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Direct linkPalmer, Nigel; Kiley, Margaret – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2023
This article considers issues that continue to shape doctoral education in Australia in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of relevant issue, and to identify opportunities for future research. It describes examples of responses taken at an institutional level, and their implications for the norms and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Doctoral Programs, Foreign Countries
Shan, Hairong; Ayers, Natasha; Kiley, Margaret – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2020
Conceptions of research, which lead to approaches to research, provide useful insights into how candidates think about research. In terms of doctoral candidate development, understanding and appreciating these various conceptions can assist in supporting candidate learning. This study evaluated differences in conceptions of research between PhD…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students, Student Research
Kiley, Margaret – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
Existing literature suggests that a particular learning challenge for some doctoral candidates is coming to an understanding the concept of theory, that is the use of theory to frame research as well as theorising findings. The concept of theory has been identified as a Threshold Concept taking into account the characteristics of these concepts…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Theories, Supervisors
Wisker, Gina; Kiley, Margaret – International Journal for Academic Development, 2014
Most research into research supervision practice focuses on functional, collegial or problematic power-related experiences. Work developing the supervisory role concentrates on new supervisors, and on taught development and support programmes. Most literature on academics' professional learning concentrates on learning to be a university teacher…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Supervision, Supervisory Training, Supervisory Methods
Nulty, Duncan; Kiley, Margaret; Meyers, Noel – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
One issue universities face is the need to demonstrate excellence in postgraduate research supervision at the individual, faculty and university level. While poor supervision might become obvious over time, with grievances, withdrawals and poor completion times and rates, this paper focuses specifically on identifying and demonstrating supervisory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Student Research
Kiley, Margaret – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2011
Just over a decade ago, the Australian Government introduced funding mechanisms which aimed at reducing doctoral candidates' attrition rate and completion times, and increasing reported student satisfaction. Publicly available documents from six universities of three different classifications of universities in five Australian states were analysed…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Student Research
