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Health, Social Work and Social Care

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University Name
The Open University
Department
Faculty of Health and Social Care
Course Title
Health, Social Work and Social Care
Qualification, duration, mode
PhD 36FT 72PT variableDL*MPhil 15FT 24PT variableDL
Pathways
- Ageing and later life - Death, dying and bereavement - Living with disability and long term conditions - Reproductive and sexual health
Months of entry
October
Entry requirements
PhD: The normal minimum entrance requirement is an upper second class honours degree or master's degree, relevant to the proposed area of study, from a recognised higher education institution in the UK. You should also have experience of academic research in the previous four years, normally in the form of either a master's degree in research methods, an undergraduate degree with a research element in the final year, or work-related experience with evidence through research reports. If you're not sure if you meet the entry requirements, please contact us (research-degrees-team@open.ac.uk).
MPhil: see http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
Funding
Please see The Open University website http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
Course description
The mission of the Faculty of Health and Social Care is to transform lives through health and social care education and research. Our applied research addresses contemporary, real-world issues and we have worked with some of the key players in the health and social care sector. The Faculty has a lively postgraduate student community undertaking wide-ranging research both in the UK and internationally in our major thematic areas (ageing and later life; children, young people, families and parenting; death, dying and bereavement; living with disability and/or long-term conditions; sexual and reproductive health). Our research draws on multidisciplinary and methodologically innovative approaches, particularly qualitative research methods - including biographical, visual and participative methods.

Key facts
- In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise 60 per cent of our submission (under Social Work and Social Policy and Administration) was rated world leading or internationally excellent, placing us in the top third of UK and Irish universities
- The Faculty has had considerable success in attracting external funding for research, including support from the ESRC, the Department of Health, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Heritage Lottery Fund
- We have a thriving postgraduate research student community, currently involving 12 full-time and 18 part-time students.
Contact name
Dr Lindsay O'Dell, Director of Postgraduate Studies
Telephone
+44 (0)1908 858373
Email
hsc-research-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Web
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/
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