Details
Title: Health and Wellbeing of the Transgender Community
Funding: Yearly tax-free stipend of approx. £18,622 (subject to current UKRI rates) plus home tuition fees.
Closing date: 9th September 2024.
Start date: January 2025.
Duration: 3 years (full time, or 5 years part-time).
Location: Colchester Campus
Based in: School of Health and Social Care
The School of Health and Social Care is working in partnership with Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (SNEE ICB) to support a PhD studentship.
Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship from January 2025 for three years (full time study). The PhD studentships are aligned to the University Research Strategy and to the School of Health and Social Care Research Strategy.
This programme forms part of our research portfolio and partnership with SNEE ICB and this programme of research has particular focus on clinical links and exploring health services in the Suffolk and North East Essex area for transgender, non-binary and gender questioning (TNBGQ) groups.
The programme forms part of an initiative with SNEE ICB to assist their work with the transgender community and explore the inequalities that may exist accessing health services in the region for this group. The studentship will be based in the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Essex, Colchester campus.
The studentship will be offered to an outstanding early stage researcher to conduct applied research into aspects of health and social care ensuring innovative and effective public and community involvement. This studentship provides exciting career opportunities for an ambitious researcher to work in a team directly with clinical partners to develop health services in the local area.
PhD research question and proposed programme of work must align with the SNEE programme theme.
The proposed research focuses on the health and wellbeing of individuals who described themselves as TNBGQ looking at health across the lifespan. The proposed PhD opportunities will give successful candidates the chance to explore the following areas in partnership with SNEE:
The studentship comes with a yearly tax-free stipend at current UKRI rates (approx. £18,622) plus Home tuition fees, and £2,500 training bursary via Proficio funding, which may be used to cover the cost of advanced skills training including conference attendance and travel. To be eligible for this award you must be a Home student (i.e. UK national meeting residency requirements).
The successful applicant will enrol at the University of Essex.
We are looking for candidates who match the following criteria:
Please apply through our online portal.
You will need to provide the following information and documents:
Instruction to applicants
When you apply online you will be prompted to fill out several boxes in the form:
Please direct general inquiries to the PGR Administrator (hscpgradmin@essex.ac.uk), School of Health and Social Care at the University of Essex.
The closing date for applications is 9th September 2024. Applications received after this time will not be considered. Applications not including any of the above information will not be shortlisted.
The studentship will commence January 2025.