Rivas, Carol;
(2024)
Supporting the Professional and Career Development of Doctoral Students.
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pp. 337-351.
10.3390/encyclopedia4010024.
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Abstract
A doctoral student is someone studying for a doctoral degree, which is generally considered to be the highest academic qualification a university can award. The student develops research experience, while making an in-depth and original contribution to knowledge. They are supervised by university staff members (usually there are two, or a small panel) who train, mentor, and support the doctoral student. Professional and career development refers to support that helps students to not only grow as individuals and independent researchers, but to also have the option to successfully pursue either academic or non-academic roles after graduation. While this entry considers some international contexts, it is particularly oriented to the United Kingdom (UK) model, and to the most common doctoral degree, the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Supporting the Professional and Career Development of Doctoral Students |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/encyclopedia4010024 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia4010024 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2024 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Doctoral student; supervision; professional development; employability; career; networking; publishing; internships; industry collaborations; teaching |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10187680 |
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