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David William Stoten – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2023
The well-being of doctoral students is a matter of concern for the Higher Education sector, not least during the COVID pandemic. The challenge of a doctorate is regarded as a test of a student's capability as an independent researcher and for future career potential. However, this challenge extends beyond the formal examination process to include…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Doctoral Students, Part Time Students
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Donelan, Helen; Kear, Karen – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Although collaboration skills are highly valued by employers, convincing students that collaborative learning activities are worthwhile, and ensuring that the experience is both useful and enjoyable, are significant challenges for educators. This paper addresses these challenges by exploring students' and tutors' experiences of a group project…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Part Time Students
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Morgan, Michelle – Higher Education Research and Development, 2014
The global growth in postgraduate (PG) study since the mid-1990s has been attributed to the expansion in Masters by Coursework participation (Bekhradnia, B. (2005). Postgraduate education in the UK: Trends and challenges higher education policy institute. Paper presented at a conference "The future of postgraduate education supporting the…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Qualifications
Callender, Claire; Birkbeck, Anne Jamieson; Mason, Geoff – Universities UK, 2010
This report explores the supply of part-time higher education in the UK, with particular consideration to the study of part-time undergraduate provision in England. It is the final publication in the series of reports on individual student markets that were commissioned by Universities UK following the publication of the reports on the Future size…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Universities, Case Studies