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Direct linkCostley, Carol; Lester, Stan – Studies in Higher Education, 2012
The growth and evolution of professional doctorates in Australia, the UK and other parts of the English-speaking world has been widely reported and discussed. Recently, forms of doctorate have emerged that are not geared to specific professions or disciplines, and that are used by senior practitioners as vehicles for professional development and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Doctoral Programs, Research and Development
Lester, Stan; Costley, Carol – Studies in Higher Education, 2010
Since the 1980s there has been significant growth in the engagement of higher education with workforce development, with among other things the emergence of a distinct if varied area of provision commonly referred to as work-based learning. Recent examination of practice and literature indicates a growing sophistication in the way that work-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Workplace Learning, Intellectual Disciplines
Lester, Stan – Studies in Higher Education, 2009
In the UK fully qualified status in professional occupations is normally awarded by a professional association or registration body. Both the requirements and the routes for qualifying vary between professions, although the majority include an academic component combined with or followed by a period of assessed practice. In recent years there have…
Descriptors: Professional Occupations, Professional Associations, Academic Standards, Standard Setting
Lester, Stan – Studies in Higher Education, 2004
Professional doctorates now form an established alternative to the PhD, both in the UK and Australia. Recent developments have seen the emergence of what some commentators call second-generation doctorates, more closely geared to the needs of professional practitioners. The current culmination of this development is represented by what might be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
Lester, Stan – Studies in Higher Education, 2004
Professional doctorates now form an established alternative to the PhD, both in the UK and Australia. Recent developments have seen the emergence of what some commentators call second-generation doctorates, more closely geared to the needs of professional practitioners. The current culmination of this development is represented by what might be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs
