Postgraduate research

The Faculty of Health and Social Care is a vibrant environment that offers high quality research and education opportunities to students from a range of professional backgrounds. We are a friendly Faculty and our pursuit of achievement is inspired by the University ethos of ‘going beyond', a determination to exceed expectations and to encourage our students to strive for excellence in whatever they do.

We are a rapidly expanding Faculty with over 115 academic staff including five professors with diverse research interests and methodological expertise in both qualitative and quantitative

research. There are three Research Development Groups within the Faculty:

1.       Wellbeing in Long-Term Conditions

2.       Maternal, Family and Reproductive Health

3.       Health Technology, Innovation and Intervention

Each Research Development Group is led by a member of the Professoriate and has cross Faculty links in addition to successful partnerships with health and social care providers, the charitable

sector and industry locally, nationally and internationally.

We have a growing community of full and part time research students who benefit from a strong team of committed and experienced supervisors and a lively and supportive and research setting.

The University provides a Post Graduate Training Scheme with a comprehensive range of learning opportunities which students are encouraged to tailor to meet their individual needs. The Faculty has a Research Seminar Series and encourages students to become involved in many all aspects of

activity. 

Results from the 2011 Student Survey indicate a high level of satisfaction amongst our research students.

If you are interested in applying to the Faculty of Health and Social Care you are welcome to contact;

Dr Fiona Cowdell, Graduate Research Director, f.cowdell@hull.ac.uk

Jeanette Gilchrist, Research Administrator, j.l.gilchrist@hull.ac.uk

or visit the University of Hull website http://www2.hull.ac.uk/pg.aspx

PhD and MPhil

The PhD and MPhil are traditional research degrees requiring the production of a thesis following a supervised research project. All students undertaking traditional research degrees are required to complete credits under the Postgraduate Research Training Scheme as outlined in the Postgraduate Research Training manual.

Students may be required to register for an MPhil in the first instance. Those who wish to transfer their registration to a PhD may do so after successfully undertaking a transfer process. Typically this occurs after nine to twelve months of full-time study, or 18 months of part-time study.

For more information, please contact:

Dr Fiona Cowdell
The University of Hull
Faculty of Health and Social Care
Hull, HU6 7RX

Tel: +44 (0)1482 463362
Email: f.cowdell@hull.ac.uk

MRes

The MRes is designed for students who have no formal background in research beyond that contained in their first degree, but who wish to obtain a grounding in research methods and write a detailed research proposal. The MRes can be regarded as a self-contained programme leading to an award, or as the first stage of a PhD programme.

Students are required to take 60 credits through taught modules, and a further 120 credits through a dissertation of 25,000-30,000 words. Students proceeding to PhD will describe in outline how the research will develop.

In addition, students will be required to present their work to the faculty in the form of a 30 minute seminar, during which they will be expected to answer questions related to their dissertation topic.

For more information, please contact:
Reverend Dr Peter Draper
The University of Hull
Faculty of Health and Social Care
Hull, HU6 7RX

Tel: +44 (0)1482 464521
Email: p.r.draper@hull.ac.uk