Nursing Studies Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

The PhD Nursing Studies programme is an advanced postgraduate research degree for students wishing to conduct in-depth independent research and contribute to nursing knowledge and evidence.

It allows you to conduct an independent research project that makes a significant contribution to your chosen field of study and to further develop your research skills.

The programme offers the possibility to work with and be supervised by a range of academics across many areas of nursing studies, who have international reputations and outstanding publications in their areas of expertise.

This programme is an advanced research degree enabling students to conduct in-depth independent research on a topic of their choice, thereby contributing to the knowledge and evidence base for nursing worldwide. Our current and past students have contributed to a range of research areas within nursing and healthcare more broadly.

Our main areas of research activity and development in Nursing Studies relate to the following groups of research: 

* Global Public Health

* Marginalisation and Health

* Acute Critical Trajectories to Recovery and Rehabilitation Experience (ACToRE) 

* Workforce Development

We have expertise in a range of qualitative and quantitative and mixed methods research approaches.