PhD in Mental Health

This PhD project will investigate the prevalence, psychological impact, and support needs of bereaved university students in Northern Ireland, addressing a critical gap in evidence that limits how universities design effective wellbeing support./nIn Phase 1, the student will recruit a large cohort of bereaved students to examine how grief affects wellbeing, academic functioning, help-seeking, and service use, generating the first contemporary regional dataset in this area./nIn Phase 2, these findings will inform the co-design and evaluation of an AI-enhanced digital Student Grief Portal, integrating practical university guidance with a psychologically informed conversational agent to support early identification, personalised signposting, and scalable support delivery./nLocation: Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland.