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Willison, John; Sabir, Fizza; Thomas, Judith – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
This study considers the conceptual space, or extent of autonomy, given to coursework Masters students before, during and after a Business Ethics course that explicitly developed and assessed their research skills. This vocationally oriented and academically challenging course used the "Research Skill Development framework" as its…
Descriptors: Student Research, Student Employment, Masters Programs, Student Empowerment
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Barney, Katelyn – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are still grossly under-represented in Higher Degrees by Research (HDRs) when compared to non-Indigenous students. Developing the pipeline of Indigenous students from undergraduate to postgraduate study remains key to increasing the number of Indigenous students undertaking HDRs. While much of the…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Higher Education, Fellowships, Graduate Students
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Hemmings, Brian – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
There is a paucity of studies investigating how early career academics (ECAs) form attitudes towards aspects of their work and gain skills in research, teaching and service. This is especially the case with respect to research. A review of the pertinent literature revealed the prominence of a notion of research self-efficacy (or confidence) and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Research, Self Efficacy, Research Skills
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Wright, David George; Bennett, Dawn; Blom, Diana – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
Whilst an academic working in the arts may have been appointed as a consequence of artistic accomplishment and a capacity to teach, the research that underpins such work is an intrinsic part of its production and also needs to be recognised. In Australia, the ability of the artist-academic to translate research into a form that is respected and…
Descriptors: Artists, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
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Willison, J. W. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
This study considered outcomes when 27 academics explicitly developed and assessed student research skills in 28 regular (non-research methods) semester-length courses. These courses ranged from small (n = 17) to medium-large (n = 222) and included those from first year to masters in business, engineering, health science, humanities and science,…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Evidence, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology
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Visser-Wijnveen, Gerda J.; Van Driel, Jan H.; Van der Rijst, Roeland M.; Verloop, Nico; Visser, Anthonya – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
Research and teaching are supposed to be closely related in universities. Among academics the belief in a symbiotic relationship is strong. However, it is unclear what form this relationship can take. Several authors have presented categories and dimensions to clarify this relationship and the aim of this project was to contribute to this…
Descriptors: Profiles, Teacher Researchers, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Research