This opportunity is only accepting applications from Postgraduate Researchers who began receiving ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) funding in or after Autumn 2024 to undertake a Research in Practice (RinP) placement as part of their studentship.
Key Placement Information
Closing Date
Rolling deadline, but as soon as possible
Start Date
Flexible
Duration
3-months (or part-time equivalent)
Full-time or Part-time
Full-time or Part-time
In Person, Online or Hybrid
Hybrid
Job Sector
Academic
Project Areas
Desk-based Review and Content Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Synthesis and Reporting
How to Apply
Send a brief motivation letter and C.V.
Applicant Eligibility
This opportunity is only accepting applications from Postgraduate Researchers who began receiving ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) funding in or after Autumn 2024 to undertake a Research in Practice (RinP) placement as part of their studentship.
Project Description
The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) is one of Scotland’s four national Innovation Centres and sits at the intersection of research, policy and real-world change. Their work spans service innovation, technology, design, skills and business models, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and co-design. They bring together diverse partners — from universities and colleges to NHS services, policymakers and industry — to tackle complex, system-level challenges where no single discipline has the answer.
In 2021, DHI carried out a national review of higher and further education courses linked to digital health and care — and the results were striking. Only a tiny proportion of courses engaged explicitly with digital health, and truly interdisciplinary provision was rare. Since then, both education and digital technologies have moved on at pace.
This placement invites a PhD researcher to take the lead on updating and interrogating that picture — asking what has changed, where innovation is emerging, and where gaps persist. Rather than simply cataloguing courses, the focus is on making sense of the landscape: how digital capability is framed, which disciplines are connecting (or not), and what this means for workforce readiness.
Access full details and application instructions here: SGSSS Academic Placement - Future Skills for Digital Health Care
Please note this opportunity has been advertised across multiple Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) by the lead DTP – SGSSS.
