Technicians and scholars in pursuit of the PhD: Some reflections on doctoral study

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-111

  Pole, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academia; Doctoral study; Experts; Knowledge; Self; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040161765     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026715200362961     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH BOARD (1998). Submission Rates of Doctoral Students. London.
2. BAND, S., BURGESS, R. and POLE, C. (1998). ‘Developments in postgraduate education and training in the UK’, European Journal of Education, 33, 2, 145-159.
3. BECHER, T. (1989). Academic Tribes and Territories: Intellectual Enquiry and the Culture of Disciplines. Milton Keynes: SRHE/Open University Press.
4. BERNSTEIN, B. (1996). Pedagogy, Symbolic Control and Identity. London: Taylor & Francis.
5. BLUME, S. (1996). Extended Review on The Internationalisation of Research Training in the E.U. A Report to GGX111 of the European Commission (PSS* 0891), Department of Science and Technology Dynamics, University of Amsterdam.
6. BULMER, M., MCKENNEL, A. and SCHONARDT, B.C. (1994). ‘Training in quantitative methods for postgraduate social scientists: the other side of the Fence’. In: BURGESS, R.G. (Ed) Postgraduate Education and Training in the Social Sciences: Processes and Products. London: Jessica Kingsley.
7. BURGESS, R. (1988). ‘Conversations with a purpose: the ethnographic interview in educational research’. In: BURGESS, R.G. (Ed) Studies in Qualitative Methodology, Vol. 1, Conducting Qualitative Research. London: JAI Press.
8. BURGESS, R.G. (Ed) (1994). Postgraduate Education and Training in the Social Sciences: Processes and Products. London: Jessica Kingsley.
9. BURGESS, R.G. (1996). ‘Trends and developments in postgraduate education and training in the UK’, Journal of Education Policy, 1, 1, 125-132.
10. BURGESS R.G. (1997). ‘The changing context of postgraduate education in the United Kingdom’. In: BURGESS, R.G. (Ed) Beyond the First Degree: Graduate Education Lifelong Learning and Careers. Buckingham: SRHE/Open University Press.
11. BURGESS, R.G., HOCKEY, J. and POLE, C.J. (1992). ESRC End of Award Report. Grant T007401011. Swindon: ESRC.
12. BURGESS, R., HOGAN, J., POLE, C., and SANDERS, L. (1995a). ‘Postgraduate research training in the United Kingdom’. In: BLUME, S. (Ed) Research Training Present and Future. Paris: OECD, pp. 135-57.
13. BURGESS, R. and POLE, C. (1997). Training Postgraduate Students in Social Science and Natural Science: A Follow-up Study. Final Report Rooo236131. Swindon: ESRC.
14. BURGESS, R.G., POLE, C.J. and HOCKEY, J. (1994). ‘Strategies for managing and supervising the social science PhD’. In: BURGESS, R. G. (Ed) Postgraduate Education and Training in the Social Sciences: Processes and Products. London: Jessica Kingsley.
15. BURGESS, R.G., POLE, C.J., SPROKKEREEF, A. (1995b). ESRC End of Award Report. Grant R000233418. Swindon: ESRC.
16. CLARK, B. (Ed) (1993). The Research Foundations of Graduate Education. Los Angeles: University of California Press.
17. COLLINSON, J., HOCKEY, J. (1997). ‘The social science training-model doctorate: student choice?’, Journal of Further and Higher Education, 21, 3.
18. COMMITTEE OF VICE-CHANCELLORS AND PRINCIPLES (1988). The British PhD. London: CVCP.
19. CONNOR, H. (1994). ‘Doctoral social scientists and the labour market’. In: BURGESS, R.G. (Ed) Postgraduate Education and Training in the Social Sciences: Processes and Products. London: Jessica Kingsley.
20. CONNOR, H. (1997). ‘Graduate employment trends: key issues in the labour market of the late 1990’s and beyond’. In: Burgess, R.G. (Ed) Beyond the First Degree Graduate Education Lifelong Learning and Careers. Buckingham: SRHE/Open University Press.
21. CONNOR, H. and PEARSON, R. (1990). Manpower Demand for Postgraduate Social Scientists. Brighton: Institute of Manpower Studies.
22. DELAMONT, S., ATKINSON, P. and PARRY, O. (1992). The Academic Socialisation of Doctoral Students in Social Science Disciplines. Report T007401010. Swindon: ESRC.
23. DELAMONT, S., ATKINSON, P. and PARRY, O. (1994). End of Award Report. R00023 3120. Swindon: ESRC.
24. DELAMONT, S., ATKINSON, P. and PARRY, O. (1996). ‘The peon’s driving licence? research students in the fin de siecle era’. Paper presented at British Educational Research Association Annual Conference. University of Lancaster.
