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Before you start your application, you should:

• Discover more about the research area you’re interested in.
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• and speak to them about your suitability for the project.
• Understand how your project is funded and, if you are applying for a self-funded project, consider how you plan on funding your project and discuss this with the listed supervisor.

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• and contact the project supervisor to talk to them about your suitability for the project; OR
• Determine your own research project and title, in this research area and contact them to discuss potentially supervising your research.

Supporting documents

You'll also need to make sure you have the following documents before you start your application:

• Personal statement
• Certificates and transcripts
• CV
• Confirmation of funding (if you are self-funded)
• English language ability

• Names and details of two referees to support your application

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Any missing information may delay the processing of your application.

Application deadlines

The deadline for applying for postgraduate research in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health depends on when you intend to start your research and how your project is funded.

If you are applying for one of our funded programmes, please refer to the deadlines detailed on the .

If you’re applying for a project that isn’t part of one of these programmes, our final application deadlines are:

• January 2026 entry: Wednesday, 15 October 2025
• April 2026 entry: Thursday, 15 January 2026
• September 2026 entry: Tuesday, 15 June 2026

The Health Workforce Group of the Division of Medical Education conducts high quality research with the key strategic goals of:

• Developing next-generation interventions through researching behavioural insights for workforce change.
• Reducing global health inequalities by our focus on equitable health workforce for low-, middle- and high-income countries.
• Supporting high quality pedagogic, medical education and health professional education research and demonstrating excellence in health professional education and training.

Key areas of activity:

• Leadership in behavioural research and psychological workforce development: NHS England initiative to train health psychologists to work on health workforce behaviour change within Integrated Care Systems.
• Improving health workforce: Medical, health professional and pedagogic research in the groups niche of using behavioural insights to improve health workforce practice.
• Capacity building: Including the Change Exchange (supporting international health partnerships to use behavioural insights) and development of capacity of health professional educators through international education partnerships.
• Delivering impact: Working on the edge of translational research so that research is embedded in activities that aim to improve health, as well as researching change, specifically with international health partnerships, including World Health Organisation and the Tropical Health and Education Trust.

The group works across many specialist content areas but have current particular interests in behavioural science, behavioural research and behaviour change; global health and particularly health partnerships; antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial stewardship; maternal and child health; women’s health and health professional education and training. The group possesses expertise in qualitative and mixed methods research.

This programme allows postgraduate researchers (PGRs) to develop expert status in applied research, whilst gaining broad professional skills in education, global health and developing personal skills in management and work-life balance. PGRs play an important role in the intellectual life of the group, through peer support, meetings and social events.

Postgraduate researchers are based in the Stopford Building, in the heart of the Oxford Road Campus, which also includes colleagues in health professional programmes. This co-location affords opportunities for our students to work alongside health professional educators, to conduct high quality applied research. Students will have a dedicated space, access to the libraries and other facilities across the campus, in walking distance.

If you are interested in pursuing a PhD or MPhil research project with the Health Workforce Group in the Division of Medical Education, we recommend making informal contact with a member of staff whose research interests are closest to yours.

Find out more at The Exchange Change and the on Research Explorer.

Some relevant PhD projects may be listed on the .