Midlands Graduate School
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded Midlands Graduate School (MGS) Doctoral Training Partnership brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands to support the professional and personal development of the next generation of social science researchers. MGS is a collaboration between the University of Warwick, Aston University, University of Birmingham, University of Leicester, Â鶹´«Ã½, Loughborough University, Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.
We offer you cross-institutional supervision, training, mentoring and career support to ensure that you produce high quality research and maximise your career potential. The Doctoral Training Partnership awards around 70 PhD ESRC studentships each year.
Through the partnership we aim to deliver excellence in all aspects of research supervision and training. We will assist you in acquiring the best supervision for your field of research, you will have access to a wide range of facilities and support networks across our campuses.
Research career opportunities
Studying with us will enable you to:
- Access unique training and placements
- Experience our outstanding track record in 'real world' research
- Work with world-leading researchers
- Work across disciplines
- Benefit from our collaborative partnerships and professional networks
- Developing novel research in health and humanities research.
Topic areas for research
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- Social aspects of reproduction and reproductive health
- Mental health, parental mental illness, mental health literacy
- Health and wellbeing and health inequalities
- Public health
- Disability and chronic illness
- Role of the arts and humanities in fostering wellbeing, resilience and recovery
- Higher education, skills transfer and employability
- Technology in education
- Wellbeing, inclusion and disability in education
If you wish to apply for MGS funding of a doctoral project, please contact mgs@dmu.ac.uk.
Applications for an October 2025 start have opened. The deadlines for those applications will be:
- For the Â鶹´«Ã½ application: 16 December 2024
- For the MGS application: 21 January 2025
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