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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Kent (Canterbury)
Full Time
JAN
3 years
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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Kent (Canterbury)
Full Time
JAN
3 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Kent
Part Time
JAN
5 years
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We offer high-quality supervision across a wide range of social and public policy areas seeking to research and examine causes and effects of global mobility.
Overview
There are further details on the research activities and publications of individual members of staff and the School’s research units on the website. In addition to regular meetings with individual supervisors, all research students take a research training programme.
About the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR)
Colleagues specialise in research of international, comparative and theoretical significance, and we have collective strengths in the following areas: civil society, NGOs and the third sector; cross-national and European social policy; health, social care and health studies; work, employment and economic life; risk, ‘risk society’ and risk management; race, ethnicity and religion; social and public policy; sociology and the body; crime, culture and control; sociological theory and the culture of modernity.
A good honours degree in the social sciences, an interest in the chosen topic area and a clear idea of your proposed thesis topic. In the case of research in health services and personal social services, we will also consider candidates with professional qualifications alone and/or relevant experience in the health service. All applicants are considered on an individual basis and additional qualifications, professional qualifications and relevant experience may also be taken into account when considering applications.
Students living in
Domestic
£4,786 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£18,600 per year
Students from EU
For students continuing on this programme fees will increase year on year by no more than RPI + 3% in each academic year of study except where regulated.
£18,600 per year
Students from International
For students continuing on this programme fees will increase year on year by no more than RPI + 3% in each academic year of study except where regulated.
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