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Lovat, Terence; Holbrook, Allyson; Bourke, Sid; Fairbairn, Hedy; Kiley, Margaret; Paltridge, Brian; Starfield, Sue – Higher Education Review, 2015
The paper draws on a series of Australian Research Council (ARC) projects aimed at understanding better the process of doctoral examination. The early phase focussed on the Australian doctorate, which functions without a Viva, while the later phase was concerned with comparing the earlier findings with analysis of the United Kingdom (UK) and New…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Methods, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
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Sebalj, Darlene; Holbrook, Allyson; Bourke, Sid – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
Concerns regarding the nomenclature of university administration in Australia and the UK have featured in the higher education literature for over a decade. In response, a significant nomenclature shift is occurring, with Australian universities replacing the term "General Staff" to describe all administrative and technical staff, in…
Descriptors: Research, Professional Personnel, College Administration, Foreign Countries
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Shaw, Kylie; Holbrook, Allyson; Bourke, Sid – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
During this past decade the level of interest in building research capacity has intensified in Australia and internationally, with a particular emphasis on the development of postgraduate research students, but also extending to undergraduate research experience. This study investigated the student experience across a diverse range of fourth-year…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Undergraduate Students, Research Projects, Research Skills
Shaw, Kylie; Holbrook, Allyson; Scevak, Jill; Bourke, Sid – Australian Educational Researcher, 2008
This paper draws on 159 survey responses of fourth year Education students as they embark on a research project based in their internship school. The project explores predisposition to research and the level of preparedness to undertake a research project. The students who met most frequently with their supervisor and showed higher research…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Research Projects, Self Efficacy, Research Methodology