Education
University of Huddersfield
About the Project This project will explore how students experiencing difficulties during social work placements can be identified and supported at an early stage to improve outcomes and strengthen practice learning partnerships. Practice placements are a core part of social work education, enabling students to develop professional skills in real-world settings. While most students successfully complete placements, some encounter challenges that may lead to placement failure.
- Location
- Huddersfield, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 30 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Education
Loughborough University
About the Project A project in this area will aim to improve our knowledge about effective teaching of problem solving in school mathematics. Research suggests that although expert problem solvers use a variety of domain-general problem-solving strategies (e.g. draw a diagram, simplify the problem), novice problem solvers do not benefit from being advised to do these things.
- Location
- Loughborough, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 30 April 2027
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Education
University of Worcester
About the Project In the UK interest in Social Pedagogy is growing, as the chasm between what our children need, and what our education system offers them, grows wider by the day. Still recovering from the pandemic, our children need nurture, yet our outcomes driven education system offers high stakes and ever mounting pressure (Solvason, 2025). Those who value Social Pedagogy see that care and learning cannot be separated. A child who feels unsafe cannot learn.
- Location
- Worcester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Education
Edinburgh Napier University
About the Project The proposed research will support the development and delivery of the Housing Construction and Infrastructure Skills Gateway. Its aim will be to develop a regional level strategy to address the regional skills shortage in sectors relating to Construction and the Built Environment with a focus on Net Zero, Housing and Retrofit activities and to monitor it impact.
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Education
University of Reading
About the Project This project focuses on examining language, communication and disability from a critical and decolonial perspective. Specifically, the project uses an intersectionality approach in understanding the construction of disability and the impact of such construction on labelled children.
- Location
- Reading, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Education
Australian Catholic University
About the Project Australian Catholic University (ACU) is offering one full-time PhD scholarship to undertake research investigating children's ability to learn to read new words that do not follow phonics pronunciations rules. Study mode: Full-time for up to 3.5 years Location: North Sydney campus What you'll investigate The successful candidate will work with Dr Signy Wegener on her Australian Research Council-funded DECRA Fellowship.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Education
University of Worcester
About the Project Allergy, the immune system’s hypersensitive reaction to typically harmless substances, can be severe and lead to a potentially life-threatening reaction or anaphylaxis (Turner et al, 2019). Allergy prevalence is a global “major public health issue” (Sánchez-Borges et al, 2018, p.1), and one of the most common chronic conditions in Europe (Muraro, 2015). The UK particularly faces an allergy crisis.
- Location
- Worcester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Education
University of Worcester
About the Project This PhD opportunity sits within the work of the Inclusion by Design Research Group at the University of Worcester and invites proposals that explore teachers’ lives, identities and stories.
- Location
- Worcester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Education
University of Worcester
About the Project The population aged over 65 is rapidly growing and is projected to triple by 2050 (United Nations, 2023). Coupled with an increasing number of individuals aged 90 and over in the UK (Office for National Statistics, 2024), this demographic shift is expected to increase the number of older adults with complex health and social care needs by 54%, placing greater demands on expert nursing within the social care sector (Age UK, 2019).
- Location
- Worcester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Education
University of Worcester
About the Project Social capital in educational settings often refers to the network of relationships and shared norms between groups of students which can lead to positive educational outcomes. For example, high social capital can allow individuals to access support, information, and collaboration opportunities, ultimately enhancing their learning.
- Location
- Worcester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only