Doctor of Professional Practice DProf - (Research) (Part-time)

Doctor of Professional Practice (DProf)

The Professional Doctorate is awarded to a candidate who, having critically investigated and evaluated an approved organisation-centred topic resulting in a fundamental advance in organisation-centred performance, or professional practice topic resulting in a fundamental advance in theory and practice, and demonstrated an understanding of appropriate research methods, has presented and defended a thesis, by viva voce, to the satisfaction of the examiners.

Professional Doctorates are designed to encourage practising professionals to pursue formal qualifications through in-depth research related to activities performed in the workplace. These programmes are an emerging part of the postgraduate and professional portfolio of BU.

The School of Health and Social Care offers a Professional Doctorate which is ideal for health and social care professionals from a range of backgrounds including:

• lecturer practitioners who have completed masters studies
• practitioners aspiring to be a nurse or therapy consultants
• service leaders and managers from a variety of health and social care organisations including general practitioners, psychotherapists and counsellors, and educationalists.

This programme can be completed whilst in part-time or full-time employment.

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