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Employment Research PhD

University of Warwick

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Course options

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    University of Warwick

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    4 years

Course summary

Using interdisciplinary approaches on PhD in Employment Research you will tackle high quality social science research in employment. Warwick's Institute for Employment Research provides unparalleled teaching at a leading international social science research centre.

Course Overview

As a research-only department within the University of Warwick the work of the Institute for Employment Research is diverse and interdisciplinary and provides wide-ranging opportunities for prospective doctoral candidates to engage in high quality social science doctoral-level research which is policy-relevant as well as being academically rigorous.

The IER鈥檚 doctoral programme aims to train independent social science researchers who can develop and deploy theory effectively assess the relative merits of different methodological approaches choose appropriate empirical methods manage well their time and other research resources effectively. Being located in a specialist research environment will provide a wider understanding of the research process (including dissemination funding relationships with sponsors and different organisational models for research).

Our extensive research portfolio has meant that we have fostered and maintained links with national and international research centres; UK government departments and agencies; European Commission and other international bodies; local authorities and sectoral organisations as well as extensive academic networks.

Supervision for IER doctoral students will be provided by academic researchers with significant experience of undertaking research across a range of topics in employment research. We supervise a wide range of students from a variety of different countries and backgrounds and welcome this diversity among our student body.

Former students have gone on to work in a variety of areas in different countries including academia government the private sector or third sector organisations.

Areas for PhD supervision

Examples of current research interests of the IER's academic researchers include:

  • Job quality
  • Employment relations and employer behaviour
  • Work welfare and public policy
  • Higher Education and the graduate labour market
  • Labour market assessment and forecasting
  • Guidance learning and careers
  • Socio-economic inequalities and the labour market
  • Gender and the labour market
  • Apprenticeships work-based learning and training

Teaching and Learning

Supervision for IER doctoral students will be provided by academic researchers with significant experience of undertaking research across a range of topics in employment research. During their first year of PhD study students will normally be expected to undertake training in both quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Tuition fees

Students living in Hong Kong
(International fees)

拢 23,070per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

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University of Warwick

University of Warwick

  • University League Table

    10th

  • Campus address

    University of Warwick, University of Warwick Coventry, Coventry, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

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Students come to Warwick from approximately 150 countries.
Many scholarships are available for overseas students.
On and off-campus accommodation options available.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Sociology

    8th out of 101 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 206
    147 71%

    19th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    80.0 80%

    5th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.04 76%

    42nd

    22

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