... Postgraduate research Professional doctorate Widening participation The English Higher Education (HE) sector is experiencing a period of unprecedented change. The proposals to reduce tuition fees emerging from the review of post-18 education and funding (Augar, 2019), the advent of the new English...

...Professor Gail Sanders and Dr Rosemarye T. Taylor; Swapna Kumar Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present one approach to the measurement of impact in a professional doctorate in education that encompasses discipline-based coursework and practice-embedded research. Design/methodology...

...Professor Gail Sanders and Dr Rosemarye T. Taylor; Jolanta Jagiello Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the Professional Doctorate by Public Works (DProf by Public Works) one of the newer Doctorates by Professional Studies from the Institute of Work Based Learning...

...Professor Gail Sanders and Dr Rosemarye T. Taylor; Tom Bourner; Penny Simpson Purpose – This paper is about action learning and the pedagogy of professional doctorates. The purpose of this paper is to explore the pedagogical problems of the relatively new professional doctorates and consider...

...Professor Gail Sanders and Dr Rosemarye T. Taylor; Martin Kettle Purpose – This paper draws on a recently completed professional doctorate thesis. The purpose of this paper is to explore how the research process mirrors the area being researched, and underscores the importance of the ability...

... and the most with religious educators, particularly the sisters. In all groups, the DMin fared best on prestige when compared to the professional doctorates (DBA, EdD, PsyD) and worst relative to the traditional degrees (MD, JD, and PhD). When submitted to a cluster analysis, three groups emerged...