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Centre for Health, Medicine and Society, PhD's – (Ph.D.)
Oxford Brookes University
School of Arts| Application Deadline: | any time during the academic year | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,107 - ≈ € 12,265 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | Anytime |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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The Centre for Health, Medicine and Society Past and Present was established in 1999 to develop research in history of medicine at Oxford Brookes. Initially funded by the School of Humanities, the Centre was awarded group status and interim development funding by the Wellcome Trust in 2001. Funding from a Wellcome Trust Enhancement Award in 2003 and a Strategic Award in 2007, coupled with support from the university, have further expanded the research capacity of the Centre.
The overarching theme of research projects funded by the Strategic Award is ‘Health Care in Public and Private’. The five-year award provides research support for several members of staff, a programme of seminars and conferences, outreach activities and MA bursaries. (From April 2010 to September 2012 the Strategic Award will be held jointly with Professor Steven King – a former Director of the Centre and now at the University of Leicester.)
While the Wellcome Trust has been a generous funder of the Centre in recent years, members of the Centre have also been successful in obtaining funding from other sources, including the AHRC, the Leverhulme Trust and the British Academy.
The Centre’s research interests span from the early modern to the present day and have global coverage.
Some of the Centre’s current projects investigate the history of:
* anatomy and the body
* poverty and welfare
* medical markets and healthcare systems
* child health
* psychiatry
* colonial and post-colonial medicine and indigenous health practices
* Western forensic medicine
* material and visual culture of medicine and science
* drug discovery and the pharmaceutical industry
* eugenics, anthropology, racism and bio-politics
* human experiments under National Socialism
Staff in the Centre are committed to research-led teaching and they offer a variety of history of medicine modules for the History BA and History of Medicine MA, which is an important link between the undergraduate and postgraduate research programmes. Staff can offer MPhil/PhD supervision in a number of research areas.
Contents
Full-time: three years
Part-time: up to six years
Undertaking a PhD involves:
* critically investigating and evaluating an approved topic, resulting in an independent and original contribution to knowledge
* demonstrating an understanding of research methods appropriate to the chosen field
* presenting and defending a substantial thesis by oral examination.
Thesis: maximum of 100,000 words for a PhD in Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities and related subject areas; maximum of 40,000 words for a PhD in Science, Engineering and related subject areas.
PhD by published work
This award is only open to candidates who have had some prior association with Oxford Brookes University.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
The normal entry requirement for the degree of PhD is a master’s degree in a discipline which is appropriate to the proposed research and which has included research training and a research project.
In exceptional cases, applicants who have a good honours degree (or equivalent) may apply for direct registration to PhD if they have appropriate research or professional experience at postgraduate level which has resulted in published work, written reports or other appropriate evidence of accomplishment.
International / EU students
You may need to meet specific country and English language requirements to apply for postgraduate study.
IELTS
* 6.5-7.0 overall depending on the subject
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Paper based test
* 550-600
Internet based test
* IBT 90 = IELTS 6.5
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 90 |
Faculty
The Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present seeks to promote the study of the social and cultural history of medicine and is one of the leading research groups of its kind in the UK. Members of the Centre work collaboratively with staff in a number of Schools within the University and have research links with a wide network of associates, both national and international.
The Centre is based in the Department of History in the School of Arts and Humanities. The Centre is able to offer associate status to researchers from outside the University. Each year the Centre is pleased to welcome visiting scholars who wish to spend a period of research leave based in the Centre.
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