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PhD opportunities: Midwifery

Compare 3 doctoral research opportunities connected with Midwifery, including project summaries, funding and application deadlines.

Midwifery

Transforming Lives PhD scholarship, Sheffield Hallam University: Targeting Perinatal Mental Health Inequities: Co-Designing Tailored Interventions to Improve Outcomes in Underserved High-Risk Communities

Sheffield Hallam University

About the Project Applications are invited for a Transforming Lives PhD scholarship in Health and Social Care commencing 01 February 2027 The scholarship is for three and a half years full-time study and covers home PhD fees, currently £5328 and pays an annual stipend at the living wage foundation rate of £22,152 per year in the academic year 2025/26 This stipend payment will increase annually based on the rate set by the living wage foundation for the duration of the…

Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline: 16 November 2026
Funding: Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Midwifery

The impact of maternity unit culture on student midwives’ learning experience

University of Worcester

About the Project The interest in investigating UK maternity care quality is ongoing. Initiated by the Kirkup (2015) report highlighting the improper maternity care at Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, followed by the Ockenden (2022) report on maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust, and the more recent Kirkup (2022) report on East Kent, and the anticipated report on Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, it is clear that maternity care culture is a serious and ongoing…

Location: Worcester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline: Year-round applications
Funding: Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Midwifery

To explore symptom management during end of life care in neonatal settings

University of Leicester

About the Project Each year, around 1200 babies will die in the neonatal period, constituting the largest category of death in children under 5yrs. The main causes of death arise from preterm birth, adverse events during delivery, and sepsis. Whilst palliative care is becoming more well known in neonatal settings there remains very little evidence in this area, in particular around symptom management.

Location: Leicester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline: Year-round applications
Funding: Self-Funded PhD Students Only