Developing Generic Support for Doctoral Students: Practice and pedagogy by Susan

Author Biography

Susan Carter coordinated a generic doctoral programme from 2004-2012 and now works with supervisors as an academic developer within the recently established Centre for Learning and Research in Higher Education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand Deborah Laurs is a senior learning advisor at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, where she runs research skills seminars and thesis-writing workshops,as well as providing one-to-one support to students from all disciplines and at all stages of their doctoral journey.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction Part 1 1. Context 2. Putting Together a Doctoral Skills Programme Part 2 3. Responding to Cross-Campus Student Requirements 4. Acknowledging Values, Identity and Equity 5. Generic Support for English as an Additional Language (EAL) students 6. Writing: Intrinsic to Research 7. Writing: Process, Product and Identity Development Part 3 8 Part-Time and Digital Support 9. Preparation for Careers 10 Evaluation of Generic Doctoral Support Conclusion Index Works Cited

Review

"...The book identifies the key issues related to the development of doctoral training programmes in the UK and Australasia over the last two decades, including initial development, objectives and challenges. The complementary nature of the work undertaken by research supervisor and generic doctoral training learning advisor is considered. From its position in the 'borderlands between disciplines' a generic training programme's contributions to equity and access, language acquisition, critical thinking, pastoral care and career preparation are all discussed and debated. Ultimately however, reliable measurement of the contribution of such programmes to the doctoral experience still remains elusive." - Pam Herman, a former Research Graduate School Manager at an Australian University

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"...The book identifies the key issues related to the development of doctoral training programmes in the UK and Australasia over the last two decades, including initial development, objectives and challenges. The complementary nature of the work undertaken by research supervisor and generic doctoral training learning advisor is considered. From its position in the 'borderlands between disciplines' a generic training programme's contributions to equity and access, language acquisition, critical thinking, pastoral care and career preparation are all discussed and debated. Ultimately however, reliable measurement of the contribution of such programmes to the doctoral experience still remains elusive." - Pam Herman, a former Research Graduate School Manager at an Australian University

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