PhD programmes in Social Work in United Kingdom

This Education, Social Work and Community Education PhD degree programme is offered at the University of Dundee.

We offer two types of research degree: an MPhil or a PhD – which consider topics, organisations or concepts relating to social work and social care services. We offer a Social Work and Social Care degree at the University of Birmingham.

The Department of African Studies and Anthropology is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence in research and postgraduate training. We offer a Social Anthropology degree at the University of Birmingham. 

Within the Social Work PhD course from University of East Anglia you'll learn that we are a top tier, research-led university and are committed to making a substantial impact on the global challenges facing society

The professional doctorate in Social Work offered at Cardiff University, is aimed at managers and a wide range of practitioners who are experienced and who are working at senior and middle levels of their professions and organisations. 

A PhD is the highest academic award for which a student can be registered. This Social Work and Social Policy programme at University of Huddersfield allows you to explore and pursue a research project built around a substantial piece of work, which has to show evidence of original contribution to knowledge.

In the Social Work programme from Queen's University Belfast, you'll be a social scientist committed to multidisciplinary research that builds knowledge and capacities in the communities around us, and that has a positive impact on wellbeing. 

The Revealing Abledment - Ableism and the Body Politics project at University of Dundee  requires a student who is committed to reading broadly across traditional disciplinary boundaries and non-western cultural contexts, hungry for deliberation and problematisation; and ultimately comfortable with complexity and uncertainties. 

This Ableism, Microaggressions and the Law project at University of Dundee  seeks PhD candidates who are interested in investigating the formation a jurisprudence of disability within common law and civil law systems.

The University of Portsmouth was one of the first institutions to respond to the rapid changes within health and social care by offering a Professional Doctorate in Professional Doctorate in Social Work programme at University of Portsmouth.

Our School of Health and Social Care at University of Portsmouth delivers research at the highest ethical standard to improve knowledge for services and the health of the community. Health and Social Care is offered at University of Portsmouth.

A PhD in Social Work at University of Bristol equips students with the skills and experience to apply social research methods and tools to critically examine some of the most pressing contemporary issues in social work practice, policy and education.

This Sub-Continent Religious Traditions, Disability (Non-normative Bodies) at University of Dundee aims to examine how different types of narratives might energise the supporters of the far-right movement and drive them to engage in political violence. 

Our doctoral programme in Human Sciences at University of Greenwich allows you to conduct cutting-edge research in fields including Psychology, Social Work, Public Health and Sports Science with support from our experts.

Our School of Health and Social Care delivers research at the highest ethical standard to improve knowledge for services and the health of the community.

The Professional Doctorate in Social Work major at the University of Dundee challenges confronting society are complex and interdisciplinary, and current solutions to today’s and tomorrow’s intractable problems are not working. 

The Doctor of Social Work course from University of Birmingham is designed for social workers and for those wanting to undertake a professional doctorate in the field of Social Work and Social Care.

Apply for a research programme in Social Work at the 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.

This Health and Social Care Practice course from University of Derby aims to prepare health professionals, in practice or in academia, and leaders in the health and social care professions with research and research project management skills to take a leading role with the development of practice or the development of services within defined professional areas.

Students doing a PhD in Science Studies at Lancaster University - Management School join an international and interdisciplinary research community with students working on PhDs in Sociology, Gender and Women’s Studies, Science Studies, Media and Cultural Studies and Applied Social Science.