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Doctoral Training Account (DTA) Posts
The University of Salford – The School of the Built Environment, Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC)

Applications are invited for two high calibre PhD Studentships based at the University of Salford within the School of the Built Environment. The posts are funded through the EPSRC Doctoral Training Account (DTA) Scheme and all fees will be paid together with an annual stipend of between: £12.5-£15k. Owing to funding restrictions, applications are normally only accepted from UK citizens, although EU students are eligible for fee payment only.

Applicants should be highly motivated with a minimum of an upper second-class honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate discipline. Other qualifications can be considered if supplemented with an appropriate postgraduate qualification and/or substantial industrial experience.
The posts are within the Health and Care Infrastructure Research & Innovation Centre based at the School of Built Environment in the University of Salford. HaCIRIC is a one of the largest research and innovation centers investigating health and care infrastructure in the UK, with ambitions to be a world leader in evidence based healthcare design funded by the EPSRC through the IMRC initiative.
Brief details of the posts/studies follow. There is scope to define the particular topic in line with applicant’s research interests:

1. An examination of the use of BeReal and other benefits evaluation frameworks, within the context of service reconfiguration.
There is a general lack of use of robust evaluative frameworks for determining programme and project benefits. The Gateway© process and the Benefits Realisation process have moved some way in establishing robust evaluative frameworks from a variety of perspectives. This study will aim to critically review the role of evaluative frameworks across sectors and disciplines and more specifically examine the fitness for purpose as well as methodology within the context of service reconfiguration. The context for this study is provided by the inevitable reduction in capital funds for new physical infrastructure and the need to consider new service modes for delivery. The study will particularly focus on how varied sets of stakeholders can be engaged in the reconfiguration process and how the complex set of requirements can be critically evaluated and form an integral part of the decision making process.

2. An integrative methodological study of single room occupancy within Hospital settings
The literature around single room occupancy in hospitals has traditionally concentrated on single disciplinary or functional perspectives. For example studies refer to the views of nursing and medical staff, patient perspectives and those of stakeholder groups as well some literature on financial models. This study will aim to develop a methodology by which the multitude of evidence can be considered and evaluated in an integrative manner. It will not seek to specify the importance of one or another factor but rather will look at single rooms as the means by which `healing’ takes place. As such the methodology will need to articulate the patient perspective when looking at evaluating the evidence presented, i.e. single rooms are `lived spaces’. The study will also utilize general design principles and integrate those with operational and functional requirements.

In the first instance please send your CV and any supporting information to Stelios Sapountzis s.sapountzis@salford.ac.uk by Friday the 15th of January 2010.
For further information about these posts please contact Prof. Mike Kagioglou (HaCIRIC Director) Tel. 0161-295-3855, email m.kagioglou@salford.ac.uk or Stelios Sapountzis (HaCIRIC Manager) Tel. 0161-295-4815, email s.sapountzis@salford.ac.uk.

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