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The Impact of Research Training and Research Codes of Practice on Submission of Doctoral Degrees: An Exploratory Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Humphrey Robin,
Marshall Neill,
Leonardo Laura
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
higher education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1468-2273
pISSN - 0951-5224
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00499.x
Subject(s) - exploratory research , the arts , medical education , doctoral dissertation , doctoral studies , training (meteorology) , plan (archaeology) , higher education , cohort , pedagogy , sociology , psychology , political science , social science , medicine , physics , archaeology , meteorology , law , history
The paper examines the impact of the transformations in doctoral education in the arts, humanities and social sciences in the United Kingdom over the past decade. It focuses on the introduction of formal research training and codes of research practice and in the first longitudinal candidate cohort study examines their impact on doctoral outcomes, especially Ph.D. submission rates. Results from this quantitative study show that engagement with research training, completion of a project outline and plan and appointment of a supervisory team were statistically positively associated with submission of the thesis within four years. It is concluded that the professionalisation of doctoral education by research training and codes of research practice has had a positive impact on doctoral educational outcomes.