Hi Alun
Thanks for this. That is yet anoher dimension to the training needs of PhD students - prior experience of research. There are those who have perhaps spent a lifetime undertaking research without taking either a masters in research or a PhD. For people at or beyond retirement age, there may not have been opportunities for formal study in their early career, and then life takes over. Recognising that experience is important, In the systems that I know well there are two remedies.
One is accreditation of prior learning (APEL) where a portfoilio of evidence of prior experience is assessed and credited in against modules that would otherwise be mandatory. I’ve had a couple of students follow that course recently.
The other route is to undertake a PhD by published work, where a portfolio is submitted providing evidence of research that is published. I once had the pleasure of advising a candidate - an illustrator - who had been publishing with a number of leading scientists over many years. Although the evidence was there in the published journal papers, it nevertheless took him more than a year to bring it together into a coherent narrative. This was not an easier option, but it was a different route. I think most UK universities have such schemes, and similar schemes seem prevalent in Europe, though I am unsure of elsewhere. Indeed, in some places it is not unusual to take a form of PhD at or near retirement. In the UK, PhD by publication is now largely being driven by university employers needing to demonstrate that their academic staff have suitable qualifications - I had better not get started on that subject…
Thank you for the link.
kind regards
David
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David Durling HonFDRS PhD
Professor of Design Research
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Coventry University, UK
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> On 28 Dec 2017, at 02:24, ITSC <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi David
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> Edith Cowan University has two PhD versions. The ŚIntegratedą version is
> offered if the research coordinator believes that the student needs help
> in the form of additional courses .
>
> http://www.ecu.edu.au/handbook/course?id=J42&year=2016
>
> Regards
>
> Alun
>
> Alun Price PhD
> Coordinator Environmental and Spatial Design
> Edith Cowan University
> Western Australia
>
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