Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 60 months
- 5 - 8 Years
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting October 2027
- Apply before May 2027
Language
English
TOEFL iBT 88
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Social Work
Overview
You are likely to come from occupations within areas such housing, welfare support, residential care or supporting disabled children or adults. You should have several years of professional experience, perhaps at a senior level.
You should desire to pursue an area of research related to, and drawing on, your professional work. Your Health and Social Care research at Liverpool Hope University will create new evidence-based knowledge, practice and understanding that will bring benefits both to you and your wider professional community.
Features
There is a strong emphasis on individualised learning and critical reflection. You will engage at an advanced level with varied academic and professional issues relevant to your own practice. You will develop the three key skills of independent learning, independent research, and sustained critical and self-reflexive analysis.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- Engaging with Research - Knowledge, Truth and Values in Research
- Yourself as Researcher - Professional Identity and Values
- Research Skills and Methods
- Research Proposal
- Engaging with Research - Research, Policy and Practice
- Yourself as Researcher - Practitioner Research in Context
- Dissertation
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
- GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
- TOEFL iBT: 88
Other requirements
General requirements
- A minimum of a Second-Class Honours degree in a relevant discipline awarded by a UK university, or an equivalent higher education qualification.
- Masters preferred.
- At least 3 years' professional experience.
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
- International (applies to non-residents): 14,235 AUD / year (approximately 7,500 GBP / year)
- Domestic (applies to citizens or residents): 5,219 AUD / year (approximately 2,750 GBP / year)
Living costs
Liverpool, United Kingdom: 1,055-1,964 AUD / month. The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Scholarships
Scholarships Information
Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Health and Social Care.
Available Scholarships
You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program — Grant: Various benefits — Deadline: 2026-10-07 — U.S. government
- ServiceScape Scholarship — Grant: 1000 USD — Deadline: 2026-11-30 — ServiceScape
- ACES Scholarships — Grant: 3500 USD — Deadline: 2026-11-15 — ACES Education Fund
- Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility — Grant: Various benefits — Deadline: Not specified — OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
- Scholarships for PhD Students — Grant: 19000 GBP — Deadline: Not specified — Junhua Li
- Boustany Astronomy PhD Scholarship — Grant: Various benefits — Deadline: 2027-02-28 — Boustany Foundation
- Amberscholar Scholarship — Grant: 6000 USD — Deadline: 2027-01-31 — Amber Scholar
- $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship — Grant: 1000 USD — Deadline: 2026-10-31 — IvyPanda
- Voice Talent Online Scholarship — Grant: 1000 USD — Deadline: 2027-03-01 — Voice Talent Online
- Dream Chaser Scholarship — Grant: 1000 USD — Deadline: 2027-01-13 — Salvado Law
- Scholarship for students with disabilities — Grant: 3000 USD — Deadline: 2026-12-31 — Anonymous Hope Fund
- Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids — Grant: 22500 GBP — Deadline: Not specified — UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship — Grant: 1500 USD — Deadline: Not specified — IELTS from 6 to 9
- Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme — Grant: 12000 USD — Deadline: 2027-01-11 — The Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme