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Informationen zum Autor 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 Senior Training and Development Officer in the Staff and Departmental Development Unit of the University of Leeds. He is responsible for the University's Graduate Training and Support Centre including leading the research student training and development programme. He is also the UK GRAD Hub co-ordinator for the Yorkshire and North East region. 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. Klappentext 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?This book analyzes the development of research skills training and development and its wide-ranging impact on the UK research degree. 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. Zusammenfassung This book aims to tell the story of the development of generic research skills training and its wide-ranging impact on the UK research degree. It 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 practise. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface List of contributors Part 1 - Politics Can generic skills training change academic culture? What do employers want? PhD, Quo Vadis? Skills training and the changing doctorateprogramme Normalising the part-time student experience: Makingthe rhetoric of diversity real Part 2 - Practice The challenges of research training practice Training practice and UK GRAD: Why they dowhat they do? Evaluating student skills and development: Current practiceand the Imperial College experience Evaluation and review of skills training programmes forresearch students Research training in practice: The Sheffield experience The social sciences research training programme:Ten years of 'going over the top' at Bradford Professional learning through reflective practice: the UEAexperience Part 3 - The Future Getting beyond supervision A framework for the future of doctoral study: Resolvinginconsistent practices and incorporating innovativepossibilities The impact of the changing European higher educationlandscape on doctoral studies The challenges ahead Bibliography Index...
