Overview

About the programme

The Palaeoenvironmental Change Research Group in the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at The Open University UK are actively researching the course and drivers of changes in the Earth’s environment over its 4.5 billion-year history.

The terrestrial and marine sedimentary record provides examples of climate change over different timescales and the opportunity to examine the Earth’s response over long timescales. Our Climate Change, Past, Present and Future research is frequently interdisciplinary and is underpinned by the latest methods and approaches in fieldwork and laboratory analysis.

Programme Structure

Current/recent research projects:

Assessing the stratigraphic record and its utility for understanding the Earth system
The development and refinement of geological timescales using orbital chronologies
A multi-proxy isotope approach to reconstructing seawater oxygenation
Environmental change during the Early Jurassic – A North African perspective
500,000 years of solar irradiance, climate and vegetation changes
The impact of recent Ocean Acidification on bio-calcification
Response of Amazonian tropical forests to past changes in global climate
Ocean circulation patterns during the early/middle Eocene climatic warmth
Development of biogeochemical proxies and application over glacial-interglacial cycles

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Starting 2028-02-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

87

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Climate Studies & Meteorology View 7 other PhDs in Climate Studies & Meteorology in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

87

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Other requirements

General requirements

Entry requirements

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

16420 GBP / year

≈ 16420 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

5006 GBP / year

≈ 5006 GBP / year

Living costs

Milton Keynes

United Kingdom

848 - 1345 GBP / month

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