Education PhD 36 months PHD Programme By University of Nottingham |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

23,000 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Education and TrainingMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Researchers in the School of Education are committed to investigating and advancing social justice within and through education. You will undertake your doctoral study in a supportive international and interdisciplinary research community. 

The school has over 150 years of experience in educational research and draws researchers and teachers whose work addresses current issues affecting educational practitioners, theory, institutions and systems. Our researchers have strong relationships with local and international organisations, and you will work with two supervisors who share interest in your field.   

Education research areas include: 

  • literacies and literacy practices
  • education for human flourishing 
  • education and international politics and development 
  • education and social justice
  • higher, adult and vocational education 
  • language education
  • informal and non-formal education
  • learning sciences 
  • learning through the arts, creative pedagogies and science 
  • mathematics education 
  • refugee/migrant education
  • school leadership and improvement 
  • teachers' work, professionalism and education policy 
Entry to our postgraduate research programme is competitive and having a strong research proposal is therefore very important.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Researchers in the School of Education are committed to investigating and advancing social justice within and through education. You will undertake your doctoral study in a supportive international and interdisciplinary research community. 

The school has over 150 years of experience in educational research and draws researchers and teachers whose work addresses current issues affecting educational practitioners, theory, institutions and systems. Our researchers have strong relationships with local and international organisations, and you will work with two supervisors who share interest in your field.   

Education research areas include: 

  • literacies and literacy practices
  • education for human flourishing 
  • education and international politics and development 
  • education and social justice
  • higher, adult and vocational education 
  • language education
  • informal and non-formal education
  • learning sciences 
  • learning through the arts, creative pedagogies and science 
  • mathematics education 
  • refugee/migrant education
  • school leadership and improvement 
  • teachers' work, professionalism and education policy 
Entry to our postgraduate research programme is competitive and having a strong research proposal is therefore very important.

Admission Requirements

3+
7+
76+
100+
PhD: Bachelors degree with a grade of 2:1 or higher, plus masters degree pass (or international equivalent)

3 Years
Oct

Domestic
5,350 GBP
International
23,000 GBP

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