PhD Social Work

University of Hull

With its diverse range of environments, experiences and social conditions, the city of Hull and its surrounds make it an area rich with opportunities for research in social work. Social work at the University of Hull has a long tradition of making a tangible difference to the lives of others, with recent research centring on issues including: safeguarding and suicide-prevention in the internet age; child protection; domestic abuse and coercive control; trauma and trauma-informed approaches; experience of illness; palliative care; end-of-life care and social inequality. Our hand-selected postgraduate students share our passion and drive to make a difference. We have established strong working relationships with local social services providers, users, and carers. The PhD in Social Work allows you to research and write a maximum 100,000 word thesis on a topic in which we are able to offer supervision. Alongside your research you will complete research training modules (minimum 60 credits) from the PGR Development Programme run by the Doctoral College. Please note that we will only consider applications that have already established the support of a primary supervisor. Applications without a proposed supervisor, or applications where the proposed supervisor has not agreed in advance to support your application, will be rejected.