The Visiting Scholar Placement is an initiative in which doctoral researchers and staff from Khon Kaen University and Burapha University undertake a placement with the Public Health Research Group at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE. The scheme is sponsored by the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand.
The aims of the placement have been to develop English language skills and to learn about UK society and culture; to obtain research professional development support and mentoring with UWE staff; to attend research events and postgraduate teaching. A focus of the placement has been to provide supervision support for doctoral studies, including support to develop an English language manuscript for peer review publication and/or to undertake a systematic review.