The Open University, UK invites applications for full-time and part-time studentships as a part of UK's Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Grand Union Doctoral Partnership.

The details of studentships are available here: http://www.open.ac.uk/about/employment/vacancies/grand-union-doctoral-training-partnership-excellence-and-innovation-social-science or http://bit.ly/2fVdMjV

In the description of Health and Wellbeing pathway, there is a strand on Ageing and Later Life and some cross-cutting themes on digital healthcare. If you are interested in this strand and associated themes listed below, please contact me:

- digital health literacy,
- role of digital health wearables in self-management and self-monitoring of health and in remote healthcare,
- design of digital healthcare technologies for older people,
- role of social networking platforms for addressing the social isolation and loneliness in older people,
- role of virtual reality in healthcare, and
- digital (medical) education initiatives for healthcare staff through simulations in virtual reality and 3D virtual worlds.

For further details and related ongoing projects, please visit: http://bit.ly/2hSWLJc

The deadline for applying is 20 January 2017.

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