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Title: The professionalisation of the doctorate: a case study in the management of research education
Author/Creator: Neumann, Ruth; Ryan, Suzanne
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Business & Law, Newcastle Business School
Description: This paper reports a multi-year (2003-2007) institutional case study which illustrates how Australian government changes to the funding of research students have had a fundamental influence on how universities look at and manage their doctoral students. The case study shows how the doctorate is changing from an apprenticeship model of developing independent researchers to a professional model with a broad-based team extending beyond the individual supervisor. The study underlines how quickly major change can be effected. Fundamental to the change process are: the centrality of communication; the importance of information, the need for transparency, and, strong, proactive leadership.
Relation: CHER 23rd Annual Conference: Effects of Higher Education Reforms (CHER 2010). Proceedings of the CHER 23rd Annual Conference: Effects of Higher Education Reforms (Oslo, Norway 10-12 June, 2010)
Relation: http://uv-net.uio.no/conference/cher2010/index.html
Date: 2010
Publisher: Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER)
Keyword(s): doctoral education; research models; professionalism; higher education policies
Resource Type: conference paper
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/935916

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