What influences PhD graduate trajectories during the degree: a research-based policy agenda

During the past two decades, PhD graduate numbers have increased dramatically with graduates viewed by governments as a means to advance the knowledge economy and international competitiveness. Concurrently, universities have also invested in policies to monitor satisfaction, retention, and timely c...

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Autores: McAlpine, Lynn, Castelló, Montserrat, Pyhältö, Kirsi
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Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)
Repositorio:DAU Arxiu Digital de la Universitat Ramon Llull
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Recerca basada en l'evidència
Doctorat
Investigació qualitativa
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spelling What influences PhD graduate trajectories during the degree: a research-based policy agendaMcAlpine, LynnCastelló, MontserratPyhältö, KirsiUniversitats--Estudis de 2n i 3r ciclesRecerca basada en l'evidènciaDoctoratInvestigació qualitativaDuring the past two decades, PhD graduate numbers have increased dramatically with graduates viewed by governments as a means to advance the knowledge economy and international competitiveness. Concurrently, universities have also invested in policies to monitor satisfaction, retention, and timely completion—and researchers have expanded the study of PhD experience. We, as such researchers, have increasingly received invitations from university decision-makers to present research evidence which might guide their doctoral programs. Their interest provoked us to do a qualitative systematized review of research on doctoral experience—seeking evidence of practices that influenced retention, satisfaction, and completion. The result contributes a synthesis of the critical research evidence that could be used to inform doctoral education policy. We also demonstrate the possibilities of such evidence by suggesting some potential recommendations, while recognizing that there is no direct relationship between research results and their transformation into particular institutional contexts in ways that enhance doctoral experience. We hope our initiative will be taken up and extended by other researchers, particularly the research gaps we note, so we can collectively support the use of research evidence to influence both doctoral policies and practices—with the goal to better prepare PhD researchers for their futures and better support their supervisors.SpringerUniversitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Psicologia, Ciències de l’Educació i de l’Esport Blanquerna20222023202220232020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion33 p.application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/2384https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-019-00448-7RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)reponame:DAU Arxiu Digital de la Universitat Ramon Llullinstname:Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)InglésHigher Education (2020), 80: 1011-1043info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EU/Erasmus+/2017-1-ES01-KA203-038303Attribution 4.0 International© L'autor/ahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dau.url.edu:20.500.14342/23842026-06-21T06:40:37Z
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title What influences PhD graduate trajectories during the degree: a research-based policy agenda
spellingShingle What influences PhD graduate trajectories during the degree: a research-based policy agenda
McAlpine, Lynn
Universitats--Estudis de 2n i 3r cicles
Recerca basada en l'evidència
Doctorat
Investigació qualitativa
title_short What influences PhD graduate trajectories during the degree: a research-based policy agenda
title_full What influences PhD graduate trajectories during the degree: a research-based policy agenda
title_fullStr What influences PhD graduate trajectories during the degree: a research-based policy agenda
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Castelló, Montserrat
Pyhältö, Kirsi
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Castelló, Montserrat
Pyhältö, Kirsi
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Pyhältö, Kirsi
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Universitats--Estudis de 2n i 3r cicles
Recerca basada en l'evidència
Doctorat
Investigació qualitativa
topic Universitats--Estudis de 2n i 3r cicles
Recerca basada en l'evidència
Doctorat
Investigació qualitativa
description During the past two decades, PhD graduate numbers have increased dramatically with graduates viewed by governments as a means to advance the knowledge economy and international competitiveness. Concurrently, universities have also invested in policies to monitor satisfaction, retention, and timely completion—and researchers have expanded the study of PhD experience. We, as such researchers, have increasingly received invitations from university decision-makers to present research evidence which might guide their doctoral programs. Their interest provoked us to do a qualitative systematized review of research on doctoral experience—seeking evidence of practices that influenced retention, satisfaction, and completion. The result contributes a synthesis of the critical research evidence that could be used to inform doctoral education policy. We also demonstrate the possibilities of such evidence by suggesting some potential recommendations, while recognizing that there is no direct relationship between research results and their transformation into particular institutional contexts in ways that enhance doctoral experience. We hope our initiative will be taken up and extended by other researchers, particularly the research gaps we note, so we can collectively support the use of research evidence to influence both doctoral policies and practices—with the goal to better prepare PhD researchers for their futures and better support their supervisors.
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