MScR Nursing Studies
The MSc by Research programme in Nursing Studies offers education and development for all those interested in developing research skills in the field of Nursing.
Name | MScR Nursing Studies |
Start Date | September |
Mode of Study | 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time |
Programme Director | Larry Doi |
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Funding opportunities
We are currently accepting applications for The Burdett Fellows Studentship. For more information about application process, deadline and requirements please visit our dedicated page.
The MScR Nursing Studies is a postgraduate programme designed to provide comprehensive research training in the field of nursing. This unique course allows you to engage in research activities throughout the year while concurrently undertaking specialized taught courses, enriching research skills and expanding your knowledge base. Full-time students must take compulsory courses within one year, however our programme is also available part-time over two to three years.
Our programme offers the possibility to work with and be supervised by a range academics whose background in both therapeutic practice and research is compatible with the student's proposed area of research. Your supervisor will meet regularly with you throughout the period of study, with the focus and content of supervision meetings negotiated jointly depending on your needs. Successful completion of the MScR requires a dissertation, normally in the form of a report of research work, of 20,000 words.
Why choose this programme?
Edinburgh’s Nursing Studies played a prominent role throughout the developmental period for nursing research in Europe over the past 50 years. Our department, established in 1956, was Europe’s first university-based centre for nursing education and research. Following this, Scotland’s government-funded Nursing Research Unit was based here from 1971 to 1994, strengthening our national and international reputation as a major centre for research in nursing.
The programme offers you the opportunity to gain advanced understanding of research design, data collection and data analysis issues in nursing, and is designed for qualified practitioners and graduates (or equivalent) interested in research in the field.
A vibrant and inclusive research environment
The University of Edinburgh is a world-leader in research and innovation and an international centre of academic excellence. Students on this programme will become part of an active and diverse research community in the School of Health in Social Science and will have access to the wide-range of learning environments and outstanding resources that the University has to offer. Our postgraduate researchers work in close proximity to each other, enabling them to pool their expertise and knowledge to tackle complex challenges and push the boundaries of discovery. Students will be encouraged to engage with a wide range of seminars, talks, and events, and often have the opportunity to present their own research at national and international conferences. Our student-led postgraduate research blog provides a snapshot of the activities and events our PGR students organise and are involved in.
Our main areas of research activity and development in Nursing Studies currently relate to the themes of experience of health and illness, and organisation and policy for person-centred care. We have expertise in a range of qualitative and quantitative and mixed methods research approaches.
An important aspect of our work concerns knowledge transfer and effective engagement with NHS, social care and lay organisations. The School of Health in Social Science continues to develop a programme of work in collaboration with service providers. Nursing Studies welcomes the opportunity to develop Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, focusing on service re-design and an organisation of care delivery that would meet the demands of the modernising agenda. The latter has implications for workforce planning, CPD and the production of the new health care workforce.
Supervisor Specialties:
Topic areas | Potential supervisors |
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Alcohol education & training in pre and post registration curricula | Professor Aisha Holloway |
Global Nursing Workforce | Dr Catherine Clarissa |
Nursing Mental Health and Wellbeing | Dr Catherine Clarissa |
Leadership developement in early career nursing | Dr Catherine Clarissa |
Clinical decision making | Professor Tonks Fawcett |
Examining dignity and respect in nursing for compassionate care | Dr Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
Global Nursing Leadership | Professor Aisha Holloway |
History of nursing workforce | Dr Marti Balaam |
Nursing Education and Nursing Science | Dr Lissette Aviles |
Organ Donation process and transplantation | Dr Lissette Aviles |
Nursing workforce in critical and end-of-life care | Dr Lissette Aviles |
Person-centered care in nursing education and practice | Dr Lissette Aviles |
Students with caring responsibilities |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Widening participation and increasing diversity in higher education | Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Navigating academia and research - Ethnic minorities |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Leadership | Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Herbal Medicine |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Influence of culture and traditions on health an illness experience |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Religion and spirituality |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Mentoring and professional development |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Advanced communication |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Interdisciplinary simulated learning | Dr Jenni Tocher |
Image of nursing | Dr Marti Balaam |
Leadership | Dr Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
