The Experiences and Needs of African Doctoral Students: Current Conditions and Future Support

Autor/inn/en	Stackhouse, Julie; Harle, Jonathan
Titel	The Experiences and Needs of African Doctoral Students: Current Conditions and Future Support
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 27 (2014) 2, S.175-194 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/hep.2014.2
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Research Universities; Doctoral Programs; Graduate Students; Student Surveys; Educational Finance; Financial Support; Educational Policy; Student Needs; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Forschungseinrichtung; Doktorandenprogramm; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schülerbefragung; Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Afrika
Abstract	"Next generation" issues are attracting considerable attention in higher education (HE) policy and programming. This is particularly true in Africa, where depleted academic capacity, insufficient levels of doctorate-qualified staff, and the steady retirement of many experienced lecturers and researchers place a particular urgency on identifying, training and nurturing new cohorts of research and teaching staff across the continent's HE and research institutions. Recent contributions to the debate have also raised concerns about the extent to which doctoral study has been "casualised", interrupted by the demands of employment, and hampered by inadequate supervision and support to develop and undertake research, resulting in fragmentary research and long times to completion. This paper presents the results of a survey of African and European doctoral students alongside a desk review of current funding programmes, bringing new evidence to this debate, particularly around what it is to be a doctoral student in different regions of Africa and how this is currently supported. In doing so, it highlights issues to be considered in future programmes to strengthen doctoral study. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10