Graduate education in Britain
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Graduate education in Britain
（Higher education policy series, 17）
J. Kingsley, 1994
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Bibliography: p. [201]-207
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explores the nature of graduate education at two levels: it examines current national policies and the ways in which they are made; and it provides a series of six case studies of individual disciplinary areas, highlighting the similarities and differences between them. The topics explored in each case study include the changing purposes of graduate education; nature of recruitment; modes of instruction in research methods; the relationship between the nature of the discipline and the patterns of graduate education; choices of research topics and their implications; patterns of study; roles of supervisors; available support facilities; the overall graduate experience; problems of competition; expectations about standards and styles of thesis; monitoring of progress and final assessment; and subsequent career expectations and opportunities. A concluding chapter links the study of national policies and those of the six study areas.
Table of Contents
- The nature and purposes of the study
- the national background - policymaking, structures and resourcing
- policies for graduate education
- changing purposes of graduate education
- the discipline and graduate education
- starting the doctorate
- doing the doctorate
- completing the doctorate
- problems experienced by research students
- career expectations and opportunities
- summary and implications for future policies.
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