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Research-led solutions to major global problems will be the focus of 12 new funded University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Vice-Chancellor’s studentships.

These highly selective studentships span the University’s four academic schools: Business and Creative Industries (BCI), Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS), Education & Social Sciences (ESS) and Health & Life Sciences (HLS); and are aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

They include studies looking at the following subjects:

  • Improving the care of patients with a dual cancer-dementia diagnosis.
  • Fostering sustainable behaviour in children using the school environment.
  • Aiding the transition between education and work, thus boosting employment prospects.
  • Transforming the transition of older women into retirement.
  • Creating a revolutionary artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) enabled health and wellbeing system.

Professor Craig Mahoney, Principal and Vice-Chancellor at UWS, said: “The Vice-Chancellor’s studentships are a real statement of intent by the University, as our already significant research output continues to grow.

I am extremely proud of the research conducted at UWS, which not only addresses major societal challenges, but transforms lives through imaginative thinking and significant academic expertise.

Professor Craig Mahoney, Principal and Vice-Chancellor at UWS

Professor Milan Radosavljevic, Vice-Principal of Research, Innovation and Engagement at UWS, said: “At University of the West of Scotland, we are incredibly proud of our innovative and diverse research portfolio, and the impact this research has had on society.

The Vice-Chancellor’s studentships demonstrate our commitment to not only significantly expand our research output, but to become a key part of the solution to many of the problems society will face in a post-Covid world and, indeed, beyond that.

Professor Milan Radosavljevic, Vice-Principal of Research, Innovation and Engagement at UWS

The studentships follow last year’s launch of UWS’s Strategy 2025, setting out a vision for the institution to be recognised as a world-leading University inside the top 200 by 2050, based on supporting excellent, relevant and purposeful research.

To find out more about the new PhD studentships, visit: www.uws.ac.uk/study/research-degrees

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