Overview

About the programme

You will shape your own experience of the Professional Education PhD at City, University of London. By concentrating on one element of higher education through in-depth research, you will produce a major body of work and position yourself as an expert.

City’s Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) is a central service and an academic department with a research-active team. It will help you create and realise the best possible research programme.

Our research-active team plays a key role in developing the educational culture here. The design of your PhD or MPhil will be a collaboration between us and you. We are flexible and creative, offering professional development opportunities to support educational practice. This enables you to achieve your maximum potential.

Programme Structure

Projects within the Learning Enhancement and Development Educational research centre:

Digital Literacies Project
ISLA [Inclusive Synchronous Learning Activities]
Digital Accessibility
DALI - Designing Active Learning Initiative
LeAP – Learning Analytics Project
Measuring value and impact for educational developers
Supporting the development of new and future educational leaders in higher education

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-08-31 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

72

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Higher Education View 7 other PhDs in Higher Education in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

72

Student insurance

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

You should normally be working in an area of professional education with a minimum of three years’ experience. This way you can draw upon your practice as well as your theory and use this programme of study to develop your practice.
You are expected to have a good honours degree (normally no less than a second class honours degree from a UK University) in an appropriate subject and/or an MA or MSc or equivalent qualification.
You will need to complete an application form and provide two references. One of which should be an academic reference demonstrating support for your ability to study at this level.
If you are applying for the traditional or by prospective publication routes you should also provide a research proposal

Tuition Fee

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International

12730 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12730 GBP per year during 24 months.
National

4770 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4770 GBP per year during 24 months.

Living costs for London

1137 - 2157 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Professional Education.

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

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