Ella Monkcom
Department of Sociological Studies
PhD Student
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Department of Sociological Studies
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
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Ella completed her undergraduate degree in Human, Social and Political Sciences and her MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society at the University of Cambridge before moving to Sheffield in 2020. In 2022, she joined the University of Sheffield, undertaking an MA in Research Methods before beginning her doctoral research in September 2023. Ella's doctoral research examines the role of male social care workers in England, with a particular focus on how different groups of men experience care work (including British-born men and those who have migrated to the UK) and how more men could be recruited into the sector.
- Research interests
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Thesis title: Men working in the adult social care sector in England: Motivations, experiences and change
- Research group
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- Supervised by Professor Sue Yeandle and Professor Majella Kilkey.
- Centre for Care
- Grants
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2022 ESRC White Rose DTP 1+3 Award
2019-20 £12,000 Cambridge Trust Scholarship
2019-20 £6,500 Scholarship from the History and Philosophy of Science Department (University of Cambridge)