| Qualifications |
Duration |
Start dates |
Application period |
PhD
(MPhil also available) |
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years |
February and October |
January to April |
Qualifications
PhD (MPhil also available) |
Duration
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years |
Start dates
February and October |
Application period
January to April |
In addition to scientific research, the School of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences also has strengths in pedagogic research (particularly within the STEM disciplines) and our research in this area primarily focuses on understanding and improving the student experience, provision of online materials, practical skills and employment skills. Online delivery of teaching material is increasingly popular and offers a fertile ground for research.
Our funders include eSTEeM at 快猫视频, the Higher Education Academy and The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Key themes of our research include:
- Assessment, encompassing assessment praxis, policy, assessment design, and engagement with assessment processes
- Distance learning, distance teaching, including remote experimentation
- Graduate skills
- Widening participation
- Work-based learning, focusing on training in the workplace, working alongside employers to provide training, and vocational training.
Entry requirements
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your .
Potential research projects
- Work-based learning: the effect of employer (workplace) support on student success
- Teaching practical skills at a distance – developing remote experimentation platforms
Current/recent research projects
- Graduate skills in chemistry: online delivery and assessment
- The use of peer assessment/review in distance teaching via the Moodle VLE
- Online context-based learning activities to improve the engagement of international students
- Going with the (remote) flow – teaching practical chemistry at a distance
- Enabling access to the chemistry curriculum for visually impaired students
Potential supervisors
- Dr Duncan Banks
- – graduate skills
- – distance learning
- – education in chemistry, distance learning
- – education in chemistry, distance learning, graduate skills
- – widening participation distance learning
- – assessment, postgraduate training
- – assessment
- – distance learning, work-based learning
Fees and funding
| UK fee |
International fee |
| Full-time: 拢4,786 per year |
Full-time: 拢15,698 per year |
| Part-time: 拢2,393 per year |
Part-time: 拢7,849 per year |
For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.
To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see .
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