The Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department (MCPCRD) at University College London (UCL) is seeking an outstanding, highly motivated, and enthusiastic candidate for this PhD scholarship. The successful candidate will undertake a PhD to develop a core outcome set for prognostic impact studies in palliative care and will test the feasibility of the outcomes in a prospective study in a hospice. The PhD will be supervised by Prof Stone and colleagues at UCL. The project is a collaboration between UCL and Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead.
Potential applicants should visit www.ucl.ac.uk/mcpcrd to read more about the MCPCRD and https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/ to read about the Marie Curie charity.
Key Requirements
Essential criteria
• Upper 2:1 (>=65 pass mark) or 1st class undergraduate degree in a health or social science discipline.
• Master's degree in research methodology, nursing, public health, sociology, psychology or similar discipline, or equivalent professional experience. The applicant should expect any postgraduate degree to be awarded prior to commencing the PhD.
• Evidence of experience or training in research methodology, if not apparent from the above.
• Evidence of excellent organisational, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Data management skills.
• Willingness to travel within and possibly beyond London for research purposes.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a collaborative research team.
Desirable criteria
• Experience of working with/conducting research with health/social care service users.
• Research experience in a field relevant to the PhD studentship.
• Understanding of prognostic research methods.
• Publications in peer-reviewed academic journals. Please briefly describe your contribution to any published work in your CV.
The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the wider activities and life of the MCPCRD and UCL, and to a lesser extent to activities other than research of the Marie Curie charity.
Please support your application by detailing modules or courses undertaken during your studies, research internships or employment, and any peer-reviewed, academic publications.
Further Details
Informal enquiries: [Email Address Removed]
For full details about postgraduate study at UCL and the graduate admission policy visit http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/
How to Apply
Please submit applications in the following format:
• A CV, including full details of all University course grades to date.
• Contact details for two academic or professional referees.
• A personal statement (750 words maximum) outlining (i) your suitability for the project with reference to the criteria above, (ii) what you hope to achieve from the PhD and (iii) your research experience to-date.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Please send electronic applications to:
Contact name: Mrs Yana Kitova, Senior Departmental Administrator
Contact details: [Email Address Removed]
Informal enquiries: [Email Address Removed]
For full details about postgraduate study at UCL and the graduate admission policy visit http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/
Closing date: Monday 23 February 2021, 5pm.
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