Synopsis
- How might research degrees develop to improve both research student learning and employability?
- How should research student skills and development be evaluated?
- What are the skills that employers seek from research graduates?
The book examines the politics of skills training and its implications for academic culture as well as providing essential support and advice for practitioners and policy makers through examples of best practice. It also contains a thorough examination of the future of research degrees in the context of skills development and the supply of highly trained and specialized researchers to the academic and business world.
Skills Training in Research Degree Programmes provides comprehensive coverage of skills training in research degree programmes in the UK, providing instructive, self-contained chapters that serve as a resource to all academics, trainers, research administrators and senior management involved in the postgraduate research community.
Foreword by Professor Sir Gareth Roberts
Contributors: Esat Alpay, Charlie Ball, Simon Beecroft, Tim Birtwistle, Tony Bromley, Howard Green, Ged Hall, Richard Hinchcliffe, Steve Hutchinson, Peter Lewis, Alistair McCulloch, Chris Park, Stuart Powell, Imelda Race, Julie Reeves, Al Richardson, Sara Shinton, Claire Souter, Peter Stokes, Judi Sture and Elaine Walsh.
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À propos de l'auteur
Richard Hinchcliffe is the Director of the Graduate School Skills Programme of the University of Liverpool. His research background is in American Literature. Tony Bromley is a graduate development manager in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Manchester. His research background is in Materials Science. Steve Hutchinson led and delivered research training programmes for PhD and postdoctoral researchers at the Universities of York and Leeds and was a regional co-ordinator of the UK GRAD programme. He now runs an independent Training Consultancy.
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