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Social Policy PhD/MPhil – (Ph.D.)
University of Birmingham
School of Social Sciences
| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,232 - ≈ € 12,860 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
All our research degrees involve appropriate postgraduate research training modules, which are agreed with the supervisor and the Institute Research Student Coordinator, and which are assessed. In addition, we hold regular research student workshops and seminars, and an annual research student conference.
The MPhil requires a thesis of 60,000 words, while the PhD thesis is 80,000 words in length.
Our academic staff have wide research interests and these are detailed below. Joint supervision is generally advised, and we can provide this with other departments.
Key facts Type of Course: Doctoral research
Duration: PhD: 3 years full-time, 6 years part-time; MPhil: 2 years full-time, 4 years part-time
Start date: September 2011
Contents
Research interests of staff
* Poverty, social security and anti-poverty policy; evaluation of locally-based anti-poverty and social regeneration activity; voluntary action and the structure and working of voluntary organisations; the development of welfare rights work. Contact: Professor Pete Alcock
Head of the School of Social Sciences
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6630
Email: p.c.alcock@bham.ac.uk
* Black service users' views of mental health services; the use of the Mental Health Act; re-ablement and community services for older people; mental health legislation; the contribution of social theory to the understanding of the genesis, maintenance and amelioration of mental stress; risk assessment in mental health; the role of masculinity in shaping men's experience of mental distress and our responses to it; perceptions of older people about services for them; all aspects of service user participation; evaluation of health and social care responses to mental health and old age. Contact: Ric Bowl
Director of Community Mental Health programmes
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6688
Email: r.e.e.bowl@bham.ac.uk
* Individual and family experiences of impairment or mental distress and disability; service user and family experiences of health and social care; welfare attitudes, particularly in relation to long-term care. Contact: Dr Harriet Clarke
Tel: +44 (0)121 415 8479
Email: h.clarke@bham.ac.uk
* Mental health; social work; poverty and social exclusion; service users’ perspectives; international social work. Contact: Professor Ann Davis
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6223
Email: a.davis@bham.ac.uk
* Housing systems and housing policy; urban regeneration; poverty and social exclusion; challenges of ageing populations; home ownership, particularly related to economic and political change, and focusing on Britain and other industrialised countries in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region; the voluntary sector. Contact: Professor John Doling
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5710
Email: j.f.doling@bham.ac.uk
* Race and gender; Asian women within the family and wider society; service provision within areas of disability and sexuality. Contact: Dr Surinder Guru
Tel: +44 (0)121 415 8481
Email: s.guru@bham.ac.uk
* Work with older people; community care; health and social care interface. Contact: Ms Rosemary Littlechild
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5728
Email: r.j.littlechild@bham.ac.uk
* Health policy/health inequalities; ethnicity; community membership and social cohesion; qualitative research methods; social inclusion. Contact: Dr Bob Matthews
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5718
Email: r.n.matthews@bham.ac.uk
* Inequality, employment, social security, wealth and the balance between state, family and self-provision (such as in pensions and child support). Contact: Professor Steve McKay
Tel: +44 (0)121 415 8559
Email: s.d.mckay@bham.ac.uk
* The Labour Party and the welfare state; the history of British social policy; Scandinavian social policy. Contact: Dr Robert Page FRSA
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8066
Email: r.m.page@bham.ac.uk
* Community development and social care services; the participation of community members, service users and providers in research and evaluation. Contact: Ms Liz Ross
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5717
Email: e.m.ross@bham.ac.uk
* Financial security of individuals, families and households including: assets and asset-based welfare; poverty, wealth and inequality; social security policy; financial planning and management (including savings, pensions, credit and debt); changing family forms, particularly the growth of lone parenthood. Contact: Professor Karen Rowlingson
Tel: +44 (0)121 415 8565
Email: k.rowlingson@bham.ac.uk
* Muslims and the criminal justice system – as victims, offenders and employees; victims of crime/victimisation; ethnicity and crime; fear of crime/crime-related anxiety. Contact: Dr Basia Spalek
Tel: +44 (0)121 415 8027
Email: b.spalek@bham.ac.uk
* Impact of research-based processes (knowledge transfer, evidence-based practice, reflective research-minded practice) on practice in health, community care, alcohol, dementia and faith community services; action research; narrative methods; work-based/related learning and auto/biographic approaches. Contact: Dr Jan Waterson
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6227
Email: e.j.waterson@bham.ac.uk
IELTS
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Ensure your qualifications meet our entry requirements for research degrees To gain admission to a research degree programme (with the exception of the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Medicine (MD)) an applicant must comply with the following entry requirements:
* Attainment of an Honours degree (normally a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant subject awarded by an approved university, or
* Attainment of an alternative qualification or qualifications and/or evidence of experience judged by the University as indicative of an applicant’s potential for research and as satisfactory for the purpose of entry to a research degree programme.
In addition:
* Admission and registration for a research degree programme may be conditional on satisfactory completion of preliminary study, which may include assessment.
* In some cases you will also need to have completed a Masters degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject.
Please note
* Entry onto many programmes is highly competitive, therefore we consider the skills, attributes, motivation and potential for success of an individual when deciding whether to make an offer.
* Specific entry requirements are given for each programme. Any academic and professional qualifications or industrial experience you may have are normally taken into account, and in some cases form an integral part of the entrance requirements. If your qualifications are non-standard or different from the entry requirements stated in the online prospectus, please contact the relevant school or department to discuss whether your application would be considered.
* After we have received your application you may, if you live in the UK, be invited for an interview or to visit us to discuss your application.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 93 |
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