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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Essex
Full Time
Apr 2027
4 Year
We offer research supervision in the following: Children, psychoanalysis, and psychoanalytic theory, Psychosocial Studies of children and childhood, Sociologies of childhood, Histories of children and childhoodOur graduates in PPS go on to a number of different destinations, including further study and training. Many of our students are already professionals so return to their existing fields with deeper understanding of their work, using this for their personal development and for increasing their potential for promotion and leadership in their existing or new roles.Our graduates go on to a number of different destinations, including further study and training.Many of our students are already professionals, clinical and non-clinical, so return to their existing fields, either in jobs or further training, and use study with us to deepen their understanding of their work.
Within our Department, the normal period of study for a PhD is three years (six years if part-time or distance learning). Assessment is by submission of a thesis of no more than 80,000 words.
Within our Department, the normal period of study for a PhD is three years (six years if part-time or distance learning). Assessment is by submission of a thesis of no more than 80,000 words.
