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Academic literacy as a graduate attribute: implications for thinking about curriculum
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2011)INTRODUCTION: This chapter is set within the current focus on graduate attributes. These are qualities which students require in order to study at university, as well as and more typically, the attributes that students ... -
Aligning student and supervisor perspectives of research challenges
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)Introduction: The coursework to me was like riding a mountain bike on a mountain bike trail. It was tough at times, but a great adventure. The more you rode, the more skilful you became, both technically and theoretically. ... -
Architects of recovery from alcohol misuse : narrative exploration of coaching employed professionals
(Oxford Brookes University, 2020-08)Recovery coaching is a lesser-recognised support service to individuals who pursue recovery from addiction. This narrative inquiry research explored the experiences of recovery coaches working with employed professionals ... -
Becoming doctorate as an endpoint and a point of departure
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)INTRODUCTION: There are generic features of ‘the doctorate’ that transcend disciplines, universities and doctoral procedures. Perspectives on doctoral outcomes include features of received wisdom, which scholars often refer ... -
Bringing the community into higher education
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2016)Introduction: The third core function of community interaction in higher education is often viewed as the peripheral activity in the triad of academic tasks. Community interaction is seen as an imperative which often results ... -
Candidates, supervisors and institutions: pushing postgraduate boundaries: an overview
(SUN PRESS, 2014)INTRODUCTION: Academic boundaries are in some ways similar to national boundaries – they are set up to colonise and govern, but at the same time are constantly challenged to reaffirm their authority and meaning. The ... -
Conceptualising risk in doctoral education: Navigating boundary tensions
(SUN PRESS, 2014)Introduction: If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. – Jim Rohn Risk-taking is an important form of human behaviour, but can be conceptualised in different ways (Byrnes, ... -
The ‘creative-minded supervisor : gatekeeping and boundary breaking when supervising creative doctorates
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)INTRODUCTION: Research into what examiners value in a PhD (Kiley & Mullins 2002) identified some characteristics which might surprise supervisors who seek to ensure that, as well as contributing to knowledge, their students ... -
Cultivating African academic capital - intersectional narratives of an African graduate and his PhD study supervisor
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Three theoretical axes, namely ‘habitus’, ‘transformational learning’ and ‘doctorateness’ informed two narrative doctoral accounts. One is from a Tanzanian public official who graduated from a research-intensive South ... -
Developments in the production of economics PhDs at four research-intensive universities in South Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017)There is a national drive to increase PhD production, yet we know little about how this imperative takes shape within different disciplines. We therefore set out to explore recent developments and the current status of the ... -
An interpretative phenomenological analysis of academic identity development in part-time lecturers at a private higher education institution in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The origins of this study lie in a personal struggle to define my academic identity. My frame of reference is that of part-time lecturer that later moved to a full-time academic manager position in a ... -
Interrogating patient-centredness in undergraduate medical education using an integrated behaviour model
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2017)Background: Patient-centredness, an approach that puts the patient at the centre of the consultation, thus focusing on patients instead of on his/her diseases, has been identified by most medical schools as a desired core ... -
The invisible support networks of doctoral candidates : what acknowledgement sections of doctoral theses reveal
(HESA, 2021)Although some argue that acknowledgement sections should not form part of doctoral theses, others welcome such sections and are of the opinion that they reflect original and personal contributions, constituting a neglected ... -
Journeying with higher education studies and research: A personal perspective
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2009)This chapter captures different ‘stages’ of the development of my own journey with the field of higher education (HE) studies and research. It reflects change and development of the field from personal experiences covering ... -
Negotiating co-ownership of learning in higher education : an underexplored practice for adult learning
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)Adults who enrol in higher education institutions (HEIs) often have contributions that could serve in enhancing the planning and implementation of their programmes. Importantly, while terms such as active learner engagement ... -
PHD by publication : an institutional analysis
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)INTRODUCTION: PhD1 theses generally follow one of two different formats. Firstly there is the (more traditional) monograph, which is written as a unified and coherent work, and which is most commonly found in non-laboratory ... -
The professional development of academics: In pursuit of scholarship
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2009)In this chapter we explore the development of academic staff as an area or theme for study and research in the field of higher education – from both a theoretical and a practical stance. We start by providing a broad ... -
The rationale, challenges and benefits of joint degrees as a new form of doctoral education
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)INTRODUCTION: The phenomenon of international joint doctoral degrees where two (or more) higher education institutions across national borders assume joint responsibility for the offering, examination and award of a ... -
(Re)Considering postgraduate education and supervision in the knowledge society
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)INTRODUCTION: The title of this publication, Postgraduate supervision: Future foci for the knowledge society, locates higher education – and more specifically, postgraduate education and supervision – explicitly within ... -
Research into doctoral education: A survey of institutional research projects in Southern Africa
(SUN PRESS, 2016)Introduction: The title of this book indicates an exploration of intersecting contexts and practices of institutional research (IR) in South African higher education. Amongst the many definitions of the concept of IR ...
