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Female Academics' Research Capacities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Socio-Cultural Issues, Personal Factors and Institutional Practices
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Masika, Rachel; Wisker, Gina; Dabbagh, Lanja; Akreyi, Kawther Jameel; Golmohamad, Hediyeh; Bendixen, Lone; Crawford, Kirstin – Gender and Education, 2014
In October 2010, an interdisciplinary group of female academics from a university in the Kurdistan region of Iraq initiated a collaborative research project with a UK university to investigate opportunities and challenges for female academics' research leadership in universities in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The project aimed to develop female…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Action Research
Doctoral "Orphans": Nurturing and Supporting the Success of Postgraduates Who Have Lost Their Supervisors
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Wisker, Gina; Robinson, Gillian – Higher Education Research and Development, 2013
Much research into doctoral student-supervisor relations focuses on developing positive interactions. For many students, however, the research experience can be troubled by breakdowns in communication and even the loss of the supervisor(s), turning the student into a doctoral "orphan" and impacting on their academic identity and ability…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, College Faculty, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Doctoral Degrees