Research

World-leading research

The majority of our research is already accredited as ‘world-leading’. Meanwhile, our unique partnership across Oxford Brookes University, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts, allows us to create the best possible opportunities for our researchers to lead research that has direct implications on clinical practice.

Researchers choose the Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery for:

Our expertise

Our research takes place through the Oxford Institute for Applied Health Research (OxInAHR). This multidisciplinary collaboration across universities and healthcare providers brings together true leaders and experts in their fields.

Our flexibility

We offer a range of options for research study, regardless of your career stage or previous level of research experience. We offer a range of research training and development programmes from short courses to full PhDs and Professional Doctorates that allow you to study full time or part-time while you work. We also help students take their first steps in research.

Our new NIHR INSIGHT Masters Programme in Applied Health Research is aimed at nurses, midwives and allied health professionals who are about to qualify or who have been in practice for less than three years. We also host students on NIHR internship programmes and are keen to support all staff and students who wish to take up NIHR nursing and midwifery research training and development opportunities and/or personal awards.

Our values

Our partnership highlights the ways that research, education and practice are interlinked and underpin one another. Our research is informed by knowledge gained from education and practice. In return, it always seeks to improve both educational and clinical outcomes.

Research degrees

A research degree with the Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery allows you to develop your skills and contribute to internationally recognised research supported by skilled staff and a vibrant, cross-disciplinary student community.

We offer high quality training and research facilities that can be accessed by both part-time and full-time students, and all research students become part of the University's Graduate College. The college runs a comprehensive programme of training sessions and workshops to give you the opportunity to acquire both research and transferable skills to advance your career. We complement this with research methodology courses, seminars featuring eminent academics, and opportunities to present work at the Annual Faculty Research Student Symposium.