25. DELAMONT, S., ATKINSON, P. and PARRY, O. (1997). ‘Critical mass and doctoral research: reflections on the Harris report’, Studies in Higher Education, 22, 3, 319-333.
26. DELAMONT, S and EGGLESTON, J. (1983). ‘A necessary isolation?’. In: EGGLESTON, J. and DELAMONT, S. (Eds) Supervision of Students for Research Degrees. Birmingham: British Educational Research Association, pp. 23-46.
27. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (1995). Social Sciences - News From the ESRC. Swindon: ESRC.
28. FULTON, O. (1996). ‘Which academic profession are you in?’. In: CUTHBERT, R. (Ed) Working in Higher Education. Buckingham: SRHE/Open University Press.
29. GLASER, B. and STRAUSS, A. (1967). The Discovery of Grounded Theory. Chicago: Aldine.
30. GOFFMAN, E. (1959). The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. London: Allen Lane.
31. HAMMERSLEY, M. and ATKINSON, P. (1995). Ethnography. Principles in Practice. London: Routledge.
32. HARRIS, M. (1996). Review of Postgraduate Education. Bristol: HEFCE.
33. HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE (1993). Realising our Potential: A Strategy for Science, Engineering and Technology. CM 2250. London: HMSO.
34. HEFCE (1996). Review of Postgraduate Education (Harris Report). London: HEFCE.
35. HILL, T., ACKER, S. and BLACK, E. (1994). ‘Research students and their supervisors in education and psychology’. In: BURGESS, R.G. (Ed) Postgraduate Education and Training in the Social Sciences: Processes and Products. London: Jessica Kingsley.
36. HOCKEY, J. (1991). ‘The social science PhD: a literature review’ Studies in Higher Education, 16, 3, 319-332.
37. HOCKEY, J. (1995). ‘Change and the social science PhD: supervisors’ responses’, Oxford Review of Education, 21, 2, 195-206.
38. HOCKEY, J. (1996). ‘Contractual solution to problems on the supervision of PhD degrees in the UK’, Studies in Higher Education, 21, 3, 359-371.
39. HOGAN, J. (1994). ‘Graduate schools: the organisation of graduate education’. CEDAR Papers, 5, University of Warwick.
40. HUTCHINSON, M. (1995). ‘Postgraduate student numbers’, U.K. Council for Graduate Education, Review of 1994, Warwick: UKGGE.
41. NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO HIGHER EDUCATION (1997). The Dearing Report. London: HMSO.
42. NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO HIGHER EDUCATION (1997). The Garrick Report, Report of the Scottish Committee. London: HMSO.
43. OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (1995). Progress Through Partnership. Report from the Steering Group of the Technology Foresight Programme. London: HMSO.
44. PARRY, O., ATKINSON, P. and DELAMONT, S. (1994). ‘Disciplinary identities and doctoral work’. In: BURGESS, R.G. (Ed) Postgraduate Education and Training in The Social Sciences: Processes and Products. London: Jessica Kingsley.
45. PARRY, O., ATKINSON, P. and DELAMONT, S. (1997). ‘The structure of PhD research.’ Sociology, 31, 1, 121-129.
46. PEARSON, R., SECCOMBE, I., PIKE, G., HOLLY, S. and CONNOR, H. (1991). Doctoral Social Scientists and the Labour Market. IMS Report No 217. Brighton: Institute of Manpower Studies.
47. PHILLIPS, E. (1994). ‘Quality in the PhD. points of which quality may be assessed’. In: BURGESS R.G. (Ed) Postgraduate Education and Training in The Social Sciences: Processes and Products. London: Jessica Kingsley.
48. POLE, C. J., SPROKKEREEF, A. and BURGESS, R.G. (1997). ‘Supervision of doctoral students in the natural sciences: expectations and experiences’, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 22, 1, 49-63.
49. QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (1998). A Consultation Paper on Qualifications Frameworks: Postgraduate Qualifications. London: QAA.
50. ROTHSCHILD, Lord. (1982). An Enquiry into the Social Science Research Council. London: HMSO.
51. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL (1991). Annual Report 1990/91. London: SERC.
52. SWINNERTON-DYER, P. (1982). Report of the Working Party on Postgraduate Education. London: (HMSO).
53. WINFIELD, G. (1987). The Social Science PhD: The ESRC Inquiry on Submission Rates. London: ESRC.
54. ZIMAN, J. (1993). ‘Competition undermines creativity’, Times Higher Education Supplement, 16 July.