What can the Education PhD programme offer me?

As an education research student with us, you can expect:

• high quality and regular supervision from academic experts in their areas to support a 80,000 word dissertation (540 D level credits);
• support from your supervisors for presenting at conferences and publishing in academic peer-reviewed journals;
• to be part of a diverse and lively academic community of over 100 doctoral researchers;
• to be an active member of a research centre, network and/or Faculty-wide research group, through which you can share research ideas with staff and students and will connect to national and international networks;
• a minimum of four taught research methods accredited by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) that provide a secure foundation in the principles of research design;
• membership of the South West Doctoral Training Partnership and Bristol Doctoral College;
• opportunities to contribute to leadership and governance as a student representative on School and Faculty committees or through convening School of Education doctoral conferences; 
• opportunities to apply for short term research assistant and teaching assistant roles;
• Professional development and short training courses through the Bristol Doctoral College and the CREATE (Cultivating Research and Teaching Excellence) staff development scheme;
• access to a dedicated School library on site, Faculty and other University libraries;
• Use of well-equipped, flexible study spaces within the School of Education and wider University; and
• your own personal profile on the University of Bristol website

Research supervision

We offer high quality supervision by internationally recognised scholars, across a range of research areas including educational psychology, education policy, higher education, teaching and learning in schools, professional development, learning in the city, non-formal education, lifelong learning and assessment.

Our academic staff include experienced researchers with methodological expertise in advanced quantitative methods, a range of qualitative research methods and mixed methods.