SeNSS - Early Youth Engagement (Greenwood)

SeNSS Collaborative Studentship - Exploring implementation and mechanisms of change in engagement and mental health outcomes following the Early Youth Engagement (EYE-2) intervention (2019)

What you get

A stipend of £14.777 p.a. UK/EU. PhD fees and research and training costs are also covered for 3 years.

This studentship is a 3 year SeNSS Collaborative Studentship funded by ESRC http://senss-dtp.ac.uk/applying-for-a-senss-collaborative-studentship/

Type of award

Postgraduate Research

PhD project

Supervisor/s: Kathryn Greenwood (Professor of Clinical Psychology/CI of the EYE-2 project), Andy Field (Professor of Quantitative Methods), Dr Stuart Clark (Sussex EIP clinical lead), supported by Beth Lawton (chief digital/information officer), Professor Carl May (implementation scientist).

This studentship is part of a 3 year NIHR-funded study: the Early Youth Engagement in Psychosis (EYE-2) study which is the first national randomised controlled trial of an intervention to promote engagement in EIP services.

Psychosis affects 1-2% of the population. It can have devastating long term consequences on mental health and wellbeing. Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services can significantly improve outcomes but 25-30% of young people drop out of these services in the first 12 months.

The study has 3 objectives:

1. To conduct a systematic review of recent approaches to engagement in EIP Services

2. To conduct a mechanistic study of mediators and moderators of engagement in participants who have received the EYE-2 intervention.

3. To conduct a detailed study of implementation of the EYE-2 intervention by NHS clinicians using a large EYE-2 data set.

This PhD would particularly suit someone with an interest in pursuing a clinical academic career. A comprehensive package of training will be provided through both University and NHS.

Eligibility

This studentship may be taken as either a 1+3 year award (a one-year MSc followed by a three-year PhD), a +3 award (a three-year PhD), or a +4 award (a four year PhD)

It may be taken full-time or part-time.

It is open to Home/EU students who meet the UK Research Council residential eligibility criteria.  Further details about this, and academic eligibility requirements,  can be found on the following webpage: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/doctoral/funding-support/south-east-network-social-sciences

Candidates must have, or expect to obtain, a First or a high Upper Second Class Honours undergraduate degree, or equivalent qualification, and/or a Master's degree in Psychology or a related discipline.

Number of scholarships available

1

Deadline

How to apply

•  Please submit your application online at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/apply for the 'PhD in Psychology' programme for September 2019.
•  In the 'Supervisor suggested by applicant' section of your application form, please put 'Greenwood'
• In the 'Finance information' section of your application form, please put ‘SeNSS Collaborative – Greenwood’ under ‘Title of award(s) that you are applying for’.
• Frequently Asked Questions relating to applying for a PhD in Psychology at the University of Sussex can be found at
       http://www.sussex.ac.uk/psychology/pgstudy/psychologyphdstudentships2019

    

Candidates should provide:

•  A research proposal that outlines your knowledge of the research area, hypotheses that could be addressed in your PhD, and an outline of potential methods. Your answer should not exceed 2 pages including references, be set at minimum 10-font type with margins a minimum of 1cm.
• Current degree transcript(s) with full details of performance on all completed courses.
• Two academic references.
• An up to date CV

As well as making an application to Sussex, applicants will need to make a seperate funding application.  Please contact esrcdt@sussex.ac.uk for further information on how to access this.

Contact us

For enquiries related to the studentship topic, please contact Professor Kathryn Greenwood k.e.greenwood@sussex.ac.uk

For queries with respect to the application process please send an email for the attention of 'Research and Enterprise Coordinator' to: psychologyphd-enquiries@sussex.ac.uk .

For further information about SeNSS, please visit the SeNSS website

Timetable

The deadline for making an application to this project is 23:59 GMT on 13 March 2019.

Interviews will be held on Monday 18th March.