About the Project
As there is currently no cure for dementia, supporting people to live well with the condition is the focus within formal care settings and services. As such, well-being is a key outcome for people but, to date, there are few recognised measures to assess this in people with dementia. Increased staff understanding of how to identify indicators of well-being can help in the delivery of person-centred care. Based in the Centre for Dementia Research in the School of Health and Community Studies, the successful applicant will use a combination of observational, interview, and questionnaire approaches to develop and validate a new measure of well-being, informed by existing theory. This will involve data collection with people with dementia, their families, and staff working in care homes. It is anticipated that this measure will be used in future within research and practice to improve the frequency and quality of measurement of well-being in care settings. Applicants should have experience of working with people with dementia, conducting research within healthcare settings, and a background in qualitative or mixed methods research.
Funding Notes
Overseas applicants must refer to the UKVI regulations on studying in the UK and contact our Graduate School before submitting. The Graduate School: For all enquiries regarding the application process, please contact [Email Address Removed] or telephone: +44 (0)113 812 5385.
Candidates should complete the online application form (https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/the-graduate-school/-/media/files/pg-research/studentships/cdr-project-1-application-form.docx?la=en) including your research proposal, scanned copies of your degree certificates e.g. undergraduate or masters degree certificates) and transcripts, scanned copies of your English language requirements, scanned copies of your passport and previous UK visas if applicable.
Proposals can be discussed with the Centre for Dementia Research lead, Professor Claire Surr ([Email Address Removed]), or Dr Sarah Jane Smith ([Email Address Removed])
• Applicants are asked to complete the research student application form and provide a proposal of the research to be undertaken using the headings below as a guide:
Proposal Sections:
• 3-page outline of how you would approach the research project, including background literature, aims, objectives and a research plan using type Arial 12 font (with references as an addition to the proposal)
• Applicants are asked to include at the start of the proposal the research project title.
Please note applicants should use the project title along with the research project reference (CDR1) in the email subject line when submitting their applications.
There are currently two School of Health and Community Studies PhD studentships being advertised within the Centre for Dementia Research. Please state on your application if you would like to apply for one or both. You are only required to prepare a proposal for your preferred PhD.
Further Information
The School of Health & Community Studies has two fully-funded PhD studentships, that can be chosen from three topic areas, available for a February 2020 start. The studentships will sit within one of the School's well-established and discipline-leading research centres, The Centre for Dementia Research. For details regarding these projects, potential applicants are encouraged to contact the relevant Director of Studies for further information.
Each PhD studentship will have a bursary of £15,009 per annum (pro-rata into 12 monthly payments) plus UK/EU Fees paid initially for a period of three years.
The closing date for applications is midnight 6th of January 2020
Interviews due to take place 17th January 2020
Background
Dementia is a national and international health priority and the numbers of people living with dementia are set to increase as the population ages. The Leeds Beckett University Centre for Dementia Research aims to facilitate a cross-disciplinary research community to support the conduct of applied dementia research that will lead to improvements in the lives of people living with dementia and those who provide care and support to them.
Undertaking a PhD at the Centre for Dementia research, you would be joining a multidisciplinary team of experienced dementia researchers.
The centre has membership from eight schools across the university, including Sport, Social Sciences, and Built Environment, Engineering and Computing. We have relationships with many local, national and international public, private and third sector organisations including Health Education England, Leeds City Council, Barchester Healthcare, and the Sporting Memories Foundation.
Our applied dementia care and service delivery research includes a number of major projects funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and Department of Health Policy research programme (DH PRP) as well as commissioned research and evaluations. Our members have particular expertise in care homes research, hospitals research, evaluation of complex interventions, dementia training and education design and evaluation of its efficacy, care home staff support needs and well-being, pain assessment and dementia assessment and diagnosis.
There are currently two PhD studentships being advertised within the Centre for Dementia Research, applicants can choose which PhD they would like to apply for from the three topics listed below. To apply for any of the dementia-related PhDs, please complete the University application form and also prepare an outline research proposal of how you would approach the project you would most like to undertake (up to 3 sides of A4). This should include your understanding of the existing research in this area, proposed methodology and methods and consideration of any ethical issues that may arise. Please state on your application which of the PhDs you would like to be considered for. If you do not indicate otherwise we will consider the application for all of the PhDs being offered. You are only required to prepare a proposal for your preferred PhD
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