Published: 14 Jul 2023 422 views
The Arts and Health subject area, in Arts and Humanities at Brunel University London is offering a part funded PhD studentship to start in the academic year of 2023. The studentship, which will be funded by the CNWL NHS Foundation Trust, is for 4 years starting on 1st October 2023. The successful applicant will have access to a training grant for research and fieldwork related costs, plus full payment of UK/EU tuition fees. The studentship is open to all UK and EU applicants.
Awardees must provide occasional teaching as a General Teaching Assistant (GTA) and may be asked to help with research in Arts & Health, leadership, and arts therapies. Work undertaken will be in collaboration with our health partner CNWL NHS Foundation Trust.
Investigation into creativity, new materialism, power relations and leadership have generated meaningful discourses about the future of the NHS and how organisational change can have a meaningful impact on the delivery of services and patient experience. The complexity of intersections between physical health, mental health, cultures, populations and staff support and wellbeing are key factors of consideration with the development of NHS leadership environments.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on politics, society, global concerns, and communities. This has led to a greater demand for effective healthcare. Our NHS sponsor is offering an opportunity to explore creative leadership, healthcare changes, and the future of leadership. Leadership can be redefined according to the ways in which we understand the transversal relationships between healthcare staff, infrastructures, physical environment, politics, culture, and society. We are particularly interested in theoretical discourse and creative mixed methods that are developed in the context of recent theories of post-humanism, new materialism and neo-materialism. Potential areas of investigation could include creative models for healthcare leadership and how this affects place-based roles and power relations; the role of the creative leader within the development of inclusive healthcare models; the relationship between cultural groups, creative leadership and healthcare; the role of co-creation, leadership and heritage in partnership healthcare policy. These are only some of many lines of enquiry and responses that are welcomed to inform the development of future leadership models in healthcare.
We positively encourage applications from groups under-represented in postgraduate research, including (but not limited to) women, LGBTQ+ candidates, Global Majority / BAME candidates, candidates with disabilities, candidates with caring responsibilities, and care leavers.
This role will be situated in Brunel University London and CNWL NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) one of the largest, most progressive healthcare providers in the UK.
Your supervisory team will comprise Prof. Dominik Havsteen-Franklin, Claire Grant and relevant support based on your academic needs.
Brunel University London is a public research university located in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1966, it was named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Brunel's campus is located on the outskirts of Uxbridge. It is organised into three colleges and three major research institutes, a structure adopted in August 2014 which also changed the university's name to Brunel University London. Brunel has over 12,900 students and 2,500 staff and had a total income of £200.7 million in 2014/15, of which 25% came from grants and research contracts. &nbs... continue reading
The successful applicant will have access to a training grant for research and fieldwork related costs, plus full payment of UK/EU tuition fees. The studentship is open to all UK and EU applicants.
The studentship is awarded based on outstanding academic merit.
Candidates should have an undergraduate degree (first or upper second class) in a relevant subject. A Master’s degree is an advantage but not essential, preferably at distinction level or equivalent.
If you wish to apply, please email the Prof. Dominik Havsteen-Franklin, [email protected] no later than Saturday 5th August.
To apply you will need:
