Health and Wellbeing
Entry requirements
The normal minimum entrance requirement is an upper second class honours degree or master's degree.
Months of entry
October
Course content
The School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care has a strong track record in applied health and social care research. We are funded by the Research Councils (ESRC and AHRC), the National Institute for Health Research and a wide range of trusts, charities, and commercial organisations. In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, 69 per cent of our research submitted in the Social work and social policy category was judged to be world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*). Seventy-three per cent of our research was assessed as 4* or 3* for impact and seventy-five per cent for research environment.
Our research is organised into five distinct research themes: Ageing and later life; Children, young people, parenting and families; Death, dying and bereavement; Living with disability and long-term conditions; and Reproduction, sexualities, and health. The School is committed to making a difference to health and social care practice and works in partnership with the research stakeholders in all of our activities.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- PhD
- part time96 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- Distance learningis available for this qualification
- full time48 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- MPhil
- part time72 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- Distance learningis available for this qualification
- full time48 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Graduate School
- research-degrees-office@open.ac.uk