Overview

This Professional Practice Community and Social Care - Policy and Practice degree at The University of Lancashire it’s aimed at current social work, care and community professionals who want to develop advanced research skills which will empower them to have a positive impact on practice and policy.

Key Facts

We offer a Professional Practice Community and Social Care - Policy and Practice degree at The University of Lancashire. This is the first course within the UK to deliver totally online doctoral study. Through various interactive online learning opportunities, you’ll develop your own supportive research community.

Because it’s delivered totally online, you can work flexibly and fit the demands of this course around your everyday work and other commitments.

In this course you make a contribution to both theory and practice in your field, and develop professional practice by making a contribution to professional knowledge.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

Themes & Perspectives in Social Research

Doing Social Research

Developing Research Skills in Social Care

Social Research

Sociology

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-05-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

86

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PTE Academic

61

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Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Preston, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Social Work View 8 other PhDs in Social Work in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

86

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61

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Other requirements

General requirements

A minimum of two years professional experience within your chosen field, plus a minimum of a BA/BSc (honours) degree 2.2 or above or international equivalence. International students are also required to prove their abilities in written English.

This course will involve you working with vulnerable groups of individuals, this may include children. In order to ensure that the University offers places on their programmes to suitable candidates you will be required to obtain a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance (formerly termed CRB).

Tuition Fees

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International Applies to you

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Non-residents

2755 GBP / year

≈ 2755 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

2755 GBP / year

≈ 2755 GBP / year

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