Part Funded PhD Studentship in Creative Leadership in Healthcare

Part Funded PhD Studentship in Creative Leadership in Healthcare

Subject area: Arts and Health / Arts and Humanities

https://www.brunel.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/arts-and-health-phd 

Brunel University London’s Arts and Health subject area in the Arts and Humanities is offering a part-funded PhD studentship for the academic year 2024/25. Starting in January 2025, the studentship spans four years (48 months) and provides an annual stipend of £6,500 for research-related costs, along with home tuition fee coverage. This opportunity is open to UK/home applicants, and recipients will also serve as General Teaching Assistants (GTA), supporting up to 150 hours of teaching or research annually. In collaboration with CNWL NHS Foundation Trust, GTAs will contribute to both Arts and Health studies and leadership programs.

The PhD will explore creativity, power relations, and leadership within the NHS, focusing on how organisational change can impact service delivery and patient experience. It will examine the intersection of healthcare staff wellbeing, cultures, and environments, with a particular interest in leadership theories, creativity and mixed research methods, and more-than-human concepts of workplace interaction.

Key areas of enquiry include:

• leadership models
• power relations
• co-creation
• role of cultural groups in healthcare leadership.

The studentship welcomes applications from underrepresented groups, including women, LGBTQ+, Global Majority/BAME candidates, those with disabilities, and care leavers. This research will be conducted in partnership with CNWL NHS Foundation Trust, one of the UK’s largest healthcare providers.

Eligibility

The studentship is awarded based on outstanding academic merit.

Candidates should have an undergraduate degree (first or upper second class) in a relevant subject. A Master’s degree is an advantage but not essential, preferably at distinction level or equivalent.

How to apply

If you wish to apply, please email Prof. Dominik Havsteen-Franklin, dominik.havsteen-franklin@brunel.ac.uk no later than 30th October 2024.

To apply you will need:

• Your up to date CV
• A one A4 page personal statement setting out why you are a suitable candidate (i.e. your skills and experience)
• A research proposal explaining the research theory and design.
• Your proposal should be a minimum of 2000 words (and no more than 3000 words including references).
• Your degree transcripts and/or certificates
• Names and contact details for two academic referees

Interviews will take place online, exact date and times to be confirmed.

Any offer will be subject to a successful application for the PhD degree programme. More details are here:

https://www.brunel.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/arts-and-health-phd 

If you are offered a place, you will need to complete an online application via the following website, meeting the University academic entry requirements and being offered a place on the course:

How to apply for a research degree | Brunel University London

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