DPhil student spotlights and profiles

Meet our students

Oxford's Department for Continuing Education offers a number of part-time DPhil programmes and all are designed for the specific needs of adult learners, so they can be completed alongside other commitments such as work or caring responsibilities. 

DPhil research projects

View a list of current DPhil research projects.

Student spotlights

Follow the links below to discover how others have used their Oxford DPhil for further study, career progression or personal enrichment.

Dona Cady

Dona Cady

Dona completed the MSt in Literature and Arts while working full-time in the United States. To continue her research she has since progressed to the DPhil in Literature and Arts.

Paul Schoon

Paul Schoon

After retiring from a career in the police, Paul pursued his secret passion of history – first with an undergraduate programme, and then both a master's and a DPhil.

Aditi Khodke

Aditi Khodke

Having discovered that her MSc in Sustainable Urban Development research highlighted scope for further exploration, Aditi is now enrolled on the part-time DPhil programme.

Steve Edwards

Steve Edwards

Steve Edwards became the first person ever to earn a DPhil in Evidence Based Health Care at the University of Oxford.

Sally Taylor

Sally Taylor

A chance conversation with friends pushed Sally into taking the first step to become an archaeologist. Sally has since progressed from a master's to a part-time DPhil.

David Robinson

David Robinson

David studied local history online while balancing other commitments, before progressing on to a DPhil.

Deland Chan

Deland Chan

The Clarendon Scholarship has made it possible for Deland Chan to do the DPhil in Sustainable Urban Development and continue her research into emerging bottom-up, neighbourhood-based approaches to urban sustainability.

Enderson Miranda

Enderson Miranda

Enderson completed the Teaching Evidence-Based Practice module in 2017 and is now using his skills to educate the next generation of practitioners in the field of teaching Evidence-Based Medicine.

Rosemary Yallop

Rosemary Yallop

Rosemary had a varied career before studying for a DPhil in Architectural History, where the Department’s staff encouraged her for six years.

Shaun Morley

Shaun Morley

Shaun’s time at the Thames Valley Police put him in good stead for investigating English Local History.

Anne Jensen

Anne Jensen

Anne chose the part-time DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care as it meant she could both work and study

Katherine Maxwell

Katherine Maxwell

Katherine is the first student to complete the DPhil in Sustainable Urban Development.