Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms MPhil PhD

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Overview

Course options

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PhD via MPhil

  • MPhil PhD Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time
    • Pound 6020 Per year. Write-Up Fees = £1000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).
  • MPhil PhD Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms, home applicant, part time

    • Home Applicant
    • Part time
    • Pound 3010 UK - PhD by Published Work: £3,010. Write-Up Fees = £1000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).
  • MPhil PhD Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time
    • Pound 16100 Per year. Write-Up Fees = £1000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).
  • MPhil PhD Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms, international applicant, part time

    • International Applicant
    • Part time
    • Pound 8050 Int - PhD by Published Work: £8,050. Write-Up Fees = £1000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).

PhD via MPhil

  • MPhil PhD Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time
    • Pound 6020 Per year. Write-Up Fees = £1000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).
  • MPhil PhD Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms, home applicant, part time

    • Home Applicant
    • Part time
    • Pound 3006 UK - PhD by Published Work: £3,010. Write-Up Fees = £1000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).
  • MPhil PhD Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time
    • Pound 16100 Per year. Write-Up Fees = £1000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).
  • MPhil PhD Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms, international applicant, part time

    • International Applicant
    • Part time
    • Pound 8050 Int - PhD by Published Work: £8,050. Write-Up Fees = £1000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).

PhD via MPhil

  • MPhil PhD Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms, home applicant, full time

    • Home Applicant
    • Full time
    • Pound 6020 Per year. Write-Up Fees = £1000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).
  • MPhil PhD Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms, home applicant, part time

    • Home Applicant
    • Part time
    • Pound 3010 UK - PhD by Published Work: £3,010. Write-Up Fees = £1000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).
  • MPhil PhD Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms, international applicant, full time

    • International Applicant
    • Full time
    • Pound 16100 Per year. Write-Up Fees = £1000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).
  • MPhil PhD Health, Wellbeing and Online Harms, international applicant, part time

    • International Applicant
    • Part time
    • Pound 8050 Int - PhD by Published Work: £8,050. Write-Up Fees = £1000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).

What makes this course different

Academic staff

Postgraduate students score our academic staff highly in terms of support and the quality of their teaching - 82 per cent felt their research skills had developed during their course.

Volunteer

Many of our postgraduate students volunteer to help at UEL's Legal Advice Centre, joining local solicitors to provide free legal advice to local people.

Teaching

Our research students have opportunities to teach undergraduates across the range of business and law courses at UEL - increasing their attractiveness to employers and academic institutions.

Course modules

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

Your future career

Your future career

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our  Career Coach portal.

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including:

  • Online jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work.
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts 
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services 
  • Careers workshops and employer events 
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Our Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top

  • Enterprise and entrepreneurship support 
  • We are ranked 6th for graduate start-ups 
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations 
  • Support in starting a new business, freelancing and self-employment 
  • London on our doorstep

What you'll learn

Child online harms and youth cybercrime: ICC has a strong focus on child online harms and youth cybercrime. Our research has been funded by the European Commission, NGOs, the UK and international governments, and the UKRI. We have conducted research exploring the human and technical drivers of cybercrime and the impact of online harm on children and young people in the UK and internationally.

Social prescribing: ICC has been leading research, evaluation, and training in social prescribing at local, regional, national, and international levels for the last decade, with key contributions to the development of social prescribing in the UK through NHS guidance, policy development, journal, and book publications.

Social justice: If you are passionate about addressing health equity, dismantling structural inequalities, and promoting social justice, the ICC offers you an excellent opportunity to engage in impactful research that influences public spending and service delivery and to contribute to shaping policies and practices that promote equity and social justice.

How you'll learn

A PhD is an original and distinct contribution to the knowledge of the field of study. It is often essential for those wishing to follow an academic or research career in industry or commerce. PhD research can be carried out in all subject areas. 

All Postgraduate Research students are supervised by at least two research-active staff. Your supervisors will support your programme of research through regular meetings and reviews. 

The PhD via MPhil course normally takes a minimum of 36 months (full-time) 60 months (part-time) to complete. Students enrolled in full-time mode of study will transfer from the MPhil to a PhD usually at the two-year stage or equivalent for part-time study. 

At the end of your PhD, you will be required to submit an 80,000-word thesis, summarising your research. You will then have to undergo an oral examination (a viva) on your thesis.

How you will be assessed

PhD via MPhil

At the end of your PhD, you will be required to submit an 80,000-word thesis, summarising your research. You will then have to undergo an oral examination (a viva) on your thesis.

MPhil

At the end of your MPhil, you will be required to submit a 40,000-word thesis which outlines your research findings. You will then have to undergo an oral examination (a viva) on your thesis.

PhD Direct

At the end of your PhD, you will be required to submit an 80,000-word thesis, summarising your research. You will then have to undergo an oral examination (a viva) on your thesis.

Campus and facilities

Water Lane, Stratford

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by the Institute for Connected Communities

The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.