Program Overview

2. How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

As a postgraduate research student, you’ll follow an independent programme of study under the supervision of a team of leading academics with extensive experience of undertaking high quality research and academic scholarship.  Supervision principally takes places through regular meetings, either face to face or using remote communication, between doctoral researchers and their supervisory teams. Our policies and support structures ensure that supervision is of the highest quality.

Course leaders and tutors

Sionnadh McLean

Reader In Physiotherapy

Sionnadh is a Reader in Physiotherapy in the Allied Health Professions Department. She is the MSc Manual Therapy course leader, and teaches across the physiotherapy … Read more

Sionnadh McLean

Reader In Physiotherapy

Sionnadh is a Reader in Physiotherapy in the Allied Health Professions Department. She is the MSc Manual Therapy course leader, and teaches across the physiotherapy … Read more

Applied learning

You’ll be part of an active research community in the Applied Health and Social Care Research Centre (AHSRC), the Health Research Institute and the wider university. Our Research Centre vision is to deliver world leading applied research which impacts individuals, communities, populations and the health and social care workforce. We conduct applied health and social care research that addresses complex challenges and leads to improvements in people’s health and wellbeing through enhancements in diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, care and service user experience. Our Centre researchers have extensive experience in patient, public and service user involvement, and in the co-design of research. In parallel, our research informs the development of the health and social care workforce, ensuring their roles are appropriate for the demands of an evolving health and social care sector. Much of our research is conducted in partnership with health and social care providers and industry, involving multidisciplinary collaborations across the university and with external national and international academic partners.

Your research will be closely aligned with one of the research groupings within the AHSRC. These are:

There are multiple opportunities for you to be involved in a wide range of academic activities including teaching and knowledge exchange over the course of your programme, enabling you to further expand and enhance your knowledge and skills acquisition.