Nursing education | Dr Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
Nurses’ roles in achieving behaviour change | Professor Aisha Holloway |
Nursing workforce | Dr Marti Balaam |
Service organisation and delivery | Dr Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
Service evaluation using realist approaches (realist synthesis and realist evaluation) | Dr Larry Doi |
Transition to care home - patient, family and professional perspectives | Dr Sarah Rhynas |
Understanding skill mix in primary care for good nursing outcomes | Dr Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
Workforce: nurses in critical care issues | Dr Susanne Kean |
Topic areas | Potential supervisors |
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Alcohol Brief Interventions: evaluation in various settings e.g. hospital, workplace, prisons | Professor Aisha Holloway |
Cancer care issues | Professor Tonks Fawcett |
Compassion and well-being | Dr Marti Balaam |
Individuals and families' experience of organ donation and transplantation | Dr Lissette Aviles |
Experiences of individual and families when surviving stroke | Dr Lissette Aviles |
Family and person-centered care in acute critical care and practice | Dr Lissette Aviles |
Cancer care experiences |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Critical care experiences |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
End of life and palliative care |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Men’s health |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Pathways to care (communicable and non-communicable diseases) |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Near death and 'death' experiences and impact on individuals and families |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Neurodiversity in children |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Development and evaluation of complex interventions | Dr Larry Doi |
Experiences of families and patients with acute and/or chronic critical illness | Dr Susanne Kean |
Intervention studies in critical care | Dr Susanne Kean |
Post-stroke rehabilitation for young adults | Dr Catherine Clarissa |
Multidisciplinary team in critical care | Dr Catherine Clarissa |
Patient experience of intensive care | Dr Catherine Clarissa |
Liver, renal and/or pancreatic surgery | Dr Jenni Tocher |
Maintaining personal identity while in acute hospital when living with dementia | Dr Sarah Rhynas |
Music interventions for people with dementia | Dr Sarah Rhynas |
Nurses experiences of approaching relatives for organ donation | Dr Jenni Tocher |
Pain | Professor Tonks Fawcett |
Pain in critical care | Dr Jenni Tocher |
Covid-19 and young people | Dr Divya Sivaramakrishnan |
Personal and social identity when living with dementia | Dr Sarah Rhynas |
Person and family centered care (PFCC) in critical care | Dr Susanne Kean |
Recovery and/or survivorship after critical illness | Dr Susanne Kean |
Topic area | Potential supervisor |
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Alcohol and Public Health | Professor Aisha Holloway |
Global public health: traumatic brain injury and stroke | Dr Lissette Aviles |
Global Public Health: health workforce, Covid-19 and wellbeing | Dr Lissette Aviles |
Public health and community nursing | Dr Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
Physical Activity | Dr Divya Sivaramakrishnan |
Sedentary Behaviour | Dr Divya Sivaramakrishnan |
Healthy Ageing | Dr Divya Sivaramakrishnan |
Virtual and Online Learning |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Climate change and implications for minorities |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Artificial intelligence in relation to ethical principles and inclusivity |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Digital education, app development and healthcare | Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Telehealth |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Social media |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Epidemiology | Dr Glenna Nightingale |
Evaluation of public health interventions | Dr Glenna Nightingale |
Modelling Longitudinal health related data | Dr Glenna Nightingale |
Topic area | Potential supervisor |
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Exploring alcohol interventions within the prison population | Professor Aisha Holloway |
Prison Health | Professor Aisha Holloway |
Marginalised groups |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Racism in academia |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Social injustice and whistle-blower protection |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
Improving access to care - developing countries |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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The School of Health in Social Science offers several fully funded MScR and PhD studentships each year. A variety of scholarships are available, which vary from full scholarships covering tuition fees and a stipend to cover living expenses, to partial scholarships.
Find out more about our scholarships and funding opportunities
Beyond the programme
The MScR can be used a stepping stone toward embarking on a PhD, however also delivers transferable skills for a number of career paths. Following completion of the MScR you will have developed a broad range of transferable skills to enhance your career prospects across a wide range of industries, including leadership in a variety of healthcare organizations, supervising nursing research or projects and influencing healthcare policy and practice.
Further Study Opportunities
The MSc by Research is a comprehensive foundation for PhD study, which will equip you for academic positions in nursing. Students with prior professional qualifications can also enhance careers with the addition of highly developed conceptual, analytical and research skills through this programme.
You may also wish to return to the University to undertake CPD courses with Nursing Studies.
Find out more about our postgraduate Nursing Studies options