Overview
Combine doctoral research with your full-time career, and make a substantial contribution to the development of professional practice in your area. We can offer supervision in specialisms including ecology, conservation and animal behaviour and welfare, biomedical and forensic sciences, built environment, computing, medical and mechanical engineering, molecular biology, psychology or sport and exercise science.
Full description
We’ve designed the courses for maximum flexibility. We know that busy professionals need to fit their studies around their other commitments. Indeed, this is a requirement with this practice-led doctorate which depends on a very strong synergy between your doctoral studies and your work practice. Throughout your studies you’ll have access to our online learning management system used to complement the workshop activities. Each year there’ll be five weekend workshops and five supervisory sessions on campus where you will meet fellow professionals from many disciplines, in a critical but highly supportive setting.
The programme is split into two distinct stages. In stage 1, you’ll complete the following four 30 credit modules as part of the research and development phase:
- Advanced Professional Practice
- Theoretical Perspectives of Advanced Professional Practice
- Advanced Research Design
- Advanced Data Collection and Analysis
In stage 2 you’ll produce a 60,000 word thesis based on original research developed from Stage 1 and linked to your professional practice. You can complete your studies in 36-48 months, exiting with a Professional Masters (MProf) or the full Professional Doctorate (DProf) qualification.
Explore our Schools to find subject specialist supervisors in the many disciplines spanning our Faculty of Science and Engineering.
- School of Computing and Information Science
- School of Engineering and the Built Environment
- School of Life Sciences
- School of Psychology and Sport Science
You'll be part of a dynamic research community in the Faculty of Science and Engineering with our Global Sustainability Institute and Research Groups and conferences, seminars and workshops which take place regularly throughout the year.
All your subject specific studies will be enhanced and supported by our University-wide training sessions, where you'll gain important research expertise in areas like ethics, presentations, intellectual property and digital scholarship.
Supervision and support
You’ll have the full support of our academic team, via a virtual learning environment that puts study management tools, periodicals and other materials at your fingertips.
We make full use of Skype and Communicator for formal, face-to-face supervisory sessions and you can contact us any time to discuss the different aspects of your work.
The five workshops each year take place on our Chelmsford campus.
We’ll provide comprehensive research training in areas such as academic writing and publishing, research methods, subject developments, data analysis, conference skills and presentation.
You can also present your work at our annual research and scholarship conference, network with delegates from around the world and attend a variety of workshops and presentations.
Explore our Schools and Research Groups to find subject specialist supervisors in the many disciplines spanning our Faculty of Science and Engineering.
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