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Psychology: Fully Funded SBUHB and Swansea University PhD Scholarship: Designing, delivering and evaluating holistic wellbeing strategy at scale (RS670)

Closing date: 19 August 2024

Key Information

Funding provider: Cofunded by Swansea Bay University Health Board and Swansea University (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion fund)

Subject area(s): Psychology, Wellbeing, Positive Psychology, Systems Thinking  

Project start date:

  • 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September) 

Supervisors: 

Aligned programme of study: PhD in Psychology

Mode of study: Full-time  

Project description: 

In partnership with Swansea Bay University Health Board and the West Glamorgan Regional Partnership Board (WGRPB), we are advertising a PhD project aimed at enhancing community wellbeing in West Glamorgan. This endeavour integrates theoretical frameworks, practical interventions, and innovative methodological approaches, while considering the linguistic and cultural diversity of the population. This study seeks to address the overarching question of how to promote holistic wellbeing while examining the challenges and opportunities of conducting research within a bilingual community.

Eligibility

Candidates must hold an UK Bachelor degree with a minimum of Upper Second Class honours or overseas Bachelor degree deemed equivalent to UK Bachelor (by UK ECCTIS) and achieved a grade equivalent to UK Upper Second Class honours – see country specific qualifications. 
 
Candidates must also hold a master's degree (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University).
 
Alternatively, applicants with a UK first class honours degree (or overseas Bachelor degree deemed equivalent to UK Bachelor (by UK ECCTIS) and achieved a grade equivalent to UK First Class honours) not holding a master’s degree, will be considered on an individual basis.
 
IELTS 6.5 Overall (with no individual component below 6.5) or Swansea University recognised equivalent.
 
Applicants must be fluent Welsh speakers with the additional requirement of being able to confidently write in Welsh (and or/hold a Welsh literature GCSE grade C or above).

Due to funding restrictions, this scholarship is open to applicants eligible to pay tuition fees at the UK rate only, as defined by UKCISA regulations. 

If you have any questions regarding your academic or fee eligibility based on the above, please email pgrscholarships@swansea.ac.uk with the web-link to the scholarship(s) you are interested in.

Funding

This scholarship covers the full cost of UK tuition fees and an annual stipend at £19,237.

Additional research expenses of up to £1,000 per year will also be available.

How to Apply

To apply, please complete your application online with the following information:

1. Course choice – please select Psychology/ PhD / Full-time / 3 Years / October
In the event you have already applied for the above programme previously, the application system may issue a warning notice and prevent application, in this event, please email pgrscholarships@swansea.ac.uk where staff will be happy to assist you in submitting your application.
 
2. Start year – please select 2024
 
3. Funding (page 8) –
• ‘Are you funding your studies yourself?’ – please select No
• ‘Name of Individual or organisation providing funds for study’ – please enter 'RS670 - Holistic Wellbeing'.

One application is required per individual Swansea University led research scholarship award; applications cannot be considered listing multiple Swansea University led research scholarship awards.

We encourage you to complete the following to support our commitment to providing an environment free of discrimination and celebrating diversity at Swansea University: 

As part of your online application, you MUST upload the following documents (please do not send these via e-mail). We strongly advise you to provide the listed supporting documents by the advertised application closing date. Please note that your application may not be considered without the documents listed:

  • CV
  • Degree certificates and transcripts (if you are currently studying for a degree, screenshots of your grades to date are sufficient)
  • A cover letter
  • Two references (academic or previous employer) on headed paper or using the Swansea University reference form. Please note that we are not able to accept references received citing private email accounts, e.g. Hotmail. Referees should cite their employment email address for verification of reference.
  • Evidence of meeting English Language requirement (if applicable).
  • Evidence of meeting Welsh Language requirement (required)
  • Copy of UK resident visa (if applicable)
  • Confirmation of EDI form submission 

Informal enquiries are welcome - please contact Professor Andrew Kemp a.h.kemp@swansea.ac.uk.  

*External Partner Application Data Sharing – Please note that as part of the scholarship application selection process, application data sharing may occur with external partners outside of the University, when joint/co- funding of a scholarship project is applicable.