Management PhD

<strong>This programme equips candidates with the skills to conduct and publish high-quality research, and to pursue careers in leading research-led universities.</strong><br/><br/>Our leading academics undertake research that informs scholarship, education, policy and practice in business, management and society more broadly.<br/><br/>We are one of the UK’s leading research-intensive business schools. Our faculty members are actively engaged with the world’s wider research community. They regularly publish in leading journals in business, management and social sciences. The most recent UK Research Excellence Framework classed 87% of our research as world-leading or internationally excellent.<br/><br/>We have made a commitment to research that makes a positive difference to people’s lives. That is why we launched Research4Good. This campaign aims to communicate our research and the positive impact it has on society.<br/><br/>We welcome PhD scholars interested in developing professional scholarly research in any aspect of business and management.<br/><br/>The PhD programme aims to:<br/><br/><br/>- provide a framework within which you can conduct original scholarly research on aspect of management or business<br/><br/><br/>- facilitate your development as a fully trained and competent scholarly researcher, able to understand and use research techniques appropriate to your own and subject areas, and to be conversant with research methods used in other subject areas both within business, management and cognate social science disciplines<br/><br/><br/>Learning occurs in several ways:<br/><br/><br/>- working with your supervisory team: through working with a minimum of two academic advisers you develop both your research skills and your research study<br/><br/><br/>- by undertaking taught research training courses provided through resources from our Doctoral College<br/><br/><br/>- through becoming part of the School of Management’s research culture by, for example, participating in research seminars and research centre activities.<br/><br/><br/>With a strong foundation in research, alumni of the PhD programme in the School of Management have earned academic positions at the University of Alberta, University of Birmingham, University of Cambridge, Cardiff University, University of Edinburgh, University of Kent, University of Liverpool, Warwick Business School, University of the West England, among others. Other graduates went on to research careers in government and industry.