Graduate Education in Britain (Higher Education Policy) - Hardcover

Becher, Tony; Henkel, Mary; Kogan, Maurice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853025313 ISBN 13: 9781853025310

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1993

Synopsis

This book explores the nature of graduate education at two levels: it examines current national policies and the ways in which they are made; and it provides a series of six case studies of individual disciplinary areas, highlighting the similarities and differences between them. The topics explored in each case study include the changing purposes of graduate education; nature of recruitment; modes of instruction in research methods; the relationship between the nature of the discipline and the patterns of graduate education; choices of research topics and their implications; patterns of study; roles of supervisors; available support facilities; the overall graduate experience; problems of competition; expectations about standards and styles of thesis; monitoring of progress and final assessment; and subsequent career expectations and opportunities. A concluding chapter links the study of national policies and those of the six study areas.

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About the Author

Tasos C. Papanastasiou teaches at the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and the Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853025313
• ISBN 13: 9781853025310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240