Overview

About the programme

Nursing research at The Open University UK broadly focuses on: professional education; the quality of nursing and healthcare provision and the experiences and perspectives of nurses, the multidisciplinary team, and patients/service users and carers.

We use a range of methodological approaches in our research including mixed methods, participatory, online and secondary analysis methods.

Key areas of research include the role of online teaching and learning; the recruitment and regulation of nurses; the delivery of care in different settings (e.g. maternity and hospice care) and service users’ and carers’ experiences of living with acute or long-term conditions (e.g. diabetes, mental ill-health and dementia).

Programme Structure

Current/recent research projects:

Experiences of nurse supervisors and assessors
Nursing students in the practice learning environment with identifiable Specific Learning Difference (SpLD) Dyslexia
Students on a distance learning nursing degree
Clinical skills teaching by mentors of student nurses
Application of MOOC as a business tool to improve recruitment of nursing students in higher education
Use of action research to reduce the theory-action gap in nursing.
The influence of registered nurses on nursing students’ learning in the clinical environment
Education and health professionals working together in a school setting
Student nurses’ feedback from mental health service users in practice
Looking at inclusion

Key information

Duration

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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-01-01 00:00:00

More details

Application period: November to January

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

87

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Nursing View 41 other PhDs in Nursing in United Kingdom

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) and an MA or research methods training at MA level (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

Tuition Fee

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International

11958 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 11958 GBP per year during 36 months.
National

4712 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 36 months.

Living costs for Milton Keynes

848 - 1345 GBP /month

Living costs

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