PhD in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning

at University of Warwick

This PhD provides an opportunity to undertake in-depth research within the broad field of adult education and lifelong learning. Adult education and lifelong learning encompass a wide range of learning situations from informal through to formal education and the workplace.

Our research

Research themes can include:

• Lifelong learning in any context including workplace, community, and formal education, plus informal learning in the family or elsewhere
• Lifelong learning at any age including childhood, young adulthood, mid-life, and/or later years
• Theories of learning
• Professional and vocational education
• Popular and radical education
• Issues of culture, class, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual identity, and/or disability
• Access to learning, retention, and drop-out
• Transitions, learner identity, and career development
• Transformative learning
• Motivations to learning

The above is not an exclusive list of research areas and you are free to propose additional topics or themes.

Minimum requirements

2:i undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject or a good Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. Supported by a good research proposal (2500 words).

English language requirements

• Band B
• IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.
   

The University carries out an initial fee status assessment based on information provided in the application and according to the guidance published by UKCISA. Students are classified as either Home or Overseas Fee status and this can determine the tuition fee and eligibility of certain scholarships and financial support.

If you receive an offer, your fee status will be stated with the tuition fee information, however we are awaiting guidance from the UK government regarding fee status for EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals and their family members living in the UK for academic year 2021/22 onwards. We are not able to confirm the fee status for these students until the relevant eligibility criteria have been confirmed. Once we have received further information from the UK government, we will provide you with an update on your fee status and let you know if any additional information is required. If you believe your fee status has been incorrectly classified you can complete a fee status assessment questionnaire (follow the instructions in your offer) and provide the required documentation for this to be reassessed.