting. Please see here for the current stipend amount.

How to apply and eligibility

For the Health & Wellbeing pathway, please follow the link below on details of how to apply: www.brunel.ac.uk/research/Research-degrees/DTPs/Grand-Union-DTP

Contact: emma.smith@brunel.ac.uk

Deadline for applications is 5pm @ 12th January 2024.