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This handbook brings together contributors from the United States, Australasia and Europe who use theoretical insights and empirical data to examine current practices as well as possible future directions of postgraduate education. A full range of postgraduate study options are explored, including PhD and professional doctorates, masters awards, and taught coursework programs. The contributions of key stakeholders to the delivery of postgraduate education are addressed, including students, supervisors and university administrators.
From this collection, university managers, higher education scholars, and anyone interested in establishing a centre for higher education are given comprehensive overviews of academic leadership, doctoral education, and supervisory relationships. Topics examined in detail in this collection are little discussed in the available literature, including supervisory relationships between colleagues, the emergence of the "second-career academic", and academic blogging and social networking.
The external pressures that universities around the world are experiencing, including neoliberalism, the massification of student numbers, disruptive innovations, and external quality benchmarking, are considered in terms of the ways that they are prompting change in how postgraduate study is administered and delivered.
Many chapters contain specific recommendations to meet organisational and student needs, including for specific demographics such as international students or specific programs. The professional, employment, and information literacy needs of students and the professional development of supervisors and processes for examination are also considered.
List of contents
Contexts, Debates, Histories and Futures of Postgraduate Education in Higher Education.- Identifying the Role and Managerial Leadership Competencies of Post Graduate Head of Departments.- The Impact of Neoliberalism on Designing and Developing Postgraduate Education in Australian Universities.- Research-Related Spaces in Postgraduate Research Training.- Enabling Innovative Postgraduate Research: Critical Foresight and Strategic Considerations for University Leaders.- Pressures, Pathways, and Practices: Learning as a First-Year International Research Candidate.- Recruiting and Developing Second-Career Academics in Universities.- Information Literacy: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Post-graduate Students and Their NeedsBlogging: Connecting Research Communities Online.- Identifying and Comparing Different Doctoral Degree Preparation Models.- Research on the Inside: Overcoming Incarcerated Students' Obstacles in Completing a Postgraduate Degree.- Digital Technologies, Post-Graduate Learning, and Teaching.- Heutagogy in Postgraduate Education: Cognitive Advantages for Higher Degree Online Students.- Future-Proofing Postgraduate Learning and Assessment Strategies for Deeper Learning
