About the course

You would independently undertake a substantial doctoral programme of individual research leading to a significant original contribution to knowledge or its interpretation.

 

The expected time period from enrolment to submission is normally three years of full-time study or six years of part-time study. The degree is assessed on the basis of the final research output, in the form of a substantial written thesis which must be "defended" in a viva.

 

Areas of expertise include

• educational leadership and policy
• learning and teaching
• professional learning and development
• teacher educators and teacher education
• higher education
• trans-national education
• school and university curricula  and pedagogies
• mental health (student and staff)
• dance movement therapy
• reflection and reflexivity
• identity, agency, self-efficacy
• a range of established research approaches as well as narrative, collage and other non-traditional methods.

 

Before making your formal application, we recommend that you discuss your proposed research with Dr Jed Hopkins, School of Creative Arts Research Tutor, to establish that we are able to supervise research in the area you propose.