Overview

Health and Social Care Leadership at University of Gloucestershire will facilitate personal career development, helping you to become a pioneer and leader in your field of health and care practice. You’ll gain a fresh perspective on service development, exploring the relationships between research, policy and practice in your work settings and wider professional contexts.

Completing the Professional Doctorate offers significant benefits for you including:

enhanced career prospects,
increased credibility and expertise,
personal and professional growth,
methodological expertise,
planning,
critical thinking,
leadership and project management skills,
networking and collaboration
and making a unique and original professional contribution.

Programme Structure

Curriculum includes:

Like other professional doctorate programmes, the Professional Doctorate in Health and Social Care Leadership at UoG comprises a mix of taught and research elements. Taught elements in phase 1 happen mainly in seminars and workshops with senior academic research staff and professional practitioners and leaders in health and social care research. Research elements are conducted with the guidance of your supervisory team.
The programme design includes:
three-day blocks of study,
the introduction of a director of studies from the fourth module, who will act as research supervisor for the duration of the module and phase 2 of the programme
variety and coherence in learning and assessment activities during the taught element of the programme which will feed forward to your thesis.

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-08-01 00:00:00

More details

Applications should be submitted at least 2 months before the course start date, as it can take between 4-6 weeks to complete the application journey.

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Health Administration View 29 other PhDs in Health Administration in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Essential: A good undergraduate degree (1st class or 2:1).
Desirable: A master’s degree in a subject area relevant to the proposed research topic.
Our Professional Doctorate in Health and Social Care Leadership is designed for all practitioners working in the health and social care field with a minimum practice experience requirement of five years of registered practice.
Submission of a 1000-word research proposal which broadly aligns with and aims to support local, regional or national health and care priority areas.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

2925 GBP / year

≈ 2925 GBP / year

Additional Details

International TBC

Living costs

Cheltenham

United Kingdom

660 - 1140 GBP / month

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

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