Doctor of Management (DMan) Fee Waiver Bursary

About the Awards

Applications are invited for a DMan fee waiver bursary in Hertfordshire Business School at the University of Hertfordshire. The bursary is offered for part-time study (subject to satisfactory progress). It provides a full tuition fee waiver for three years. Additional research funding will also be available to support fieldwork costs and appropriate conference attendance.

The successful applicant will be part of a stimulating research community which will fully support them on their path towards becoming a scholar practitioner. The School improved its position in the recent Research Excellence Framework in Business and Management. Ranked 1st  globally for overall research student satisfaction for Business and Economics research degree programmes (2019 Postgraduate Research Experience Survey), the University of Hertfordshire is also ranked 10th  globally for postgraduate research student satisfaction (2021 Postgraduate Research Experience Survey). 

About the DMan

The DMan is a part-time professional doctorate run along psychodynamic lines where students are encouraged to take their experience at work as the subject and object of study. Students are required to attend each and all of the four day quarterly residentials, that is 16 days a year, which are in-person encounters.

As a professional doctorate the DMan encourages critical engagement with practice so candidates are likely to be working in a variety of disciplines, from HR to organisational consultancy, from strategy and IT strategy through to project management. The most important aspect of developing a DMan thesis, irrespective of the discipline being researched, is the ability to sustain a reflexive, critical inquiry into the experience of trying to get things done with other people in an organisational context. These are expected to make a contribution to practice, from practice.

Applicants may find it helpful to look at the nature of current research in the Business School as represented at https://www.herts.ac.uk/study/schools-of-study/business/research .

Applicant requirements

Applicants are likely to hold an honours degree in a relevant discipline. A masters degree in a relevant field will be advantageous.

This fee waiver bursary is open only to UK nationals and permanent residents (i.e. indefinite leave to remain).

How to apply

Applicants are required to provide the following documents:

• A completed application form, available for download at: https://www.herts.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/31105/uh-application-form.pdf .
• An account of up to 3k words of some problematic organisational change process in which they participated: what happened, what role did the applicant play, what did they think was going on for them and for the people they were working with? What organisational literature would help explain this?
• Two academic references
• Copies of qualification certificates and transcripts
• Certification of English language competence (minimum IELTS 6.5 or equivalent) for candidates for whom English is not their first language.

Please send completed applications to the Doctoral College at [email protected] , using the following format in the email subject line: “Business School_DMan bursary_YOUR NAME”.

For enquiries regarding research degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, please email Ms Anna Hammerin ([email protected] ). Ms Hammerin can also answer general queries on the application process.

For enquiries concerning this bursary and the Business School please contact the DMan  Programme Director, Professor Chris Mowles ([email protected] ).  

Key dates

Closing date for applications: 15th  January 2023.

Interview dates: week beginning 6th  February 2023.

Start date: To be agreed.