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Hello, My apologies. Ken Friedman has pointed out that my link to the working draft is incomplete. The correct version is http://www.love.com.au/PublicationsTLminisite/2002/2002%20DesignFocusProdDoctorates_TL.htm -----Original Message----- From: Ken Friedman Sent: 23/02/2003 9:51 PM To: Dr Terence Love Subject: Link to your working draft doesn't work Hi, Terry, Please check the URL. The link to your working draft doesn't work. Best regards, Ken >Dear Chris, Ken, Kari-Hans, Dick, Michael and others, > >Professional doctorates are taken fairly seriously in Australia. >There is a regular biennial Professional Doctorates conference (most >recent just before Xmas) and the Australian Research Council and >other government bodies have put substantial funds into research >aimed at gaining the maximum benfits from professional doctorates as >an alternative to the PhD education program. I attended the last >Australian Prof Doc conference and found the depth and breadth of >analysis impressive. I suspect that the papers when published will >be useful to those building professional doctorates in >design-focused areas. At the conference was presented the findings >of a major ARC funded research project into best practices and into >gaining the maximum benefits from professional doctorates. The exec >summary and full text of the research can be fouind at >http://www.detya.gov.au/highered/eippubs/eip02_8/eip02_8.pdf The >chapters on 'Doctoral education and Higher Education Policy ' and >'Doctoral education and the Knowledge Economy' were particularly >interesting. The Australian government is taking professional >doctorates very seriously. This was shown by the attendance at the >conference and significant contribution of of Dr. Robyn Batterham >(Australian Chief Scientist and adviser to the governemnt on >research funding distribution) and of and Dr Carol Nichol ( Chair of >the Higher Education Review Group, DEST). Issues that I found >interesting were: > >* The ways that the most sucessful forms of developing >professional doctorates were strongly dependent on the type of >professional institutions that are involved in defining professional >practices >* The importance of the UK DENG (Professional doctorate in >Engineering associated with the Engineering Council) as a a >'touchstone' exemplar of good practice for a wide range of >discipline areas >* The interest of the Australian government representatives in >devising a doctoral level qualification that is not research based >and which in many cases will replace the PhD in a wide variety of >disciplines. > >I suspect its worth the design education community establishing and >maintaining links with the broader professional doctorate >communities. > >Best wishes from sunny Perth > >Terry > >______________________ > >Dr. Terence Love >Love Design and Research >PO Box 226 >Quinns Rocks >Western Australia 6030 >Tel/Fax +61 (0)8 9305 7629 >[log in to unmask] >______________________ > >PS. An early working draft of my paper to the conference is at >http://www.love.com.au/PublicationsTLminisite/2002/2002%20DesignFocusProdDoctorates_T -- Ken Friedman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design Department of Leadership and Organization Norwegian School of Management School +47 22.98.50.00 Home office +46 (46) 53.245 Telephone +46 (46) 53.345 Telefax email: [log in to unmask]